GlobalVillan Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 With Torres back and Ollie on fire, this has to be a win. And if we do, we will be in a very strong position to shut the doubters (like me) up. 2-0 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post VillaChris Posted February 17 Popular Post Share Posted February 17 I think this will be harder than plenty think. It's Nuno and so he'll low block us to death given our general results v Wolves when he was there. And they have a quick front three of Elanga-Awoniyi-Hudson Odoi. I think we'll just edge it 3-2. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WakefieldVillan Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 (edited) 2 hours ago, VillaChris said: I think this will be harder than plenty think. It's Nuno and so he'll low block us to death given our general results v Wolves when he was there. And they have a quick front three of Elanga-Awoniyi-Hudson Odoi. I think we'll just edge it 3-2. I agree. We can't afford to be complacent that's for sure. They've beaten us once already, and they went to St James Park not that long ago and turned them over, which is no mean feat. They have pace up top which could hurt us, BUT, at home, I'd like to think we will have too much for them. 3-2 or 4-2 wouldn't surprise me. Same team. Edited February 17 by WakefieldVillan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshVilla Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 I feel like I could say this for every game from now until the end of the season (and rightly so), but a win would be huge here. Spurs don't play next weekend (game v Chelsea away postponed, so even then it's not an easy game being a derby and all). Win this and we open up a 5 point gap and put more pressure on them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 (edited) Great opportunity to snap this annoying home losing streak. We seem to be emerging from the malaise we've been in. Today's win was so important. They'll all be important, but the focus should be Forest and continuing to improve as a unit. Ollie looks like he's finding a nice new groove. It'd be nice if Diaby could do the same. We need our record signing speed demon to step it up. Ramsey is looking good but needs to find his shooting boots. We need more goals, because we're going to concede more goals with Konsa and Kamara out. Lenglet isn't optimal, but I think I prefer him to Carlos. Getting Torres back the week after Kamara's knee explosion really eases some of the injury anxiety. We've got a lot of games ahead in the league, and we are right in the hunt. It wouldn't shock me in the least if Luton beat Man Utd. It'll be interesting to see how Emery decides to approach the ECL games. My hope is our core starters aren't all playing 90 minutes or even 70 minutes. The Premier League needs to be the primary focus, IMO, starting with Forest. I think we win this one, 3-0. Edited February 18 by maqroll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I think it’ll be really tough with them defending to the death and trying to counter attack. 1-0 Villa which we will really have to fight for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 6 hours ago, VillaChris said: I think this will be harder than plenty think. It's Nuno and so he'll low block us to death given our general results v Wolves when he was there. And they have a quick front three of Elanga-Awoniyi-Hudson Odoi. I think we'll just edge it 3-2. Agreed. People said the same about Sheff Utd and look what happened. I'll take a win however. Cheating, deflections, own goals don't care. Will be a hard game, they are getting better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Have to win these home games when we aren't playing Thursday nights. Need to build up a buffer before the conference league starts again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermon Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Going to be a tough game, they have pace in Hudson Odoi and Elanga, their striker may be quite physical for Pau and Lenglet. Maybe this one would have been one Diego would excel at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Tough game yeah! They have pace and power up top to hurt us. We must control the ball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Yes they can hurt us. They have already showed that. Think we hsve to be pragmatic like at Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 20 hours ago, Hank Scorpio said: Agreed. People said the same about Sheff Utd and look what happened. I'll take a win however. Cheating, deflections, own goals don't care. Will be a hard game, they are getting better. So we’re gonna get screwed by the ref and VAR again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) 9 hours ago, Pongo Waring said: Tough game yeah! They have pace and power up top to hurt us. We must control the ball. We have Pau Edited February 18 by duke313 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongo Waring Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Just now, duke313 said: We have Pau Oh yeah. easy win then. Baller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 5 minutes ago, duke313 said: So we’re gonna get screwed by the ref and VAR again? Probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlack Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Predicting another 2-1 win. We won't keep a clean sheet with the defence the way it is, but should keep up our goal scoring form with Bailey and Watkins on fire and Pau in to start our moves from the back. Overdue a home win, but let's hope the team start the game with a bit of intestlity to get the fans onside. Could be getting very quiet if we start slowly against supposedly poor opposition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 On 18/02/2024 at 12:17, maqroll said: Great opportunity to snap this annoying home losing streak. Still unbeaten at home when Torres is on the pitch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinebro Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Yeah Nuno will come with shithousery tactics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted February 19 VT Supporter Share Posted February 19 Wonder whether this new system we have been forced into will be able to negate the low block a bit better? We certainly wont be as easy to plan for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 They will score but we will outscore them. 3-1 Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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