SC Freiburg v Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[Somniloquism]

The four on our B squad list is Proctor (19), Wright (21), Houston(17) and Oakley(17).

[usav]

Do we know when the team are flying out?  Is it the day before like a usual away game or they going today/tomorrow?

[Dogtanian]

I’d heard tomorrow afternoon, but no idea how true it is.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

There are 4  flights out of Birmingham to Istanbul tomorrow.
Turkish Airlines TK1968 dep 10.00
Pegasus Airlines PC1784 dep 13.00
Pegasus Airlines PC7384 dep 13.20
Turkish Airlines TK1970 dep 17.55

https://www.birminghamairport.co.uk/flights/departures/?Count=20&Search=istanbul

[Somniloquism]

Theirs would be a private charter flight not showing on that board.

[eamonn]

Yes, no sharing with riffraff/Gary Newbon.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

They’ve got some very good players, particularly Manzambi, who’s basically their Rogers. I also think Matanović will score because, since the turn of the year, he’s been in good form and tends to score in patterns of three — he’s currently on a two-game streak.

I can see this being a high-scoring match, with the winners (hopefully us) winning by the odd goal.

I'm expecting a tough game, they'll be no easy pushovers. The more I hear about them, the more I hope Unai has done his full preparation and the players realise they're in for a real battle. We'll need another Forest type performance and our attacking players to be clinical.

If you can put up with Luke Robinson, he has a guest journalist on UTV podcast giving the inside on Freiburg. Well worth a watch.

[ChicagoLion]

Yes, no sharing with riffraff/Gary Newbon.

What happened to him?

[PeterWithesShin]

Yes, no sharing with riffraff/Gary Newbon.

What happened to him?

[ChicagoLion]

Cheers , I met him one, he was a really nice bloke.

[LeeB]

Cheers , I met him one, he was a really nice bloke.

I know someone that worked with him that had a very different opinion of him.

[dave.woodhall]

Cheers , I met him one, he was a really nice bloke.

I know someone that worked with him that had a very different opinion of him.

I always got on with him, but I could see how he could be eminently dislikeable.

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

We've covered it before. Gary Newbon was partly to blame for there being no TV coverage of Villa 5 Liverpool 1, although the main culprit was Trevor East.

https://www.heroesandvillains.info/forumv3/index.php?topic=56877.45

[kippaxvilla2]

I was perfectly calm until I saw their fake yesterday now I’m feeling physically sick.  Someone make me better.

[Charlie8182]

The referee for the game is François Letexier from France, which is a good omen as the ref in Rotterdam was Georges Konrath, also from France.