KentVillan Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Let's not big Palace up too much here: Man Utd had one stonewall penalty turned down, and one probable penalty turned down Rashford missed a penalty Palace had 3 shots on target out of 5 total shots, and 2 of them went in, one of them a keeper error United had 22 shots on goal Palace's passing accuracy was 61% It was a robbery against a United side who are likely to be fighting for a Europa League place. We should be going to Palace looking for points. We're dangerous on the break, and we defend well in the air. I'd say it's about 55% chance we get something out of the game - something like 45% home win, 25% draw, 30% away win. You'd take those odds if you're Dean Smith. I fear Benteke as much as I fear the hardest lad in primary school. A terrifying prospect back in the day, but time hasn't been kind to him. Of course Palace will be slight favourites, but we should definitely be optimistic about our chances on Saturday. My prediction: 3-1 Villa. Wesley, Grealish, Mings, Neil Taylor (OG). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmirch Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 We’ll do them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 I had them as relegation contenders. Terrible home form last season and no Wan Bisakka. Will be disappointed if we don't get all 3 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeVillan Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 11 hours ago, KentVillan said: Let's not big Palace up too much here: Man Utd had one stonewall penalty turned down, and one probable penalty turned down Rashford missed a penalty Palace had 3 shots on target out of 5 total shots, and 2 of them went in, one of them a keeper error United had 22 shots on goal Palace's passing accuracy was 61% It was a robbery against a United side who are likely to be fighting for a Europa League place. We should be going to Palace looking for points. We're dangerous on the break, and we defend well in the air. I'd say it's about 55% chance we get something out of the game - something like 45% home win, 25% draw, 30% away win. You'd take those odds if you're Dean Smith. I fear Benteke as much as I fear the hardest lad in primary school. A terrifying prospect back in the day, but time hasn't been kind to him. Of course Palace will be slight favourites, but we should definitely be optimistic about our chances on Saturday. My prediction: 3-1 Villa. Wesley, Grealish, Mings, Neil Taylor (OG). How can they be favourites if you've given them a 30% chance? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 13 hours ago, KentVillan said: a United side who are likely to be fighting for a Europa League place. I enjoyed that bit 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 21 hours ago, villalad21 said: The fact that Benteke haven't scored in ages worries me. Usually for players like that Villa is the perfect team to play. Times may have changed. Everton came to us with 100% defensive record and going for a win to top the table, and look what happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) Play the same side that started against Everton. It will be a tough one this, as all games are. However, if we stick to our game, have some luck and no crazy decisions go against us, I think we can get a positive result here. Stop Zaha, stop Palace really. Going to say 2-1 Villa, but wouldn’t be unhappy with a draw. Edited August 30, 2019 by ferguson1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 3 hours ago, TreeVillan said: How can they be favourites if you've given them a 30% chance? I said 30% away win (i.e. Villa). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romavillan Posted August 30, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2019 8 minutes ago, KentVillan said: I said 30% away win (i.e. Villa). bookies have us just longer than 2 to one, as is the draw, palace are evens. no reason we won't upset those odds but we shouldn't be treating this game as an easy 3 points, if we were playing them at villa park i'd be a lot more confident. massive bonus if we do get 3 points though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KentVillan Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 16 minutes ago, romavillan said: bookies have us just longer than 2 to one, as is the draw, palace are evens. no reason we won't upset those odds but we shouldn't be treating this game as an easy 3 points, if we were playing them at villa park i'd be a lot more confident. massive bonus if we do get 3 points though! Just longer than 2/1 is 30%, and evens is 50%, so what I said was pretty close to how the bookies have it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted August 30, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2019 Roy Hodgson may look like an owl, but he’s a pretty wily old manager. We need to be tactically on top of our game tomorrow to get anything out of it. I would take a draw now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osmark86 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) Read that van Aarnholt, Schlupp and Ward are all injuried and might be out for this game. This would mean that they don't have proper fullbacks and be forced to play younger players out of position there. I think this would work very well in our favor since we have a lot of threat on the wings. maybe we should consider playing Guilbert to add pressure on the flanks? Edited August 30, 2019 by osmark86 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teale's 'tache Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Palace's record is much better away from home where they can sit in and hit on the counter, so we should really set up fairly deep and let them have the ball for the most part, and then hit them on the counter when an opportunity arises, like much of the Everton game to be fair. I'd think it would be the same side that started against Everton, unless Smith wants to do something specific to stop Zaha. Not expecting radical changes. It would be very nice to get another 3 points on the board before the international break, but away points are tough to come by in this league, so I'd certainly settle for a point. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don_Simon Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 On 25/08/2019 at 16:29, TheAuthority said: It worked last week. Don't @ me. (Looking at you BOF) I started this last season! Very happy to see it's still our good luck charm! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Guilbert must start 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 On 29/08/2019 at 16:21, omariqy said: Am I right in thinking that Palace seem to do better away from home? They prefer playing counter-attacking football which suits them away from home, but at home their fans want them to be on the front foot which doesn't suit their playing style at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Same team as Everton for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted August 30, 2019 VT Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2019 I'm going to this game. That is all I came on here to say. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 How can we counter attack against a team that doesn’t attack?!? I believe we can win tomorrow but have nerves around Benteke and/or Ayew playing well for once... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 hour ago, theboyangel said: How can we counter attack against a team that doesn’t attack?!? I believe we can win tomorrow but have nerves around Benteke and/or Ayew playing well for once... They will attack at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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