Manchester City vs Aston Villa Match Thread

[Toronto Villa]

We go again. Tough on AEG if it's not Covid but bench is decent. Good to see Ross back.

[richtheholtender]

Great bench 5 defenders and a keeper

[Toronto Villa]

[Risso]

Great looking side.  Think that's only Hause absent from the squad who you'd expect to be in, given that Trez was still someway off fitness anyway.

[cdbearsfan]

Great bench 5 defenders and a keeper

One goalkeeper, four defenders (one of whom often plays wide midfield), two midfielders, a winger and a forward. With a couple of players, presumably, missing due to a pandemic. Struggling to find much to complain about.

[Toronto Villa]

Great bench 5 defenders and a keeper

eh? Elmo is defender or right midfielder, 3 true defenders, 2 midfielders and 1 winger and 1 forward plus a keeper

[PaulWinch again]

Come on Villa.

[PaulWinch again]

Great bench 5 defenders and a keeper

One goalkeeper, four defenders (one of whom often plays wide midfield), two midfielders, a winger and a forward. With a couple of players, presumably, missing due to a pandemic. Struggling to find much to complain about.

Yup.

[Nev]

I have a smile as wide as the Expressway tonight, I hope it's still there at 8pm.

[spk]

And as predicted, no Aguero (Thank the Lord )

[Villa Lew]

Good to see Ross back

[WarszaVillan]

El Ghazi will feel a bit hard done by, although we don't know who is still not 100 percent of course after covid. But that's a good strong team and bench.

[Ads]

El Ghazi will feel a bit hard done by, although we don't know who is still not 100 percent of course after covid. But that's a good strong team and bench.

Smith said there was a player he told had COVID and the player didn't believe him as he was flying. He was then in bed shattered with it for a few days. Given El Goalzi has been in such form, I suspect it might have been him.

Good team, come on you Villa boys!!

[eamonn]

Strong team, bench needs to be a bit sexier. We need another attacking option.

[Smithy]

Not what I was expecting at all.  Given all the talk of players who got it, I had assumed we'd be missing at least a couple from the first choice 11, but that looks like us at pretty much full strength?

Let's got an give them a game - their current run has to end sometime!