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oh well. no need to panic. if we had won we would have been all peace-cup-gonna-win-the-league again lets hope we are better against valencia

I actually think davies/dunne could be a defensive dream team, may be a blessing in disguise Let me guess, that worked in some manager game. Good combination of power and pace though. i thought davies was very poor tonight

I was thinking the same thing. These are actual squad numbers, right? Now, before anyone points out that Harewood had no 9, I think it is hard to dismiss the fact that Weimann is given this number. you mean no.9 didnt play last year and won't play this one either

albrighton is tired. it was a lack of control and a tired cross that hit the crossbar. it might be our best effort! to be fair i think we have looked a bit better for the last 5mins, but maybe benfica have taken their foot off the pedal

yes it is only a friendly and i wont be concerned too much by the result. but i would like to see some effort, some passing, maybe a shot? the thing that concerns me is that although i know this is a weakened side, its not that far from the side some would have had us put out for the sake of rotation. 2 games in 24 hours is a bit ridiculous, so i wasnt expecting too much. cant help feeling disappointed at the moment though

wel he went off with a calf injury (i think) after 3 mins against walsall. perhaps they are being careful?

Didnt see much of him last year. looked a good prospect the year before. I know there were some rumoured disciplinary problems at blackpool. Did he actually play much for them? he was a sub when they got promoted I think. doesnt look too good if he couldnt force his way in at the lower level

we need to get some shots off at fulop. he has looked poor. prob is whatever happens, spurs will beat man city if he plays like this against them come on you villa boys

So, did you get home or get a ticket for the pompey game? If you saw it, what did you think? there are a few on here unhappy we made hard work of getting the winner. Me, I thought we did ok, could have scored more and am happy with the result. It's results that count!

yes I am!

Don't know about this but some have suggested alcohol companies and I know there is a problem in showing european games on tv if a country has a ban on tv alcohol advertising. may be something similar with gambling

city 3 0 after 6 mins. dont think burnley will do us a favour today

1 0 the score i wanted. we needed to win and did it. didnt want to us to take bolton to pieces, would have been used by chelsea to focus their players mind before the semi. didnt expect spurs to lose. can now see us pushing quite close for 4th. end of the day. 3 points. a good days work

I think some people have quite unrealistic expectations. There seems to be a belief that if we finish 4th we will suddenly be able (and want) to get top world class players. TBH I don't see us doing that. we might have more money to spend but we will still only attract certain players, 1 step up not the best. we are still at a stage of building which will take time. some seem to think getting 4th will mean we will always get 4th and we will somehow become part of a new "sky 4". whatever money the CL brings in, we won't be competing with Manure or Chelsea and I think Arsenal and liverpool will be more attractive to players too. I can see liverpool struggling to get who they want but like it or not they still have a bigger name than us in europe and realistically it is only a matter of time before they get more investment. then we have man city who can outspend anyone. it will be a struggle for us to qualify year in, year out for the CL. I feel our aim for the next few years should be to concentrate on improving in the league, CL qualification would be just a bonus and we shouldn't get too worked up in the years it doesnt happen. the more we can do it, the bigger our name will become and then we can get the better players. I get the feeling that if we get CL this year, some think we should win it and the league next year! for me 4th would be nice. top six with this years cup runs would be an improvement on last year and I would be happy with that. FA cup would mean we had WON something. not just a "pat on the back and a day out" as someone said but a demonstration that we are winners not also rans to be patronised as "a brave little team of triers" by the media. I also feel this would give the team a positive mental boost for next season. so give me the FA Cup now. we can afford to dismiss not winning it when we are competing for bigger things regularly.

he's short he's fat he's a cheating **** clearing in the woods philip dowd, philip dowd. or a couple of old classics... who's your father who's your father who's your father, philip dowd haven't got one never had one your a bastard, philip dowd where's your girlfriend where's your girlfriend where's your girlfriend, philip dowd haven't got one you're a rocket polisher you're a rocket polisher, philip dowd.

dowd was bloody useless. the bias in the first half was unbelieveable. he's not reffing our game against reading is he? i'm sure i'll let him know what i think of him next time he's at VP, along with 40000 others

was just about to type "bollocks" when ashley pops up with one. i hope we can hold on now........

2 legs. home and away proper cup football!

or maybe not.... gave claridge a laugh. "I played with emile.....not the highest pain threshold"

heskey fails to last the 90mins shocker

that should settle it down a bit for us nice one downing

Yeah I can see what you mean, his movement is very similar. what? he's broke someones leg?

is heskey still playing? dont want to knock him after he scored what sounds a good goal.... but i havent heard his name mentioned for ages

bbc tomorrow night or 7.30 on thursday on sky sports 1

what a great idea. if we win a game we can vote to keep him if we lose we can vote to sack him pointless poll