Liverpool vs Aston Villa MNF

Hoki

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

Im a Villa fan, and usually one of the more optimistic ones on here even if I do say so myself but Villa are in terrible form and torn apart by injuries. It sounds as if we may have Herd and Hogg as our starting CMs with Ireland out wide, we have already used the kitchen sink and injured it, if Liverpool fans cant be confident now I dont know when you will be. Things arent all that bad under big bad woy, sure he makes gaffs from time to time and is no tactical genious but compare the two potential teams on paper and his job should not be too hard tonight.

Having said all that I still believe this Villa side are capable of getting a result here but it will take a very big performance especially from defense which is an area that has let Villa down big time considering we have had first choice defenders available its just they have been underperforming.

Dont get me wrong , i am fully confident we will win tonight , ye have a threadbare & inexperienced squad that should be there for the taking. What i was getting at is that this Liverpool team wont be dishing out too many hammerings this season. Unless Torres is on fire tonight i can only see us scraping past ye by the odd goal.

5starpool

Torres not playing? Nooooooo.

Super Dirk to the rescue hopefully.

niallo27

Who cares if she is having a baby, can't he visit her after the game

JPA

Speedy recovery from Albrighton, hope he doesn't literally bust a gut.

Bounty Hunter

matrim wrote: »

Seems Villa's team is

Friedel
Young Collins Dunne Warnock
Albrighton Ireland Hogg Clark Downing
Gabby

And as said, apparently no Torres for Liverpool as his wife is in Labour

Jaysus thats a quick recovery from appendicitus for Albrighton. Very glad to see him and Clark start though. 5 man midfield with Gabby at the front and Ireland just behind him hopefully pulling the strings looks nice too. Combine that news with Torres being out and im getting more optimistic by the minute.

karma_

niallo27 wrote: »

Who cares if she is having a baby, can't he visit her after the game

He's no John Barnes!

Hoki

Id like to see Babel get another run up top in place of Torres , cant see it happening though , think Roy will stick Kuyt up there

MR NINE

Rumours of Babel and Ngog up front. That'll be interesting if true.

JPA

We might, I repeat might, see a performance from Ireland tonight with Young not getting in his way.

Bounty Hunter

Hoki wrote: »

Dont get me wrong , i am fully confident we will win tonight , ye have a threadbare & inexperienced squad that should be there for the taking. What i was getting at is that this Liverpool team wont be dishing out too many hammerings this season. Unless Torres is on fire tonight i can only see us scraping past ye by the odd goal.

seems that conversation is moot, Torres is out and two of those Villa midfielders in Albrighton and Clark (well still primarily a Defender but a good ball player) start.

MR NINE

The lineup all over twitter is Reina, Johnson Skrtel Soto Konch, Lucas Meireles Kuyt Maxi, Babel N'gog. Subs: Jones, Kelly, Aurelio, Poulsen, Shelvey, Jova, Cole

I fear for Skrtel and Soto up against Gabby, its a serious mis match in the pace department.

NukaCola

Hmmm i`ll go for a 0-0 or 1-1.

Babel in for Torres.......yuck!

Bounty Hunter

JPA wrote: »

We might, I repeat might, see a performance from Ireland tonight with Young not getting in his way.

I dont like to think that Young not playing would benifit Ireland but tbh I think you may be right. I think he will be in his ideal role tonight of attacking midfielder centre, he will have Clark and Hogg doing the dirty work and will be tasked with creating opportunitys for Gabby and the Wingers and being there to get on the end for chances they create.

Of course he could have this role with young about but with the emregence of Albrighton and the improvements from Downing he didnt get the chance till Ashleys suspension

redzerdrog

redzerdrog wrote: »

3-0 to liverpool

have not got a clue why I am being so optimistic

scrap that just heard that torres is out:(

Bounty Hunter

another thing i like about the team being put out by Villa is that we actually have an impact sub in the form of Carew now not that given current form id expect him to make an impact but its nice to have an option for a change.

Kinetic^

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

another thing i like about the team being put out by Villa is that we actually have an impact sub in the form of Carew now not that given current form id expect him to make an impact but its nice to have an option for a change.

Carew could be an impact sub, he's just too lazy.

Babel for Torres

Shows how strong our squad is

Mitch Connor

John Barnes wouldn't have done the same.

niallo27

No carragher torres and gerrard, points to a 3 nil win myself, players all at the same level, call me crazy, but I think we ll see a performance tonight

NukaCola

niallo27 wrote: »

No carragher torres and gerrard, points to a 3 nil win myself, players all at the same level, call me crazy, but I think we ll see a performance tonight

You sir, are f.ucking crazy!!!

niallo27

niallo27 wrote: »

No carragher torres and gerrard, points to a 3 nil win myself, players all at the same level, call me crazy, but I think we ll see a performance tonight

That's some mad logic.

