Olympiacos v Villa Pre-match Thread

[Brazilian Villain]

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

[PaulWinch again]

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.

So it’s a bit of a wing and a prayer? We’ll need more than that I think.

[pauliewalnuts]

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

We probably won't.

It's up to Unai and his team to squeeze more out of them, somehow. But without players returning from injury, it's going to be difficult.

[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

We probably won't.

It's up to Unai and his team to squeeze more out of them, somehow. But without players returning from injury, it's going to be difficult.

Yep every game is different I suppose

[RamboandBruno]

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

We all need a bit of (perhaps blind) hope though hey.

[adrenachrome]

Given the injuries and our squad depth, I fully expected this run of uneven form.
We still have another good performance in the bag, though.

[Brazilian Villain]

If Tielemans and Emi are back, we have a chance. Have a feeling we'll win by a goal, and the missed penalty will prove decisive.

[KevinGage]

If we somehow got through in this one, imagine the lift that would give us going into the Redscouse game. 

Would be post Lille-style good vibes to the power of ten.

[Brazilian Villain]

If we somehow got through in this one, imagine the lift that would give us going into the Redscouse game. 

Would be post Lille-style good vibes to the power of ten.

If we somehow get through this, after narrowly escaping in Lille, we're into 'our name is on the trophy' territory.

If we do, the number of people spontaneously combusting in B9 will keep scientists busy for decades.

[JUAN PABLO]

  1    4     after ET

[Rudy Can't Fail]

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

Who's the arse on here who every fucking week predicts a 'Watkins brace'?

I do wish they'd fuck off to Villatalk (they're probably banned there) as their insight and research is fucking clueless. And you know with the Villa, as soon as the hex is lifted..

[ChicagoLion]

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


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

Agree, we will have more chance if he throws the players that are not totally knackered at it.
Watkins SJM Luiz Torres Digne Bailey are either spent or carrying injuries maybe both.
This also might give us a chance against Liverpool, if not we lose both.

[Bad English]

Looking forward to elite top manager Unai Emery's team selection based on his massive European experience and intimate knowledge of his players' ability, physical and mental condition, and attitude.

Obviously, if we lose, Colin from Worcestershire knew best.

[Ads]

Few Villa on the 06:20 out of Manchester. Getting excited now (30 min delay).

[Demitri_C]

So one key point that no one has mentioned, we need to score 2 more goals than olympiakos just to take it to extra time. Lets say we win 2-0 and then it goes to ET can anyone even contemplate our knackered squad doing a further 30 mins? While they have had a week off

Thats why we need to win by 3 or more in normal time and i just cant see it unless we have players back