Olympiacos v Villa Pre-match Thread

[aj2k77]

Why are so many people giving up after a bad week? We definitely have one last push in us, these players have not let anyone down this season and even if we fall at this hurdle it doesn't taint an incredible step we've made forwards this year. I just have a feeling we've got another blockbuster in us.

Dare I say 4-1. Watkins with a brace.

[levico]

More misery I’m afraid.

[Dogtanian]

Why are so many people giving up after a bad week? We definitely have one last push in us, these players have not let anyone down this season and even if we fall at this hurdle it doesn't taint an incredible step we've made forwards this year. I just have a feeling we've got another blockbuster in us.

Dare I say 4-1. Watkins with a brace.

Knee brace or neck brace?

[ADVILLAFAN]

Feel like it'll be like that League Cup Semi against Bolton, where we get a late goal, but not enough to see us to extra time.

[Legion]

2-0.

[Meanwood Villa]

Feel like it'll be like that League Cup Semi against Bolton, where we get a late goal, but not enough to see us to extra time.

First leg reminded me of that match, got it back to 2-2 only to chuck it away

[algy]

I reckon we win 3-1 in normal time, then a tense 30mins where we're too knackered to do anything but somehow cling on. Goes to penalties, Dougie gets his redemption, and Emi finds another set of supporters to massively piss off. We win.

Someone throws a giant inflatable banana on the pitch and Emi pretends to have sex with it and/or pretend it's his willy and/or acts like it's the world cup and/or plants a Villa flag in the centre circle, Graeme Souness style.

I could live with that. Happy Birthday, Algy!

Ta   takes bloody ages to get given the bumps nowadays.

[Ads]

More misery I’m afraid.

Obviously coming from you.

[Nunkin1965]

Why are so many people giving up after a bad week? We definitely have one last push in us, these players have not let anyone down this season and even if we fall at this hurdle it doesn't taint an incredible step we've made forwards this year. I just have a feeling we've got another blockbuster in us.

Dare I say 4-1. Watkins with a brace.

It's the worst case scenario syndrome.
Something which most footy fans have!
Drives me nuts personally.

[PaulWinch again]

Why are so many people giving up after a bad week? We definitely have one last push in us, these players have not let anyone down this season and even if we fall at this hurdle it doesn't taint an incredible step we've made forwards this year. I just have a feeling we've got another blockbuster in us.

Dare I say 4-1. Watkins with a brace.

It's the worst case scenario syndrome.
Something which most footy fans have!
Drives me nuts personally.

Well it’s not entirely worst case scenario thinking is it? If you think form is important in football, we’ve had a horrible week. There are very justifiable reasons as to why that’s the case, namely the impact of injuries on player workload and also just not having a lot of key players available, but that also means that poor week is underpinned by something more than just iffy displays. We’re also starting from 2 goals down and we’re away from home, where in the main we have struggled a bit in Europe this year.

I hope we have a massive performance in us and we do it, but sadly it is not even close to worst case scenario syndrome to suggest we might not do it.

[TelfordVilla]

I remember us losing 3 league games including at home to Wigan prior to winning a cup final we were expected to lose by everyone.

[Meanwood Villa]

I remember us losing 3 league games including at home to Wigan prior to winning a cup final we were expected to lose by everyone.

This has got me stumped, we've only played Wigan in the league since we stopped winning trophies

[TelfordVilla]

Oh yes, it was Oldham. We lost to Ipswich, Leeds and Oldham before playing Man U in the league Cup final. This shows that form means FA just before a massive game luke Olympiacos

[john e]

If we are putting yesterdays performance solely down to fatigue, tiredness with a few injuries thrown in then how is it going to get any better before Thursday
Unless they can find a miracle cacoon type pool that can rehydrate the body back to peakness in a few days we’ve got no chance

I never go down this path normally as I’ve always thought players should be capable of playing a couple of games a week, and I was still hopeful after the first leg but I’ve been persuaded otherwise on here by what we saw against Brighton

So tell me how can we possibly turn this round being 2-0 down and running on empty, because the fatigue, tiredness and mentality isn’t going anywhere it will only get worse if this is the case

[TelfordVilla]

It's called the magic of the cup. Players know. No point saving anything for next week. Put it all on the line to reach the final. It will be tough. But they will get nervous if we put on a show.