Chelsea v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Small Rodent]

How come?

Both Loyal

To what?

[Sexual Ealing]

I think we can guess.

[algy]

When was the last time we didn't wear claret and blue at Chelsea? And why the change...was it something to do with folk still having black and white tellys and there needing to be one dark-shirted team and one bright to make it easy to see which team is which?

In the 90s it used to annoy the hell out of me that Arsenal would almost always seemed turn up at Villa Park in their home shirt.

[olaftab]

How come?

Both Loyal

Both bigoted?

[pauliewalnuts]

How come?

Both Loyal

To what?

To being reprehensible fucking boneheads.

And, in the interest of balance, Celtic and their fans can get in the sea, and stay there, too.

[SoccerHQ]

This is tough one.

Caceido will be all over Rogers when he gets the ball so this I think is a battle between those two and Kamara v Palmer.

Our midfield will need to be right on it to get anything here and they also have loads of pace out wide which we can struggle with away.

We'll play better than last year (which won't be hard) but think it will be a narrow 2-1 defeat.

[ChicagoLion]

Yes a very strong team, their centre half s can be got at, goalkeeper and centre forward less strong. Their midfield fullbacks and wide men are formidable.

[PaulWinch again]

I think this will be very tough. If we got a point that’d be a really good result.

[Clampy]

Stuart Atwell is the ref apparently.

[ChicagoLion]

Stuart Atwell is the ref apparently.

The choices are incompetent or dodgy.

[LeeB]

Stuart Atwell is the ref apparently.

The choices are incompetent or dodgy.

We seem to get him a lot considering he's probably a fan of one of our local rivals, and he always finds spurious ways to fuck us over.

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

Stuart Atwell is the ref apparently.

2 of our 3 losses this season were where he was ref (Palace and Liverpool).

Also reffed this fixture last season when we lost 3-0.

[wolfman999]

I’m not going to the game, but my three visits to Stamford Bridge all had 8 goals.

Not that I was still in the ground for the 7th & 8th of the game 13 years ago tomorrow

Was that really 13 years ago? Remember it well. Our coach got bricked on the way back.

By VILLA fans?

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Stuart Atwell is the ref apparently.

The choices are incompetent or dodgy.

We seem to get him a lot considering he's probably a fan of one of our local rivals, and he always finds spurious ways to fuck us over.

Comes from Nuneaton but apparently a Luton fan.

[Crown Hill]

Stuart Atwell is the ref apparently.

The choices are incompetent or dodgy.

We seem to get him a lot considering he's probably a fan of one of our local rivals, and he always finds spurious ways to fuck us over.

Comes from Nuneaton but apparently a Luton fan.

We’ve covered this before but that’s a myth put around initially by Luton supporters because he allowed a “phantom” goal against Watford.

His family are well known in Nuneaton because his father was head of the refs for the amateur league and were season ticket holders at Cov.