Manchester City vs Aston Villa Pre-Match Thread

[eamonn]

Can see Foden starting and doing well and all the newspapers bemoaning him being left out the squad then.

Or a knee-high challenge on Rogers as he bids to become a last-minute injury replacement?

(this is a joke, obviously)

This is a low.

[Dave]

Unai Emery smiled at his press conference when asked about his starting XI for Sunday.

“ I will try to be serious and get the best starting XI respecting the competition, but it’s not easy….Sorry but it’s not easy.”

Good good.

[cdbearsfan]

I reckon at least four of our players will be wearing sombreros.

[Sexual Ealing]

Hahaha! That makes me nostalgic for the days of having a real job when, having had a post-work mad one on the Thursday, everyone wordlessly agrees to do nothing all day except for a three-hour liquid lunch.

God, it was tough back then.

[Monty]

Unai Emery smiled at his press conference when asked about his starting XI for Sunday.

“ I will try to be serious and get the best starting XI respecting the competition, but it’s not easy….Sorry but it’s not easy.”

Good good.

Howling reading this. I don't know if we'll be seeing our captain start the game somehow. Perhaps some of the muslim lads will be, ah, in less biochemical disequilibrium.

[Toronto Villa]

Unai Emery smiled at his press conference when asked about his starting XI for Sunday.

“ I will try to be serious and get the best starting XI respecting the competition, but it’s not easy….Sorry but it’s not easy.”

Good good.

Morgan Freeman Narrator voice: in truth, Unai doesn’t give a fuck.