ferguson1

What a cluster ****

Have Brentford ever won at Villa Park? I don’t think they have.

Just do a Chelsea now and score two please  

Ridiculous 

Ring the changes now! 

Jeez, falling apart here. Get a grip and settle down.

Diaby and Duran on I reckon

This game seemed dead. Need to get some momentum back quickly. 

Need to go and do it all again now

We’ve just switched off for five minutes and look what’s happened! Emery will be fuming.

Just now, sne said:

Yeah, but then there's the toilets... A stadium buddy is the answer I guess.

Do they do XS size? Asking for a friend.

Just love McGinn. We’ve missed him.

Now get a third before that Zulu oaf comes on.

Quite brilliant! 

That’ll do pig!!! 

Elementary my dear Watkins

I honestly don’t see Watkins starting the game but he’ll hopefully make the bench and perhaps play the last 15 minutes or so if needed. Great to have McGinn back, who’ll work nicely with Luiz and Tielemans through the middle.  Bailey, Diaby and Duran should be enough to cause them problems.

                            Martinez

    Konsa      Carlos       Pau      Digne

                   McGinn         Luiz              

         Bailey                       Tielemans
                                       
                   Diaby         Duran           

Subs:  Olsen, KKH, Moreno, Lenglet, Iroegbunam, Kellyman, Rogers, Zaniolo, Watkins

Pretty confident for this one. 3-0 win.   UTV

Very cruel on United this! 
 

Madness 4-3

That’ll do

Massive moment this

Tielemans, Chambers and Bailey on I reckon.

Tim, Rogers and Zaniolo off.

1 minute ago, AvonVillain said:

Ex-defender Steve Bruce, currently on 5Live, "doesn't understand the 'draught excluder', know where it's come from, or why it's used".

Scandal that this bloke is out of work.

Crikey, we’ve got four in our house and they’re a blessing. 

Disappointed Emery hasn’t rolled the dice and got Hause out. 

12 minutes ago, MrBlack said:

Hmm...I do hope you meant their .

It would be one of the longest cons ever if you were really a closet Man City fan.

Purely a cut and paste job mate to answer a previous poster on City’s injuries

Haha, only claret and blue allowed in my house. UTV 

4 minutes ago, alreadyexists said:

Is Ederson out for them too? I heard he was earlier in the week but not heard an update? 

Ake hobbled off after 25 minutes of the first half in our 0-0 draw with Arsenal and was replaced by Rico Lewis.

On the potential availability of Stones, Walker and Ederson against Unai Emery’s men, the boss told the media in his pre-match press conference: “I don’t think so. John maybe, the other two no chance.

“He [John] has to feel fully fit. But the injury was less than we expected. We’ll see. For today or maybe for the next games he’ll be ready.”

Adding an update on Ake, he said: “Injured. Hopefully he will be back soon.

Best form of defence is attack but at the right times obviously. Respect them but don’t fear them. Walker and Ake being out for them means a lot of pace gone from their back line. Stones, Dias, Akanji and Lewis possibly are not exactly formidable and hopefully Diaby, Duran and Bailey can cause them problems.

We know Rodri is a beast of a midfielder but if Tielemans and Luiz hold well with a solid back line of Konsa, Carlos, Pau and Digne, I’m hopeful of taking a point tonight. 

Feel the only debate is whether Zaniolo or Rogers start here? I think Zaniolo gets the nod but will need to be at his very best.