Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest pre-match thread

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We're better than them. Why do we always worry?

We were better than them before we played them earlier in the season.

And looking at the massive points gap and goal difference gap, we still are miles better than them.

[VillaTim]

Forest will sit deep and play on the counter, the sooner we score the sooner their game plan goes out the window.

I'm expecting a very energetic Forest side, they have some more than decent footballers there and Nuno has got them playing and believing. Expect them to try and press the shit out of us, they won't give us a second. We've struggled against those tactics recently so I'm hoping we will be more prepared.

I'm not sure it's the type of game for Tielemans as he can be a bit of a passenger, maybe better off the bench. I'd throw Big Tim in there to support Dougie (who needs to own the game) and SJM. Bailey should have fun up against former Benfica B and Arsenal bench warmer, Nuno Tavares. He's big and can run but Leon should be able to turn him inside out. As previously mentioned, Forest dominated West Ham at the weekend, they'll be confident and believing they can get something. It's up to us to prove them wrong.

there's no way Emery drops Tielemans for Irogbunam.
Can't see beyond a comfortable home win .

[Mister E]

Forest will sit deep and play on the counter, the sooner we score the sooner their game plan goes out the window.

I'm expecting a very energetic Forest side, they have some more than decent footballers there and Nuno has got them playing and believing. Expect them to try and press the shit out of us, they won't give us a second. We've struggled against those tactics recently so I'm hoping we will be more prepared.

I'm not sure it's the type of game for Tielemans as he can be a bit of a passenger, maybe better off the bench. I'd throw Big Tim in there to support Dougie (who needs to own the game) and SJM. Bailey should have fun up against former Benfica B and Arsenal bench warmer, Nuno Tavares. He's big and can run but Leon should be able to turn him inside out. As previously mentioned, Forest dominated West Ham at the weekend, they'll be confident and believing they can get something. It's up to us to prove them wrong.

there's no way Emery drops Tielemans for Irogbunam.
Can't see beyond a comfortable home win .

It's a perfect game to give Tim Iroegbunam a decent run-out ...

[VillaTim]

Forest will sit deep and play on the counter, the sooner we score the sooner their game plan goes out the window.

I'm expecting a very energetic Forest side, they have some more than decent footballers there and Nuno has got them playing and believing. Expect them to try and press the shit out of us, they won't give us a second. We've struggled against those tactics recently so I'm hoping we will be more prepared.

I'm not sure it's the type of game for Tielemans as he can be a bit of a passenger, maybe better off the bench. I'd throw Big Tim in there to support Dougie (who needs to own the game) and SJM. Bailey should have fun up against former Benfica B and Arsenal bench warmer, Nuno Tavares. He's big and can run but Leon should be able to turn him inside out. As previously mentioned, Forest dominated West Ham at the weekend, they'll be confident and believing they can get something. It's up to us to prove them wrong.

there's no way Emery drops Tielemans for Irogbunam.
Can't see beyond a comfortable home win .

It's a perfect game to give Tim Iroegbunam a decent run-out ...

It's a perfect game to play a seasoned Belgium International. No way Irogbunam gets ahead of him in the pecking order.

[Hookeysmith]

Get 3 up and then give Tim 30 mins

Simples

[coreyfeldman]

There's absolutely no way Tim is going to be starting league matches for some time, injuries not withstanding

[PaulWinch again]

We're better than them. Why do we always worry?

We were better than them before we played them earlier in the season.

And looking at the massive points gap and goal difference gap, we still are miles better than them.

Right, but the question wasn’t, “are we better than them?”, it was “why worry?”. I don’t think it’s crazy to look back to the last game we played against them, see we lost, and not have a concern it’s a possibility - especially as they have their most influential player back. We are better and we should win, but that was true in the last game too. Hopefully we nail it this time.

[Drummond]

We only drew at home to Sheffield United and look how the return went.

We are playing well, we're 4th, we have a tremendous home record.

We should feel confident.

The Premier League can throw up all sorts of unexpected results, but usually it doesn't.

[RamboandBruno]

Forest will sit deep and play on the counter, the sooner we score the sooner their game plan goes out the window.

I'm expecting a very energetic Forest side, they have some more than decent footballers there and Nuno has got them playing and believing. Expect them to try and press the shit out of us, they won't give us a second. We've struggled against those tactics recently so I'm hoping we will be more prepared.

I'm not sure it's the type of game for Tielemans as he can be a bit of a passenger, maybe better off the bench. I'd throw Big Tim in there to support Dougie (who needs to own the game) and SJM. Bailey should have fun up against former Benfica B and Arsenal bench warmer, Nuno Tavares. He's big and can run but Leon should be able to turn him inside out. As previously mentioned, Forest dominated West Ham at the weekend, they'll be confident and believing they can get something. It's up to us to prove them wrong.

there's no way Emery drops Tielemans for Irogbunam.
Can't see beyond a comfortable home win .

It's a perfect game to give Tim Iroegbunam a decent run-out ...

I’d be surprised if it wasn’t the same starting 11 as last week.

[Dogtanian]

Yeah, I can't see Iroegbunam starting. We'll want to put the game into a decent position first, then bring him on once Unai feels the job is mostly done.

[VillaTim]

Iroegunam starting ahead of Tielemans would be like starting Duran and putting Watkins on the bench. Just not happening.

[Demitri_C]

Need to get that monkey off our backs and win this one  get the home form back to where it was.

[paul_e]

Iroegunam starting ahead of Tielemans would be like starting Duran and putting Watkins on the bench. Just not happening.

Not really because they'd both be in their normal position whereas playing Tielemans deep doesn't really suit him or play to his strengths so if you pick him you have to move McGinn deeper. The argument isn't directly between the 2 but more about how either of them impacts the overall setup of the midfield. Iroegbunam is a better fit to repalce Kamara but is very inexperienced and, I suspect, Emery is trying to keep the pressure off him for now.

[Rigadon]

I can't see Tim starting any game this season unless we have to because of yet more injuries. 

[ChicagoLion]

Iroegunam starting ahead of Tielemans would be like starting Duran and putting Watkins on the bench. Just not happening.

Not really because they'd both be in their normal position whereas playing Tielemans deep doesn't really suit him or play to his strengths so if you pick him you have to move McGinn deeper. The argument isn't directly between the 2 but more about how either of them impacts the overall setup of the midfield. Iroegbunam is a better fit to repalce Kamara but is very inexperienced and, I suspect, Emery is trying to keep the pressure off him for now.

It would be great to have that option as a direct replacement for Kamara, so hopefully Tim gets game time and is up to it.
but it wont be starting him Saturday.