Aston Villa v Burnley Pre Match Thread - Thursday 6pm.

[kippaxvilla2]

No use winning at Wolves if we can’t do these.  Niggly, horrible side to play against.  We should have enough although I’m expecting it to be tight.  2-1 us.  Watkins and Grealish.

[Dave P]

Can't see them scoring, it's just weather we break them down.  0-0 or 1-0 Villa.

[Dave]

Just keep our forward players away from Ben Mee and his big clogging legs.

[Risso]

Given the way the season's gone so far, this is as nailed on a victory for Burnley as you're likely to get.

[brontebilly]

Going to be a difficult one I suspect. We know what they will do, sit their back four across their 18 yard box and try and hit Wood at every opportunity. In saying that, as poor as we were last season we still took four points off these. We will have had an extra days rest in the legs too. Kind of game we will be reliant on some Grealish magic to break the deadlock.

[Malandro]

Give Jack a day off.

[Smithy]

Given the way the season's gone so far, this is as nailed on a victory for Burnley as you're likely to get.

This made me snort-laugh - because it's exactly what I was thinking.

But can you imagine going into the Christmas period proper having beaten these and the Stripeyfilth?  Our January shopping list would start to look a whole lot different...

[AV82EC]

Interesting watching them against Arsenal, very high press with multiple bodies committed and it was only Arsenals utter inability with the ball when they beat the press to take advantage. However even when Burnley won the ball high up the pitch they seemed to lack any cutting edge and seemed clueless in how to punish Arsenal.

They’ll go long to Wood and Rodriguez and we need to deal with it.

[Tom_Mc9?]

Give Jack a day off.

I don't think we're good enough to do that when Luiz is already out and Barkley is only just coming back into the frame.

[wince]

Hopefully the villa goal gift fairy has died of Coronavirus. You know the little git, the one that gifts goals or wins to struggling sides when we play them.  Need to put Burnley to the sword and the Tesco bags as last Xmas villa ruined my holiday.

[Bobby Boy]

Well, we know exactly how Burnley will set up and how they will play.

Got a feeling this could be our first draw of the season.

1-1.

[Scovilla]

Will Ross Barkley be fit for that game?

[PGW]

This game nailed on for us as Burnley will be extremely low in confidence after only coming away from Arsenal with a 1-0 win!!!

[Morleys left boot]

 I Hope Barkleys fit i think we look a better side with him in no doubt
 2-0 no excuses 

[Dr Butler]

Burnley nil would be smashing please Villa.

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