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

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[Damo70]

If we'd managed even draws against West Ham, Brighton, and Southampton, we'd go third with a win against Burnley, and top if we won our game in hand.

I won't believe in if anymore. It's an illusion, if is for children.

My Mum used to listen to Roger Whittaker a lot when I was a kid.

Is there any live TV or radio coverage of this game?

[RamboandBruno]

If we'd managed even draws against West Ham, Brighton, and Southampton, we'd go third with a win against Burnley, and top if we won our game in hand.

I won't believe in if anymore. It's an illusion, if is for children.

My Mum used to listen to Roger Whittaker a lot when I was a kid.

Is there any live TV or radio coverage of this game?

Amazon Prime video

[Smithy]

We scored more goals against Liverpool than this lot have all season - so this SHOULD be about as comfortable a result as they come if we truly are a proper top-half team these days.

[fbriai]

Really think we can do these.

3-0.

UTV!

[TelfordVilla]

Wont be easy. See albion vs mancity and fulham vs Liverpool

[eamonn]

Have we ever had 3 games in hand over most of the league?Feels wonderful! The possibilities are endless...

[WarszaVillan]

If we win tomorrow (yeah I know) the table looks very good

[Des Little]

We’ve all been here before, haven’t we? Come on lads, win this and we are set fair.

[brontebilly]

Trez, Cash and Luiz all out tomorrow, Barkley probably touch and go to make it. Might be best advised to bring him in as a sub as the last thing we need is him out for weeks.

Going to be a very interesting team selection and we appear to be running out of players to put on the bench. Elmo for additional height against the Burnley aerial game but he won't last 90 mins. Nakamba for a bit more grunt in midfield. No Traore from the start but AEG will likely strongly test our patience. Don't think it's a game for Ramsey either but a good option to bring in.

-------------Martinez
Elmo, Konsa, Mings, Targett
-------McGinn, Nakamba
AEG, Barkley/Houri, Jack
------------Watkins

Bench, Steer, Traore, Guilbert, Ramsey, Hause, Davis, Taylor

[TonyD]

We really need to win this and the next two. 

Would then be sitting rather pretty in the league with games in hand. 

Come on our Villa do this!!!!!

[Hillbilly]

Football on a Thursday feels wrong.

[Duncan Shaw]

Football on a Thursday feels wrong.

It sort of does, but I'm loving it while we can't go!  Had Amazon Prime on in the background all evening last night dipping in and out of the games and seeing what's going on, which was quite good to have.  Anyway, we'll f these f'ers!! 

[PaulWinch again]

Think this will be tough. The favourites tag is a tricky one.

[robbo1874]

Trez, Cash and Luiz all out tomorrow, Barkley probably touch and go to make it. Might be best advised to bring him in as a sub as the last thing we need is him out for weeks.

Going to be a very interesting team selection and we appear to be running out of players to put on the bench. Elmo for additional height against the Burnley aerial game but he won't last 90 mins. Nakamba for a bit more grunt in midfield. No Traore from the start but AEG will likely strongly test our patience. Don't think it's a game for Ramsey either but a good option to bring in.

-------------Martinez
Elmo, Konsa, Mings, Targett
-------McGinn, Nakamba
AEG, Barkley/Houri, Jack
------------Watkins

Bench, Steer, Traore, Guilbert, Ramsey, Hause, Davis, Taylor

id have Ramsey starting, with the enforced absences we’ve got. Did very well against Wolves (who contrived to beat Chelsea in their last match). He’ll be buzzing from the Wolves match. Less sure about who we’d leave out from the team set out above though. Smith has some tricky decisions to make for this one. I guess it will largely depend on who’s impressed in training this week.