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The Owls v Villa SBC Match Thread - Owlkev71 - 04-04-2019
THE MATCH
SATURDAY 6TH APRIL 3:00PM KICK OFF
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[b]LAST MATCH
Not too surprisingly the game ended in a draw, Stoke's fourth 0-0 draw in a row, how exciting. Aarons was due to play but turned his ankle in the warm-up and was replaced by Boyd.We didn't create much, just 3 attempts all game although Boyd did have a goal disallowed for offside, it was a close call but I think it was the correct decision. Westwood had several saves to make and despite Stoke having the vast majority of the possession we defended fairly well overall. Hooper made his first start since god knows when and lasted an hour, hopefully he can stay injury free until the end of the season.
THE MATCH
So to the next match and a game against one of our playoff challenges. Villa were having a so-so season but have picked up of late and have won there last 5 games. They have Tammy Abraham who is banging in the goals with 22 for the season so far, and they also have the likes of Grealish, McGinn & Hourihane. I think this is probably a must win, if we lose that would leave us 7 points off the playoffs with just 6 games to go and with trips to Leeds & Norwich, a defeat will basically end our season
CURRENT FORM
OWLS -
VILLA -
THE BASTARD IN THE BLACK
OLIVER LANGFORD
Akil Howson and Robert Merchant
Fourth Official: Jeremy Simpson
THE TEAM
Who is fit will be the question, hopefully Aarons has recovered and will start. Same with Fletcher. Bruce may have 5 strikers to pick from its just getting the right two.
Westwood
Iorfa Lees Hector Palmer
Reach Bannan Hutch Aarons
Hooper Fletcher
SCORE & SCORER (HOME TEAM SCORE FIRST)
1-1 Fletcher
ATTENDANCE
28213
BML STANDINGS
Washington 21
SCO 19
Peiowl 14
Imre 13
Owlkev 12
Wereham 11
Southey 8
Stateside 7
Maddix 1
OTHER GAMES OF MILD INTEREST
Birmingham v Leeds
Bristol City v Wigan
Millwall v WBA
Preston v Sheffield Utd
Rotherham v Notts Forest
AHADD - Owlkev
THE MUPPETT LEAGUE
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KATE BECKINSALE TRIBUTE PIC
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One for Washington
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The thread awaits the Meggo of Statesides choice.[/b]
RE: The Owls v Villa SBC Match Thread - Statesideowl - 04-04-2019
Nice one, Kev.
Looks like I made it in first for a change.
Tough fixture here but you know Brucie wants his bonus so in him we trust. With any luck faux-jesus has broken his legs.
2-2 Hooper
27k
HDAHH
I thought the Joooooodas would be appropriate for this one. With a side of Tricky Trev.
RE: The Owls v Villa SBC Match Thread - Imre varadi - 04-04-2019
28266
2-1 fessi
Dhhda
Minge fox matiass and Boyd die ! The rest is good by me at the minute if Palmer would like to throw himself of the south stand that would be a bonus aswell
RE: The Owls v Villa SBC Match Thread - peiowl - 04-04-2019
2-2 Reach
26300
Hhhhh
RE: The Owls v Villa SBC Match Thread - Washington - 04-04-2019
2-0 FF
27890
AHDDD
RE: The Owls v Villa SBC Match Thread - St Charles Owl - 04-04-2019
28,451
2-1 Fletcher
AHADA
Probably our toughest game of the season so far both in terms of importance and the form of the opposition. As said above we really do need to win this one if we are to have any chance of the playoffs. Villa are the form team at the moment and Grealish seems to finally be somewhat living up to the hype we have seen around him for a while. Need to win and some other results to go for us and we could look very good on Saturday evening!!
RE: The Owls v Villa SBC Match Thread - Imre varadi - 04-04-2019
Hutch needs to let grealish know who's boss in the first few minutes or floaty balls will lose control and basically it's game over !
Also we need Aaron's back causing havok and Reach to put in a good game Becuase he hasn't the last few !
It's hit them hard in the middle and pin them back on the flanks !
We know it Bruce knows it and hopefully for the first time in ages we've got a manager who can a tally install the game plan and not just waffle on about it like the other two wankers before
RE: The Owls v Villa SBC Match Thread - Owlkev71 - 05-04-2019
Presser highlights:
SB: Hooper, Winnall and Forestieri have trained all week and will be involved
SB: I expect Steven Fletcher to be fit, the only slight doubt is Aarons but everyone else is fit which is fantastic
SB: Kieran Lee has trained all week and it’s fantastic to see him back. It’s still too early for a competitive game but it’s good to see him back on the grass
SB: We’ve still got a chance and we will give it our best go. We will see all sorts of results over the next week
RE: The Owls v Villa SBC Match Thread - Was Wereham Owl - 05-04-2019
2-1 Reach
27100
AHAAA
RE: The Owls v Villa SBC Match Thread - Imre varadi - 05-04-2019
with aarons being a slight doubt i think that will mean Boyd starting
id like to see fessi given that role and linking up with Hooper and fletcher 
we will still have at the end of the day 3 more strikers to call from the bench in Nuhui winnall and bob ! like i mentioned above the tactic has to be pinning them back and straving them of the ball ! but with Boyd you lose that striaght away because hes not able to take anyone on and run more than 3 minute bursts