So here we go, one of those funny ones where you’d think the odds are against Villa given what the match means to our opponents. We’re seemingly stabilizing, they really need a win.Obviously anyone’s guess as to how that plays out. I like our chances of getting a result mainly because I think Emery boxes smart. Which means absolutely nothing, because my brain and past trauma says this is where the scouse stop their slide.But Emery is teaching us that past trauma is not an indicator of future performance. So, I’ve got not pearls. Arne is under a bit of pressure. Emery, less so. They’re reeling and we’re not. A pragmatic approach based on Unai weighing it up tells me we’ve got a shot. They’re obviously not invincible and Villa really have nothing to lose.Big thing for me is Buendia being out. Not so much that everything depends on him. Rather, it’s the idea that he’s simply not available to influence things, either starting or from the bench. You’d worry about it less if Youri was available. But he’s not. Just following intuition, I see McGinn playing the advanced role from the right. They’ll throw everything at it from...