Aston Villa v Ipswich Town 15.02.25 - Pre Match Thread

[Nev]

For weeks now we have been spurning chances and it has cost us in the league. There is pressure on us for this game with Liverpool suddenly landing next week, a win is essential to keep pace (although I do fancy us next Weds).

While we still look light at the back we have enough up front to be confident of a victory and we look solid at home, all pointing to a handsome win against a side that did give us trouble earlier in the season but really should be dispatched without fuss. There will be fuss though, 4 x fuss and the only fly in the ointment will be the failure to keep a clean sheet albeit via a consolation for the 1980/81 League Championship Runners Up.

4-1

[Baldy]

If memory serves, these lot are better away than at home. Be prepared for their counter attacks and then we should have the quality to put three or four past them.

Villa 3 Tractor Boys 1

[TaxDodger]

If I could ask for one thing to come from this match it's that the guy on the PA doesn't shout 'yippi ai ay' just before kick off.

I've never cringed so much at anything in my entire life. Well, not since he referred to Torres as 'Pau wow Torres' last year anyway.

[Nev]

If I could ask for one thing to come from this match it's that the guy on the PA doesn't shout 'yippi ai ay' just before kick off.

I've never cringed so much at anything in my entire life. Well, not since he referred to Torres as 'Pau wow Torres' last year anyway.

Absolutely, I thought this had been put to bed after that awful "wow" moment last year and he sounds utterly uncomfortable doing it.

I do laugh when the pitch announcer shouts "Up The Villa" just before KO and his voice cracks almost every single week.

[AV82EC]

Must admit i quite like the Yippi ai ay just before kick off.

[jon collett]

One recent game he announced the scorer as “Doo Doo Doo Doo”

[darren woolley]

I can see us wining 3-1.

[TaxDodger]

One recent game he announced the scorer as “Doo Doo Doo Doo”

I hate it so so so so much. It's the sort of thing that clubs should be deducted points for.

[Brazilian Villain]

One recent game he announced the scorer as “Doo Doo Doo Doo”

We really need a better song for Ollie, but I don''t mind the 'Yippee ai ay' just before kick off.

[RamboandBruno]

I dont like the tannoy stuff, bit cringe, bit contrived. We dont need to be nudged to sing before k/o, or what to sing, its been happening without someone prompting us for ever!!

The turning of the ‘every week we follow’ chant into a recorded song at the end of games, is so odd as well, like a Smurfs version. Is that to stop everyone singing ‘fuck the blues’ to Neil Diamond? 

[Sexual Ealing]

Yeah, that sounds really, really bad.

[Olneythelonely]

It really is horrible

[AV84]

I only heard that recorded version recently and it sounded awful. I have zero problem with the crowd singing it, but the recorded version being piped in is cat.

[TaxDodger]

The turning of the ‘every week we follow’ chant into a recorded song at the end of games, is so odd as well, like a Smurfs version. Is that to stop everyone singing ‘fuck the blues’ to Neil Diamond? 

I hate that quite passionately as well. It's almost 'North London Forever' levels of cringe.

[Kevin Dawson]

I remember us beating these 5 1 in the 70s I reckon and there was a 6 2 I saw  so Im going for 5 1

Think there was a 6-2 in the league cup under Graham Taylor, maybe first season after promotion 88-89. Got a vague memory of Dalian Atkinson scoring a screamer for them, there was about 15 of us there.

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