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Anticipated Derby team but we have injury concerns at this point

                     Roos

Bogle Keogh Tomori Cole 

              Johnson 

         Mount  Wilson 

Bennett  Waghorn Lawrence 

if Bryson is fit he would go into midfield with Wilson on the right and Bennett to the bench

but if we go all out attack which is rather exciting to watch

                      Roos

Bogle Keogh Tomori Cole

                  Johnson

          Mount   Wilson

Waghorn Marriott Lawrence 

1 hour ago, cb_82 said:

Genuinely  I haven't seen many dismiss Derby, and where I have I think there was more of a I would rather play Derby than Leeds as Im sure you would rather have played us than West Brom based on league position

 

Its actually a lot of neutral fans that are saying we are favorites and the bookies - My nerves will be there from the first till last whistle 

 

Same to Derby to, no issues with them as a club or their supporters - Actually had a beer with a few of them pre your game at st andrews in Birmingham

 

 

 

 

No, West Brom all day long a team we actually destroyed twice this season 4-1 away 3-1 at home we could have scored 20 in them games - they hated the way we play 

2 hours ago, PieFacE said:

I'd say my general feeling about this game is cautiously optimistic. If both teams turn up I think we've got enough to still go on and win the game. I do think Derby are a good team, and I do like the way Lampard sets them up and he's a good bloke. Though, I think we've got more about us. There's something kinda special happening at Villa ever since Grealish returned and was given the armband. I think the final could completely hinge on what type of a performance he puts in. 

That said, I'd be much happier (if that's even possible) to lose to Derby than to Leeds. Leeds are just horrible and i'm very glad Derby knocked them out. 

Leeds' aggressive style of play would cause us more problems than Derby's too, imo. 

Well we will be giving Leeds the ovation they deserve during the game and feel free to join in it would be great at Wembley—— Leeds Leeds are falling apart again ———— this will happen i promise you 

11 hours ago, Vive_La_Villa said:

So Ashley Cole will be left back and is 4th choice? 

 

In a fashion - the squad have gone to Portugal but Ashley Cole stayed at home - make of that what you want.

no worries if he plays because he absolutely knows what he is doing 

1 hour ago, mjmooney said:

FWIW, Rams fans, I'm old enough to associate Brian Clough with Derby County, rather than Nottingham Forest.  

Me too, old enough, and yes we were very good once and but for utter stupidity all that forest stuff would have been us - they even used half our players - a very disappointing time

i once went to my corner shop and I bumped into both Brain Clough and Bob Paisley talking to each one Sunday morning as they were buying their newspapers - bizarre - two of their children were married and lived within about 600 yards of each other and they were visiting them I assume, how many European cups had they won - fabulous 

1 hour ago, cb_82 said:

 

Have to respond to some of this....

No one thinks its done and dusted......

Leeds away was a credible draw, we made a stack of changes v Norwich, Deservedly beat West Brom at home and lost away - Hardly a car crash and your last 4 include 2 wins a defeat and a draw - Hardly a head of steam

Your own fans after the first leg v Leeds thought it was done and dusted and even more so at 2-0 down up until a massive keeper error and a huge Leeds collapse inc a red and a pen and yet suddenly now you are ready to take on all comers!!!

We had Mcginn & Tuanzabe out at the game at Villa park to so have you played the real Aston Villa recently ?

 

At the end of the day it all means nothing anyway inc whats written on message boards, the 2 teams will go out at Wembley and the better team on the day will go up

 

One major advantage you have is that your manager has seen the two sides of Derby county this season one the rubbish on show at villa park this season and the brilliant football that destroyed his excellent top of the league Brentford side. His real thoughts would be interesting. 

1 hour ago, cb_82 said:

Who is going to miss the game then ? I know Malone is suspended but who would play in your team if they were fit and are out?

 

If that makes sense!!!

I will try, centre half Curtis Davies captain centre half out all season,  Craig Forsyth left back first choice knee ligaments 3rd time twice vs villa Marcos Olson left back knee ligaments all season, Malone Left back suspended (not great at defending at all) Craig Bryson midfield highly dependable waghorn forward but not really a centre forward - he might make the final, David Nugent injured decent sub  out of the final 

i hope that  helps - we have had only 2 centre half’s all season we have been missing mobility from proper central midfielders most of the season and we haven’t actually had a proper centre forward all season, we have done very well in my opinion.

1 hour ago, Brumstopdogs said:

As I understand it (when it went to general sale)  as long as you had booked a Derby game from 2014 at Pride Park (and had a fan ID) you could get a ticket. Any Villa fans that had therefore previously purchased tickets in the Derby end in the last 5 years would potentially have been able to get tickets IMO.

That might be true but it’s utterly ridiculous behaviour as one or two Dirty Leeds fans found out recently 

3 minutes ago, privateer said:

OK, so please put out your best side and totally outplay us.

There is a lot of pride in that but we can’t put our best side out as we have an awful lot of injuries but we will put one out that tries to win the game the right way  ( a lot of them are out of contract as well so it’s their last game for us probably)

1 hour ago, rbcuk said:

Yeah just seen that on twitter, supposedly loads of villa have bought tickets in there end 

That I doubt immensely - ours went on sale on Friday at 10.00 am to season ticket holders for one each, today (Sunday)they went on general sale to fans with rams fans ID with purchase history at 2-00 pm at 4.00pm we had sold our total allocation.

7 minutes ago, av1 said:

I think this could be a big advantage tbh. Against a big WBA side we played every set piece short, but prior to that we had a good record from set pieces. 

It is absolutely, crosses and set pieces have done us all season but bizarrely we dealt with them well vs WBA home and away 4-1 3-1 wins and Middlesbrough 1-1 twice (they didn’t like us running through their legs) but we got done by all the teams in the bottom 4 

44 minutes ago, Tomaszk said:

I'm excited for them not worrying about McGinn and him tearing through them.

Worried about their wingers and our weak flanks.

Central midfield has been fairly injury ravaged all season and still is with us playing little wingers in there an awful lot in Wilson and Holmes but it’s very exciting when they attack so don’t worry about your flanks as we will have wingers all over pitch but they are not much cop when we need to defend as we will only have two guys who can actually head a ball playing 

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