Preview: Liverpool vs Aston Villa

Been a while since I did a preview post, used to rattle them out the whole time while reporting on this year’s World Cup. Anyway, we’re hosting Aston Villa at Anfield today - Aston Villa who are unbeaten in the league at home, and unbeaten in the league away. Can Liverpool be the first team to beat them? I think so….

I think we can beat them and that we should beat them but we need to plug up the defence. Fire out Robbie Fowler and Craig Bellamy, let them get that little spark they showed in preseason back out on the pitch. Let the midfield build around Stevie G, let him through and get him his first goal of the league campaign. Let the defence work together in harmony people, harmony! There is no more room for defensive errors, there is no more time for mistakes - either heads will roll or we’ll just keep rolling further down the table.

Of course, Villa are a changed side. New fortunes lie ahead of them, new chairman and owner of the club, new manager for the season in the form of Martin O’Neill who seems to be able to do a loaves and fishes job with whoever he works with. Villa also ground out a draw on the road against Chelsea and Arsenal so they’re well up for the scrap and are finally starting to look like the team of old. Liverpool, for lack of optimism, still look nothing like the teams of old.

I’ve got no doubt that the lads are going to turn out a cracking performance today. I wouldn’t care if we have to get scrappy and start grinding out results - seemed to work for Chelsea and piss everyone off - so long as we get the results. When you’re lying midtable and struggling defensively and offensively in the league Anfield looks more like a kitten’s den than a fortress. Time for the lads to stand up and be counted and get a consistent flow of wins on the board.

Villa to score, Liverpool to win 2-1.

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