Bournemouth vs Aston Villa pre-match thread

[SoccerHQ]

Josh King joining Man. United so one less attacking option to worry about for them.

He hasn't gone yet, Bournemouth rejected the offer.

Eddie Howe seemed resigned to it when I heard the interview so sensed it was done but appears not.

Fingers crossed it goes through, a nice pre-match body blow to them wouldn't go amiss.

Yep, Bournemouth's decline linked to Dominic Solanke starting, he is rubbish. Massively hyped because he scored some goals for England youth teams.

[Mellin]

King's injured regardless.

[LeeB]

King's injured regardless.

I know, but losing one of your best players will not help the mood for them.

[Mellin]

Very true. Little time to get a replacement in either.

[manic-road]

1-4 and a time to look up the table rather than down.

[Bad English]

This is on at 9pm again. Grr! Phone and internet off from 5pm CET. I must remember to tell SWMBO to switch hers off too because I did some AVFC searches on her tablet and now Google keeps popping up the Villa scores on her devices and spoiling the game for me.

[olaftab]

King's injured regardless.

I know, but losing one of your best players will not help the mood for them.

Yup that would send the "right" signal to their players.

[Jon Crofts]

Win this Villa and I think we can start looking up again.

[Small Rodent]

They 1 Us 3

[maidstonevillain]

Lawrenson has us down to win. That is normally a bad omen.

[Nii Lamptey]

Bournemouth and Boscombe Athletic 0 Aston Villa 2

I lived in Boscombe during my student days in the 90s.... druggie infected shithole! Them 0-2 Us.

[PaulWinch again]

Hope we ride the crest of a confidence wave and batter them.

[KevinGage]

Both sides are a bit pish defensively, so can see a 2-2 or 3-3 even.

With our run of fixtures coming up it's one we could really do with winning but absolutely cannot afford to lose.

[supertom]

I think the back 3 are beginning to gel. Jack's in great form. Nakamba and Luiz are playing better after fading over NOV/DEC. Samatta coming on board gave the atmos a lift too. There's goals in Trez and AEG from wide. The turnaround has started. Avoid silly errors, stay focused and play to our strengths and we'll win. I think we're due to give someone a bit of a thudding in the league.

0-3 (Jack, Samatta, Davis).
UTV.

(Yes, I still haven't come back to Earth after midweek).

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Wouldn't surprise me to see the midfield two keep their place. It's a question of whether they can bring the same level of energy and aggression. Nakamba in particular I feel has really shaken off his poor form.

Bournemouth are weakest when they're out of possession higher up the pitch. Their midfield 4 are easily bypassed and you're exposing their back four, with acres of room.

Tuesday has got to bring confidence.