Aston Villa vs Man Utd pre-match thread

[ChicagoLion]

That wanker Robber Jones is ref.

[Flamingo Lane]

I always like to think that in the three biggest games we've ever played against them, we've won, ie the 1957 FA Cup Final, the 1970 League Cup Semi Final, and the 1994 League Cup Final. Even in 1992/93, when we went head to head with them for the title and eventually came second, we took 4 points from them.

[Sexual Ealing]

It is my firm hope that we win, and then develop the self-belief to stop calling them 'manure'.

[Somniloquism]

Ratcliffe is spending one of his tax haven days to come and watch us Sunday apparently.

[Nii Lamptey]

Jug ears is back in. Ten Haag is under the cosh. We know what happens next....

We'll play them off the park but lose. It's the natural order of things against this shower.

[cdbearsfan]

I always like to think that in the three biggest games we've ever played against them, we've won, ie the 1957 FA Cup Final, the 1970 League Cup Semi Final, and the 1994 League Cup Final. Even in 1992/93, when we went head to head with them for the title and eventually came second, we took 4 points from them.

Not sure how the 1994 League Cup Final and 1970 semi are bigger than the 2010 final.

[ozzjim]

That wanker Robber Jones is ref.

Wasn't he the ref in Feb too, letting them away with a shocking number of fouls and generally giving them everything. I'm sure he did their game with Cov too. Awful ref. They'll win, he'll be like a 12th man.

[LeeB]

I always like to think that in the three biggest games we've ever played against them, we've won, ie the 1957 FA Cup Final, the 1970 League Cup Semi Final, and the 1994 League Cup Final. Even in 1992/93, when we went head to head with them for the title and eventually came second, we took 4 points from them.

Beat them in the League Cup that year too.

[Pat Mustard]

I always like to think that in the three biggest games we've ever played against them, we've won, ie the 1957 FA Cup Final, the 1970 League Cup Semi Final, and the 1994 League Cup Final. Even in 1992/93, when we went head to head with them for the title and eventually came second, we took 4 points from them.

Not sure how the 1994 League Cup Final and 1970 semi are bigger than the 2010 final.

I'm too young to comment on 1970, but 94 certainly felt like a much bigger deal to me than 2010.  Maybe because back then the Premier League hadn't yet consumed everythinng and the League Cup Final was still considered one of the biggest games of the season, plus it was payback for them robbing the league the year before.

[Flamingo Lane]

I always like to think that in the three biggest games we've ever played against them, we've won, ie the 1957 FA Cup Final, the 1970 League Cup Semi Final, and the 1994 League Cup Final. Even in 1992/93, when we went head to head with them for the title and eventually came second, we took 4 points from them.

Not sure how the 1994 League Cup Final and 1970 semi are bigger than the 2010 final.

1970, we were in the old third division, they had Best, Law and Charlton, 62,500 inside Villa Park, two days before Christmas Day.

[VillaTim]

There's losing and then there's losing in the way we normally do against these tosspots . Dodgy pen in stoppage time taken by ratface would be my guess this time

[Ads]

Martinez

Digne
Pau
Carlos
Konsa

Morgan
Onana
Barkley
Philogene

Tielemans
Watkins

[Dave]

Martinez

Digne
Pau
Carlos
Konsa

Morgan
Onana
Barkley
Philogene

Tielemans
Watkins

Feels like a midfield three of Onana, Barkley and Tielemans should be able to boss whatever mish-mash they have in midfield these days.

[eamonn]

I always like to think that in the three biggest games we've ever played against them, we've won, ie the 1957 FA Cup Final, the 1970 League Cup Semi Final, and the 1994 League Cup Final. Even in 1992/93, when we went head to head with them for the title and eventually came second, we took 4 points from them.

Beat them in the League Cup that year too.

Though sadly not in 2010.

[Ads]

Martinez

Digne
Pau
Carlos
Konsa

Morgan
Onana
Barkley
Philogene

Tielemans
Watkins

Feels like a midfield three of Onana, Barkley and Tielemans should be able to boss whatever mish-mash they have in midfield these days.

That McTominay looks like a pretty decent 10 at Napoli speaks volumes for how poor Ten Haag seems to be at creating a cohesive structure. Mainoo and Urgarte I suspect it will be.

I've pushed Morgan wide and Tielemans into.10, as I am guessing both JJ and Bailey won't be back. McGinn still out too.