MaVilla Posted March 11, 2023 Share Posted March 11, 2023 We welcome Bournemouth to Villa Park. Bournemouth, one of the form teams over the last two games!!, only losing to Arsenal in a heartbreaking way after going 2-0 up, then beating Liverpool today. Classic Villa.....meeting relegation fodder just as they have their turn around in form! We already lost to these once, i remember that game vividly.......... What will we do this time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Billing seems to be scoring in most of the games recently and has scored against us previously, they are a bit of a bogey team for us aren't they? Think this will be tougher than many expect, however would be really disappointed with anything but a win tbh. At least its another saturday 3pm kick off at Villa Park which has been a rare thing for us this season! Looking forward to saturday now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Of course we will lose we always seem to lose to these lot and i have no idea why ffs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Demitri_C said: Of course we will lose we always seem to lose to these lot and i have no idea why ffs tbh i can see this being a tough game, i think we massively underestimated Bournemouth at the start of the season, that doesnt mean they are good, but we underestimated what strengths they do have. They have a lot of things that imo are usually considered our kryptonite, they have physicality and height, and they also have a lot of pace up top, all of these things will cause us trouble again if we arent careful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Leeroy Posted March 12, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 12, 2023 Watched some of their game against Liverpool yesterday, they have lots of pace down the sides which is their main strength and we need to be very careful of that playing a high line. Ouattara who they signed in January has got a few assists for them and looked their most dangerous player yesterday. Then again, I'm fed up having rubbish records against relegation fodder. Bournemouth did the double over us the last time they were in this league but ended up getting relegated and finishing below us, and the defeat on the opening day of this season when they had signed no players all summer was an absolute disgrace. We need to be winning this game, really can't be dropping points in two consecutive weeks to sides around the relegation zone. It would be nice to win by more than two goals for a change so that we can improve our GD but any win will do. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 hour ago, MaVilla said: tbh i can see this being a tough game, i think we massively underestimated Bournemouth at the start of the season, that doesnt mean they are good, but we underestimated what strengths they do have. They have a lot of things that imo are usually considered our kryptonite, they have physicality and height, and they also have a lot of pace up top, all of these things will cause us trouble again if we arent careful. Yes this is bound to be a tough game given that they managed to go 2 up v Arsenal and then beat Liverpool who had just beaten Man Utd 7-0! They're clearly putting up a proper fight to stay up. Considering all that plus the fact they're one of our bogey teams with all their wins against us in recent seasons I'm not looking forward to playing them next Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Love the pre match thread loads of posts looking for reasons why we won’t win. This then progresses when the ref is announced as they all have it in for us and will do anything to stop us winning before VAR screw us over in the the game itself. For Bournemouth why can’t we just say we have a stronger squad, better manager and home advantage ( sadly the twelfth man is not what it is supposed to be ) but surely that should be enough for most on here to have a little optimism? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viivvaa66 Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 6 hours ago, smg said: Love the pre match thread loads of posts looking for reasons why we won’t win. This then progresses when the ref is announced as they all have it in for us and will do anything to stop us winning before VAR screw us over in the the game itself. For Bournemouth why can’t we just say we have a stronger squad, better manager and home advantage ( sadly the twelfth man is not what it is supposed to be ) but surely that should be enough for most on here to have a little optimism? In the past, any sign of optimism was followed by disaster. That is why people on here are trying their best to keep the optimism well hidden, and predicting doom and gloom. Yes, on paper this should be 3 points in the bag, but Bournemouth have improved lately, and even if we still manage to grind out result, we aren’t impressing anybody. Hopefully Emery can make us win, but it will be close. We haven’t scored more than 2 goals in a match under Emery, so a solid defence is going to be essential. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robby b Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 13 minutes ago, viivvaa66 said: We haven’t scored more than 2 goals in a match under Emery, so a solid defence is going to be essential. Mate, what about his first match?! (The one we'd only had to wait 27 years for and the reason he is my hero !) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 They put in 2 great performances against Arsenal and Liverpool so will be thinking this weekend will be a lot easier. Football doesnt work like that. 3-1 Villa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 5 hours ago, robby b said: Mate, what about his first match?! (The one we'd only had to wait 27 years for and the reason he is my hero !) Best game ever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 As seen against West ham, whenever the chance is there to push on, capitalise on other teams failings, and make ground on the teams above us.... we will always fail to do so. I can see us losing or drawing this then beating Chelsea away. By which time they'll already have re-established their >3pt lead over us that means we will stay 11th. It's still the villa way. Hopefully Dendoncker is fit for this as McGinn was wasted further back (but still didn't play bad there) and Chambers looked poor when he came on. Looking at the league positions we should be confident about this. Looking at our recent form against them and the styles of play and this isn't going to be easy. I'll go for a 1-1 prediction, goals from McGinn for us and Billings for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Didn't they hammer us on the opening day of the season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 In years gone by this would be a massive banana skin, if we could comfortably win this it will say aa lot about how far we have come under our new manager. We have to accept that effort levels will slip eventually, its just the nature of the beast for a safe mid table team and one battling for their lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 Chelsea-Everton is half 5 on Saturday so we will actually be 10th for a few hours with a win..... So 3-4 defeat with us being 3-0 up with 10 minutes left then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 13, 2023 Moderator Share Posted March 13, 2023 I think the win over Liverpool will take the edge off them. We win this, but I won't dare to think it'll be too comfortable. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I’m hoping some of you can help me. Im taking my annual trip to Villa park on Saturday. For me and the kid it costs upwards of 700 so can only afford the one unfortunately. Our last trip was Norwich at end of last season 2-0 and was the 10 year olds first game. We arrived at 1130am. I asked the guard at the entrance what time do the players arrive. He said around 1pm, so me and young boy headed off to the shop. Came back around 1245pm and all the players had arrived already. Put a dampner on the day for him as it was one of the things he was looking forward to. Turns out Stevie G had them in for 12 for pre game meal or some rubbish. Anyway does anyone know what time the players arrive these days to the stadium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 19 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Of course we will lose we always seem to lose to these lot and i have no idea why ffs Stature/Physicality...Its hard to combat,when a few spirited big 'uns, want to test the resolve. We are currently between a rock and a hard place......neither physical or a slick expansive team, who can run the legs off them.....its part of the reason, why we are inconsistent, depending on who we play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) 47 minutes ago, HeyAnty said: I’m hoping some of you can help me. Im taking my annual trip to Villa park on Saturday. For me and the kid it costs upwards of 700 so can only afford the one unfortunately. Our last trip was Norwich at end of last season 2-0 and was the 10 year olds first game. We arrived at 1130am. I asked the guard at the entrance what time do the players arrive. He said around 1pm, so me and young boy headed off to the shop. Came back around 1245pm and all the players had arrived already. Put a dampner on the day for him as it was one of the things he was looking forward to. Turns out Stevie G had them in for 12 for pre game meal or some rubbish. Anyway does anyone know what time the players arrive these days to the stadium? usually about 4.50pm....just kidding.....I don't know, maybe it varies to instruction. I'm sure if you was coming from far away, they would be empathetic to your plan for a good day, for you and your child.....let them know, of your plans. Edited March 13, 2023 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 3 hours ago, Kingman said: Didn't they hammer us on the opening day of the season they can't get the double over us...............can they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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