Burnley v Aston Villa Pre-Match

[eamonn]

Just win baby.

Now your smile is wearing thin
Seems you're trying not to lose
Since I'm not supposed to grin
All you've gotta do is....win

[brontebilly]

Ings will probably start alright but it's Buendia that deserves a go. Maybe Gerrard will let Coutinho sit this one out with Buendia and Ings coming in for Bailey and Coutinho. I'd like to see Tim giving another go, his physical power would be useful against these cloggers but I'd say one of Nakamba or Luiz will come back in.

I'm not sure why really but I think this game could be filthy.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Tough game, so sadly I can only see a Villa loss there.
Come on Villa boys aim for those 3 points!
UTV!

[Lsvilla]

New ground for me. Hoping for the win but would take a draw given their recent run and do them down here in a couple of weeks. I also anticipate a physical (dirty?) game. We do seem to mix it more under SG I think.
Also any parking suggestions for a decent getaway afterwards or recommendations for a spot of lunch (travelling with the wife) welcomed.

[Baldy]

Match their tenacity and with our extra quality we should win this.

Will we match it though? 

[postal]

Burnley have a belief to play to the final whistle.
And they will fall over at a slightest knock.

Look at the free kick that they got late on against Watford.
It was barely a touch but he knew where he was, so he fell over, and they scored from it.

Got to be wise to it.

And our players need to get away from any sight of the beach and play like they need the points, as we do. It's Liverpool and ManCity in a couple of weeks  and I doubt we will get anything from those.

The two Burnley games are massive

[ez]

I have a feeling we'll go defensive with 10 men behind the ball. Goalless draw.

[Skerra]

Don’t fancy this one at all. Think they’ll be far too physical for us. 2-1 to them

[postal]

Yes too physical for Coutinho and Tim might not have the experience to deal with seasoned players.

[rougegorge]

There's a recurring theme that implies they will be more physical than us.

However, we have had 74 yellow cards, Burnley 63; we have had 3 red cards, Burnley just one.

We are 3rd in the poor disciplinary table, well behind Leeds, but we should be able to overtake Newcastle as we have a game in hand 

[Beard82]

But physical implies there stronger, not that they foul more

[rougegorge]

I know yellow cards and fouls are not everything, but I guess they do give an indication of physicality (or maybe just bad play!). Either way, I am not sure that physicality should be a key factor to win the game; if a team gets too physical, by rights, the issuing of cards should be a deterrent.   

Determination and effort are much more likely to count, as well as skill of course. If we can apply those three factors, we should be ok, but it's just that we don't do them consistently either.

[Ads]

Is Ben Mee available? Cripples one of ours every time we play there. I’d like to think we’ll win but fear they may have more desire and physical fight than us.
On paper we should win but it’s a funny old game.
 

Apart from Wesley who else has he done this to?

He broke Joe Gomez's leg with a snide scissor tackle designed to cause injury. He's a dirty ******.

[eamonn]

Don't worry, he may not play again. Let's hope that's the case.

[Risso]

But physical implies there stronger, not that they foul more

Are they really that more physical than us? They've got that big lump up front but nothing that Mings shouldn't be able to handle. There's that dirty cheating shit Mee, but don't think he'll be playing. Most of our players can handle themselves these days.