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Our midfield was horrific today.

Shocking performance so thought i'd leave a little time to have a say having calmed a bit. Definitely the worst performance overall since O'Neill came in and looked worryingly similar to some of what was served up under O'Leary in his last season. Ratings: Friedel: 5- Not at fault in any way for either goal but I just don't get any sense of confidence with him in goal. He doesn't organize the defence well enough IMO and at times, I feel that he creates a sense of panic across the entire defence. Guzan will take his place this season for me. Shorey: 2- Simply not a good enough player for Villa and where we want to be. Hardly ever put in a good performance and if Bouma is still way off fitness a left back is needed. Cuellar: 6- Had about as good a game as could be expected in a poor defensive performance in general. A few good challenges but was trying to do the work for four defenders on his own. Could be a good season for Carlos I think. Davies: 3- Another useless performance which many became used to seeing in the second half of last season. If it is because of his lack of fitness then get it sorted but I fear that it was only the immense performances of Laursen that ever made him look that good. Poor positioning and disorganised. Beye: 5- Saved from too bad a rating because it is hard to blame him for not knowing what he was supposed to be doing when he was shoved in after being at the club only a few days in a bizarre MON decision for me. Looked composed on the ball but defensively he had a game to forget. Young: 7 Hard to criticise a player who created the best chance of the game with the cross for the header in the first half and also came closest to scoring with a great free kick. Can't do it all on his own though. Cut out the diving and cut out the excessive use of 'tricks'. Petrov: 2- Simply not good enough. Slow, weak, non-existent. Rated highly simply because of how poor he was first season. Should be well behind Reo-Coker in the starting order for me. Did nothing in this entire game as he does in many games but simply because he isn't as crap as he once was he gets credit from many. Delph: 5- What was he supposed to do really though? Was pretty much him on his own in the centre of the park against 3 Wigan players. Milner: 6- Decent performance from Jimmy and one he can build on over the season. Gabby: 0- That about sums up the amount of input Gabby had on the game. I went into the season thinking Gabby was going to be in for a good season and was just left disappointed yesterday. Had very much the look of Luke Moore about him. Thinks he's made it big now but he needs strong words about his effort and commitment because he was largely at fault for Villa offering little going forward. Heskey: 8(MOTM)- This is the type of performance Heskey should be able to put in more often for Villa. Chased everything, won most of what was hit at him in the air and in general looked the biggest threat we posed. Was in the box a lot more than last season and with better delivery from wide positions could have had a few chances. Good skill to beat Bramble early on but poor shot although it was by no means an easy chance. Also created the chance for Young in the dying minutes. Keep it up Emile! Subs didn't really have long enough on the pitch. Albrighton did look quite bright and I thought Sidwell showed desire to do well but should have scored with his free header. Transfers needed big time. Petrov should never be captain of the club and Gabby needs a kick up the backside.

Option A. if we finish 3rd we don't have to qualify for champions league

^^^ Christiano Ronaldo makes man u! without him look at them... but i do fink we would give ac a good game