Aston Villa v Crystal Palace - Pre Match Thread

[cdbearsfan]

2am Wednesday morning.

[VillaTim]

Emery down to bare bones which seems to suit him better , 3-0 home win this , get your house on it .

[Richard]

2am Wednesday morning.

Makes it a little better, thanks mate.

[cdbearsfan]

2am Wednesday morning.

Makes it a little better, thanks mate.

No worries, I think the last international matches are usually Tuesday night (so Wednesday morning our time in the Americas). They did have a few on Wednesday night but that's when they were squeezing in three games rather than two to make up for postponements during Covid.

[VillaTim]

Bailey flying back from USA too , no idea what he is going to be like.

He'll have been on the 'mannish water' for the past week, he's bound to score.

Ideally Leon 2023/24 returns not Bailey 2.0

[Steve67]

Looks like Cash and Torres are fit.

[Richard]

Looks like Cash and Torres are fit.

Yep and fair play to Digne who played the whole game for France in Milan on Sunday night and was in training this morning.

[RamboandBruno]

Emery down to bare bones which seems to suit him better , 3-0 home win this , get your house on it .

I agree, 3-0, Watkins, Rogers, Bailey

[Nev]

What looks a straightforward fixture feels less than straightforward given our recent form and latest injuries. The extent of the latter will dictate confidence among the support but in stark comparison to the Cup fixture, the Manager will be absolutely focussed on getting the win and generally, with that approach, we will win.
It's going to played out in the teeth of a storm so that will make it all the more interesting.

1-0

[darren woolley]

I can see us winning this 2-1.

[Rigadon]

I wouldn't say this is a must win game, but it is an important one.  We need to get back on track in the league and this is a great opportunity to do that. 

[Demitri_C]

I wouldn't say this is a must win game, but it is an important one.  We need to get back on track in the league and this is a great opportunity to do that.

If this isnt a must win i don't know what is.  One win 7 is poor and next up chelsea away

We need to win this one

[Risso]

Yes we obviously need to win this. Lose and it's 18 points from 12 games, and probably bottom half of the table, which would be disappointing to put it mildly. One win in seven in the League would also be pretty worrying, especially with Chelsea away next. Sort it out, Unai.

[Deano's Mullet]

3-0 Yorke Staunton Froggatt

[Flamingo Lane]

Our league form at home this season has been mediocre, and three wins from our next three home league games is an absolute must. This one I think we'll just about scrape.