Champions League Aston Villa v Celtic Wednesday January 29th kick off 8PM TNT sports

Don't know how to

 

I celebrate goals in pre season friendlies against English clubs the same way I do Champions League last minute winners, beating Man City and Chelsea during that pre season gave ultimate satisfaction, we all know about their distain towards the standard of Scottish football, as champions, we are the main and biggest representatives, once Brendan tells each and every player exactly what those fans and players think due to the simple fact we play in the Scottish league, surely the players will be fired up, just as Martin O'Neill had us fired up away to Blackburn and Liverpool

 

Really really hope your right mate. Living and working in Wales you wouldnt belive the * I get from the wee EPL fan boys. Would love nothing more than to come in tomorrow give it full barrels!

 

Poor show

 

Man, I watched those Blackburn and Liverpool games at work! Good times!

 

Absolutely love the levels from these villains trying to create a rivalry with us


Some amount tubes they've got

 

We got a clean sheet vs Atalanta without CCV. Scales and Trusty have been pretty solid together. Likewise Kyogo didn't start that game either.

 

The Welsh are just English with weird accents. Sycophantic *.

 

I'm usually an optimist but just can't see how we can take anything from this. They will probably reach the top 8 if they win so will be up for it and we have nothing to play for but pride and in our heads we're already thinking 'job done' by qualifying. Add to that we're badly weakened and they're a good team.
Hope I'm wrong and would love to take something from it but just hope we avoid a scudding.

 

His face looks like....Get me out of here! lol

 

Stiliyan Petrov spent a combined 14 years at Aston Villa and Celtic, but it is not just his own playing career that means he has divided loyalties when it comes to their Champions League meeting at Villa Park.

The former Bulgaria midfielder tells The Football News Show why his sons' allegiances could create a headache in the Petrov household on Wednesday.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8xqrzyd5gro

 

* steaming mate. Not even 4 o'clock yet.

Got Shea Doolin yet. Hopefully won't be having my stomach pumped before the game finishes.

BTW.. . * the Villa.

 

6hrs from now we will be seeded for playoffs after tanking villa

 

Off to Villa Park.

A few words on some of the rhetoric around our visitors tonight. I'm an England fan. I take my Cross to games, home and away. Amongst some of that support are people who, in my view, sing songs and make gestures or vote for political parties that don't align with mine. That's fine, why? We only share supporting a football team for 90 minutes, nothing more, nothing less.

In Birmingham, and narrowing it down further to Erdington, a Villa heartland, one of the largest Irish diasporas anywhere came to live. The old Irish Centre in Digbeth was legendary, as are many Villa fans, hardcore Villa fans I may add, who'll be going tonight and who also, through that diaspora are proud of their Irish roots of which Celtic, despite being a Scottish club are emblematic to millions of the grit, determination, kindness and success of the Irish community under what can only be called dogs abuse for generations in Scotland and England. The fact many have a soft spot for Celtic is similar to saying our Indian or Pakistani diaspora have a soft spot for touring Indian or Pakistani cricket teams. You can be both a Villa fan brought up as English as a cuppa, and be a Celtic "man or woman" because Celtic were founded by Irish refugees in Glasgow and have one of the largest supporter bases on earth due to that original Irish diaspora.

Aston Villa have an extraordinary history with Scotland and Ireland and Celtic . From Mcgregor to * to Grealish to McGinn to McNeil to O'Neil to Staunton to Houghton to Petrov to Venglos , all have links in some way to both and in most cases served both or have an affinity to both. I know a Villa fan, Irish Brummie, goes home and away who's excited about tonight as they get to shout their support for their one true love, Villa, while getting to host family, friends and celebrate a part of who they are too. How cool? A bit like a British Indian guy hosting his family from Mumbai for a one dayer Edgbaston.

To Celtic fans coming to Villa Park, I hope you enjoy our wonderful stadium, Birmingham and get a hammering on the pitch, but be absolutely under no doubt that the City of Birmingham success is also the success of the Irish and many other diaspora communities, as I'm sure you're finding out through the day. To Villa fans bent out of shape about why so many Villans are looking forward to the visit of Celtic, do a little research on the huge numbers of the diaspora who came and what they did to make Birmingham a great city. The minority of any supporter base never have nor ever will speak for the majority. And we spend far too much time on the minority. UP THE * CHAMPIONS LEAGUE VILLA

 

How I see it as well. Kyogo, Maeda and CCV all missing from last week makes us far weaker.

Hoping we can sneak a draw but as long as we give a good account if ourselves that'll do me.