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Author Topic: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat  (Read 6600 times)

Offline RamboandBruno

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #45 on: March 18, 2026, 07:43:05 PM »
Gonna head for the Warehouse, not had food in there, anyone know if any good?
Went there before the Newcastle cup game and for an hour after the Leeds game. Didn’t eat in there, but two or three choices for about a tenner each. Easy to get served for beers. Its not like a great pub, e.g. Bartons talk, but its ok, other football on the screens, ex players being interviewed live etc

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #46 on: March 18, 2026, 08:22:20 PM »
Gonna head for the Warehouse, not had food in there, anyone know if any good?
Went there before the Newcastle cup game and for an hour after the Leeds game. Didn’t eat in there, but two or three choices for about a tenner each. Easy to get served for beers. Its not like a great pub, e.g. Bartons talk, but its ok, other football on the screens, ex players being interviewed live etc

I went a couple of times when it was just the foyer bit, service for beer was good. Hoping same tomorrow.

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #47 on: March 19, 2026, 06:53:58 AM »
I'd go with Martinez, Cash (Bogarde), Konsa, Torres, Maatsen, Onana, Luiz, McGinn, Rogers, Barkley, Tammy.

I fear Emery will go with Bailey and Watkins again.

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #48 on: March 19, 2026, 07:00:22 AM »
Barkley still can't play

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #49 on: March 19, 2026, 07:18:27 AM »
Barkley still can't play

Does that leave Sancho or Bailey? Buendia limped off at weekend.

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #50 on: March 19, 2026, 07:38:58 AM »
Or Elliott

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #51 on: March 19, 2026, 08:03:14 AM »
Barkley still can't play


I dont know the rules but why did we put Baileys name in the squad and not Barkleys?

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #52 on: March 19, 2026, 08:13:37 AM »
Manager decided it. Barkley was coming back from injury but was on the bench for the match where we would have had final decision. I suspect he didn't think Barkley would last or realised he didn't really have a right side player with letting Guessand and Malen go. (Bad jokes about we still don't with Bailey playing inbound).

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #53 on: March 19, 2026, 08:15:44 AM »
We could add three new players to the original squad to replace Malen, Guessand and Kamara. Abraham, DL, Bailey and Barkley were the options.

Presumably at the time we thought we had enough in the midfield, and Bailey was needed in place of Malen and Guessand over both DL and Barkley being needed in place of Kamara.
« Last Edit: March 19, 2026, 05:42:17 PM by Dave »

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #54 on: March 19, 2026, 05:41:43 PM »
2.1 to us


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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #55 on: March 19, 2026, 06:05:55 PM »
Still plenty of tickets left for this one.

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #56 on: March 19, 2026, 06:11:13 PM »
Still plenty of tickets left for this one.

I’ve got no evidence that this is due to the seemingly growing discontent which has been turbo charged as a result of cheating clubs getting away with it, but if it were linked, I’d struggle to be surprised. 

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #57 on: March 19, 2026, 06:12:58 PM »
Sub 35k expected. 900 from  lille only

Offline RamboandBruno

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #58 on: March 19, 2026, 06:17:53 PM »
Given players available id go with

Martinez
Cash
Konsa
Torres
Maatsen
Luiz
Onana
McGinn
Watkins
Rogers
Sancho

No score prediction, just win

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Re: Aston Villa vs Lille - last 16 2nd leg pre match chat
« Reply #59 on: March 19, 2026, 06:22:40 PM »
It's a minimum of £55 for a non ST holder adult and the classic 2 parents and 2 kids is a minimum of £160 for non ST, i'm not surprised it isn't selling out.

 


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