Aston Villa vs Sheffield Utd pre-match thread - June 17th 6pm

[Brend'Watkins]

Prize for first idiotic comment of the day goes to Martin Keown on Radio 4. "It will help Villa having no crowd there..because the fans can easily turn". He backs this up with reference to his experience as a naive young defender in the abysmal team that finished bottom under Billy McNeil in 1987. That's right ....33 years ago.

Maybe they would have been less likely to turn if he didn't keep kicking the ball into his own net. He wasn't called Keowngoal for nothing.

[itmustbe_it is!]

Prize for first idiotic comment of the day goes to Martin Keown on Radio 4. "It will help Villa having no crowd there..because the fans can easily turn". He backs this up with reference to his experience as a naive young defender in the abysmal team that finished bottom under Billy McNeil in 1987. That's right ....33 years ago.

No doubt we'll also get "pundits" reminding us how much money Villa have spent without any mention of the fact that we had to add to a much depleted squad.

Keown - file with David Platt ,under "People who should think before they speak"

[Mister E]

Don't get the fans hankering for Keinan Davis to start...

... My team tomorrow would be:

               Steer
Guilbert Engels Mings Targett
             Nakamba
El Ghazi McGinn Grealish
              Samatta

So, Nii, you're prepared to start with 10 men on the pitch rather than play Keinan,
That's one strong opinion you have about the boy! 
Unless El Ghazi counts as two players.

[ChicagoLion]

Prize for first idiotic comment of the day goes to Martin Keown on Radio 4. "It will help Villa having no crowd there..because the fans can easily turn". He backs this up with reference to his experience as a naive young defender in the abysmal team that finished bottom under Billy McNeil in 1987. That's right ....33 years ago.

No doubt we'll also get "pundits" reminding us how much money Villa have spent without any mention of the fact that we had to add to a much depleted squad.

Keown - file with David Platt ,under "People who should think before they speak"

There is something dislikeable about Keown.

[olaftab]

We had one of the best defensive records in the bottom half before Xmas and now it's the worst in the division. Something has drastically gone wrong with personnel and/or tactics. If Smith can sort that out we will be fine if not we are .......

[robbo1874]

Probably connected with Heaton’s knee injury.

[rob_bridge]

We had one of the best defensive records in the bottom half before Xmas and now it's the worst in the division. Something has drastically gone wrong with personnel and/or tactics. If Smith can sort that out we will be fine if not we are .......

Losing Heaton didn't help in jan/Feb

[rob_bridge]

I think we will lose to be honest. Blades were much better than us pre lockdown and get the feeling Wilder has them very well drilled and professional

[paul_e]

We had one of the best defensive records in the bottom half before Xmas and now it's the worst in the division. Something has drastically gone wrong with personnel and/or tactics. If Smith can sort that out we will be fine if not we are .......

Heaton being out has played a big part of it and I suspect McGinn not hounding teams in midfield has been more important to our defensive work than most would realise.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Unbeaten in the league at home to Sheff Utd since Jan 1966.

7 wins and 5 draws.

https://www.11v11.com/teams/aston-villa/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Sheffield%20United/

Also now unbeaten for over 3 months.

Also our unbeaten league record during June is longer. 146 years, theirs is only 131.

[Gareth]

O’Connell being out is great news for us & if the rumours that Fleck is out also are true is also massive

[Richard E]

I have a sneaky feeling we will win tonight. 1-0.

[Villa Lew]

O’Connell being out is great news for us & if the rumours that Fleck is out also are true is also massive

Agree about O'Connell, it would be like us having Mings out.

[OzVilla]

Prize for first idiotic comment of the day goes to Martin Keown on Radio 4. "It will help Villa having no crowd there..because the fans can easily turn". He backs this up with reference to his experience as a naive young defender in the abysmal team that finished bottom under Billy McNeil in 1987. That's right ....33 years ago.

No doubt we'll also get "pundits" reminding us how much money Villa have spent without any mention of the fact that we had to add to a much depleted squad.

Keown - file with David Platt ,under "People who should think before they speak"

I’ll see your Gargoyle Keown and raise you a Mark Schwarzer. We had him, Michael Bridges and 2 others I’ve never heard of all writing us off and saying how we'd ‘done a Fulham’. Someone at the club should have copywrited that term so at least we’d ave make a killing from their inane, uneducated drivel. No mention of the 13 players leaving or who we should have kept of course.

[PeterWithe]

Prize for first idiotic comment of the day goes to Martin Keown on Radio 4. "It will help Villa having no crowd there..because the fans can easily turn". He backs this up with reference to his experience as a naive young defender in the abysmal team that finished bottom under Billy McNeil in 1987. That's right ....33 years ago.

No doubt we'll also get "pundits" reminding us how much money Villa have spent without any mention of the fact that we had to add to a much depleted squad.

I heard that and unnerved the missus, who was in the shower, by shouting at the radio 'that was 35 years ago you ugly twat'