Aston Villa v West Ham pre-match thread - Wednesday February 3rd, 8.15pm

[Dave P]

Does anyone know if BT do a 'per match/per day' subscription like you can get with sky sports, or do you have to take our a full subscription?  Quite keen to watch this one!

Don't think so.  You can have it for a month at a time for £25 but I don't think its as easy to cancel as it is to join up.  Don't forget Saturday's game v Arsenal is on BT too.

[rob_bridge]

Smash them please. We owe them one.

[john e]

we are a better team than them, we were mugged at their place last time
we have to make sure that doesn't happen again

2-0

[cdbearsfan]

Haven’t they just signed Benrahma and 1 or 2 others? Hopefully it’s a bit too soon for them to slot in. We’ll see. I reckon West Ham have surprised a lot of people with their form this season, not least their own fans who were calling For ‘BGS’ heads at the start of the season on their podcasts, which was funny to watch. Haven’t watched it since the season started, but I bet they’ve changed their tune somewhat since then - the fickle  claret and blue bastards ; )

Benrahma has just signed permanently but has been there on loan all season so won't really need time to "slot in". Their only other new acquisitions are a youngster from Denmark who, I assume, won't play, and Jesse Lingard on loan from Man U.

[brontebilly]

They managed to beat us last time out.
We have lost too many games we should have won so I am not confident.

They did but we absolutely battered them in general play and chances created. Set pieces are a big concern obviously as they certainly are a bigger team than us. Fatigue is likely to be a problem for both teams.

[robbo1874]

Haven’t they just signed Benrahma and 1 or 2 others? Hopefully it’s a bit too soon for them to slot in. We’ll see. I reckon West Ham have surprised a lot of people with their form this season, not least their own fans who were calling For ‘BGS’ heads at the start of the season on their podcasts, which was funny to watch. Haven’t watched it since the season started, but I bet they’ve changed their tune somewhat since then - the fickle  claret and blue bastards ; )

Benrahma has just signed permanently but has been there on loan all season so won't really need time to "slot in". Their only other new acquisitions are a youngster from Denmark who, I assume, won't play, and Jesse Lingard on loan from Man U.

thanks- hadn’t realised benrahma was already there on loan. Did he play in the Villa match? Don’t remember it if he did. Be interesting to see how Lingaard shapes up, as he could’ve been 40m quids worth of the 80m being touted as part of the Hrealish deal (in their eyes) to snare Jack up the M6. Cheeky bastards.

[fbriai]

He came on at half-time, Robbo.

[sendô WHU]

What happened to Sendo?

Lost my login, couldn't get in, later realised my email address was entered wrong.

Never mind, I'm back for the Claret & Blue derby.

The proper one, no-one cares about Burnley.

[Ads]

What's with the overall level of antipathy towards the Villa on KUMB Sendo?

We're all a bit salty after the away game (well I am) as we felt it was a game we dominated and conspired to lose,  but there's lots of hate towards us. Is there a particular incident?

[Bobby Boy]

What happened to Sendo?

Lost my login, couldn't get in, later realised my email address was entered wrong.

Never mind, I'm back for the Claret & Blue derby.

The proper one, no-one cares about Burnley.

Hi Sendo, your boys are having a great season. You have some exciting talent in your team.

You do realise though that we are still smarting from our defeat at your place. We were excellent that day and deserved more.

What are your expectations for the rest of the season?

[OzVilla]

We did try to warn you about those owners Sendo.

[Bobby Boy]

Should be a good game Wednesday. Two good footballing teams.

If we replicate our mostly excellent performance at their place then 2-1 to us.

[dave.woodhall]

What happened to Sendo?

Lost my login, couldn't get in, later realised my email address was entered wrong.

Never mind, I'm back for the Claret & Blue derby.

The proper one, no-one cares about Burnley.

Are you the same Sendo who keeps slagging the Villa on KUMB?

[sendô WHU]

What's with the overall level of antipathy towards the Villa on KUMB Sendo?

We're all a bit salty after the away game (well I am) as we felt it was a game we dominated and conspired to lose,  but there's lots of hate towards us. Is there a particular incident?

I think a general feeling of indignation given the proclivity for falling over at the slightest touch from a few of your last game. I always find it quite funny how we as football fans react to these sorts of things like it's a personal assault - myself included.

That game certainly wasn't our best, and Villa played quite well. Still, playing crap and winning was a nice change for us - normally it's playing shit and losing, or occasionally playing well and losing.

[sendô WHU]

What happened to Sendo?

Lost my login, couldn't get in, later realised my email address was entered wrong.

Never mind, I'm back for the Claret & Blue derby.

The proper one, no-one cares about Burnley.

Hi Sendo, your boys are having a great season. You have some exciting talent in your team.

You do realise though that we are still smarting from our defeat at your place. We were excellent that day and deserved more.

What are your expectations for the rest of the season?

Yeah I expect Villa to be up for this one. A lot depends on how West Ham react to getting turned over by Liverpool. We certainly need to get at you more than we did at the London Stadum.

I don't think we'll stay where we are, and we'll start to slide back down the table as the fixtures pile up and injures start to hit. If we lose Antonio we're donald ducked.

It's hard to predict given how this season has gone, but somewhere from 8th to 12th most likely. I'll be gutted if we finish below Arsenal from this point though.