boro-unger 3,811 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Details Teams – Aston Villa v Middlesbrough Location – Villa Park Competition – The Championship Date – Tue 12th September 2017 Kick off – 19:45 Introduction Boro visit the most mediocre villains since the Star Wars prequels (Darth Maul excepted obvs). After winning only one of their opening 6 Championship games, some Villa fans are already calling for Steve Bruce’s bulbous head, with ‘Captain fantastic’ waiting in the wings to replace him and chest thump them all the way to promotion... When asked about the speculation and who is in control of the dressing room, Steve Bruce said: “It’s not Terry’s, it’s mine!” The Last Games Boro: Bolton 0 – 3 Boro Smashed it! Aston Villa: Aston Villa 0 – 0 Brentford The bees stung a limp Villa team in a game which ended a stalemate. Villa only had 1 shot on target in the 90 minutes compared to Brentford’s 5 and Bruce admitted it was the worst that Villa had played since he arrived at the club 9 months ago. Availability News Boro: :( - Rudy Gestede is sidelined with a dead leg. Aston Villa: :( - Jack Grealish is out with Kidney problems :( - Jonathan Kodjia is out with a Malleolar injury, whatever that is... Form (League only - most recent last) Boro: LWWLDW Aston Villa: DLLWDD The View From The Other Side Taken from: http://www.astonvilla.vitalfootball.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=64924&posts=14 - “we have some more points to surrender on Tuesday night against Middlesbrough.” - “Another dreadful, clueless performance and a defeat. What else is there to expect?” - “A few more injuries and Steve might actually stumble into a decent formation.” - “3-1 to Boro......Traore will have a field day against our pensioners. No fight, no pressing,no method, no bloody hope at the moment.” The Un(ger)-Official Match Preview Aston Villa meet Boro as one of the few teams this season who won’t be able to use the excuse: “But they spent loads more money than us, it’s not fair, wah wah wah...” when we beat them. The Villains are there for the taking at the minute, so Middlesbrough should be looking to frustrate their fans and make it two away wins in a row on Tuesday night. The Un(ger)-official score prediction: 2-1 to Boro, Assombalonga and Bamford to score. My preferred line up: ------------Randolph-------------- -Christie--Fry--Gibson--Fabio-- -----Leadbitter---Clayton-------- ---Traore--Baker--Bamford----- ----------Assombalonga---------- Talking Points: - What’s your favourite Aston? Villa, Martin, Marrigold or University? - Who is your favourite Bruce? Steve, Forsyth, Willis or Almighty? - Who do you think will get relegated along with Aston Villa and Sunderland? Link to post Share on other sites
Betamaxman 14 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Nice job! Link to post Share on other sites
HoyteForLeftBack 189 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 - What’s your favourite Aston? Definitely not g'aston that's for sure. Probably Francis Aston, for inventing the mass spectrograph - Who is your favourite Bruce? Bogtrotter Who will get relegated along with Aston Villa and Sunderland? Leeds, always Leeds. Link to post Share on other sites
mendieta420 988 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I read in the Birmingham mail that Onomah, Green and Davis are also injured for AV. Adama has to be right up for this game vs Villa, their fans are always slating him on social media. Happy for us to go for the same line-up, but Baker must improve, I thought he was very wasteful with the ball. Link to post Share on other sites
Tom 2,492 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Another corker, BU. Bring Bamford in for Baker. As much as I think Baker will force his way into the team eventually, for this one I'd like to see Paddy get another go. Link to post Share on other sites
Blanco 4,900 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Another great piece. Well done BU. Agree with Tom re Bamford. I think his movement along with Traore's pace would really bother Villa's back line Link to post Share on other sites
mendieta420 988 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 We'd also get overran in midfield, might be something to try at home. Link to post Share on other sites
Blanco 4,900 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Don't think Clayton and Leadbitter would be over ran in midfield but it's a game of opinions Link to post Share on other sites
Air Resistance 26 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Team picks itself near enough.... Randy Christie fry Gibson Fabio Leadbitter Clayton Adama baker downing Britt Only real questions would be bamford coming in for baker or downing. Having been at Bolton I'm optimistic about this. Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Keep the same team, no point in changing anything. Link to post Share on other sites
AstoriaBoro 152 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Great thread as always. Agree with others comments about Bramford starting (I'm a fan of his). Let's man mark Terry with Traore and watch him cry. Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,931 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Adama vs Terry is going to be hilarious. Really want us to stuff Villa, 4-0, Britt hattrick and Adama getting his first goal for us, why not. Link to post Share on other sites
Downsouth 6,175 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Well done BU and I can't see why Boro can not be the villains of the day come full time Link to post Share on other sites
Duvel 2,446 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Adama vs Terry is going to be hilarious. Really want us to stuff Villa, 4-0, Britt hattrick and Adama getting his first goal for us, why not. I'll be surprised if Villa leave Terry exposed like Bolton did with their defence on Saturday. Traore was class on Saturday but the defending was absolutely shocking. Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,238 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 I'd stick with the same team. Consistency breads confidence. Dropping a player after that performance would send out the wrong messages. Link to post Share on other sites
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