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It's always good to see a lad improve himself, Marv had is doubters but he has taken it head on and showed he can do a job. He and Dougie are totally different players and both can do a role for us so i can see horses for courses happening here and both playing their part in our season. Well done Marv for showing progress and work effort on the big stage.

Every now and then through a season you get taught a lesson, spam last night gave us a masterclass in how to set up a team. Most of their players are good all round pro's nothing spectacular, nothing amazing, just good athletes who know their role on a pitch and do exactly that. Old man dawson and Soucek bossed the game and show leadership at it's best in control and in charge. We did look battle weary but that is another test of character we have to achieve, the pro's break through those wall's and use that to dig deep and the souceks have it. Dean knows were the problem is but do we have that type of player in our squad, as they have always said you have to earn the right to play not just turn up. We have had a great season it's just the next step.

Lessons learnt we did the basics, players were queueing up to get the block in and we defended that goal like our lives depended on it. If we can get matty to look like the peperami man it might make life easier.

This is probably a good starting point to see how far we have come, just hope we have learnt from the last meeting.

Dean summed it up pretty well, the defence took a knife to a gun fight.

It's a sign you are a decent player when like Mcgrath we just expect you to do it. Has had a very good season so far and the whole defence is starting to shape up.

Allround solid performance good reaction after the citeh nonsense, the backline did their job well , midfield handled it fine and so happy for ollie to get a goal, Second goal was a nice bit of play and well slotted, beginning to look like a top ten side.

On the options thing watkins is offside if the defender leaves it , same as the indirect free kick shoot at goal but you need an opposition player to touch the ball to score. MOTD played the establishment card in their summing up but we have never been a media darling and the top six are untouchable.

Only the opposition on the pitch then, Some reward against man citi

We used to be told play to the whistle, clear your line's, but all this new coaching these days seems to include risk's.

Dean has took one for the team, the premier league has always been useless , maybe we could get a sponsership with Macdonalds on our shirts.

Bet the referee for this game is being grilled into how to reff the game , he likes a card i think.

Think he's a decent player and straight on the team sheet, hope we can sort out the way he jumps like an olympic backstroke swimmer and keep the arms down.

Here come the mafia, like a scene from the Godfather Deano sleeps with the fishes . Time to surround the wagons the establishment are back covering.

Is it compulsory to gift it to a city player or are there villa players on the pitch, in the real world we have to work with what we have not what you hoped it would be.

Every coach in the country will being saying the same thing today, just head the ball clear, and the recieve aspect must be the ball of the chest that allowed the ref to come to that desicion. We played well, but we must always remember we are not only playing the team on the park.

Maybe the tight margin is decision making if mings just heads the ball we do not enter the ref's world, do the simple things, two years ago this would be john stones dwelling on the ball.

Thought we did well last night to give them a game, man city were the dominate team but was beginning to think we would see the game out, and we get that decision it totally changed the game and again we saw what tight margins this level hangs on. We cannot account for Ref's but we do deserve a little respect when we go to so called big club's these days .

Playing well at the moment, plays like Gary Neville in stlye.

I hear the rags named a district after you jonny boy, Moss Side .

That's another moment in history for villa fan's enjoyed the spirit in our youngster's and the determination to do well, it would have been so easy to roll over and admire the superstar's ability and let them play and dominate. The lads gave them a game and scored a goal that anyone from the pool would have been proud of and scousers crying in their drove's about "that barry lad". Football was the winner yesterday and a few babbie's from Brum made it.

Way past their bedtime.

Don't be late with my paper in the morning lads

Its like being back in the third division, we only had hope.

Get your angles right and it looks easy, the other way is to look like kermit the frog and try to catch it with your tongue.