villalad21 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Another tough game against another very good squad on paper. An in form Stoke against an in form Aston Villa, can see goals in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 I think we will hammer them. 3.0 Villa. Trinity upper opened for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 If Jack is out I think our style will suffer. At least Taylor should be out so Elmo can come back in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 I think a rocking Villa Park will be the difference for us. 3-1 win McGinn, Abraham and El Ghazi get's a goal each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Sheff Utd play the Baggies while Forest play Derby on the same weekend. A win would see us gain some ground on a few teams above us. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Around 35k sold so far. Probably looking at around 37k. Need to win this, especially with Leeds coming up too. I think we will win both games tbf. Is that the so called hard run out the way then? I know we have Swansea away on Boxing Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2018 I want us to take it to them and blow them away. 5 - 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Another hard one but we are more than capable of beating them. stoke can be excellent or really woeful 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 I think out of this difficult run of games, Stoke will be our toughest test. They will come to spoil our way of playing and hopefully steal an ugly win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted December 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2018 1 hour ago, AVTuco said: I want us to take it to them and blow them away. 5 - 2. Imagine typing that with Bruce as manager. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted December 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2018 Lots of time to prepare, rest and get all our claret and blue ducks in a row for this one. Big crowd, good performance and 3 points. We're due some luck too. I think we might even put this one to bed by half time if we play to our potential and Jack starts. We should have enough to win regardless though, we'll boss possession and make chances, all depends on how well we capitalise on that early on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 I agree with this being a tough game, but i think playing at Vila Park will give us the edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted December 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2018 If jack is touch and go he starts on the bench, far too important to risk him for 1 game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imavillan Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 buzzing about this one....however they are somewhat of a bogey team.... our home record against them is not too good... Head-to-head matches: ASTON VILLA - STOKE 03.10.15 PL Aston Villa Stoke 0 : 1 21.02.15 PL Aston Villa Stoke 1 : 2 23.03.14 PL Aston Villa Stoke 1 : 4 08.12.12 PL Aston Villa Stoke 0 : 0 09.04.12 PL Aston Villa Stoke 1 : 1 23.04.11 PL Aston Villa Stoke 1 : 1 19.12.09 PL Aston Villa Stoke 1 : 0 01.03.09 PL Aston Villa Stoke 2 : 2 https://www.flashscores.co.uk/match/beYDkyRL/#h2h;home we have only won one against them in the last 8 home matches... still buzzing though and confident as we are a different team now so bring it on...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 46 minutes ago, imavillan said: buzzing about this one....however they are somewhat of a bogey team.... our home record against them is not too good... Head-to-head matches: ASTON VILLA - STOKE 03.10.15 PL Aston Villa Stoke 0 : 1 21.02.15 PL Aston Villa Stoke 1 : 2 23.03.14 PL Aston Villa Stoke 1 : 4 08.12.12 PL Aston Villa Stoke 0 : 0 09.04.12 PL Aston Villa Stoke 1 : 1 23.04.11 PL Aston Villa Stoke 1 : 1 19.12.09 PL Aston Villa Stoke 1 : 0 01.03.09 PL Aston Villa Stoke 2 : 2 https://www.flashscores.co.uk/match/beYDkyRL/#h2h;home we have only won one against them in the last 8 home matches... still buzzing though and confident as we are a different team now so bring it on...... Doesn't mean shit. Most of our players haven't even played Stoke yet in a Villa shirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 9 hours ago, Rugeley Villa said: Around 35k sold so far. Probably looking at around 37k. Need to win this, especially with Leeds coming up too. I think we will win both games tbf. Is that the so called hard run out the way then? I know we have Swansea away on Boxing Day. Yes after this we have: Preston away QPR home Wigan away Hull home Ipswich home Reading away Sheffield United home Reading away With way we're playing we should be winning majority of those although won't be as easy as that. As for the game, think it might be a draw. Stoke have underachieved so far but really their squad should be in the play offs at least, think they've had similar issues to what we had in 16/17. Still trying to get over relegation. Think this could be a game we'll struggle to get back into if we fall behind so crucial to go ahead and pick Stoke off on the break. Is Jack suspended or injured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 5 minutes ago, villalad21 said: Doesn't mean shit. Most of our players haven't even played Stoke yet in a Villa shirt Bogey teams are there for a reason. Think of all the different line ups and managers we've had in last 20 years v Man. United and we couldn't even beat them in the Moyes season. We also never seem to beat Boro at home despite always winning up there. Maybe not so much us but plenty of the long serving Stoke players like Butland, Shawcross, Pieters and Crouch will have good memories of playing at VP so that obviously spreads confidence to rest of the team if the senior ones are feeling good about the away ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 9, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 9, 2018 This is on my birthday. If Aston Villa really loves me then they’ll win. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 21 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: This is on my birthday. If Aston Villa really loves me then they’ll win. My sons birthday too Stevo and we always win on "Taylor" day Actually leaving my arm chair for this one 4-1 Villa 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Stevo985 Posted December 9, 2018 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2018 Just now, Robtaylor200 said: My sons birthday too Stevo and we always win on "Taylor" day Dad? 1 1 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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