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If you had a few quid on that semi final line up you have made a small fortune.

Fair play to Higgins that finish under that pressure was as good as it gets. That was a great match and Mark Allen was really gracious in defeat. Class acts.

I think anyone worried that Liverpool may have one toe on the beach when they play Spurs next week need to factor in that if that is the case by the time they play us the following week they'll have sun creamed up, be lying on their towel, head phones in and fast asleep. Bottom line is though Liverpool at Anfield is a far tougher game than playing them at home. Overall this has been a great weekend for us. We gained a point on Spurs, Chelsea got a point keeping them well in the hunt for 6th place with Spurs up next, Arsenal won to ensure that Man City will almost certainly still need to get something when they play Spurs, Brighton who we play next got trounced meaning they have no wins in 6 including 4 defeats and Burnley got a point meaning they'll almost certainly still be fighting for survival when they play Spurs. I am sure not one of us would swap places with Spurs but every single one of their supporters would swap places with us. We have put ourselves in a great position.

Agreed. I didn't think Arsenal were that good all game and were really sloppy in possession. If Chelsea play as well as they did against us last night, and you'd also expect them to be well up for it at home against local rivals with still plenty to play for themselves, then that is a really tough game for Spurs especially off the back of two defats in which they have conceded 7 goals.

Strange how football can work. Had we have won last night and Spurs drew today we'd be a point further in front of them but arguably it would have made Spurs remaining games easier. Chelsea would have been deflated going into their game against Spurs after 2 defeats, and being a point further off the only thing they have left to play for, and Man City would have almost certainly had the title wrapped up before they play Spurs.

I keep hearing in the media what a great job Ange is doing. Well keep it up big lad It felt last night that the point we got could be a big one (although obviously I'd have preferred 3). Not just because it kept our tally ticking over it also meant that it gave Chelsea still plenty to play for as if they win their game in hand on Thursday it puts them 3 points off Man Utd in 6th. That game in hand is at home against Spurs.

Dan Poulter, Tory MP since 2010, an ex health minister and current Doctor within the NHS, has defected to the Labour party citing the state of the NHS and the Tories becoming the nationalist party of the right.

Obviously a Hull win tonight is the best result as Norwich then have to win next week to guarantee a play off place. A Hull defeat though means they play Plymouth away with f all to play for so you'd fancy Plymouth in that scenario. Blackburn are at an already promoted, and an almost certainly already Champions, Leicester with a draw for Blackburn meaning Sha can't catch them so you'd fancy them to get at least a point. Sheffield Wednesday are flying going to Sunderland who have one win in their last 6 so you'd fancy Sheff Wednesday to get at least a point meaning Sha can't catch them. Either way you cut the cake Sha are in deep shit and if I was a betting man I'd say that shit is finally going to flush.

Bottom line is that the game is kicking off 10pm local time which is 8pm here. Current time in Athens is 21:42 (2 hours in front).

Aston Villa website - ticket info. Villa have an allocation of 1,600 tickets for our trip to Greece on Thursday, May 9 (ko 8pm GMT / 10pm EEST). https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/april/24/Olympiacos-ticket-details--second-leg-/

Confirmed that it will kick off at 10pm local time. Seems a little crazy given it could well go on to way past midnight.

We can take it as a given that Spurs will beat Sheff Utd. I think we can also say it is highly likely they beat Burnley. That then gets them to 66. It then comes down to us needing to get more points from our four games against Chelsea (H) Brighton (A) Liverpool (H) Palace (A) than they do against Arsenal (H) Chelsea (A) Liverpool (A) Man City (H). We both play Chelsea and Liverpool with the big advantage for us being we are at home for both whilst they are away so even if we are a little pessimistic and say we both take the same amount of points from those games it then comes down to us needing more points from Brighton and Palace away than they take from Arsenal and Man City at home. What a fantastic position we have put ourselves in.

Sorry for your loss mate. He is going to the game with though as you are taking him with you by thinking about him now and you'll carry those thoughts and him with you throughout today. Enjoy the day mate.

Really enjoyed that interview. He is just a lovely bloke isn't he and the affection he has for Villa just oozes out of him. He was so proud to have managed his/our club and we as a fan base are proud to have had him manage us. If he still has ambition to manage in England at the top level I hope he gets another shot at it.

Aside from Bournemouth being a decent side on a good run of form as others have said the biggest issue today is going to be tiredness. it is hard to say from just watching the game on the tele but I didn't get the impression that too many of our lads put an all in shift in against Lille. Our performance, whilst not great, was quite controlled and we never seemed at full pelt possibly because of tiredness already but hopefully more that being the plan to conserve energy for the following games. I think you have to factor in that we also ultimately got through on Thursday and the jubilation and adrenaline from that can go some way for making up for any tiredness, certainly mentally. Had we have gone out on Thursday today would have been much tougher. I have a feeling we'll plan to win this from the bench again and may well see Bailey on there and coming on with fresh legs around the hour mark again. I also would not be surprised to see Carlos and/or Lenglet come in from the start and possibly Tim. Will be a tough game but hopefully our backing as fans will help see us over the line. I'm going for a nervy 2-0 win.