Basel vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[cdbearsfan]

It's right next to the French and German borders, several hundred miles from Liechtenstein.

[rougegorge]

So far Basel have won both their home games against Stuttgart and FCSB (ex Steaua Bucharest) and lost all their away games at Freiburg, Lyon and Genk.

[Drummond]

Let's hope we Brush them away.

[Baldy]

Let's hope we Brush them away.

"Ha ha ha ha ha! Boom! Boom!"

[rob_bridge]

Let's hope we Brush them away.

"Ha ha ha ha ha! Boom! Boom!"

We need Malen to be our Fox in the box.

[ADVILLAFAN]

It's right next to the French and German borders, several hundred miles from Liechtenstein.

Quite close by teleport then.

[dorsetvillian]

My hotel is right on the French, German, Swiss border. I will do a run on Friday morning that covers all three countries in about 1KM..

[Lsvilla]

Just been sent this - from a legit contact - for anyone out here......

I have just been informed by the Swiss police that they are now enforcing a compulsory travel arrangement and meeting point for Aston Villa fans.

Villa fans will be required to meet at the below location at 18:45 to board arranged transportation put on by the Swiss police.

Steinenberg, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

I’m sorry for the short notice but this has been dumped on us very last minute

[TheTimVilla]

18:45 for a 21:00 kickoff? Shades of Feyenoord transportation then!

[AV82EC]

And yet WMPolice X account is saying it’s not
Mandatory. I wish they’d get this shit sorted out. That said I’m on a heavily delayed DB train (surprise surprise) heading to Basel, I hope I get there in time.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

18th May, 2016. Europa League Final. St. Jakob-Park Basel.  Liverpool 1 Sevilla 3.

[brontebilly]

Any chance of Garcia starting tonight? I'm not a fan of Bogarde and Onana in midfield together so might be an ideal time to get Tielemans in there from the start.

Bizot, Garcia, Konsa, Lindelof, Digne, Bogarde, Tielemans, Sancho, Buendia, Malen, Watkins..

[Matt C]

He’s been appearing on the bench lately I think but would be a surprise to see him go from zero minutes to a starter.

[RamboandBruno]

Just been reading up on this lot and they are good at home and didnt realise Shaqiri plays for them, he mist be about 40?
I have a feeling we may go strong tonight with only a few tweaks, to try and more or less get this over the line in terms of qualification.

Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Digne
Kamara
Tielemans
Mcginn
Watkins
Rogers
Beundia

[andyh]

Just been reading up on this lot and they are good at home and didnt realise Shaqiri plays for them, he mist be about 40?
I have a feeling we may go strong tonight with only a few tweaks, to try and more or less get this over the line in terms of qualification.

Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Digne
Kamara
Tielemans
Mcginn
Watkins
Rogers
Beundia

Really