MessiWillSignForVilla

The amount of fouls he's made, it should probably be a red.

Should've taken that on his left foot

Been some lovely passing from us

Looked quite good so far, bar a few dodgy moments.

Please tell me Amavi is injured! That is the only possible reason for Richardson to be starting.

No, but he's only started one game, and that was against Burnley who are a pretty good team.

Wasn't too happy to see him come on, but he's been awesome this half!

Yes Andi!

So, so nervous! Please don't lose Villa.

Of course we do, they only have about 6 people turn up to their games!

"Villa's inferiority complex", **** hell!

**** you Lithuania! San Marino were minutes away from a draw and their highest ever point total in a qualifying group, and you took it away from them

Di Maria. But then van Gaal played him at wing back and cm

No-ones really said that though, just that our first XI's are a lot closer now. Honestly, out of the team Tottenham started v Everton, I'd only definitely take Lloris, Vertonghen and Alderweireld, possibly Kane, though that's more because I don't really know how Ayew and Gestede will adapt to the league and I think Kane is overrated/one-season wonder. Of the rest of their squad, obviously I'd take Eriksen in a heartbeat, the rest I'm not so sure would get into our best squad. Lamela and Chadli possibly, though I'd rather see Adama, Gil or Grealish playing if I'm honest. Son may get into our squad, but like Ayew/Gestede, it's still to be seen how well he'll adapt. As a squad though, yeah Tottenham have much better strength in depth, and that's why they will probably finish between 10th-6th, whilst we'll probably be 11th at the very highest.

Mings got injured last weekend, looks like it could've been pretty serious, so Bennett has a decent chance to win a first team place.

He's been playing 30+ games a season since he was 17, that's what happened to him.

No, the Europa League is a joke and the way English clubs treat it is a reflection of that and completely understandable. I'm sure English clubs won't be thinking like that when we lose that 4th Champions League spot soon due to clubs rarely getting anywhere in Europe. Italy are very close to overtaking England, and that's mainly because their teams did well in the Europa League in recent years.

Not sure what to think about that team, a tad defensive for Sunderland at home.

Newcastle fans are starting to wind me up a bit now, get over yourselves, the refs not screwing you over. Glad Arsenal have taken the lead now.

Conspiracy theory: Villa let it go to extra time on purpose to ease traffic for both sets of fans after the game since Blues, WBA, Wolves and Walsall are all at home too

Burke who scored against us tonight was at us wasn't he? It was a good finish to be fair to him.

His Premier League winner medals would suggest it wasn't wasted tbh. Depends what you mean by wasted I suppose. In terms of trophies and his bank account, Milner didn't waste the last 4 years, in terms of his standing in the game and where he could have potentially been if he'd been playing CM over the last 4 years, then he has wasted them. And it's not as if his choice was either win trophies or improve as a CM, he could've easily done both if he waited for the right club.

You can't really not play a player who is good enough at 17 just to stop them fading when they get to 28/29. There's a difference between not playing a player and easing them in, especially when both Rooney and Fabregas were playing 30+ games a season at 17. Just resting them an extra 10 or so games a season during their late teens wouldn't have hurt them or their teams.

****'s sake, Terry's in my fantasy team

Same as Rooney, clearly not good enough for the premier league ;D tbf, I think it could be the season that Rooney's long career catches up with him, he's been playing constantly since he was 16, and it's starting to show a bit. Plus, the longer it takes him to score, the more frustrated he gets, and it's always fun to watch a frustrated Rooney play