Aston Villa v Man City 06.12.23 - Pre Match Thread

[VillaTim]

Ah, ok.

Cheers chaps. Will have to put away my virtual cabbages now.

Tim, I think the Ratboy name is from here? At least in his thread title, anyway.

Hi Axl , I was furious when he left , fuming couldn't even look at him in their kit etc , plus some of the stuff he said etc , but he's just dense not the brightest .
I'm not sure he's a rat , maybe he is , we have improved ten fold since he left so I'm not that bothered anymore

[brontebilly]

Martinez, Cash, Konsa, Torres, Moreno, Kamara, Luiz, McGinn, Ramsey, Diaby, Watkins ....we'll give them a fair old game with our best X1

[pauliewalnuts]

That's really harsh on Digne.

[VillaTim]

That's really harsh on Digne.

Digne will start .

[PaulWinch again]

This’ll be tough (obviously). They’ll be pissed off after their game, our intensity is going to need to be right there. Last two games we’ve gifted two terrible goals, we can’t do that against Citeh.

[Baldy]

The villa fans in the ground have a massive part to play in this game. If they believe we can win it, our players will believe they can win it.

Unai often talks about the 'connection' with the fans. This is the ultimate test.

Scream your heads off folks. Our 12th player.

3-2 to the Villa.

[sid1964]

It will be interesting to see what tactics Unai uses against City

[Skerra]

Don’t think we’ll get a better chance of beating Citeh and  the Arse than now. Yes, I’m feeling confident.

[dicedlam]

Konsa will get destroyed by Doku if Emery selects him at right back again. It will take Cash, Konsa and McGinn to keep him quiet on Wednesday.
Apart from Haaland, Doku is the biggest threat for me. 1-1.

                 Martinez

Cash,    Konsa,  Torres,    Digne,

                Kamara

McGinn, Luiz, Ramsey/Tielemans

           Diaby

              Watkins

[Somniloquism]

Lets hope he is injured then. He was definitely limping when he came off.

[Bad English]

2-1 to the Villa. Off you trot Citeh!

[Axl Rose]

2-1 to the Villa. Off you trot Citeh!

That would be very nice!

[Risso]

I hope we dispatch them with the style, finesse and minimum of bother that we did when Brighton came calling. Glad that Greasy will be banned, as at least we'll be spared the sight of him giving it the big one. Let's get into them right from the off. 4-1, Luiz to get the first with Watkins, Bailey and Ramsey all getting in on the action.

[Duncan Shaw]

So do we think Joe Rat deliberately got booked so he'd miss a nice warm welcome on his homecoming again?

[LeeB]

I hope we dispatch them with the style, finesse and minimum of bother that we did when Brighton came calling. Glad that Greasy will be banned, as at least we'll be spared the sight of him giving it the big one. Let's get into them right from the off. 4-1, Luiz to get the first with Watkins, Bailey and Ramsey all getting in on the action.

I'd settle for 2-1 with a late, extremely dodgy penalty.