Aston Villa vs Arsenal Pre-Match

[DennisHodgetts]

One Step Beyond...Madness

[Risso]

Oh Monty. One step beyo....never mind!

[Monty]

God dammit. That's what I get for being all smug about my saint pun yesterday!

[Risso]

God dammit. That's what I get for being all smug about my saint pun yesterday!

I can't help being considerably less intellectual than yow!

[Monty]

A whoosh is a whoosh my friend, and I've been whooshed.

[LeeB]

You're an embarrassment.

[Footy-Vill]

Thanks  Algy. I wasn't able to send a message but saying thanks! Have a nice weekend!

[Percy McCarthy]

Have we beaten them at Villa Park in the league since the parachuting Santa debacle?

Personally, I'm going for a win. Smash these tarquin twats into oblivion.

We're Aston Villa and we're going to win the league (*one day soon).

Yes of course. The Trez goal to help keep us up first year back, then the year after with the early Ollie goal.

Oh yeah, of course we have - Memory not what it used to be! 
That santa fixture (*bloody awful accident aside) was an absolute belter that sticks in the mind though. 2-0 down, then turn em over 3-2 in second half!

Not sure my nerves or extinction threatened hairline could cope with that this weekend mind!

There were people under the Holte at half-time hoping the game would be abandoned.

[LeeB]

Have we beaten them at Villa Park in the league since the parachuting Santa debacle?

Personally, I'm going for a win. Smash these tarquin twats into oblivion.

We're Aston Villa and we're going to win the league (*one day soon).

Yes of course. The Trez goal to help keep us up first year back, then the year after with the early Ollie goal.

Oh yeah, of course we have - Memory not what it used to be! 
That santa fixture (*bloody awful accident aside) was an absolute belter that sticks in the mind though. 2-0 down, then turn em over 3-2 in second half!

Not sure my nerves or extinction threatened hairline could cope with that this weekend mind!

There were people under the Holte at half-time hoping the game would be abandoned.

We were all saying that

[RamboandBruno]

With nearly half the season gone, we're 3rd, above last year's champions and a point behind the leaders if we can beat them tomorrow. We HAVE to start believing we can win this. We can, and do beat anybody, nay everybody at home. If we can improve our away form then there's no reason we can't push it all the way. If we fall short, then if we've got the compensation of Champions League football, it will have been an incredible year.

Im with you. But woke up today with law of averages running round my head. We win tomorrow and without any disrespect to Sheff Utd and Burnley, we should be beating them. That would be 17 home wins in a row, tearing up any records throughout the clubs entire history. I mean feck me that would be beyond insane. So law of averages, we may draw tomorrow

[Baldy]

Finding it difficult to predict this one. Two evenly matched squads. Could really boil down to who takes their chances on the day.

Thankfully, we have a 'rock' in goal, they are likely to have a 'nervous wreck' in goal. Also, our manager more tactically 'tuned in' and we have an ever improving 'bag of tricks' on the bench to switch thing around (if need be).

For these reasons, 1-0 to the Villa. Time for a Tielemans or McGinn rocket.

[paul_e]

A whoosh is a whoosh my friend, and I've been whooshed.

and you're not even nursing the mother of all hangovers!!

[Villa Lew]

Arteta was full of praise for us in his press conference, praising Unai, the coaching staff and players, also said VP was one his favourite grounds and great atmosphere to play football.

[Richard E]

The team news is that there isn’t any team news.

[Risso]

Arteta was full of praise for us in his press conference, praising Unai, the coaching staff and players, also said VP was one his favourite grounds and great atmosphere to play football.

Fuck him, I hope he’s having one of his hissy fits tomorrow as we smash them 4-0.