Pre season 2025

[Percy McCarthy]

Blues are beating Sevilla 3-1 we are losing to Warsaw

The commerative mugs are being made as we speak.

Yes, and they’ll probably be replete with spelling mistakes as well.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Champions of Europe 2025

Blues 3 Saville 1

[CT Villan]

Back in the US...The game was a bit disappointing, though not wholly unexpected. I thought we'd have a bit more about us even with the youngsters playing though we resorted to the excessively slow build-up from the back without ever really penetrating the Walsall defence. We looked most dangerous with a fast counter, but they were few and far between. My poor daughter has now watched Villa in person three times and we have lost all three - she's starting to develop a complex.

[Somniloquism]

So dark shirts Jonah 2, CT's daughter Jonah 3.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Third division side Hansa Rostock will play a friendly against English first division side Aston Villa on Saturday (19 July). Ex-professional Stefan Beinlich played for both clubs.

https://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/sport/regional/hansa-rostock-stefan-beinlich-erlebte-bei-aston-villa-lehrreichste-zeit-seiner-karriere-HNK5MGH6DJADDMKDXPPZFMNTRI.html

[Dave]

We'll have played pretty much a quarter of a season over this pre-season.

[VillaTim]

Just getting the lowdown on HR from colleague in Germany office

[Olneythelonely]

Excellent. Cheers Coops.

[VillaTim]

"They’re from East Germany. Hansa is 3rd division rubbish, used to be in the Bundesliga ages ago"

[cdbearsfan]

They're a bunch of racist twats.

[aj2k77]

Did we buy Breitkruz and Beinlich from Hansa back in the day?

[Olneythelonely]

We sold them to them.

Coops’ German colleague just text me to tell me.

[AV84]

They have a player who used to play for Milwall.

[Toronto Villa]

Today’s line up

[SaddVillan]

Is is a 4-2-1-3?
 
        Bizot
Garcia Mings Torres Moreno
    Bogarde Bouba
Burrowes Jimoh-Aloba JJ

The bench looks equally strange

GK Marschall
GK Proctor
FB Rowe
FB - Patterson
CB/FB - Ozcan
CB Carrol
CB - Mosquera
MF - Hemmings
MF - Borland
Attacking MF - Pavey
Winger - Dobbin
CF - Barry