Aston Villa v Celtic Pre match

[VILLA MOLE]

Unai Emery said: "We will see this afternoon and then we are going to decide how every player is feeling. We have Lamare Bogarde in the squad as well, he is training every day and competing very well. Sil [Swinkels] is another option because he is training with us, but we are thinking of letting him leave on loan. I think he will need more experience to get minutes.

"We have enough players to compete and feel confidence. For example, Lucas Digne is left-footed and is an experienced player. He can feel confident [playing at centre-back]. Firstly, if Tyrone Mings is available then he could play, but if not, Bogarde - who has usually played in midfield - he is training sometimes as a centre-back. I am confident and I believe in the squad we have.

To summarise.......somebody will be playing left centre back

sounds like part of my coaches team talk for the under 12s most Saturdays

[Demitri_C]

Letting swinkels go when we have a injury crisis in that position  seems abit crazy to me.

Unless of course a) mings injury is not bad b) someone is incoming

Its goibg ti be digne at cb i think tomorrow

Unai has already confirmed a). Plus all the rumours suggest b). So probably not crazy to let a player go who has made a single appearance for us.

Great middle name though - Laurentius

There has been times when they say the injury isnt as bad but then go missing for long periods. I doubt they will risk mings with his knee  problems  and will give  him time.

Rumours  are rumours  though until a player comes in swinkels shouldnt be going anywhere. We already fucked up with letting carlos go with no replacement thus far.

Finally its not about apperances its about having options when a injury  crisis arises so on that basis i disagree.

[Olneythelonely]

Agreed on the good middle name though yeah?

[Mister E]

Finally its not about apperances its about having options when a injury  crisis arises so on that basis i disagree.

There is no way Swinkels will get near to the starting line-up. Emery has shown zero confidence in the lad to date.
If it were me I'd play Kamara at CB and bring Bogarde into defensive MF.

[Percy McCarthy]

Lookman is out for Atalanta I think.Good news if so.

[Dave]

Lookman is out for Atalanta I think.Good news if so.

You say that, but all I can now see is Zaniolo pinging that long-promised worldie in from thirty yards and a 2-1 Atalanta win.

[Clampy]

It's not often I agree with DC, well about anything really but he has a point on this. What happens tomorrow if either Konsa or Digne takes a knock? By putting Kamara back there, you could argue you are weakening the midfield. As decent as Bogarde was at Arsenal, he had Kamara alongside him.

[Sunny Villa]

The stuff about a Villa fan waving a tricolour that kicked off trouble is made up nonsense.

Unfortunately it is not ....a car pulled up outside the Aston Hotel and threw two tricolours and half a dozen Celtic scarves to the lads outside .

They were waved throughout ...I fully understand the sensitivity because of 74 but everyone was fuming about them in the Holte ....The lad ran into the pitch upto the halfway line and was dancing around .

As the other chap said a bearded jock clutching a big blue teddy bear came out the Holte with a couple of others ....The Villa lad taunted them before running back into the Witton the rangers fans were encouraged to follow him but declined .... I witnessed it myself

[bill]

The stuff about a Villa fan waving a tricolour that kicked off trouble is made up nonsense.

Actually it ain’t. I worked with a guy from Glasgow then. He was a bit of an arsehole when drunk, which was quite often. He was also a big Celtic fan. I gave the match a miss, but later one of my other mates told me Jock had taken a small Irish flag to the match in order to rile the Huns as he called them. A week later he left Birmingham and gave me a cooker he’d just purchased, it turned out to be nicked.

[astonvilla82]

The stuff about a Villa fan waving a tricolour that kicked off trouble is made up nonsense.

Unfortunately it is not ....a car pulled up outside the Aston Hotel and threw two tricolours and half a dozen Celtic scarves to the lads outside .

They were waved throughout ...I fully understand the sensitivity because of 74 but everyone was fuming about them in the Holte ....The lad ran into the pitch upto the halfway line and was dancing around .

As the other chap said a bearded jock clutching a big blue teddy bear came out the Holte with a couple of others ....The Villa lad taunted them before running back into the Witton the rangers fans were encouraged to follow him but declined .... I witnessed it myself

Thanks for clarifying that, thought old age was playing tricks on my mind

[Demitri_C]

It's not often I agree with DC, well about anything really but he has a point on this. What happens tomorrow if either Konsa or Digne takes a knock? By putting Kamara back there, you could argue you are weakening the midfield. As decent as Bogarde was at Arsenal, he had Kamara alongside him.

Its so wierd  that we agree on something i agree 😂

[Somniloquism]

Anyone know if Stan Petrov will be at the game? Big game for him also.

He has been working for Villa TV, and I think a player ambassador so I'm guessing yes.

[Footy-Vill]

The stuff about a Villa fan waving a tricolour that kicked off trouble is made up nonsense.

Unfortunately it is not ....a car pulled up outside the Aston Hotel and threw two tricolours and half a dozen Celtic scarves to the lads outside .

They were waved throughout ...I fully understand the sensitivity because of 74 but everyone was fuming about them in the Holte ....The lad ran into the pitch upto the halfway line and was dancing around .

As the other chap said a bearded jock clutching a big blue teddy bear came out the Holte with a couple of others ....The Villa lad taunted them before running back into the Witton the rangers fans were encouraged to follow him but declined .... I witnessed it myself

Thanks for clarifying that, thought old age was playing tricks on my mind

When I see tricolour my immediate thoughts went to France and that's the association.
But to be clear that's not the case here and for anyone else like myself who didn't follow:

"The tricolour is the Irish flag that Celtic Football Club flies on match days to celebrate its Irish heritage. The flag is green, white, and orange, and it symbolizes the unity of Roman Catholics and Protestants"

[Dave P]

There was about half a dozen of them on new street this afternoon shouting and drinking on the street and basically acting the c**t.

[RamboandBruno]

Lookman is out for Atalanta I think.Good news if so.

You say that, but all I can now see is Zaniolo pinging that long-promised worldie in from thirty yards and a 2-1 Atalanta win.

That worldy has been coming…. :