Match Thread Aston Villa vs. Everton - Carabao Cup Third Round

[allen]

Is there anything we can do to take advantage of Villa's hilariously sweaty shirt problem?

 

[MrGrumpy]

This on any tv channel?

 

[Preki]

Is there anything we can do to take advantage of Villa's hilariously sweaty shirt problem?

Like me out for a walk. Wouldn't want to wash them lot.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

This on any tv channel?

Not being shown live legally for UK audience...

 

[Caolam]

Is there anything we can do to take advantage of Villa's hilariously sweaty shirt problem?

If only some of our lot came off the pitch having expended that much effort. But tonight is the night, cometh the hour cometh the men.

 

[allen]

Like me out for a walk. Wouldn't want to wash them lot.

There's an article about it on the BBC Sport site. The women's team are understandably unhappy at the prospect of having to wear those shirts.

 

[Bluebonic]

This on any tv channel?

You might find page 6 of this thread helpful?

 

[Charles Hawtrey]

The sweaty weight of expectation that comes with wearing the Aston Villa shirt​ ​

TOP HEAVY​ ​ We all love an excuse – so much so that some have become popular idioms, meaning something beyond the literal. Consider, for example, “The dog ate my homework”, which now describes any exculpatory tall story; “the wrong type of snow”, used to reference official failings which extend far beyond non-running trains; or “I’m left-handed and flat-footed”, shorthand for all kinds of indolent incompetence, not just DIY avoidance. OK, that one’s particular to the Daily, but you get our drift. And nowhere are excuses more frequently deployed – and with less guile – than in football. The football machine, though, is extremely receptive to them because it keeps the debate defecating which keeps the tills ringing, which allows players and managers unwilling to take responsibility for their own ineptitude to blame officials instead. Happily, we’ve resolved all this with VAR, the loss of the total and unrivalled ecstasy we feel when our team scores a small price to pay for the certainty we now enjoy. Which is not to say the game is stagnating. A relatively new excuse and, indeed, a relatively new cliché, is that a particular shirt is “heavy”, the weight of expectation too much for some players – Manchester United’s No 7 shirt, say, worn with such distinction by Michael Owen, Antonio Valencia and Alexis Sánchez, or Newcastle’s No 9, made legendary by Imre Varadi, George Reilly and Ian Baird. No one, though, could have predicted that in these days of breathables and base layers, this line would graduate from metaphorical to actual. Yet today we learnt of Aston Villa’s complaint that their kits are too heavy, weighing them down and affecting performance. The offending garments are made by Castore, which is also responsible for kitting out Andy Murray in some of the saddest garments ever seen – though, in their defence, Ben Stokes looks sound in a bucket hat. “Demand better – premium performance” orders the company’s tagline which, though it takes a liberal approach to sense-making, is what the Villa players have done. The current shirts, it says, cling to them like a second skin when they get hot and sweaty, creating a wet look which isn’t great for elite sport. Concerns have also been raised by Villa’s women’s team, who are due to wear the shirts for their televised opening WSL game at home to Manchester United on Sunday. According to Brentford, who found a similar issue with their Umbro-made tops, this means players might carry as much as 500g extra during matches – a whopping 0.64766839% of their total bodyweight. Which, of course, explains why Villa found themselves a disorganised rabble when they visited Warsaw, and their squad will, presumably, commit to jewellery removal, full-body waxes and pre-match nose-picks, to ensure accurate passing, reliable finishing and disciplined defending. Though it is unclear, at the time of writing, how the team will dress for tonight’s Fizzy Cup encounter, one thing seems certain: even if they turn up in chainmail, clodhoppers and iron maidens, Everton will still find a way of losing to them.​

 

[Preki]

Around 15k left in the Villa end. Adult prices range from £30-£38.50 normal seats and the terrace view in the Holte end which takes up a thousand seats priced at around £70 for adults. Got the prices wrong , especially with the European games coming up with them also going on sale tonight to certain criteria’s. Capacity for the game is 40k but I reckon will only be around 30k max there.

70 quid?

 

[Osamabindiesel]

This isn’t a must win but I want to see a far better performance than our last outing against them. They drilled us on the wings so I want to see that rectified. I want to see us have something going forward as well whether it be a straight counter attacking game or pressing and winning the ball high upfield- I just want to see an improvement. I wouldn’t mind if Dyche got experimental and used this game to try a few things either. This is the time if ever.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

I don’t really care about this. Would take a loss to win the next two home games.
If we can get to the new year without threat of relegation and have a season of midtable obscurity whilst improving youngsters like Garner, Onana, Branthwaite, Patterson, Chermiti and getting Beto used to the premier league I think we may actually have an enjoyable season or two without doom and gloom when we move into the new stadium.

 

[RomanReigns]

The last time it was this windy on a match day Tim Howard scored

 

[allen]

The last time it was this windy on a match day Tim Howard scored

Ric Wee does not like this.

 

[terryefc]

Oh God....do we have to? As long as we stop Mortimer and Little we should be ok - though that Nicholl always has a goal in him. 0-0. Blooz on pennos.

 

[Verbal Kint]

Luton rested their top players yesterday and will be well rested for Saturday. They rightly couldn't care less about a cup that they'll get knocked out of in a round or two anyway.

We play our first 11 tonight and there's a real chance we end up battling for a draw on Saturday which is a disaster.

If we end up battling for a draw on Saturday against Luton at home it will have nothing to do with players playing a game on Wednesday night. It will be because we are crap.

This attitude drives me crazy.... Pep doesn't rest his players in the Champions league for a league match on Saturday.