TomC Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Last year at City, when we were up 1-0, City were looking frustrated. Then when we went up 2-0, De Bruyne got angry, put the team on his back, and willed them to victory. He's the one who worries me. They know that they have a chance to make up ground on Arsenal after failing to do so last week. He's getting older and beginning to show signs of decline, but is he going to do it again? I'm looking forward to the tactical battle. We finally have someone who can match wits with Guardiola, and Unai and Pep know each other from past battles in La Liga. You can argue that SG contributed to our loss last year by bringing Nakamba on for Coutinho, failing to recognize that our counterattacking threat had kept City from attacking full-bore. Let's hope that Unai does better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 12, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2023 50 minutes ago, TomC said: Last year at City, when we were up 1-0, City were looking frustrated. Then when we went up 2-0, De Bruyne got angry, put the team on his back, and willed them to victory. He's the one who worries me. They know that they have a chance to make up ground on Arsenal after failing to do so last week. He's getting older and beginning to show signs of decline, but is he going to do it again? I'm looking forward to the tactical battle. We finally have someone who can match wits with Guardiola, and Unai and Pep know each other from past battles in La Liga. You can argue that SG contributed to our loss last year by bringing Nakamba on for Coutinho, failing to recognize that our counterattacking threat had kept City from attacking full-bore. Let's hope that Unai does better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frodo Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Fancy us today, a masterclass from Unai Emery. Bring on Arsenal next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Can see City playing like a team under siege today and with a point to prove, cue heavy defeat for us I fear. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 12 hours ago, GlobalVillan said: Why have you given home games as examples? Talk about being strawmanned! I said we never get a result AT MAN CITY. And we usually get hammered. Here are our league results at their place in the last 10 years: Manchester City 5 v 0 Aston Villa Manchester City 4 v 0 Aston Villa Manchester City 4 v 0 Aston Villa Manchester City 3 v 0 Aston Villa Manchester City 2 v 0 Aston Villa Manchester City 3 v 2 Aston Villa You don't see any hammerings there? Ok mate. We've scored in just one of our last 6 visits there, conceding 21 goals in the process. You know if you are going to quote someone then you should really do it honestly. Our record their is appalling. With plenty of hammerings. Being optimistic is one thing, but ignoring the facts and changing the goalposts on what someone has posted is totally different matter. I'm not saying that you are necessarily wrong, we have a poor record there and did even when they were a worse team than us and we haven't won there in the league since 2007 just before Abu Dhabi's billions got pumped into the club, but it's the defeatist attitude I don't get and saying we should forfeit the game. Also three of the hammerings above were in the immediate years before our relegation when we had such stellar players in our team like El Ahmadi, Westwood, Lowton, Stevens, Baker, Clark, Hutton, Bowery, Bacuna, Lescott, an overweight Gabby. With dross like that in the team it's no wonder we got hammered. You also missed us losing 3-2 under Sherwood in 2015 when we deserved at least a point if not all three. I'm not saying we will get anything today, we probably won't, but going on about the past when we had a much weaker set of players and poor managers in charge doesn't seem relevant to where we are now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Not at all confidentaftee arsenal result Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robtaylor200 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Even I would have to be mad to go for 4.1 Villa at 250/1 Can only see a loss here, just hope its not embarrassing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaglint Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 4 minutes ago, Robtaylor200 said: Even I would have to be mad to go for 4.1 Villa at 250/1 Can only see a loss here, just hope its not embarrassing The way I think about it is it can’t be more embarrassing than giving Danny Drinkwater his first start in 6 months and seeing how he gets on against Kevin de Bruyne. Only way is up from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Can Villa go back to basics here, cut out the errors and we surely have a chance. Draw this win against Arsenal and we are happy Villans. Hope the songs are good at the very least: "Cheats, CHEATS, CHEATS". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villa87 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Very slim chance normally. I can see nothing other than a routine 3-0 Man City especially considering the allegations, title race, Arsenal result yesterday. Cue a Grealish masterclass as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted February 12, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2023 Unfortunately I think this might be a hiding. If we can keep it 0-0 at half time we might have a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted February 12, 2023 Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2023 I want to hear a lot of noise. Let's rattle em and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Think City will come out with something to prove. Make them work for it and a hope we can get a result is all I expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 100 years and won **** all…Manchester City! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Follyfoot Posted February 12, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Wainy316 said: 100 years and won **** all…Manchester City! You brought the league You brought the cup Now all that cheating has fuc**d you up Edited February 12, 2023 by Follyfoot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 Will probably try my best to avoid this game, as it will only annoy me and thyen I'll upset the wife Also the Gresford Spunkfest will be intolerable, and that's if he's only on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 (edited) "Champions of Europe, you'll never (be able to) sing that (with a clear conscience and pride even if you do win it this season having cheated for years and years)" Edited February 12, 2023 by wedge 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted February 12, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2023 I’m not feeling too confident about this today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GingerCollins29 Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 9 hours ago, GlobalVillan said: Why? Are you playing? Just pointing out that our record their is horrendous and I despise playing them. Since nobody on this forum is playing the game I don't need to be motivational and pretend otherwise. I'll leave that for the manager and the people that will actually be on the pitch. I'm not playing today no. Still not quite match fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alreadyexists Posted February 12, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12, 2023 2 hours ago, Robtaylor200 said: Even I would have to be mad to go for 4.1 Villa at 250/1 Can only see a loss here, just hope its not embarrassing Oh Rob… you know it’s going to happen if you don’t though!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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