Aston Villa v Crystal Palace - Pre Match Thread

[olaftab]

I would like to see Olsen start this game. (Runs away to hide)

[Brazilian Villain]

I would like to see Olsen start this game. (Runs away to hide)

You might survive, as long as your hideaway isn't in the countryside.

[Meanwood Villa]

The football calendar/scheduling is a joke. Martinez will be finishing his game around 2am on Thursday morning our time and it's a 13 hour or so flight back to the UK.
Anyway we'll beat Palace but only narrowly, 2 1 - Watkins and Rogers.

It was 2am this morning

[Meanwood Villa]

I would like to see Olsen start this game. (Runs away to hide)

Madness. It's not like Emi doesn't have experience of this kind of thing.

[Rigadon]

I would like to see Olsen start this game. (Runs away to hide)

Haha!  I'd almost rather play Mings in goal over Olsen!

[VillaTim]

This really is must win if we have aspirations of top 6 . It really has been an erratic season so far

[pauliewalnuts]

This really is must win if we have aspirations of top 6 . It really has been an erratic season so far

It's not, though, is it? It's early in the season still, lots of teams are bunched around where we are in the league.

I get your point, it'd be great for morale, but it's not the end of the world if we don't win.

[Drummond]

In the space of 3 weeks we've gone from the best start to a league season in 26 years to a must-win game at home to Palace.

How quickly things change.

[Martyn Smith]

Remember we are still only 1 point off the Champions League spots. Other teams around us have been erratic too. And our last two league outings have been defeats away to Spurs and Liverpool which, whilst not welcome, are hardly shocks either.

2-1

[VillaTim]

In the space of 3 weeks we've gone from the best start to a league season in 26 years to a must-win game at home to Palace.

How quickly things change.

A week is a long time in football

[Nunkin1965]

I'm just looking forward to going to a game again.
Seems like ages ago!

[PaulWinch again]

It’s not “must” win, but it’s pretty key that we do win.

[Demitri_C]

This really is must win if we have aspirations of top 6 . It really has been an erratic season so far

It's not, though, is it? It's early in the season still, lots of teams are bunched around where we are in the league.

I get your point, it'd be great for morale, but it's not the end of the world if we don't win.

Im not sure i agree entirely. I mean we do need to win this when you consider uts chelsea away next and we have juventus midweek too while chelsea will rest most of their team midweek.

If we have aspirations of challenging for top 5 we do need to win this one.  Playing catchup on top of a busy CL schedule not ideal at all.

Its not end of world as you say but its not very good either if we fail to win another game

[Somniloquism]

I would like to see Olsen start this game. (Runs away to hide)

You might survive, as long as your hideaway isn't in the countryside.

As long as he isn't on a canal boat, he might be fine.

[LeeB]

This really is must win if we have aspirations of top 6 . It really has been an erratic season so far

It's not, though, is it? It's early in the season still, lots of teams are bunched around where we are in the league.

I get your point, it'd be great for morale, but it's not the end of the world if we don't win.

Im not sure i agree entirely. I mean we do need to win this when you consider uts chelsea away next and we have juventus midweek too while chelsea will rest most of their team midweek.

If we have aspirations of challenging for top 5 we do need to win this one.  Playing catchup on top of a busy CL schedule not ideal at all.

Its not end of world as you say but its not very good either if we fail to win another game

So you agree with him then? Do you ever read what you've typed before pressing 'post'?