Fans Worried Over Villa Future

[peter w]

I'm worried we might expect to get something out of Saturday's game.

You wangled a ticket?

[GhostDog]

As proud sponsors my company have provided a ticket, yes.

[peter w]

Sitting with the Gooners then...

[GhostDog]

Yeah, sometimes you've got to do what you must....

[peter w]

It should be on over here so I'll be in touch through the game. Unles its a miserable day.

[JD]

The game is on live at 4am over here in New Zealand, so it's an early night for me tonight.  8-[

[peter w]

Ouch. What was it when I was there for the Portsmouth game? 1 o'clock? I have managed to somehow keep my 3 year league record of not seeing us win any league games that I have seen kicking off at midnight + wherever I am. Unbelievable.

[ROBBO]

Well this is like coming home. Thought I would share my concerns that we will at best get a draw on Saturday and that MON has by now discovered that Villa fans are quick to turn, it has been a difficult month and i can't sleep. I have been going through the squad and decided that Knight will replace Carew at centre forward.

[OCD]

There's a good chance that Carew will be fit, I'm just worried that his and Gabby's goals seem to have dried up.

[chrisf]

I'm worried that come the end of the five year plan we'll have made as much progress as the Cleveland Browns have.  8-[

[TheSandman]

I agree with OCD that Gabby and Carew are not prolific enough at the moment. We've also lost goals as our rivals have rumbled our ability to score from set pieces (thanks in no small part to the fact that every newspaper in the land has been trumpeting it). The goals have just stopped. Now with Young regularly being marked out of games we have absolutely no threat.

We have three consecutive games that should be bankers but they're not. I can't see where our goals against Bolton are going to come from unless Jloyd gives us a helping hand, thigh or head. Their defence is having a bad time of it yet I can't see how we're going to capitalise on this flaw. The Trotters defence has been unlucky more than bad if you ask me.

Then there's the game against Blues in two weeks. Zarate is a class above their usual dross. He may pose us problems in the game. Luckily I have more faith in their defences sheer ineptitude than his skill so I still preserve hop for the game.

[ROBBO]

Gabby is a big worry, he is no longer a threat to the opposition it means either the opposition have worked him out, he is totally out of form or we built him up far outside his capabilites, whichever, at the moment our forwards except Young from set pieces never look like scoring. It's a big worry.

[JD]

Watch Gabby score a brace this weekend Robbo.  :smt002 I'm worried that he will never score again, but every time I worry about something on this thread we come right.  [-o<

[peter w]

We've still got time to turn this around. man U thumped us 4-1, 4-0 a few years back on Nov 2nd (I think) we were around the bottom 3 with only 2 wins. We then went on a good run and finished 6th.

My big concern is that we're playing Bolton. We don't tend to do well againast them and bearing in mind their healthy ex-Villa contingent I think they will be fired-up.

I think Carew v Cahill will be a crucial battle. he will want to do everything in his power to show that he is better than the two Villa centre-halves. But, seeing him lunge in dictates that we need to have plenty of runners off Carew.

[JD]

Bolton need to win, which should suit Villa as we can hopefully tear them apart with our pace.  [-o<