Chelsea v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Sat 27th, 17.30 KO.

1-1

[Pete3206]

1-1

[cdbearsfan]

We always lose Boxing Day away matches so just rest our crucial players so they're fit for Arsenal. A few players looked tired yesterday.

[Brazilian Villain]

Draw, 1-1.

[eamonn]

Come on, they ain't all that. We'll play average and win. The PL is a piece of piss for us.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

First we analyse and work out how many they will score (anything between zero and three).
We then select accordingly and employ a tactical plan to score one more.
Piece of piss, anybody could do it. How much are we paying this coat chucking Spaniard ?

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

We always lose Boxing Day away matches so just rest our crucial players so they're fit for Arsenal. A few players looked tired yesterday.

We’re not playing Boxing Day so we should be fine! 😉

[Gerrin]

Are the team likely to stay down there after this match?

[Nii Lamptey]

The claret and blue army marches on - 6 points between now and end of year. UTV

🎵"Now you gonna believe us"🎵

[andyh]

Tiredness cannot be an excuse or reason for anything.
Bloody hell, if they are tired now we’ll be relegated by April.

We have to be better than we were against Manure.

[algy]

Winning games like this is what champions do. Come on me Villa babbies!

[cdbearsfan]

We always lose Boxing Day away matches so just rest our crucial players so they're fit for Arsenal. A few players looked tired yesterday.

We’re not playing Boxing Day so we should be fine! 😉

I considered this, but we still lost our most recent 27th December game, too. 3-0 at Arsenal. You can't deceive Jesus Claus with that kind of calendar chicanery, sadly.

[eamonn]

Calendar Chicanery, the comeback EP from African Car Reverser.

Hope he's chuffed to billi-o with Villa's resurgence given he first came to attention in the awful Lambert midwinter.

[Tayls_7]

An economy of effort performance and I don't hold much hope. 3-1.

[RamboandBruno]

Their home record is not overwhelming, beaten Fulham, Liverpool, Wolves, Everton, drawn with Arsenal & Palace, lost to Brighton & Sunderland.
Saying that, we can’t afford to give them the head start in the same way we gave it to Leeds, Brighton & West Ham.
Can’t see us winning the next two, but if we can get three or four points, we’ll be right in the mix.

2-1 us Rogers, Tielemans.