Nigel

Jesus their squad has been decimated...only the 46 players left!

2 hours ago, ismail-villa said:

Players should be well rested now, Dougie back in, everyone on form. Should be a good win. 

We are worse with a rest

4 minutes ago, Stevo985 said:

Why aren't (plastic) milk bottles air/water tight once they're opened?

Is it cheaper to manufacture them that way? Is it to let the milk breathe? Is it to force you to not store the milk horizontally?

Why?

I've always thought the same about wine.

How do screw caps work?

The whole point of a cork is to keep it air tight. Even unopened surely screw tops let some air in, which would damage the wine.

Rb has always been a problem area in respect to  other positions. 

If your Premier league all time list contains the likes of Gary Charles then there is a problem. 

My choice would be delaney, although even he looks weak in an all time list.

1 minute ago, turvontour said:

We've played 15 more games than Tottenham.

Does european football really need to be like that. 

Surely you could have a cup where the winner doesn't need to play 15 to 20 games to win it. Presumably its just money driving that. 

I think you have answered your own question. 

11 hours ago, Keyblade said:

If Spurs were as good as we're led to believe they should be the ones 6 points clear given their fixtures.

Imagine 'angeball' with a good dollop of extra European games thrown in.....

1 hour ago, CVByrne said:

Hopefully he's fit for Chelsea game. We need as many players back fit as possible

Yep, need decent attacking options from the bench during this frenetic period 

Bailey is a man possessed today!

Bench is looking weak

5 minutes ago, ferguson1 said:

Nah, Duran surely! Imagine that nutter in goal.

That would have calmed the situation 

3 minutes ago, conorm said:

It is true, unfortunately. At least until they appeal the stupid shootout booking.

You can't appeal yellows

Chuffed...didn't want to go to fenerbahce

Did the referee miss anybody?

They are really pressing us which should give us a few opportunities. We need to open up the passing lanes into midfield as they are smothering us atm.

Really hope arsenal and Liverpool can keep this title race going till spurs have to face man city.

Feels odd to have such a big game at 5.45 on a weekday!

Really glad this extra pressure of having to get 4th didn't come till after arsenal!

Watching the city/Madrid pens made me remember how much I hate watching villa in them. My pants can only hide certain levels of brown!

That arsenal game has really sorted us out. 

I think with spurs coming games we could end up with a good buffer over them in the coming weeks, which will really help us focus on winning the cup.

Genuinely couldn't see how we were going to balance the two before this.

5 minutes ago, Keyblade said:

Not to take away from Ollie but I still think Benteke is the better player, we have to remember Benteke was doing this for us at the age of 22 alongside the likes of Weimann, N'Zogbia and Holman. I think prime Benteke in this team under Unai's guidance would have been an absolute menace. It's a shame he joined us at our lowest. I used to be in awe of him when he was at full tilt. His LeBron celebration was so apt too, as he used to carry us on his back. 

I loved benteke,  rate him 2nd behind Yorke as the best in recent times.

However there is no guarantee he could do it in this team when the extra pressure is on, in fact when Liverpool asked that of him he folded.

Watkins is the better striker in this team for me.

Amazing performance. Genuinely thought we were the better side all game, even in the first half where we kept them at arms length. Thats what you call control!

Thought Zaniolo was magnificent in the first half, such strong skillful running to relieve the pressure to give us the base to attack in the second half.

Diego was at his best too, hes so strong and fast that when his concentration is there he is nearly imposible to get the better of.

Bailey just added that cherry to a demoralised Arsenal, we broke them early.

Sky commentary said "This was the perfect away performance"! What game were they watching? This was no smash and grab!

"Classic away performance " can sky be any more condescending.  We hit the post twice

A point here would be fantastic