villalad21 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Other teams around us postponing their games would be a great opportunity for us to go past them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 10 hours ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Do we? Last home win against them I can think of from memory was the 5-2 back in O’Neills day I think. 2-2 when we came back up 0-0 last season I remember a 1-0 home defeat on the last day of the season somewhere too. hmm yeah your right, i must be thinking back to the o neill days as we beat them in the league a couple of times when i was at villa park and in one of the cups iirc. If the game goes ahead which i am hoping it does then i still predict us to win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 16, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 16, 2021 2 hours ago, Phil Silvers said: Oh man, I feel terrible now. My post was purely informational 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 16, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 16, 2021 4 hours ago, BOF said: I'd love to see ANY team for the Burnley match with the way Covid is going. But I was thinking about it and I wouold really really love to see the below. I put Buendia on the left and Ramsey right deliberately because it might be a bit too risky to have Carney & Ramsey both on the same side in terms of experience. Chuk has been incredibly effective every time he has come on, and I really want to see what he can achieve with a full 90 minutes under his belt. If nothing else he has earned that chance. And I think Buendia up in place of Ashley Young is almost a no brainer. He's certainly able to play that position. The rest picks itself. I think with five games off and more test result coming back from teams tomorrow we'll be lucky to see this game take place. But, if it does, I'd go with the same line up but I'd swap Ramsey and Chukwuemeka - Ramsey has been excellent as part of the three and pretty all of Chukwuemeka's appearances under Gerrard have been in one of the number ten roles. Hopefully there are no issues with Buendia or McGInn. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted December 16, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 16, 2021 23 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: same line up but I'd swap Ramsey and Chukwuemeka - Ramsey has been excellent as part of the three and pretty all of Chukwuemeka's appearances under Gerrard have been in one of the number ten roles. Yep I've no issue with that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) The correct moral decision would be to postpone all fixtures this weekend. But morals, football, and mountains of cash, do not always fit. I mean really who wants to risk watching a game and then having to self-isolate this Christmas? If you do go please stay safe Edited December 16, 2021 by The Fun Factory 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted December 16, 2021 Moderator Share Posted December 16, 2021 Around 150 tickets currently on sale, so it looks like there are people returning tickets - I'd sort of expected that to be more. At the moment, I'd still be slightly surprised if this one happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) 49 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Around 150 tickets currently on sale, so it looks like there are people returning tickets - I'd sort of expected that to be more. At the moment, I'd still be slightly surprised if this one happens. If Villa haven’t got any new cases after the 2 already mentioned, and if Burnley haven’t got any/any more, then I guess no reason to cancel it. There is less than 48 hours until the match now, so I expect both clubs have kept the Premier League updated to their latest position. There hasn’t even been any whispers of the game being cancelled in the media so far. Edited December 16, 2021 by ender4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWARLEY2 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 I am hoping this can go ahead. Chance to be 7th fof Xmas . Which bearing in mind where we were would be incredible . Play the game even if there are a few absentees .. ..reality is i think it will be called off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 (edited) Wonder if there's a discussion going on in the background to move this to 12.30pm to meet the TV broadcasting quota seeing as the others are now off? Edited December 16, 2021 by Kingman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 6 minutes ago, Kingman said: Wonder if there's a discussion going on in the background to move this to 12.30pm to meet the TV broadcasting quota seeing as the others are now off? I don't think the police would agree to that at such short notice. Remember when we had the pre season game cancelled and tried to change the kick off for another team and the police didn't accept that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 25 minutes ago, Kingman said: Wonder if there's a discussion going on in the background to move this to 12.30pm to meet the TV broadcasting quota seeing as the others are now off? It’s probably a couple of days too late for that to happen. But money talks so anything is possible I guess. Is it £1.8m extra TV money for every game you have on TV? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 7 hours ago, villalad21 said: Other teams around us postponing their games would be a great opportunity for us to go past them Good thinking, Batman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chips'ngravy Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 6 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: The correct moral decision would be to postpone all fixtures this weekend. But morals, football, and mountains of cash, do not always fit. I mean really who wants to risk watching a game and then having to self-isolate this Christmas? If you do go please stay safe I echo your comment but given I've hardly seen a soul wearing a mask at any UK football ground, that would seem unlikely to be the approach for the vast majority. I find it staggering that even now this simple precaution is ignored. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 4 games postponed tomorrow. That's great. Let's take advantage. Could move up as far as 7th if we score enough. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 We only need to win by one goal to move up to seventh, that would put us on equal points and goal difference with Spurs, it would then go to goals scored, and because we've already scored seven more goals than them we would go above them in the table. Burnley won't be easy though, they've only lost one of their last five, getting draws against some decent teams in Chelsea, Palace, Wolves, and West Ham, so perhaps signs that they're becoming difficult to beat again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Better to get points on the board rather than play catch-up. So long as it is safe to play the game then I'm all for it. UTV 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 Yeah, they're decent defensively but not offensively, with only two teams having scored less (Norwich and... Wolves!?) They've drawn eight and draws could easily have been wins with a bit of luck here or a moment of magic there. So many draws (including against Chelsea and West Ham) suggests they're not that bad so we must play well in both halves to have a good chance of getting the win. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Five Ken McNaughts Posted December 17, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2021 Any chance of the whole team warming up in “Wesley” t-shirts while Neil Cutler stands on the centre spot eye-balling Ben Mee? 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted December 17, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted December 17, 2021 13 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: The correct moral decision would be to postpone all fixtures this weekend. But morals, football, and mountains of cash, do not always fit. I mean really who wants to risk watching a game and then having to self-isolate this Christmas? If you do go please stay safe Just told the Mrs I intended to go with my boys tomorrow, just got this WhatsApp from her, for once she is right I’ve told Ollie you’re not going to the footie tomorrow. He’s not very happy but it’d be complete madness to go…my dad’s got COPD, my mom’s diabetic, your dad’s just had cancer and your mom’s on antibiotics for an infection. It’s a no brainer I’m afraid xxx 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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