SWFC v Aston Villa Match Thread

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SWFC v Aston Villa Match Thread - St Charles Owl - 03-08-2016

THE MATCH - SUNDAY 7TH AUGUST 2016 at 16.30PM BST

So after the disappointment of the PO final and the subsequent England capitulation to the mighty Iceland we finally get back to proper football!! While we didn't want to still be in the Championship it was always a multi year project to get us back to the Prem, so after reaching the playoffs last season it would appear we are on target to push on again this season.

The fixture computer certainly has given us a high profile start, facing the Prems worst team last season in Aston Villa as our first game and first home game to boot. Feels odd not to be on a Saturday, but Sky make those decisions these days!! Either way without any prem football the eyes of the football nation will be on us hopefully!!

This will be the 134th meeting with them with a not great record of W51 D17 L65, but our home record against them is excellent at W39 D8 L19 and over the last 10 games at home we have W3 D1 L6, but as the last game was 16 years ago it really has no bearing whatsoever this time around!!

WHO'S IN AND WHO'S OUT

So where do we stand after a summer of transfer activity?? ( Huh

) Essentially we have shipped out one GK in Price and brought in one striker, Fletcher, one midfield, Abdi, and one defender, Pudil. Not a great number but the quality certainly seems to be there in terms of improving the starting 11. We still feel a bit thin if we take a few injuries or suspensions, but our starting 11 is as good as we have seen for a long time. So how will we line up, here's mine:

Westwood

Hunt Lees Hutchinson Pudil

Bannan Abdi Lee

Hooper Forestieri

Fletcher

Will he start with three strikers?? Will he essentially play 3 in midfield?? Will Hutch or Semedo start at CB? A lot of options for CC to ponder!! What do you think we will look like when the team is announced??

THE LAST MATCH

Suspended for this game, don't need to relive that one again!!

Here though is the video of the last time we beat them at home, also an opening fixture I believe. We still had the remnants of our better team from the early 90s but the writing was on the wall with this team even though they won that day!! Goals from Humphreys and Wittingham saw us take all the points in a 2-1 win. Interestingly, this was also the last time we played in a non-traditional blue and white striped shirt!!

WHO'S THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK

Ref - STEPHEN MARTIN
Assts - Jonathan Hunt and Matthew McGrath
Fourth Official - Carl Boyeson

MS will give us the run down on him.

CURRENT FORM - League games only

Lets wait a few weeks to bring this one back.

BIG MAN'S LEAGUE

Current Table

Starting from scratch once again, OwlKev is the reigning champion, who will it be this season.

- Maddix

- St Charles

- Madsteve

- Wereham

PREDICTIONS

Once again I will try to vary these for the away games but its the usual for the home games.

SCORE AND SCORER (No copying allowed, home team score first to keep Imre happy)

2-1 Abdi - St Charles

ATTENDANCE (Must be at least 100 away from any prior prediction, closest wins)

We have all seen the number of STs we have sold, we can easily find out what Villa have sold so this one is down to how many POTD fans turn up.

28,691 - St Charles

OTHER MATCHES OF INTEREST (4 correct will win a

, all 5 will win 2

, copying is allowed)

Not many games on Sunday this week so a few odd ones!!

QPR v L**ds (12.30pm KO)
Leicester City v Manchester United (16.00 KO)
Sweden v Nigeria (Men's Olympic Qualifying)
Germany v South Korea (Men's Olympic Qualifying)
Argentina v Algeria (Men's Olympic Qualifying)

Aside from the QPR game, all the others are on neutral grounds so the home team is the one listed first.

HAADH - St Charles

THE MUPPET LEAGUE

Dave Jones - after his comments before the Cardiff game, my fault for letting him out in the first place!!

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KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PICS

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THE MAGIC ARSE

Remains for the time being. Thumb up

This thread awaits the Meggo of Stateside's choice. Thumb up

RE: SWFC v Aston Villa Match Thread - Statesideowl - 03-08-2016

Nice one, SCO!

It doesn't seem to have felt like forever since the last season, mind you we have had that woeful International circus to keep us busy.

I'm thinking we'll have Hooper & Fletcher upfront with Fessi tucked behind or to the side?

3-2 Forestieri

27,850

HAAHA

They'll be needing a new Captain. Wink

I remember when we loaned him 10 years ago.

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RE: SWFC v Aston Villa Match Thread - Washington - 03-08-2016

2-0 FF
27,747

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RE: SWFC v Aston Villa Match Thread - Imre varadi - 03-08-2016

3-1 fessi Big Grin

xxxx off

30,666

And to the predictions !!!! AR BALLACKS MAN as ozz would say Whistle

Id start 4-4-2 keep it tight the first half dont want to give Villa any ideas of first game madness Doh

the same team as charlie but with Hooper on the bench for Wallace then the second half bring on Nuhui Laugh

sorry Hooper for Wallace and Bobs Fannys brother and Fannys your sister and Bobs also your Mother if you live in a village called Huddersplonk Thumb up

http://www.11v11.com/teams/sheffield-wednesday/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Aston%20Villa/ Shit record against Villa !! but this wont count for shit on saturday if the lads keep there heads !!

RE: SWFC v Aston Villa Match Thread - madsteve - 03-08-2016

2-1 Fessi

28,765

HAAHH

The Bastard in Black is Stephen Martin from Stoke. His record with Wednesday is:

Jan 16 - Reading 1-1 OWLS - 2Y
Sep 15 - Burnley 3-1 OWLS - 2Y
Feb 15 - OWLS 2-0 Middlesbrough - 3Y
Dec 14 - Blackburn 1-2 OWLS - 1Y
Mar 14 - OWLS 4-1 Birmingham - 2Y

P5 W3 D1 L1

RE: SWFC v Aston Villa Match Thread - Imre varadi - 03-08-2016

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36962299 bugger hope hes unfit !!

RE: SWFC v Aston Villa Match Thread - Southeyowl - 03-08-2016

3-1 Fletcher

29,200

DAHHH

RE: SWFC v Aston Villa Match Thread - Owlkev71 - 03-08-2016

(03-08-2016, 13:14)Imre varadi Wrote: http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/36962299 bugger hope hes unfit !!

Hopefully they will complete the deal after the weekend Thumb up

RE: SWFC v Aston Villa Match Thread - talkSAFT - 03-08-2016

Owls 2 Pussy Cats 1
29,400
(Expect a fair few Brummie Bigtime Charlies)

RE: SWFC v Aston Villa Match Thread - Jacko The Flopsy Piglet - 03-08-2016

Wednesday 2 - 3 Villa, Pudil

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