John Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Loved Steve Bruce's dig at Nursey during the press conference . Villa Park would be a tough place for any team to come to tomorrow with Villa celebrating Jack's retention. It is worth noting however that Wigan had a great record against us away from home until losing here 1-0 in 2016. Prior to that they had won 4 and drawn 3 of their previous 8 league games here. Let's make this two home wins on the trot against them and maintain our 100% win record this season. An 85-0 win would be nice but I would settle for a 2-0 victory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 On 10/08/2018 at 08:09, dounavilla said: That's a ' no' from me. I'd go : Nyland Hutton Chester twanzebra Taylor .................. Thor............... Elmo Hourihane Grealish Green ....................Kodjia.......... Last time Thor played there from memory we almost got overrun at home by Burton. He's a rubbish CDM. Haven't lost last 9 times Whelan has started 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkasaurus Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 3 minutes ago, Kiwivillan said: Last time Thor played there from memory we almost got overrun at home by Burton. He's a rubbish CDM. Haven't lost last 9 times Whelan has started It's true, Whelan is our best option in this area and reading the Stoke forums they would have him back in their starting line up tomorrow. There's no doubt Bjarnason is a talented player but Whelan offers more stability and experience (albeit without the legs). Jedi can be the difference when the game is physical but Whelan is the more intelligent footballer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted August 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2018 I'd play nyland and twanz and leave the rest as started hull. No need for changes for the sake of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted August 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2018 Game day. Come on Villa, please keep this good feeling going! Should be another 3 points! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted August 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2018 I would say a win, but I’ve just had a quick look at when Villa last won their opening two league matches. Unless I’ve missed something, it was back in 1999 (Newcastle away and Everton home) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WakefieldVillan Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I'd go... Nyland Tuanzebe Chester Jedinak Hutton Elmo McGinn Hourihane Green Grealish Kodija Morreira, Taylor, Lansbury, Whelan, Bjarnsson, Adomah, Hepburn-Murphy Think Bruce will make 2 (or 3) changes with Nyland and Tuanzebe coming in and possibly Jedinak. UTV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Win, by however necessary to keep the good mood going. Minimal changes and use Yeovil to mix in the new guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismail-villa Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Definitely need to (and should) get the three points, past two seasons we've been playing catch-up because of our poor starts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinRichardsonsMoustache Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 It’ll be v interesting to see how Bruce sees McGinn fitting in. I don’t see him sitting in the defensive midfielder roll. Bruce has his favourites so I think the midfield five will be Whelan or Jedinak in the anchor role, McGinn and Hourihane in front of him, Grealish in an advanced midfield role with Adomah on the left and Elmo on the right. Wish Green was invovled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaAlex Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Some nice respectful words from Paul Cook about us. Much classier than the likes of midget Johnson. Expect a tough game today they will be up for it. I think they will be the Sheffield United if this season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLN Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 2 hours ago, Shropshire Lad said: I would say a win, but I’ve just had a quick look at when Villa last won their opening two league matches. Unless I’ve missed something, it was back in 1999 (Newcastle away and Everton home) From memory was that Everton not 0-0 with Yorke acting the Representative for Wellingborough. Then we won Newcastle and Sheff Wed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Jumping out of bed this morning like 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jas10 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Maybe - Nyland Elmo Tuanzebe Chester Hutton Whelan Green Hourihane McGinn Grealish Kodjia Moreira, Elphick, Taylor, Jedinak, Adomah, Bjarnason, RHM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Has this game legit sold out? The official site shows every area as 'sold out'. Would there be more tickets available at the ticket office, or am I shit out of luck now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larscapaldi Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 59 minutes ago, KevinRichardsonsMoustache said: It’ll be v interesting to see how Bruce sees McGinn fitting in. I don’t see him sitting in the defensive midfielder roll. Bruce has his favourites so I think the midfield five will be Whelan or Jedinak in the anchor role, McGinn and Hourihane in front of him, Grealish in an advanced midfield role with Adomah on the left and Elmo on the right. Wish Green was invovled Midfield six you mean then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 (edited) Green for Taylor is the only unforced change I would make for now, Hutton moving to LB. I think we have saw start of last year, and January the previous season what happens when we put out all our new toys at the same time. There is no need to rush anything. Same again, a scrappy 3 points but 3 pts all the same. Edited August 11, 2018 by rodders0223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted August 11, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted August 11, 2018 23 minutes ago, YLN said: From memory was that Everton not 0-0 with Yorke acting the Representative for Wellingborough. Then we won Newcastle and Sheff Wed You’re referring to the 98-99 season in which Yorke played in that opening Everton game. That was the start of that 12 game unbeaten run. The season I’m referring to is the 99-00 season, we beat Newcastle 1-0 and followed up by beating Everton 3-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 22 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Has this game legit sold out? The official site shows every area as 'sold out'. Would there be more tickets available at the ticket office, or am I shit out of luck now? Looks like it, they haven't opened up the trinity so have been caught short by demand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 24 minutes ago, HanoiVillan said: Has this game legit sold out? The official site shows every area as 'sold out'. Would there be more tickets available at the ticket office, or am I shit out of luck now? Yes it's sold out, apart from the upper trinity, which the club state, it was too late to open for the game. The game was heading for a sell out Thursday night, so they should have announced they would open it yesterday. There should be 36k in the ground today which is fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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