Leicester City vs Aston Villa LCSF 1st leg - Match Thread

[TonyD]

Well would you believe it.

Lovely.....

[Deano's Mullet]

Well I have to say that 45 has surprised me. Keep it up Villa. Small Heath thread more obsessed with how "pathetic" our fans our for singing Liverpool and Man Utd songs. This coming from the club who scraped 7k vs Blackburn the other day.

[Villa Lew]

Who needs a striker when you've got Guilbert, well done Freddie.

[hilts_coolerking]

Well I never.  After a shocking 25 minutes we scored and looked miles better after that.  We're a lot more dynamic without Wesley in that front three.

[pauliewalnuts]

Are we sure ours is the Luiz Pep Guardiola wanted so much?

I really want him to do well but except those brilliant long range goals, it hasn’t really happened for him.

He's a bit naive at times but you must surely see the quality on the ball and in making space for himself. If he can get a bit more streetwise he'll be a steal for what he cost.

He looks like he is struggling with the speed of the game.

Don’t get me wrong, he’s far from our worst player, but has been disappointing thus far.

[BoVillan esq]

However you look at this we've done very well thus far, 1-0 up, away, most importantly we haven't let Leicester get away from us, lets hope we keep building on this for the second half, thought we made Leicester look very ordinary in parts of the first 45.

[Dazvillain]

I’ll take another 45 like that please AVFC

[manic-road]

Happy with the first half, the passing improved as the half went on. Also starting to look a bit more confident on the ball.

[Mossie Hennebry]

I think young Maddison is wearing tights. The pussy.

[villasjf]

Kodija might be on his way out?

Smith said he was ill after training yesterday

[Goldie.7]

1 perfect half down, 3 more perfect halves to go. *praying hand thing

[TonyD]

Need to switch on after the break.

Marvellous hooked now please Dean. 

[auntiesledd]

Well I can’t say I saw that H/T score coming. Shirley ‘the magic of the cup’ isn’t applicable these days? Well is it?! 😯

[CT Villan]

Rode our luck initially, but after the goal we've been the better team. Hopefully that wasn't our good half.

Noticed that Jack and AEG were switching positions too. I prefer Jack more in the middle and AEG on the left.

[hilts_coolerking]

After Nakamba's first half display I'd happily see Drinkwater in there for the rest of the season.