Aston Villa v Chelsea Pre-Match Thread

[VillaTim]

Ask him about the fireworks their fans fired into the Liver Building not so long ago and all the shit they left along the front there .

[Rory]

I appreciate him both looking and talking like an absolute bellend, it fits far more comfortably with my loathing of his club.

Yep, fuck him and his weird pornstar name.

[Small Rodent]

Hirsute challenged twat.

[Rory]

Hirsute challenged twat.

Paddy and I both object to your use of the word 'hirsute'.

We reserve the exclusive right to use it, and to do so, you must prove yourself as part of 'Club Hairy', as below.

[ROBBO]

A Villa win and still a chance to grab fifth with top players to come back.

[eamonn]

We owe these feckers, that display at Stamford Bridge was probably our worst of the season. Made them look like worldbeaters.

[PaulWinch again]

I think this is so difficult for us given we have a 3 day turnaround and they have 8. That’s a big advantage to them. Hopefully the motivation of them battering us at Stamford Bridge helps.

[ChicagoLion]

We seem to find them difficult to play against. Their strength is their midfield and allows Palmer to find time and space.
We might need Bogarde along side SJM and Tielemens because Rogers Ramsey Rashford Asensio  Malen do not look great defensively.

[Olneythelonely]

Ask him about the fireworks their fans fired into the Liver Building not so long ago and all the shit they left along the front there .

I can’t, pretty busy at work today.

[PaulWinch again]

We seem to find them difficult to play against. Their strength is their midfield and allows Palmer to find time and space.
We might need Bogarde along side SJM and Tielemens because Rogers Ramsey Rashford Asensio  Malen do not look great defensively.

Bogarde might be an option. But I would hope we remain attack focussed in our balance. There’s pretty much no selection we can pick that’ll stop us conceding, I suspect. We need to focus on stressing them and pushing them back.

[Mister E]

I still can't believe he said that and the line about our injured players being fit cos it's Liverpool. We all slag off opposing players and managers, sometimes in a tribal one-eyed way but that's just bitchy bullshit.

We should be flattered that he became so shaken about us: it suggests we got under his skin. Great!

[RamboandBruno]

2-0, Watkins, Rashford

Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Mings
Digne
Tielemans
McGinn
Ramsey
Rashford
Watkins
Rogers

[The Edge]

We seem to find them difficult to play against. Their strength is their midfield and allows Palmer to find time and space.
We might need Bogarde along side SJM and Tielemens because Rogers Ramsey Rashford Asensio  Malen do not look great defensively.

Bogarde might be an option. But I would hope we remain attack focussed in our balance. There’s pretty much no selection we can pick that’ll stop us conceding, I suspect. We need to focus on stressing them and pushing them back.

I'd start with Bogarde because if he does a great job we win if he plays half decent I'll expect a ridiculous bid to come in from them which will be great news for our FSR figures.

[Villafirst]

With Disasi ineligible, I really hope Konsa is fit. It'll be yet another change to the CB pairing although a familiar one. Even Kamara as the stand-in is missing through injury!

[AV84]

Isn't Bogarde likely to have to play at CB in this one? No idea on fitness updates but if Konsa isn't fit, we're out of options there.