Aston Villa vs Arsenal pre match thread - Feb 6th 12.30pm

[Bad English]

FTBBATGATLAFPMTTF! 3-1

Spoiler for FTBBATGATFLAFPMTTF!:

Fuck The Boring Boring Arsenal Tarquin Gooners And Their Fucking Library And Fuck Piers Morgan Too!

[Clampy]

I always like the idea of giving the team who lost the last game a chance to redeem themselves but we do look as if we need freshening up a bit. Not too much though. I'd bring Trez in definitely and possibly Sanson for McGinn, bringing Mcginn on later for Barkley.

[CT]

If Runarsson is playing for Arsenal today we really need to get plenty of shots on goal.

Seems to be Matt Ryan - was he the Brighton keeper who got the VAR decision at Villa Park when appealed, the officials all gave the goal, but SP decided he’d been “fouled” by Wes?

[wittonwarrior]

I’ll take any sort of positive result today will go 1-1

[ktvillan]

Smith's comment about players never being carried off exhausted is unusually daft for him.  They do need resting but I think wholesale changes to midfield would be a mistake.  Either Ramsey or Nakamba to come in for either Luiz or Barkley/McGinn.   Maybe start Trez just for a change.

[brontebilly]

Traore in for El Ghazi.  That's the only change I reckon, unless SJM who hasn't been so SJM just lately gets the push for Sanson.

I love Douglas but he looks like he could do with a rest.

That's the problem, a number of them could do with a rest. But Barkley simply has to be dropped after his "effort" last time out. I suspect he will be with Jack moving into 10 and Luiz/McGinn behind.

[Astnor]

I would go for the team that Dean have chosen as our best eleven lately - thats the team that started last time though with Traore on the right as El Ghazi didnt work. I want to see us better than last match. Arsenal seems a bit unpredictable as does we so could go either way. Lets win then.

[Villa Lew]

I would start with Sanson, but if he's on the bench, Dean's gotta give him a decent amount of game time, giving him only 10 minutes on Wednesday was ridiculous. I don't think there'll be a lot of changes as we've got a week off coming up and can't believe Emi can play so badly again. Arsenal looked very impressive in the 1st half against Wolves and would have probably have won comfortably if it hadn't been for the sending off. The young kid Saka looks quality, they are a big improvement on the team, we last played. Going 1-1.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

FTBBATGATLAFPMTTF! 3-1

Spoiler for FTBBATGATFLAFPMTTF!:

Fuck The Boring Boring Arsenal Tarquin Gooners And Their Fucking Library And Fuck Piers Morgan Too!

This really doesn't work when you put the F at the end. You seem to have included it in the abbreviation but not in the long version.
It finishes ...'Piers Morgan Too ! ' Or is it supposed to be 'Piers Morgan Too Fuckers !' ?  Or 'Piers Morgan Too ! Fuckers' ?
It's very confusing and I'm frankly disappointed that I have to be thinking about this when I need to focus on the game which kicks off in an hour.