We will see a performance alright but it could be a shocking one

The Muppet

I wonder will Roy get annoyed with torres and try sell him for a fraction of his worth in the summer?:D

niallo27

Maybe I am crazy, have a feeling though

Bounty Hunter

so on paper its now:

........................Reina
Johnson.....Skrtel.......Soto...Konchesky

Kuyt.......Lucas.......Meireles....Maxi

...............N'Gog....Babel

Subs: Jones, Kelly, Aurelio, Poulsen, Shelvey, Jova, Cole

Vs

........................Friedel
Young.......Dunne.........Collins....Warnock

..................Clark.....Hogg
Albrighton.........Ireland............Downing

.....................Gabby

Subs: Guzan, Cuellar, Lichaj, Herd, Pires, Delfouneso, Carew

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Villa still need to up their performance but im more confident looking at the two lineups now than when i made the OP earlier today

Neil3030

Gerrard, Carragher and Torres out, Albrighton and Clark in and Villa still 5.8 on Betfair?

I'm getting involved.

JPA

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

another thing i like about the team being put out by Villa is that we actually have an impact sub in the form of Carew now not that given current form id expect him to make an impact but its nice to have an option for a change.

The Fonz is the impact sub, Carew never performs from the bench.

Sir Gallagher

niallo27 wrote: »

No carragher torres and gerrard, points to a 3 nil win myself, players all at the same level, call me crazy, but I think we ll see a performance tonight

They are the ones holding us back from true greatness.

Revolution9

Footballers should only be allowed pro-create precisely 9 months before the Summer.

Wonder if Man City would pay us big money to put Torres out to stud and mate with talented female footballers...

the untitled user

Good to see Albrighton come back. Him and Downing formed a fearsome combination with their running against United, Villa look a different side with the two of them on the wings.

hideous ape

Anyone else just see Richard Keys kissing Roys arse live on Sky?

My god that was seriously

~Rebel~

Interesting to see Babel preferred to Cole.

niallo27

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

They are the ones holding us back from true greatness.

Well I think the team is more balanced without gerrard but he is too brilliant to leave out, I just don't know where to put him, carragher could do with a spell on the bench, torres is a huge loss though

Raskolnikov

Neil3030 wrote: »

Gerrard, Carragher and Torres out, Albrighton and Clark in and Villa still 5.8 on Betfair?

I'm getting involved.

I'd personally prefer to see Carragher playing. Agbonlahor would destroy the lummox.

5starpool

hideous ape wrote: »

Anyone else just see Richard Keys kissing Roys arse live on Sky?

My god that was seriously

What was said roughly? I missed it as it would have meant watching more of Keys/Gray than I could stand without killing someone.

Revolution9

How can Keys say Roy had the best 4-4-2 with Fulham last season when Redknapp got Spurs to 4th with the same system

K-9

Babel and N'Gog will be interesting to say the least.

1-1 Mereiles to score.

Mister men

Revolution9 wrote: »

How can Keys say Roy had the best 4-4-2 with Fulham last season when Redknapp got Spurs to 4th with the same system

Because he knows nothing about football.

ilovelamp2000

I'm interested to see Babel up front in a 4-4-2, he has the potential to be a poor mans Torres.

5starpool

Revolution9 wrote: »

How can Keys say Roy had the best 4-4-2 with Fulham last season when Redknapp got Spurs to 4th with the same system

And considering they finished 13th, if it even was true, it would show that it isn't a winning system.

Revolution9

Hate to use the cliche, but it's probably now or never for Babel.
Imagine he would be one of the players close to the exit door come January.

mosstin

Sir Gallagher wrote: »

They are the ones holding us back from true greatness.

Excellent post*


*not really

K-9

Ged is applauding the Kop during YNWA.

Be interesting to see how good a reception he gets.

Bounty Hunter

nice to see GRD get a great response from the crowd.

Cmon lads dont like these 4am kickoffs

UTV

ctrl-alt-delete

Revolution9 wrote: »

Hate to use the cliche, but it's probably now or never for Babel.
Imagine he would be one of the players close to the exit door come January.

I think it is more the case he is outside the door, and this is one of his last chances to reach the knocker or the doorbell!

I like the look of this Villa set up tonight, think this will finish a draw though - hopefully a score draw!

niallo27

The Greek 22/1 great bet

Mister men

Babel :mad:

Bounty Hunter

shaky defensive start so far but i dont think thats going to be limited to just Villa today, think Gabby will be a handfull

happyoutscan

Lively start to the game.

Raskolnikov

Raskolnikov wrote: »

I'd personally prefer to see Carragher playing. Agbonlahor would destroy the lummox.

From the lad who admits singing about Hysel.

Enjoy the match.

jebidiah

nice snood on maxi there