Aston Villa v West Ham, Sunday 22nd March at 2pm Zulu (For those further afield)

IronHerbIronHerb
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Seeing as ASLEF forgot that we didn't lose to City I'll kick off the Villa thread on his behalf. 😂

Another in a line of big games, this time against a Villa team not quite firing on all cylinders. Do we stay with three at the back or go to a back four? Will Summerville be available?

I'll leave it to ASLEF to fill in the spaces while I go for a nervy 2-1 away win.

COYI

Comments

  • alderzalderz
    I’m not sure I like that someone new has started this thread. If we lose it’s Herb and ASLEF’s fault, but if we win I guess the tradition becomes obsolete. A lot on the line.
  • ASLEFshruggedASLEFshrugged
    edited 1:58PM
    Don't blame me, I wrote most of this on Tuesday and have been waiting for someone to start the thread

    Villa are through to the Europa quarters but they've gone five games without a win in the league.

    Most pundits attribute Villa's current problem to injuries to Boubacar Kamara and Youri Tielemans. In their absence Douglas Luiz - back at Villa on loan from Juventus - usually plays alongside Amadou Onana although Ross Barkley got a rare start against Man Utd and scored. Luiz and Onana played the full 90 minutes against Lille

    Matty Cash was a 74th minute sub on Thursday after missing the last two games, if he isn't fully fit then DM Lamare Bogarde has been preferred at RB to summer signing Andres Garcia

    Another old boy back in Birmingham is Tammy Abraham who started against Lille before being replaced after an hour by Ollie Watkins. Watkins has 9 goals this season but hasn't scored in the league since the end of January

    Morgan Rogers is still the star player with 10 goals, 7 assists in all competitions while Emiliano Buendia has 7 goals, 6 assists.

    RW Leon Bailey is also back, his season long loan at Roma was terminated early after just 11 appearances but he scored his goal of the season a minute after coming on as a sub last night.

    Harvey Elliot probably wishes his "complete shambles" of a loan had been terminated early with just 9 appearances.

    Jadon Sancho has had more game time than Elliot but he also spends more time on the bench than the pitch with reports that he's had enough of the Premier League and wants to go back to Dortmund

    As for others wanting away there are rumours that Emery and Rogers could both be off if Villa don’t qualify for the Champions League

    This will be our 128th meeting with Villa, we've not won since August 2022, since then we've drawn 3 and lost 4

    A draw would be nice...
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    alderz said:

    I’m not sure I like that someone new has started this thread. If we lose it’s Herb and ASLEF’s fault, but if we win I guess the tradition becomes obsolete. A lot on the line.

    Consider me as the warm up and ASLEF as the main feature.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    IronHerb said:

    Will Summerville be available?

    According to Nuno in his presser, no.

  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    Harvey Elliot is a prisoner to the highly restrictive terms within his loan. It was agreed that the obligation to buy would be triggered at 10 appearances ( way too low) and as he has not set the world alight Villa are reluctant to give him chances as the fee is supposedly £35m.
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