Chelsea v Aston Villa Pre Match

[Skerra]

Risso, you were lucky there. Every time I put talksport on, they’re talking about some crap boxing match this weekend!!

[SamTheMouse]

We're still very much under the radar as far as the national media is concerned. I had to drop my son off at school at 4.30am this morning as he's off to Italy on a school trip, and on the way back I had Talksport on. They were talking about the league table and how there's not really a traditional midtable as such, with the bottom half all in danger of relegation, and the top half all with an eye on various European places. One of the two presenters piped up with, "well, apart from Aston Villa in 11th." To be fair, his co-presenter did  put him right by stating we weren't far off 7th and if we beat Chelsea would be right up there, but the original comment just shows how lazy and uniformed a lot of journalists are.

These pundits get paid to do it, yet most of us on here probably have more extensive knowledge of football in general, not just the Villa.

Lazy twats.

[Nev]

If I can help it I don't listen to pundits, amongst all of them I can only think of Pat Nevin who has anything of value to say.

I prefer journalists who generally have to be factual, well written and balanced. Which is what drives me mad when we have the sort of lazy rubbish that I referenced. For balance, unless the circumstances are extreme such as title or cup win (when they often print from both view points anyway) that "10 things..." should be balanced in that if the preview features one side then the Monday review should feature the other but it rarely works out that way.

[Clampy]

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

[Hookeysmith]

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

[VILLA MOLE]

If it helps and for balance  I am worried about Felix he looks some player ,

[Axl Rose]

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

To think we won there the season before under McLeish.

[coreyfeldman]

Jordan fucking Bowery. Who signed him?

[Brend'Watkins]

I'm shocked at how many on here listen to Talk Radio. I tried it once and felt dirty afterwards.

[pauliewalnuts]

I'm shocked at how many on here listen to Talk Radio. I tried it once and felt dirty afterwards.

If you listen to the ads on Talk Sport, you genuinely start to understand why they're so successful - they absolutely know their listernership, their segment of the market.

All the ads are for things like taxi insurance, trade building supplies, van sales etc.

If you're targeting that demographic, TalkSport is absolutely the place to advertise.

[Toronto Villa]

When I do tune in, I listen to it for Laura Woods’ voice. Not for any kind of serious content. And she’s the smartest of the entire lot.

[Villa Lew]

When I do tune in, I listen to it for Laura Woods’ voice. Not for any kind of serious content. And she’s the smartest of the entire lot.

Yeah think she's great, had to put up with a lot of vile comments from the misogynists, when she first started on the show.

[Toronto Villa]

When I do tune in, I listen to it for Laura Woods’ voice. Not for any kind of serious content. And she’s the smartest of the entire lot.

Yeah think she's great, had to put up with a lot of vile comments from the misogynists, when she first started on the show.

It says a lot more about some of the wankers than it does her. She’s brilliant in how she handles them.

[LeonW]

I think this is actually quite a big game. A win and suddenly we’re a couple of points off the teams chasing Europe with Leicester and Forrest to play after.

The Guardian don't. Once again in the preview of our game we are just a foot note while they wank on about some Chelsea player who might score or something. Fuck off.

They went on about Brentford and Fulham yet they’re, what, only 4 points ahead? The longer we stay under the radar the better.

[Percy McCarthy]

Daily Mirror Supercomputer predicts we will end up on 55 points in ninth place which is 8 points above Chelsea. Mind you, they do have a tough run in.

I saw something on Twitter tyesterday that said that based on who we've got left to play and their current standings/form, we've got the second easiest run in.

Isn’t it the hardest? Something like 8 out of 10 against teams above us?

Edit: Most of the Villa pods are saying second hardest