Aston Villa v Chelsea Match Thread

[gpbarr]

Does he realise we have a 25 man squad for a reason???  FFS

Same old shit

[Toronto Villa]

[N'ZMAV]

The front three is an interesting choice. The players at Forest didn’t do enough so I can see why he changed it.

McGinn needs dropping.

[PeterWithesShin]

Gotta love a bench with 0 attackers.

[N'ZMAV]

I think I’d rather have Snodgrass and Adomah over Watkins and Bailey.

[ozzjim]

It did seem the day to bring Dendonker into the midfield, push Ramsey wide like we did against Man City and bench Buendia and Coutinho. I didn't count on Ings being re-animated instead of the extra body in the middle. He'll live or die on that hill.

[Axl Rose]

Does McGinn have to start every game? I know he's captain, but do....

I can't be bothered. Where's the creativity?

Chilwell or Mount to score and do some sort of ridiculous hand gesture type celebration that Grealish will no doubt copy if he scores again before April.

[Clark W Griswold]

Excellent

[Jon Crofts]

Glad I’m missing this one. Good luck everyone, I’m having a long boozy lunch in Lisbon.

[dave.woodhall]

We'll probably win now.

[Beard82]

It did seem the day to bring Dendonker into the midfield, push Ramsey wide like we did against Man City and bench Buendia and Coutinho. I didn't count on Ings being re-animated instead of the extra body in the middle. He'll live or die on that hill.

Yeah - why buy Dendonker if hes not going to play him in games like this

Dont get the line up - which normally translate to us being brilliant so fingers crossed

[Axl Rose]

Glad I’m missing this one. Good luck everyone, I’m having a long boozy lunch in Lisbon.

I think I'll have a whole bottle of warm sake.

[cdbearsfan]

Boycotting today's game in a protest about Gerrard.

It definitely isn't because I'm hung over, honest.

[Bad English]

What a lovely day on the inter...

Good Lord!

[eamonn]

Didn't Gerrard say in his presser that Archer may have to have an op but it's being put-off/they're unsure when to do it?

Maybe it's been decided to bring it forward or maybe he has genuine discomfort there. He would almost certainly be on the bench if he felt ok to play.