Aston Villa v Crystal Palace Pre Match

[SoccerHQ]

Villa still flogging tickets for the Palace game on prAVda.

I reckon loads of STs have been returned due to the idiotic kick off time.

Deffo won't be a sellout.


Lowest league attendance in the last 3 seasons?

It is such an awful time, who on earth wants to be watching football at 9pm on a Sunday when the match will finish. Might've helped a little if this was last week and there was a bank holiday the day after but there isn't.

Sky should've got far more stick for not just putting this at 2pm on Sunday given they can show all games in that timeslot now on their various channels.

As regards the game....I actually think we'll win. Nothing amazing but I think we'll finally put together some decent moves and get a narrow 2-1. Guehi being pulled out of their team late to go to Liverpool will help in that.

Palace only have the hex over us within the M25. Don't think they've won at VP since 2013 in the league and we've taken 7 points off them in the three games we've played them at home since Emery took over.

We really need a win as Everton away is looking far trickier than the last few years with what they've signed.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Scores on doors if you're thinking of heading to Chariie's.

https://www.scoresonthedoors.org.uk/business/charlies-kebab-house-1118912.html

Best head up to Manor Road.

Villa 4 Charlies 0

https://ratings.food.gov.uk/business/1180187/villa-chippy-birmingham

[Dave]

It is such an awful time, who on earth wants to be watching football at 9pm on a Sunday when the match will finish.

As (I think) Ads said, is it really any worse than the match finishing at Selhurst Park at 10pm on a Tuesday, for which i imagine we'd sell out our allocation twice over?

[dave.woodhall]

It is such an awful time, who on earth wants to be watching football at 9pm on a Sunday when the match will finish.

As (I think) Ads said, is it really any worse than the match finishing at Selhurst Park at 10pm on a Tuesday, for which i imagine we'd sell out our allocation twice over?

We've got a lot more supporters in London than they have here, the short notice hasn't helped and getting here would be more difficult on Sunday afternoon than midweek.

[Dave]

Either way, I'm perfectly happy as I wouldn't be going if it were easier for them and they'd sold their tickets.

[PeterWithesShin]

Pretty sure the ManC FAC match where Richards scored at the death was a daft Sunday KO time, and apart from the away sections VP was half empty.

[SoccerHQ]

It is such an awful time, who on earth wants to be watching football at 9pm on a Sunday when the match will finish.

As (I think) Ads said, is it really any worse than the match finishing at Selhurst Park at 10pm on a Tuesday, for which i imagine we'd sell out our allocation twice over?

Midweek kick off times have been part and parcel of UK football for decades (although the introduction of 8.15pm) is horrible.

Sunday 7pm isn't really especially for our long distance travelling fans so it should not be encourage as a timeslot especially given it could've just been played at 2pm.

I think we all know begrudgingly accept Sky moving fixtures across the weekend but just playing this at 7pm rather than 2pm is really poor imo and surprised the club haven't made a bigger fuss about it after the Spurs fiasco last season.

Why they were allowed to just move it first to the Friday night before Palace's appeal had even been concluded was beyond me.

[Small Rodent]

Terrible time for a game. Sunday evening is for comfort TV. Like James Herriot sticking his arm up farm animals.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Terrible time for a game. Sunday evening is for comfort TV. Like James Herriot sticking his arm up farm animals.

Ex Birmingham City keeper in bestiality shocker !

[Drummond]

Just before the schools go back too. It's a bit shit.

[amfy]

Well - as it turns out this will be our first game of the season.

Can’t believe that after giving up a Villa season ticket and buying a Preston North End one, we have still ended up at Villa first! (We were on various trips away right through August)

The boys will be fine! I’m back!

[BoVillan esq]

Villa win, we have to turn this around.

[Drummond]

Well - as it turns out this will be our first game of the season.

Can’t believe that after giving up a Villa season ticket and buying a Preston North End one, we have still ended up at Villa first! (We were on various trips away right through August)

The boys will be fine! I’m back!

Got the lucky gloves?

[amfy]

Sadly the lucky gloves were lost shortly after Zat Knight equalised against Arsenal at Christmas 2008. It’s been a long road back from their loss!

[SamTheMouse]

Cash gets a lot of unfair stick, IMO. We were the best defence in the league in the last two months of the season and he played virtually every game. He's been a massive part of our success in the last two and a half season since Emery turned up.

Edit: second best, Man City better.

He's very decent defensively, but utter shite in the final third.