Chelsea v Aston Villa Pre Match

[Risso]

Entirely possible I completely misread it!

[Percy McCarthy]

Entirely possible I completely misread it!

I think so mate. Think we’ve only got Leicester and Forest to play who are below us; Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool away, Fulham, Brighton, Spurs at home. That’s just off the top of my head. Not frightening necessarily, but I imagine other teams have more of a spread that includes the bottom feeders, especially considering there’s nine clubs down there. That’s just current standings though, current form may be different I suppose.

When you think back to our early fixtures, what an easy start Gerrard wasted. Should have gone much earlier.

[Richard]

Entirely possible I completely misread it!

I think so mate. Think we’ve only got Leicester and Forest to play who are below us; Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool away, Fulham, Brighton, Spurs at home. That’s just off the top of my head. Not frightening necessarily, but I imagine other teams have more of a spread that includes the bottom feeders, especially considering there’s nine clubs down there. That’s just current standings though, current form may be different I suppose.

When you think back to our early fixtures, what an easy start Gerrard wasted. Should have gone much earlier.

And those lovable mind the gap peasants from up the road....

[Percy McCarthy]

Entirely possible I completely misread it!

I think so mate. Think we’ve only got Leicester and Forest to play who are below us; Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool away, Fulham, Brighton, Spurs at home. That’s just off the top of my head. Not frightening necessarily, but I imagine other teams have more of a spread that includes the bottom feeders, especially considering there’s nine clubs down there. That’s just current standings though, current form may be different I suppose.

When you think back to our early fixtures, what an easy start Gerrard wasted. Should have gone much earlier.

And those lovable mind the gap peasants from up the road....

Oh yeah. And Brentford away has just occurred to me too (as one I missed, not one below us  - yet)

[Hookeysmith]

How brilliant would it be if we went on a winning run like with Smith in the promotion year. Obviously not winning 10 in a row but to go unbeaten

[SamTheMouse]

Entirely possible I completely misread it!

When you think back to our early fixtures, what an easy start Gerrard wasted. Should have gone much earlier.

Yeah, preferably about 2001.

[Tony Daleys Shorts]

A chance for us to make a real statement here  by climbing above these wankers in the league.

2-0 to them.

[Villa Lew]

In the last 19 games at Stamford Bridge our record is W1 D5 L13, I knew it wasn't great, but didn't think it was that bad. Our victory was on New Years Eve 2011, 1-3 when a certain Stephen Ireland got a goal and an assist, Stan and Bent the others.

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Can't see us getting a Bournemouthesque result at Stanford Bridge: our record's there is crap!
Best we can hope for is a 1-1 draw.

As far as the national media is concerned, they've never taken much notice of us anyway (part of a wider Londoncentric anti-Midlands bias in this country) generally)!

[Risso]

In the last 19 games at Stamford Bridge our record is W1 D5 L13, I knew it wasn't great, but didn't think it was that bad. Our victory was on New Years Eve 2011, 1-3 when a certain Stephen Ireland got a goal and an assist, Stan and Bent the others.

Records aren't set in stone though, and the main reason we always lose there is that they've nearly always been really good in that period, and we were mostly really bad. Now we're far more evenly matched in terms of form and ability in the team. We've got the better manager, and our away form Emery has been excellent.

[Villa Lew]

In the last 19 games at Stamford Bridge our record is W1 D5 L13, I knew it wasn't great, but didn't think it was that bad. Our victory was on New Years Eve 2011, 1-3 when a certain Stephen Ireland got a goal and an assist, Stan and Bent the others.

Records aren't set in stone though, and the main reason we always lose there is that they've nearly always been really good in that period, and we were mostly really bad. Now we're far more evenly matched in terms of form and ability in the team. We've got the better manager, and our away form Emery has been excellent.

Agree Risso, it's been a long time since I've been as optimistic of a Villa win there, as I am today.

[Brend'Watkins]

Getting a bit excited now for the “Why didn’t Barry take the Penalty” fixture.

[PeterWithesShin]

Getting a bit excited now for the “Why didn’t Barry take the Penalty” fixture.

Wouldn't it be better to focus on the Chelsea game?

[Rigadon]

I've got a sneaky feeling this is going to be a good convincing win.

It is worrying but i am really looking forward to this and am confident we will give them a game if not claim a victory

I still have nightmares about the Lamberk 8-0 game

I had to look it up but this was the team - OMFG

22
B Guzan
31
C Herd
6
C Clark (c)
32
N Baker
34
M Lowton
25
B Bannan
15
A Westwood 56'56th minute
30
E Lichaj 56'56th minute
26
A Weimann
14
B Holman 79'79th minute
20
C Benteke
Substitutes
1
S Given
7
S Ireland 56'56th minute
8
K El Ahmadi
12
M Albrighton
16
F Delph
21
J Bowery 79'79th minute
27
J Bennett 56'56th minute

Wow.  I’d forgotten just how abysmal that era was.  That team!!!! 

[Rigadon]

‘Young and hungry’.