Aston Villa v Yorkshire Whites 9th February 8pm. Pre Match Thread.

[cannock villa]

as bad as some of you think Leeds are the difference Between us is just 4 points so there’s not a chasm between us
Obviously we have improved Since Gerrard arrived so we should be going for a win but it won’t be easy

2-1


This. Those talking about giving them a battering, give yer heads a wobble.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Yorkshire Whites? Yorkshire Whites Only more like. Marching On Together have set themselves the thankless task of trying to stamp out racism at Leeds for over 30 years without much success. See the Leeds Salute. Leeds are a strange club, a rugby league town that draws in support from former mining villages and very long in the tooth glory hunters from Scandinavia. I can't think of another club whose fans are everywhere when they're winning but disappear or go back to supporting Leeds Rhinos when they're shit, which is most of the time. Not that they're even loyal to Leeds Rhinos. You'll rarely see 'Leeds' and 'loyal' in the same sentence.

Super Leeds in the seventies where big in Scandinavia.  From late sixties onwards we got a TV match from the English 1. div every Saturday 4 o clock. We didnt have anything like it, big impact for generation(s). Super Leeds with Billy Bremner? Peter Lorimer, Allan Clarke and some else stood out in those formative years for some. My self never liked their supporters in Scandinavia much. I think Gerrard set us up solid defensively so they cant get too much opportunities with their high pressure game. 2-1-to us; Couthino 33, Watkins 63, them 65.

That makes a lot of sense and to their credit they're probably the most loyal of the Leeds fans. The thing that really confuses me is I know loads of Leeds fans having lived up there. They're all still great mates but as soon as football is mentioned they suddenly turn into neanderthals who can only spit out one word, 'Leeds. Leeds' and they're all hard as nails and aggressive with it. Hilarious stuff. Maybe being a one town team who carry its name in a country that rarely talks about the place adds to their split personality, I don't know but they're a real strange and sad lot.

John e points out they're only four points behind us which I think reflects more on our poor season than theirs as they've had a long list of injuries with a small squad throughout most of the season. Fortunately Gerrard has come in and given us a bit of steel and organisation. If we can now start improving in front of goal we will be far too much for them but the least I expect is for them to make us work hard for the points.

[bilsim]

as bad as some of you think Leeds are the difference Between us is just 4 points so there’s not a chasm between us
Obviously we have improved Since Gerrard arrived so we should be going for a win but it won’t be easy

2-1

No Premier League game is easy, but on current form we should really be winning this comfortably.

The lack of distance between us in the table is much more to do with how bad we were towards the end of the Smith era than it is to do with Leeds being decent.

[olaftab]

as bad as some of you think Leeds are the difference Between us is just 4 points so there’s not a chasm between us
Obviously we have improved Since Gerrard arrived so we should be going for a win but it won’t be easy

2-1

Why do you have to be realistic and inevitably correct all the time? It's just annoying to be not like you

[Bad English]

FTF! 3-1.

[john e]

as bad as some of you think Leeds are the difference Between us is just 4 points so there’s not a chasm between us
Obviously we have improved Since Gerrard arrived so we should be going for a win but it won’t be easy

2-1

Why do you have to be realistic and inevitably correct all the time? It's just annoying to be not like you

ha ha love it but You really don’t want to like be me mate
if it makes you feel any better I’ve probably made more mistakes in life than the rest of you put together

[ADVILLAFAN]

Think they have no Phillips, Bamford or Cooper and they're playing Llorente at CB.

[RamboandBruno]

Yorkshire Whites? Yorkshire Whites Only more like. Marching On Together have set themselves the thankless task of trying to stamp out racism at Leeds for over 30 years without much success. See the Leeds Salute. Leeds are a strange club, a rugby league town that draws in support from former mining villages and very long in the tooth glory hunters from Scandinavia. I can't think of another club whose fans are everywhere when they're winning but disappear or go back to supporting Leeds Rhinos when they're shit, which is most of the time. Not that they're even loyal to Leeds Rhinos. You'll rarely see 'Leeds' and 'loyal' in the same sentence.

