MrDuck

I have checked my sky plus and Lawrenson, Hanson, Shearer, Southgate and Gray all said red card. Radio 5 even said that Taggart has admitted that Vidic should have gone. It looks like Dowd and Vidic are the only ones who thought it didn't deserve a red. I bet Dowd gets away with it too!

As did Alan Parry, Andy Gray, Dwight Yorke and Jamie Redknapp on the coverage I saw.

Shocking performance from Dowd, refereed the first half as if he was on the Man U payroll.

Great effort, no shame losing to Utd, but you feel a bit hard done by after Dowd bottled the Vidic decision - which was surely a complete no-brainer.

Thought Gabby was excellent, rest of the team did well but Carlos should not have been playing. Shown up for what he is today - a poor right back. Must be a blow to Luke's ego to see Carlos consistently picked ahead of him at RB. Carew should have been on much earlier I think. Couldn't fault anybody for effort though.

Disappointing, but reckon we'll be back before too long. I'd totally forgotten how exciting it is to see Villa in a final!

Dire Facebook group. Even the creator looks like a grade A tosser.

Just looking at the atrocious grammar tells you it's an untermensch small heath page

"Aston villa need to be closed down to save them any further embarrassment"

Good lord, if we're embarrassing I'd hate to think what that makes SHA.

I'm pretty sure that they mean we need to be closed down to save them from any more embarrassment, getting thumped 5-1 can't be easy, neither can having your rival team do the double over you 3 times in a row.

Dire Facebook group. Even the creator looks like a grade A tosser.

Just looking at the atrocious grammar tells you it's an untermensch small heath page

"Aston villa need to be closed down to save them any further embarrassment"

Good lord, if we're embarrassing I'd hate to think what that makes SHA.

The fans thought he would play silky football with them.

They don't think that now

Wonder how long he's got left?

Love the comment "i am beginning to think we will never win anything"

Sure they should have got used to that by now....

Quarter final against Reading. Beautiful, good nights work.

God damn France has a bad rep on this site.

English website... whaddya expect?

Who isn't scared of dying...Goes through my mind sometimes at night, that and my plan to escape from a mass killer coming into our home (quickly get into en-suite, lock the door and onto conservatory roof. That and also how I'd kill people loads of people and get away with it.

Got to be imaginative.

1. wtf is an en-suite?

2. conservatory? greenhouse? really? do you live in a 15 bedroom mansion? does the butler bring you breakfast in bed??

3. kill people and get away with it? you're mad. glad you don't live in the USA you'd be on CNN in no time!

Ensuite = bathroom accessed through bedroom. Private bathroom basically.

The Big Things of Australia

This is only a sample of the numerous "big" attractions in Australia.

Ah, Australian culture. None better!

I'm with CM. I'd happily have Pav.

For sure. Excellent finisher, prolific goalscorer for Spartak and Russia. Would improve our side without doubt.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko6jTHmQvS8

Didnt take long to find him kicking someone, let me guess, he was defending himself?

Lol, even Phil Neville tells him to cut it out.

http://tinyurl.com/masterful-management

The greatest manager in UK football* is at it again

* copyright Glastonspur

Harry can afford to treat Pav like this, cos he has Defoe, who we all know is the best striker in the world.

Bendtner is the best striker in the World, he said so himself.

Rubbish. If Bendtner was the best, surely he would be playing for the best team in the world... which we all know is Spurs.

http://tinyurl.com/masterful-management

The greatest manager in UK football* is at it again

* copyright Glastonspur

Harry can afford to treat Pav like this, cos he has Defoe, who we all know is the best striker in the world.

People just see the MOTD montages and the the fact the commentators seem to think just cos he got loads of yellow cards that its cos he is dirty. Most of them were for continual fouling or dissent. It's useless though, because obviously people who only see him every now and again know better.

He's played three games against Villa now and he was absolutely filthy in every one of them.

I bet Davies still has the elbow marks now.

He might well get a bad rep based on highlights, but in the three games that most Villa fans will have seen he was dreadful.

Still a very good player mind. Just a dirty one.

This.

Controversially, perhaps, I'm listening to (****) the British Army by the Dubliners.

You sir, have quite fantastic taste.

My band uses that from time to time live as an intro.

I was just listening to 'Go to Sea No More' by the very same.

I know it's been said on here many a time... but why the **** are Spurs so hyped and loved?

I think I can shed some light on that.

There was a blog on the BBC sport site a while back, the journo was (I think) a West Ham fan, but he lamented the fact that 90% of his football journo colleagues were Tottenham fans. So for starters, I'd say there is a heavy bias towards Spurs in the media, especially in London.. which of course is where most the media is. And you know how many people lap up whatever the media tells them.

I think another part of it is this particular generation of journalists are probably mid 30's-mid 40's age group. They grew up (probably in London!) in an era when Spurs were THE glamour club. When Spurs were winning trophies in the early 80's, their side included Ossie Ardiles and Ricky Villa, two of the earliest foreign imports and thus very high profile. Not to mention a certain Glenn Hoddle. When I was at school in this era, everybody supported Liverpool or Spurs - and Spurs rightly had a reputation for playing some great football. Those days are long passed, but the reputation seems to have stuck.

Ah, when cars had character. Them was the days...

Oh and I have a Rover 75, had it almost a year and its probably the best motor I've ever had (and I've had a lot!)

Wikipedia says that car won some beauty awards.

Surely that's a case of someone having a laugh?

Heh, I thought he meant a 1975 Rover, one of these buggers:

Also, I spent a good couple of hours speaking to an Irish girl tonight, who had some interesting ideas on Welsh culture, but also did one of those things that often gets me for some reason - had a name I'd never heard before. Rosheen (undoubtedly spelt wrong). Never ever heard the name before. No idea but when I hear a name I'm unused to it puts me off a bit, slightly like you don't know the person quite as well as might have.

Odd.

Yeah.. that is odd.

Roisin would be the name, for the record.

Astonished at the negativity here... we've managed a creditable draw with Utd and everyone is whinging? I'm just delighted that we didn't lose. We're still in the hunt, played poor but took a point. Personally I'm pretty chuffed with that. :?

Reading this thread anyone would think we'd been beaten 5-0.

Flicking through this thread after seeing it jump up a few pages (It remains what I'd reckon hell might be like) this post had me...

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Glaston, I think you missed the above question for the billionth time.

As I said above, FROM NOW ON I SHALL NOT BE RESPONDING TO ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION ABOUT ME PERSONALLY.

Let's give this policy a short-hand: Not Relevant or NR for short.

I shall occasionally repeat this 'NR' as appropriate, until either boredom sets in or postees decide they actually want to talk about football. It's your choice.

**** me. How full of yourself could you possibly get?!

I think Trent and especially Mr_Dogg have nailed it, no humility.

Priceless. Even by internet forum standards, Glaston is something else.

After googling GlastonSpur, I found my new favourite thread of his.

http://www.redcafe.net/f7/spurs-arsenal-fa-youth-cup-qf-238671/

Typifies him completely. Goes missing when it goes tits up. It seems it's not just us that think he's a joke!

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That's an absolute classic.

We looked the better side tonight, but probably paid the price for MON ridiculously not resting more players on the weekend, mainly Downing who looked knackered tonight, and Warnock whom we missed as Cueller again got found out a number of times at RB tonight. Frustrating!

I've been impressed with Carlos at CB this season, but he ain't a bloody right back is he? And his distribution was woeful at times.

All round good performance though, shame we couldn't turn it into a win, but we're still hanging on in there. Really think it's time we saw more of Delf - we need goals and he can't do much worse in that respect than our current strikers.