Manchester Utd vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[frank]

Aston Villa last won a final game away from home in 2001.  Chelsea away.

That was May 2002 and it included what I consider one of the great Villa goals. The game was played a week after the cup final, which Chelsea had lost, and it was a balmy spring afternoon, proper shirt-sleeve weather. Villa won comfortably 3-1 and the final goal was a real rocket from Alan Wright which bounced down from the underside of the crossbar and (I thought) over the line and back out. But there was no goal-line technology then and Dublin nodded the ball back into the net and claimed the goal.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim is ready to offer an on-pitch apology to the club's fans at Old Trafford after the final Premier League game against Aston Villa.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cqj7y9q9g04o

[LostInMunich]

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim is ready to offer an on-pitch apology to the club's fans at Old Trafford after the final Premier League game against Aston Villa.

Hopefully, we can make it a particularly grovelling apology.

[AV84]

He kind of deserves it for bowing to their demands to leave Portugal mid season or forget about getting the job, but this can't be what Amorim signed up for. It's awkward to watch at the moment,  it's one humiliation after the other and his constant grovelling to a fan base who are entitled whingers is draining any remaining respect you could have for him as a person. Fucking get on with the job or leave, I'm embarrassed for him but also want to slap him for being so pathetic.

[Rory]

4-1 to the mighty Villa.

Emi to flash his cock, balls and arse to the Booby Charlton End*, Braveheart-style.

*Don't know or care if they have such a thing.

[ROBBO]

Going to be a lot of protesters at the game, if Villa get ahead wouldn't at all be suprised by a pitch invasion.

[Rigadon]

I had a 4-1 win in mind too.  On Amorim apologising, please show some self respect man. 

[Dogtanian]

Not sure I’m quite ready to visualise a 4-1 win at theirs.

It’s getting close to the time where I will have to choose whether to wear this season’s beautiful away shirt to the match, or risk breaking-in the new one.

Literally the biggest decision anyone is going to face today, and you can argue our entire season hangs on it.

 

[ChicagoLion]

Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim is ready to offer an on-pitch apology to the club's fans at Old Trafford after the final Premier League game against Aston Villa.

Hopefully, we can make it a particularly grovelling apology.

He knows he made a huge mistake taking the job in January and has made the situation worse.
The good news is Garnacheo is unlikely to play and he is one of their most dangerous players.
The bloke with a face like a baboons arse needs a goal though.

[john2710]

They really are falling apart at every level. Today we're going to give them a great send off for the summer.

[hipkiss92]

Onana needs to start given how he's played last few weeks. Will be good for us next season I'm sure. Think from the comments Youri will be on the bench and only used last ten minutes if we're drawing.

When you look back at last 30 years in the league we've actually had very few cliff-hanger final days compared to most clubs.

In all our relegation battles it was settled before last game and of course 15/16 we were down by November. Then in the championship we got into the play offs before the final day and since coming back up only 2020 when we got that nailbiting draw at West Ham was a decisive last day result needed so tomorrow will be different needing a win and intently watching two other games at the same time.

Funnily enough one of the most entertaining final days didn't really involve us but was 2011 when we were beating Liverpool 1-0 and everyone around me was just listening to SHA losing and getting relegated.

And of course 2023 we needed to beat Brighton to claim the Conference League spot

[Drummond]

Just go there and win. Please. I don't care how (though an absolute thrashing would be perfect) just do them.

[PaulWinch again]

Just go there and win. Please. I don't care how (though an absolute thrashing would be perfect) just do them.

That’s how I feel.

[PaulWinch again]

I feel like an early goal and they might cave in.

[Goldenballs]

I feel like an early goal and they might cave in.

I thought that last season.