Aston Villa vs Luton Town pre-match thread

[brontebilly]

Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Digne, Kamara, Luiz, McGinn, Tielemans, Bailey, Watkins.

Very harsh to drop Diaby as thought he was very sharp against West Ham but Bailey has done enough for a start.

I think there is zero chance of Diaby not starting unless injured, after sitting the whole game out yesterday. He may well play Bailey as well. It would be harsh not to plat Tielemans, but if the games going well, he could bring him on on 55/60 mins so he gots nearly half the match.

Could give Luiz a breather if he really trusts the squad to get the job done in a PL game.

[Richard]

Diaby came on didn't he last night? But I agree that he will start on Sunday.

[Sexual Ealing]

We've had a lot of positive media coverage this week. We know how that ends. 1-3.

[Mister E]

Luton will come to frustrate and make life difficult for us. They took a good point off Forest last week. But we're on a roll under El Maestro and a fully firing Villa should be too much for these. I have a nagging feeling that our 10 goals in the last two home games won't be boosted by more than a single goal. 1-0 or 2-1 to the Villa boys.

yes, that's where my thinking is

[paul_e]

4-0

They will come to frustrate us but we'll get one fairly early and they'll open up.

[Risso]

Nobody comes to Villa park to make life easy for us, but they all go away with the same result.

[taylorsworkrate]

Fully prepared for Nakamba to have the best game of his career by a mile! We'll still win though. 3-1

[Behind Bluenose Lines]

Shock goal conceded at some point during the game.

[Toronto Villa]

We can’t and won’t be complacent. Much better sides have had their arses handed to them so I expect we will be suitably prepared to do the same to this lot. I imagine Emery was looking at Luton game footage in between playing Football Manager on the coach home, and his staff has been preparing accordingly not taking anything for granted.

[PeterWithesShin]

This could be tougher than people think. We struggled to score for most of the matches against Mostar and Palace when they came to mainly park the bus. Luton are a poor side but they work hard and since the opening 2 games they haven't lost by more than 1. A fairly early goal and we should win comfortably, otherwise I can see it being a nervy one.

[VillaTim]

Diaby came on didn't he last night? But I agree that he will start on Sunday.

Really could do with a goal Sunday to boost his confidence

[OCD]

Anytime you're expecting us to thrash someone, you're likely to be disappointed.

[Risso]

This could be tougher than people think. We struggled to score for most of the matches against Mostar and Palace when they came to mainly park the bus. Luton are a poor side but they work hard and since the opening 2 games they haven't lost by more than 1. A fairly early goal and we should win comfortably, otherwise I can see it being a nervy one.

Palace was immediately after the shit Liverpool result though, so I think confidence was low, and we'd just lost Carlos as well as Mings. I think we tried to keep it tight for a while. We're playing with 100% more freedom and confidence now.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Actually going, first League game in ages.

Luton the only team in the top flight that I've not watched live.

Fancy us to win 2-0. Take a while to break them down, but comfortable in the end.

[eamonn]

Barkley and Marvelous starring as two former footballing team-mates with very different motives, thrown together once more after some time apart as they battle life in a grey Hertfordshire town.

Pilot for a Ch5 drama-series. I'd give it 12 minutes ahead of the first ad-break before making any judgement.