Aston Villa v Stevenage - FA Cup 3rd Rd - pre match thread - Sunday, 4.30pm

[pauliewalnuts]

Correction to the thread title is required. It's not just Stevenage we are playing it's Stevenage Borough. The whole borough, consisting of 13 wards. (Shephall, Bedwell, St Nicholas, Martins Wood, Woodfield, Manor, Chells, Bandley Hill, Old Town, Roebuck, Symonds Green, Pin Green, Longmeadow)
So it's not going to be easy.

Some tough areas there.

Wouldn’t want to fuck around on Manor’s manor.

[hipkiss92]

Really looking forward to this, feels like ages since we had a proper home 3rd round tie not Man Utd!!

Expect to win but would like to see squad players and some youngsters get time on the pitch.  Martinez has had a rest so should play, would like to see Bogarde get a game, Ashley needs a break, Digne can sit it out and let Augustinsson play, Luiz looked a bit laboured vs Wolves but was poss carrying a knock from Spuds game, Kamara also done a lot of work recently, Buendia has to be dropped and he is much better from bench if needed and Coutinho could do with 80/90 mins.  Assuming Ramsey will be fit and we need him to get time before Leeds game.   Hopefully good mixture of experience and kids on bench

Martinez
Cash Bogarde Mings Augustinsson
Dendoncker Sanson
Bailey Coutinho Ramsey
Ings

Olsen
Young A
Konsa
Feeney
Kamara
Buendia
Watkins
+2 of Raihky, O’Reilly, Young K and Wilson

Close to my team but Chambers for dirk

Would expect Bednarek for Mings too. Also be surprised if Bailey starts.

[Footy-Vill]

Really looking forward to this, feels like ages since we had a proper home 3rd round tie not Man Utd!!

Expect to win but would like to see squad players and some youngsters get time on the pitch.  Martinez has had a rest so should play, would like to see Bogarde get a game, Ashley needs a break, Digne can sit it out and let Augustinsson play, Luiz looked a bit laboured vs Wolves but was poss carrying a knock from Spuds game, Kamara also done a lot of work recently, Buendia has to be dropped and he is much better from bench if needed and Coutinho could do with 80/90 mins.  Assuming Ramsey will be fit and we need him to get time before Leeds game.   Hopefully good mixture of experience and kids on bench

Martinez
Cash Bogarde Mings Augustinsson
Dendoncker Sanson
Bailey Coutinho Ramsey
Ings

Olsen
Young A
Konsa
Feeney
Kamara
Buendia
Watkins
+2 of Raihky, O’Reilly, Young K and Wilson

Close to my team but Chambers for dirk

Would expect Bednarek for Mings too. Also be surprised if Bailey starts.

And actually Olsen is the Cup keeper.

[Meanwood Villa]

Correction to the thread title is required. It's not just Stevenage we are playing it's Stevenage Borough. The whole borough, consisting of 13 wards. (Shephall, Bedwell, St Nicholas, Martins Wood, Woodfield, Manor, Chells, Bandley Hill, Old Town, Roebuck, Symonds Green, Pin Green, Longmeadow)
So it's not going to be easy.

Some tough areas there.

Wouldn’t want to fuck around on Manor’s manor.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stevenage/8689789.stm

They dropped Borough from their name when they got promoted to the league. A shame for me, at least it wasn't another Town, City or Utd (yawn)

[olaftab]

Martinez is the first world cup winner to play for the Villa in the 3rd round of the FA cup. What an honour for him.

And it looks like there will be 35K plus to see him.

[olaftab]

And actually Olsen is the Cup keeper.

Just as well as he's not the clean sheet keeper.

[Toronto Villa]

And actually Olsen is the Cup keeper.

Just as well as he's not the clean sheet keeper.

He's the Villa keeper with the most recent clean sheet

[olaftab]

Yes indeed he was at Spurs and that shut up a few hash critics.

[Toronto Villa]

Yes indeed he was at Spurs and that shut up a few hash critics.

haha he absolutely did. Including me.

[john e]

Yes indeed he was at Spurs and that shut up a few hash critics.

One good game in 5 where he didn’t have to make a save isn’t gonna win us the cup

[eamonn]

Any thoughts on the crowd? Thought Fred might have weighed-in by now.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Correction to the thread title is required. It's not just Stevenage we are playing it's Stevenage Borough. The whole borough, consisting of 13 wards. (Shephall, Bedwell, St Nicholas, Martins Wood, Woodfield, Manor, Chells, Bandley Hill, Old Town, Roebuck, Symonds Green, Pin Green, Longmeadow)
So it's not going to be easy.

Some tough areas there.

Wouldn’t want to fuck around on Manor’s manor.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/stevenage/8689789.stm

They dropped Borough from their name when they got promoted to the league. A shame for me, at least it wasn't another Town, City or Utd (yawn)

Yeah, quite like that they're not called Borough any more, but it's still their nickname.

[Bad English]

Martinez is the first world cup winner to play for the Villa in the 3rd round of the FA cup. What an honour for him.

And it looks like there will be 35K plus to see him.

Really? I think he should bring his WC medal and Golden Glove onto the pitch before the game to mark the occasion.

[Small Rodent]

The commentary versus Wolves kept calling him by his full name for some odd reason.

[Gareth]

Really looking forward to this, feels like ages since we had a proper home 3rd round tie not Man Utd!!

Expect to win but would like to see squad players and some youngsters get time on the pitch.  Martinez has had a rest so should play, would like to see Bogarde get a game, Ashley needs a break, Digne can sit it out and let Augustinsson play, Luiz looked a bit laboured vs Wolves but was poss carrying a knock from Spuds game, Kamara also done a lot of work recently, Buendia has to be dropped and he is much better from bench if needed and Coutinho could do with 80/90 mins.  Assuming Ramsey will be fit and we need him to get time before Leeds game.   Hopefully good mixture of experience and kids on bench

Martinez
Cash Bogarde Mings Augustinsson
Dendoncker Sanson
Bailey Coutinho Ramsey
Ings

Olsen
Young A
Konsa
Feeney
Kamara
Buendia
Watkins
+2 of Raihky, O’Reilly, Young K and Wilson

Close to my team but Chambers for dirk

Would expect Bednarek for Mings too. Also be surprised if Bailey starts.

And actually Olsen is the Cup keeper.

But Martinez is the keeper that missed the 3 week block of training so needs game time to work with any changes that Emery implemented whilst World Cup was on