Sunderland v Aston Villa Open Match Thread

#7. Sunderland versus Aston Villa Location: Stadium of Light (Sunderland) Date: Saturday, October 23 Time: 10:00 a.m. Eastern Records (W-D-L, +/-, Place): Sunderland, 1-6-1, +0, 13th Villa, 3-2-3, -3, 8th

Aston Villa Starting XI:: Friedel, Beye, Warnock, Collins, Dunne, Downing, Young, Ireland, Petrov, Reo-Coker, Heskey.

AVFC Bench: Guzan, Sidwell, Carew, Albrighton, Clark, Cuellar, Bannan.

Sunderland Starting XI: Mignolet, Onuoha, Turner, Bramble, Bardsley, Elmohamady, Henderson, Cattermole, Malbranque, Welbeck, Bent.

SAFC Bench: Gordon, Zenden, Mensah, Da Silva, Riveros, Ferdinand, Gyan.

Heskey's back! I don't remember ever being so excited about such a thing.

Also, important:

I am sleeping onthe couch with my phone alarm set so as not to wake
Ms.Aaron so you are welcome to text.

--aaron

Does this mean if he doesn't wake up when I text, I can call? Or has he limited me to a text?