Aston, Birmingham, the Davos of the Midlands. You know a place is special when two of the first three places of interest are in Wikipedia are a subterranean carriageway and a pond: I suppose after that start, even watching Aston Villa might seem exciting. But then you look at their Wikipedia and find this: Drains all the life force out of you, doesn't it? Saints come into this match after giving Everton a damned good drubbing. JWP has found his shooting boots down the back of the sofa and, including cups, we're three on the bounce. We've beaten the best team I've seen in my lifetime in the cup and we've twice come back from a goal behind to win. Can we beat a team from the dullest suburb of the dullest city in the country? Can we beat a team with a manager pretty much as long in the job as ours? Will St Mary's turn into a cauldron of terror for Villa? Will the fans admit that we're not utterly ****e even if the result doesn't go our way? Find out in this week's episode of Soap.
Another game I can't make, so we will win 3-1. It's the new dishwasher game. Don't go and we win. Unfortunately, I am going to Newcastle home.
Referee: Michael Salisbury. Assistants: Dan Cook, Dan Robathan. Fourth official: Keith Stroud. VAR: Simon Hooper. Assistant VAR: Richard West.
A Danny Ings hat trick might persuade us to buy him... It seems we have missed the boat, he is being poached by the Hammers?
Win this and even the most ardent of “Jones Out” fans (Of which I was one of), will be nibbling on that humble pie that has been baking in the oven for the last week. Four wins on the trot (against Prem League opposition) will show even the most critical that he is up to it.
I think even a draw would keep the momentum we've picked up from the 3 wins going TBH. I hope we're really aggressive like we were against City. That would get the crowd going.
Villa are a bit like Palace in that they are particularly bipolar, great one match and abject the next. Only difference is Villa have spent a **** tonne of money and now have a top level experienced manager, so you'd expect they'll find a more consistent level at some point. Difficult one to predict not least because of Villas unpredictable performance levels. Hopefully we can come away with another positive performance and result.
Even a resounding win will have the DTs saying ah but, if and when. The meganegometer will be jammed on the stops.
Jabbo, I read 'meganegometer' as mega negometer, then re-read it as Megan ego meter, and wondered why you were pronouncing on minor royals...
I love these score predictions. We’re not exactly Mr consistent & for me it’s hard enough to call the result let alone the scores or the scorers as in some cases.
