Aston Villa v Crystal Palace FAC Semi Final Pre Match Thread

[chipper]

Are we in our home shirts tomorrow?

[olaftab]

Anyone else really struggling to concentrate on anything today........... roll on tomorrow

No not me, I am totally nonchalant about it all, it’s just that I need to check tickets are still in the wallet every few minutes and go out every g sale hour
 and check car tyres.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Are we in our home shirts tomorrow?

We're the AWAY team....in white!

[baddowvillans]

Like so many on here I am looking forward to the game but because I've been a Villa fan for over 30 years I can only see disappointment probably in the last 5 minutes BUT I have been lucky enough to get tickets for tomorrow and will be keeping everything crossed in the hope that we meet and beat our demons.  Either way I have loved this season where it's been fine margins holding us back and we have not looked out of place at Europe's top table.

Bring it home Unai!

[BoVillan esq]

Fascinating league fixtures Sat/Sun, we need Everton to do a good job on Chelsea, you can only assume Newcastle will absolutely slaughter Ipswitch, Man Utd beat Bournemouth, some interesting prediction on YouTube being put out as almost impossible for Villa to get CL even if we win every game, we rely on other teams and results.

The semi final, oh yeah! that as well, so, we beat Palace and go on to play Man City giving them the chance to do the double over us, CL and Cup Final, or we beat Palace and Man City. We have a trophy.

I just hope for a good game, hope we don't do the kind of thing we did in the dying embers v Man City, over to the lads to put in a good performance.

[Brazilian Villain]

Only one result matters this weekend.

[Luffbralion]

Cautiously optimistic. Let's home it's more 2015 v Liverpool than 2010 v Chelsea and not as nervy as 2000 v Bolton. Utv

[rob_bridge]

We'll win tomorrow.

3.2

It will be bloody hard.

[SaddVillan]

Edmund Goodman (8 October 1873 – 1960) was an English football manager. He had his playing career at Aston Villa cut short by an injury, sustained playing for the reserves, which meant he had to have his leg amputated. After this, he became assistant secretary at Villa. When Crystal Palace F.C. were formed as a professional outfit in 1905, they asked Villa for help in setting up the club. The West Midlands club offered Goodman to Palace and he helped to appoint their first manager and also chairman. After two seasons he took over as manager and remained so for 18 years, becoming Palace's longest serving manager in the process.

[VillaTim]

Our core modern day heroes to get this one done .
Martinez Mings Konsa McGinn  Watkins . Build the team around that .
COYVB's

[BoVillan esq]

Uni, if your sleepless tonight.....understandable, just a little from that gorgeous country you come from.......You can do this.

 

[BoVillan esq]

One thing for sure we are the sexiest football in the world.......Rashy, destroy them in a romantic way.

[Pat McMahon]

I’ve had this gnawing feeling since the draw that Palace have had the better of us in the past 12 months. That we have played London sides 5 times at Wembley and never scored a goal - Spurs 0-2, Chelsea 0-1 and 0-3, Arsenal 0-4 and Fulham 0-1.

I just hope that we turn up tomorrow and Emery works some magic. I’ve just got back from Asia and am jet lagged and knackered and simply hoping we can get through by whatever means necessary tomorrow.

[BoVillan esq]

I’ve had this gnawing feeling since the draw that Palace have had the better of us in the past 12 months. That we have played London sides 5 times at Wembley and never scored a goal - Spurs 0-2, Chelsea 0-1 and 0-3, Arsenal 0-4 and Fulham 0-1.

I just hope that we turn up tomorrow and Emery works some magic. I’ve just got back from Asia and am jet lagged and knackered and simply hoping we can get through by whatever means necessary tomorrow.

Chill out dude and get ready>>>>

[eamonn]

Does anyone know a good boozer in London tomorrow that will be full of Villa? Not near Wembley, somewhere more central. Do the Lions still gather at the small spot in Elephant, Feed The Yak or whatever it's called ?