Aston Villa v Liverpool Pre Match Thread

[Olneythelonely]

We have to win tomorrow night but we're gone. There's nothing left. Liverpool win at a stroll. 0-2.

We don’t. There might be. Keep dreaming big.

[KevinGage]

I'd take your arm off for the draw.

A low effort 0-0 would be just the ticket.  We'll most likely need to score two just to have any chance of the draw, mind.     2-2.

[Bad English]

Plop are in their Strandkorbs though so we will do them against all the odds.

[PaulWinch again]

One thing in our favour is Liverpool have literally nothing to play for, if anything you’d think the players might want to make sure they’re involved in Klopp’s send off at Anfield.

[Richard]

We have to win tomorrow night but we're gone. There's nothing left. Liverpool win at a stroll. 0-2.

What rubbish about having to win.

[Demitri_C]

2-0 villa win 😁

[PaulWinch again]

Didn’t realise how ropey Unai’s record is against Klopp. Need something big to buck the trend.

[KRS]

With Klopp seemingly being the mouth piece for “our players are expected to play too much football”, is it likely he’ll take this opportunity to rest a lot of his first team now they don’t have anything to play for?

[brontebilly]

Hard to even pick our team..but we could really really do with playing Cash and Konsa in their proper positions. Not that bastardised mess in Greece.

I thought Luiz and McGinn in that first half played their best football in weeks. Neither of them overextended themselves in the second half so hopefully they will be strong.

[Percy McCarthy]

Hard to even pick our team..but we could really really do with playing Cash and Konsa in their proper positions. Not that bastardised mess in Greece.

I’d like to see some research about whether we’re ever a bastardised mess when they play in their ‘proper positions’.

And if that, in your opinion, better defence has usually played better than the bastardised mess that won at Arsenal and restricted Man City to two shots in a minute against us at Villa Park.

On the subject of Greece, don’t forget we conceded four in the first leg. Where were the lads playing that night? They were in their ‘proper positions’ were they not?

[eamonn]

With Klopp seemingly being the mouth piece for “our players are expected to play too much football”, is it likely he’ll take this opportunity to rest a lot of his first team now they don’t have anything to play for?

No chance. They've just had a week off and the season is about to finish.

[eamonn]

Any news on injuries?

Nothing it seems. Emery had his presser on Friday, so couldn't really give too much. Tielemans is "close"  and will have to be "looked at" the same as Moreno where Zaniolo has to determine whether the "pain is at a comfortable level" before he can be considered.

I don't think there was a presser on Friday, Unai had already worked overtime on Thursday night and the quotes about injured players are from the post-match press conference in Greece. So the updates on the injured players are not exactly up to date. Hopefully at least Tielemans and Moreno have recovered over the weekend.

[Risso]

Hard to even pick our team..but we could really really do with playing Cash and Konsa in their proper positions. Not that bastardised mess in Greece.

I’d like to see some research about whether we’re ever a bastardised mess when they play in their ‘proper positions’.

And if that, in your opinion, better defence has usually played better than the bastardised mess that won at Arsenal and restricted Man City to two shots in a minute against us at Villa Park.

On the subject of Greece, don’t forget we conceded four in the first leg. Where were the lads playing that night? They were in their ‘proper positions’ were they not?

Well sort of, except one of the lads was Lenglet, whose best position would be back at Barcelona.

[ChicagoLion]

Any news on injuries?

Nothing it seems. Emery had his presser on Friday, so couldn't really give too much. Tielemans is "close"  and will have to be "looked at" the same as Moreno where Zaniolo has to determine whether the "pain is at a comfortable level" before he can be considered.

I don't think there was a presser on Friday, Unai had already worked overtime on Thursday night and the quotes about injured players are from the post-match press conference in Greece. So the updates on the injured players are not exactly up to date. Hopefully at least Tielemans and Moreno have recovered over the weekend.

In the papers this am saying Zani Tielemans Moreno in contention but Bailey a problem.

[Clampy]

I'm not surprised Bailey is a doubt. He was bandaged up like Mr Bump over in Greece.