Aston Villa vs Man City pre match thread - Jan 12th - 4.30pm

[PaulWinch again]

To have any chance we have to keep the ball better.

[Drummond]

I’ll miss the game today as I’m at the nipper’s panto, but I’ve woken up cautiously optimistic.
I’m predicting the Jack Grealish show today - 2-1 win! 0-1 down with 2nd half comeback.... Mings and Jack with the goals.
*I’ll wake up in a mo!

*oh no you won't.

[john e]

We can do this. No point entering the game trying to keep the score down.

And back in the real world as long as we try hard it's all we can do.

On form they can run rings around almost anyone, let's hope for a good game plan and for them to be tired too.

Drinkwater with the winner....

You going, we can meet up for a drink  😀

[SoccerHQ]

Grealish as the false 9 again?

I can't see any other option given Kodj actually does seem ill rather than being on verge of moving (could still be both of course).

Actually it's not the worst option to try out v a team as good as Man. City. Need to make it as difficult as possible to play through us today, no easy task whichever formation you put out.

Bar Drinkwater coming in for Marvelous I wouldn't expect any other changes from Leicester. Interested to see how the 3-4-3 looks today.

[levico]

Sorry for the ‘chip pissing’ but the inevitable will happen today. But if we put in a performance similar to Liverpool at home in the PL then I’ll be heartened.

[BoVillan esq]

I'm going for a draw, 1-1, City are not going to win the Premiership this time out, maybe the motivation isn't as great as normal, fingers crossed we can get the draw and more valuable points that we desperately need. 

[Bad English]

I'm going to be able to watch this in my own living room. Yay!

[olaftab]

I will be watching... well following the match on this thread holed up in a ranch in Addo game reserve in Eastern cape so I do not want to read following words on match thread:
Shit start
FFS
I knew it
This is so easy for them
There you go
Oh another one
Sterling/Debruyne/Silva anyone are ripping us apart
How did we let them score from there
This is going to be double figures
Can they declare please
Etc etc so please non of this nonsense

[AV82EC]

I will be watching... well following the match on this thread holed up in a ranch in Addo game reserve in Eastern cape so I do not want to read following words on match thread:
Shit start
FFS
I knew it
This is so easy for them
There you go
Oh another one
Sterling/Debruyne/Silva anyone are ripping us apart
How did we let them score from there
This is going to be double figures
Can they declare please
Etc etc so please non of this nonsense

It’s the match thread, those phrases are the rules.

[Legion]

Much prefer SSSSCCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRCCCCCCCCCCCHHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! from PWS.

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm worried I haven't ordered enough of those for today's game.

[manic-road]

0-0 with the bus parked and a large slice of luck.

[Legion]

0-0 with the bus parked and a large slice of luck.

AKA a miracle.

[clash city rocker]

0-0 with the bus parked and a large slice of luck.

AKA a miracle.

What's higher than a miracle ? Whatever it is we need it.

[maidstonevillain]

0-0 with the bus parked and a large slice of luck.

AKA a miracle.

What's higher than a miracle ? Whatever it is we need it.

The impossible....