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Doctor, doctor, ItsMeElvis.

Milner rushes on, lashes out at Albrighton, rips off his tracksuit and bursts on to the pitch. Needed to warm down after running down from Leeds at lunchtime and warm up before running back.

Jimmy Brown when he was about 18 or 19.

I wonder who got RoverDave's vote. OK well there's one Guzan vote accounted for.

Dunne and Collins but not at the moment. Collins has looked a little unsure of himself. At the moment Dunne and Cuéllar. I love Carlos as a central defender. Collins impressed me right from his Villa debut until his injury. Dunne I wasn't 100% sure about but it has slowly become obvious that the guy is a jewel, almost irreplaceable. Ok then, Collins and Cuéllar just to give Dunne a rest. Blimey, with Davies on the way back and Clark around we have no problems at all in the centre of the defence do we? Although Davies and Cuéllar together I can live without.

I agree with everything jon has said so far on this thread (sorry jon :wink: ). All players need a rest from time to time. Especially those who seem to be a bit jaded (Gabby?). I voted for Downing, but with reservations. I feel Downing needs a rest, he's been thrust back in after a long spell without playing (no, not intended as a dig at the manager), but he also needs to get games under his belt. I wasn't too happy when Ashley was serving a suspension and Milner was taken away from his new CM rôle and played out wide. Any rest for him or Ashley only if Albrighton gets the nod and the system isn't disrupted. Warnock may also need a rest, but some disruption would be inevitable (Luke Young at LB & Cuéllar at RB). Petrov, Dunne, Milner... They've all played a lot. But as few square pegs in round holes as possible please (ooh look another sly dig at MON for those at Digwatch). Of course only really MON and his team (Jim Henry, Alan Smith? You tell me) will truly know who needs a break and who doesn't.

I was going to vote for Ashley Young as MOTM anyway when suddenly the voice on the tannoy said it was Milner, and immediately Ash shot up the field and scored, almost as if to say stick that in your pipe and smoke it. Is he better on the left or on the right? I also thought Heskey made some choice contributions. And yes Jimmy was very good too. The defence as a block, hmm. And the less said about Guzan the better.

Embarrassed?

Ashley Young - diamond geezer, works his socks off, tears his marker(s) a new one, crosses too far, ball goes past the far post. Time and again. At least when his putting in inswingers from the left. Just now and then, sometimes twice in a match, sometimes once in two matches, gets it right and we get a goal. Similarly with free kicks and corners. Does he practise crossing? Such a shame. The likes of Gabby and Carew can do little with this kind of service. I agree with the 7 for Cuéllar. He did what he had to do, defended well, worked like a Trojan, kept making himself available when we moved up, but I'm afraid I also agree with John and his comparison with Luke Young. Cuéllar over Luke Young was a good choice as a one-off for the Blackburn match. Now let's have Luke back please.

To counter Blackburn's aerial tactics, I'm told. No, hang on...

Behave.

I went and voted for Dunne as Man of the Match. Wish I hadn't now. Petrov really if only for scoring a direct hit on Robbie Savage and drawing blood, according to the BBC site. Otherwise I'm told we had a lot of possession. Not much use when the final ball in is inevitably so **** hopeless.

One thing Blackburn were particularly shit at was moving the ball out of defence - time and again they gave the ball away. Which was nice.

I agree with those who say Young, Milner & Dunne had particularly good games. Young was a real thorn in Blackburn's side all evening - best he's played for some time.