Man C115y vs Aston Villa pre-match thread

[Dogtanian]

It’s a massive opportunity for Duran. I really want him to show what he can do and cause some right problems for them.

[Demitri_C]

I wonder if there will be a spot on the bench for the young lad Rory Wilson now Ollie is out?

Cant see it personally.  Emery has rarely used youngsters all season. Zaniolo will be the backup option

[fredm]

I am worried about having Duran against this lot.  They are moaning about Arsenal not being given yellow cards so the ref will be on the look out right from the start and if Duran steams into one of theirs like he usually does, he will get a card right from the outset.

[brontebilly]

I thought the defence looked far better in the 2nd half v wolves with no Lenglet and Moreno in there .

There wasn't much to defend against if we are honest. Digne did enough to get back in ahead of Moreno.

We don't half cause ourselves problems at the back at times. The defending for that Wolves chance in the first half was crazy stuff. Torres again getting caught behind the defensive line and keystone cops stuff from Carlos crashing into Tielemans? to start with.

[LeeB]

I thought the defence looked far better in the 2nd half v wolves with no Lenglet and Moreno in there .

There wasn't much to defend against if we are honest. Digne did enough to get back in ahead of Moreno.

We don't half cause ourselves problems at the back at times. The defending for that Wolves chance in the first half was keystone cops stuff. Torres again getting caught behind the defensive line and keystone cops stuff from Carlos crashing into Tielemans? to start with.

The worst one was Moreno helpfully dribbling the ball from the touchline near halfway into our box for Wulvz.

[VillaTim]

Moreno has turned into a pub league player this last few weeks and needs taking out of the firing line. Digne has had an excellent season and I can't understand why he's been dropped other than favouritism .

[LeeB]

I think that's a bit disrespectful to Emery, Moreno is a much different type of full back to Digne and probably gets in due to the way Emery wants to play rather than anything else.

I'm sure his dip in form has been noted and I expect Digne will start tomorrow and was probably going to regardless of Moreno's poor display.

[VillaTim]

When he's on it Moreno is a better attacking option than Digne , I can see that I guess Emery is trying to play him back into form but it just hasn't happened yet .

[Demitri_C]

Kellymans not in u21s squad so he will likely to be on bench again tomorrow

Rory wilson is on bench

[Somniloquism]

I thought the defence looked far better in the 2nd half v wolves with no Lenglet and Moreno in there .

Lenglet wasn't playing first half? Moreno was the only defensive change during the match.

[VillaTim]

I thought the defence looked far better in the 2nd half v wolves with no Lenglet and Moreno in there .

Lenglet wasn't playing first half? Moreno was the only defensive change during the match.

Yeah I know . Just saying once it was Konsa DC Torres Digne it looked our best defence as things stand . Moreno had an awful game .

[Dogtanian]

All the pressure is on them tomorrow after failing to beat Arse at the weekend.

[VillaTim]

I am worried about having Duran against this lot.  They are moaning about Arsenal not being given yellow cards so the ref will be on the look out right from the start and if Duran steams into one of theirs like he usually does, he will get a card right from the outset.

Duran isn't ready for games like this , lacks maturity , lacks an overall game. Whacking shots against crossbars is exciting but you can watch that in any league .

[Demitri_C]

Free hit now. We prob lose but if its by a small margain then its all good.ladt think we need is to be losing by 3 or 4

[PeterWithesShin]

It's not a free hit at all. We're not a non league club about to play Man City in the FA Cup 3rd round. We've aready twatted them once and are only 1 place below them. We need to stop being so small time. They won't be looking forward to playing us, and that's as it should be.