As you’re hopefully aware (because I told you on Wednesday if you bothered to pay attention), Aston Villa made the trip down to London yesterday. Since they’ve effectively started the preparation for Sunday’s final, I figured I might as well follow suit.
Stiliyan Petrov deserves a special mention. He was sent home suffering a virus prior to Wednesday’s FA Cup match with Crystal Palace and there’s been some speculation since then that he may not make the final.
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Since we’re all probably still riding on a high from achieving our first Wembley final in 10 years, can anyone think of the link from that game to this one? Answer at the bottom.
Alright, word on the street is that MON will ring the changes and rest some very tired legs after Wednesday’s heroics. Quite right too. From the sounds of things, Fabian Delph will be starting in the middle with either Reo-Coker or Steve Sidwell alongside
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OK, we’re just hours away from kicking off one of the most important games in recent memory and I have to admit to being both excited and not a little nervous.
It’s effectively half time, but we have the advantage of having the lead and the home support for the second half. We’re just 90 minutes away from booking our first trip to Wembley in a decade!!
Martin O’Neill knows all about the League Cup and I can’t imagine for a
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Finally, we’re going to get so see some Aston Villa today. FINALLY!! This will be a blog post which I’ll just update bits and pieces throughout the day as we head towards kick off tonight at Ewood Park. It seems like forever since we last had a game, which incidentally was Blackburn at Villa Park on January 2nd. Just in case you couldn’t remember.
One little story that’s bouncing around the Twittersphere as I write surrounds Nathan Delfouneso‘s stated
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ABthegiant is back with another Pre-Smack video prior to the game against Arsenal. All being well he’ll be following up with another gloating video.
“Don’t make me pull out my gunners!! I’ve got gunners!! I’m armed and dangerous!!” Nice work again, Andy.
Quick preview. Actually, more of an excuse to show ABthegiant’s latest Pre-Smack Talk video.
We know that Man Utd are suffering a massive shortage of defensive players, but they’ve still managed to comprehensively beat West Ham and Wolfsburg away from home. They may have Vidic back for this game, but they surely can’t be too happy about having to face the likes of Milner, Ash, Downing and Gabby right now.
Michael Owen may have struck a hatrick in Germany this
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I figured this match was worth doing a very quick preview for since there’s one or two interesting factors at play.
James Collins and Nigel Reo-Coker return to their old club, one more welcome back than the other I feel. Hopefully both players will remind the home fans what they’re missing. For me, Collins has been a revelation and perhaps he is even surprising one or two Hammer fans with his performances now he’s in a real Claret and
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Unless there’s any pertinent issues relating to upcoming games, as there certainly are in this one, I’m going to knock these previews on the head for a while. There’s some good resources out there and my view is that unless I add something new, it’s not something I can get my teeth into.
However, this game may well have been one on the fixture list a lot of Villa fans looked for at the beginning of the season. As
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That’s the word on the street anyway. I’ll be confirming the team sheet on Twitter, as always, but I’m hoping this little snippet of info isn’t accurate.
Stuart James at The Guardian had me confused on Monday with his view of what was likely to happen. His opening paragraph contained this information:-
Martin O’Neill has sought to draw a line under the incident that saw him clash with Nigel Reo-Coker during a training-ground practice match after the midfielder apologised for swearing
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