Brighton vs Aston Villa pre-match thread - Saturday, Feb 13th - 8pm

[Villafirst]

Brighton have quite a few injuries which will help. I think it'll be Brighton 1-2 Aston Villa.

[algy]

was lording him up a bit before i got ill so how is barkley doing for you lot recently ? was injured the last time i looked

For me, pre-injury I thought he looked great. Things weren't always clicking, but when they did you could see he was one hell of a player.

After the injury, to me he looks like he's not really got back up to full fitness, and that along with him having a less engaged playing style than the rest of the team has made him look a bit of a passenger.

I'm fairly hopeful that he'll get back to being himself over the second half of the season. It wouldn't surprise me if he joined permanently come the end of the season, but not for the £40m figure being bandied about. That seems quite high to me for a player that, if we don't take him, will - at best - be sitting on their bench.

[PaulWinch again]

Tough game Brighton have been playing well. Hopefully a week’s rest will have recharged the batteries.

[Ads]

First week Barkely has properly trained since we started up again according to Deano.

[Drummond]

We'll win this. Barkley, Watkins and Traore with the goals. Grealish with at least one assist.

[TonyD]

Getting a curry delivery and have beers in fridge.
Villa win for a good Saturday night.

[Rigadon]

Feels like another one we could get a win in.  Be interesting to see how a fitter Barkley performs - he's got a point to prove too.

[CT]

I feel like we owe these for everything that happened at VP earlier this season.

Tough one, but we’ll win this.

[four fornicholl]

Getting a curry delivery and have beers in fridge.
Villa win for a good Saturday night.

I'm having some of that.

[Villa Lew]

Including today, 5 of the next 6 matches are against teams from the bottom half, so gotta a good opportunity to push for that European place. Brighton are on a good run at the moment, unbeaten in 5 in the league, which includes winning at Anfield. We'll have to watch out for Lewis Dunk at set pieces and Maupay at the other end. Going for Villa win by the odd goal.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Getting a curry delivery and have beers in fridge.
Villa win for a good Saturday night.

Just Eat and Just Beat.

[LeeB]

Including today, 5 of the next 6 matches are against teams from the bottom half, so gotta a good opportunity to push for that European place. Brighton are on a good run at the moment, unbeaten in 5 in the league, which includes winning at Anfield. We'll have to watch out for Lewis Dunk at set pieces and Maupay at the other end. Going for Villa win by the odd goal.

This is the Villa though, so patchy results from those games then we’ll clean up in the big games and end up a point off 4th place thinking ‘if only .....”.

[PaulWinch again]

I’d like to see Douglas back. Hopefully a game off did him some good, but we need to control the midfield today.

[London Villan]

Start with sanson, doug and barkley in midfield...

[DrGonzo]

Oh a win would rock... 2 places jumped and 2 places more possible with GiH... 4-1 lads let's tear them a fresh rectum.