They're massively weird. They did a 'Sevco' back in the day and got chucked out of the league for dodgy payments, reformed, did nothing till Revie turned up and made them dress like facists (well, the facists favourite team anyway) and were simultaneously brilliant, despicable, successful and a bunch of bottle merchants.

The first time I encountered them was at home in our promotion season in 88, a match that had to be all ticket because even in that climate their fans were significantly worse than everyone else's.

They beat us 2-1 that day, think Bob Taylor scored at least one if not both goals. I remember a group of their fans fighting some of ours on the road outside the holte end after the game had kicked off. Could see it from the upper end of the Holte where i used to stand when were kicking towards the North Stand.
Anyway, i dislike Leeds abd i hope we batter them, we also havent had a really comfortable win under Gerrard yet, hope this is the one.

3-0 (Mcginn, Watkins, Coutinhio with a screamer)

[LeeB]

Yorkshire Whites? Yorkshire Whites Only more like. Marching On Together have set themselves the thankless task of trying to stamp out racism at Leeds for over 30 years without much success. See the Leeds Salute. Leeds are a strange club, a rugby league town that draws in support from former mining villages and very long in the tooth glory hunters from Scandinavia. I can't think of another club whose fans are everywhere when they're winning but disappear or go back to supporting Leeds Rhinos when they're shit, which is most of the time. Not that they're even loyal to Leeds Rhinos. You'll rarely see 'Leeds' and 'loyal' in the same sentence.

They're massively weird. They did a 'Sevco' back in the day and got chucked out of the league for dodgy payments, reformed, did nothing till Revie turned up and made them dress like facists (well, the facists favourite team anyway) and were simultaneously brilliant, despicable, successful and a bunch of bottle merchants.

The first time I encountered them was at home in our promotion season in 88, a match that had to be all ticket because even in that climate their fans were significantly worse than everyone else's.

They beat us 2-1 that day, think Bob Taylor scored at least one if not both goals. I remember a group of their fans fighting some of ours on the road outside the holte end after the game had kicked off. Could see it from the upper end of the Holte where i used to stand when were kicking towards the North Stand.
Anyway, i dislike Leeds abd i hope we batter them, we also havent had a really comfortable win under Gerrard yet, hope this is the one.

3-0 (Mcginn, Watkins, Coutinhio with a screamer)

They did, though the thing I remember most was Andy Gray jnr trying to take the net off with a reasonable chance and it landing near the corner flag.

[PaulTheVillan]

3-1 win.

[placeforparks]

Think they have no Phillips, Bamford or Cooper and they're playing Llorente at CB.

bielsa doing his presser now. bamford and firpo out, sounds like phillips and cooper could be 50:50 for wednesday.

edit: he later said he expects phillips and cooper back towards the end of feb/start of march, so they're out as well.

[Risso]

Things I'd like to see on Wednesday:

- A good straightforward, no messing about shoeing of these arseholes. Minimum 2-0 please.
- No mistakes from the defence and a clean sheet
- Watkins or Ings playing well and scoring
- A masterclass from Coutinho

[The Edge]

78% going for a Villa win, which is a bit worrying, even so I still think we'll do it, going 2-1.

I don't think our poll will actually affect the outcome 😉 tough game obviously but I'm backing us to win by two clear goals.

[eamonn]

Things I'd like to see on Wednesday:

- A good straightforward, no messing about shoeing of these arseholes. Minimum 2-0 please.
- No mistakes from the defence and a clean sheet
- Watkins or Ings playing well and scoring
- A masterclass from Coutinho

Villa KPIs must be met.

[rob_bridge]

Smash them to pieces - this is a club with minimal redeeming features. I put them near (but not quite as bad as) Man Yoo and the Dingles in that respect