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Just saw John Terry's post match comments. "We have watched there games recently and the tire after 60 minutes, so we knew we just had to keep the intensity up" See the opposition can see it but our own manager cant.

Wouldnt get rid yet...but IF (and its a big if) he went, none of the above mentioned. Maybe Martin Jol as already mentioned. However, with the Majority of players British, I think a British(or Irish) would be best. Darrern Ferguson maybe.

Watched online but got cut off before 3rd and 4th goals. Friedel - 6 - Couldnt really do much Defence - individually everyone on a 6. As a unit....2 what the hell has happened recently? Midfield - Not enough possession 2nd half and were completely overshadowed. Sidwell - 7 (motm) - First half was quality tackled everyone, composed passing and looked to join the attack. Second half, didnt know what to do with change of formation. Petrov. 5 - Anonymous Milner - 6 - Kicked out of the game early on. Never really showed his ability. A Young - 6 -Started brightly, but faded and didnt get enough of the ball Gabby - 5 - First half caused some problems with pace, didnt get into the game though. Carew. -5 - Took goal well again but sweet fa for the rest of time he was on. Didnt hold the ball up. Subs Delboy - 7 - Played well and looked lively, didnt get the ball enough. Downing - 4 - Was he on the pitch Beye 4 - See downing At upto 3 - 1 hadnt played badly, but once Chelsea got the fourth, heads dropped and that the end of it. Chelsea's quality told.

Made a good on 5 live..Although A Young is putting in good crosses he has to improve and actually pick out players rather than just putting the ball into a dangerous area..

Don't know if you mean just home games mate but we always sing Birmingham are you listening at aways and I'm sure at least once a game at home. On the other hand, "NIIIIIGEL SPINKS" definately needs to get sung more! We try to get it going but hardly anyone ever joins in, loudest I've ever heard it is in Silverspoons in the upper room before the game and in the lower room after. Its a great song though all my non-Villa mates love it, we need to sing it more! Unfortunately, I havent managed many away this year, so couldnt really comment. However, been to every home and very rarely hear the Birm are you listening..I just remember a few years back that it was sung a good 10 times a match. In fact when I was growing up it was probably the first song I remember...but hey.. What you reckon of the new version?

I havent heard some songs this year... Tracey Andrews...ok its a bit harsh but still funny.. Birmingham are you listening (tune of walking in winter wonderland) and mainly...Tony Daley like a torpedo. As such I have tried to bring this song into the modern game..... Braaaad Friedel, rolls the ball to Petrov. Petrov back to Richard Dunne and out to Ashley Young. Ashley Young down the wing like a torpedo Puts the ball in the aiiirrrrrrrrrrr... To Nathen Delfounso. Thoughts please? Reckon we can get it going?

It makes me laugh people say bent...yes he scores some goals but he also missed a gilt edged header last night.. Anyway Bent would cost around £20 mil, is he worth that? It would be just like the Luke Young signing, ending up paying more one season later than we could (probably should've) the season before... we will then play him out of position all season, where he will play very well.. He will then establish himself in his rightful position, miss a couple of games through injury/personal problems and then find that he cant get back in the side because a centre back is playing there..

If they were..I would never watch again

Same old... Carew took his goal well, but at times still didnt look at the races...couple of good runs.. Warnock overlapped very well Cuellar, I still dont understand it..distribution awful.. terrible (hospital) pass to milner caused his injury. Petrov looked dead a buried. Ash Young coming back to old form, terrific delivery for goal and put a few other great balls in. Downing 1 great that put young away down the left...ran at his defender once..and gues what beat him... do it more often.. Dunne looked shaky, worse game for us. Del boy looked bright at times, but not given the ball enough, had to go chasing everything.. Everyone else..meh..so/so

Any one got a rail tickets? If so how much I saw today about £40 but was hoping for cheaper..

Carew shouldve scored..great run by ash

Well bloddy hell what a game, we know how to make it hard on ourselves. I knew that we would play long ball up to the big lads upfront, which doesnt work for them as both players prefer ball to feet. First half everyone gets a 4, one of the worst performances I have ever seen. Even with the "offside" goal we were still awful. MON mustve gone absolutely ballistic at half time. Second half started playing the ball to feet more and sucking in the defenders so that we could unleash the winger into more space. Ratings for second half only: Friedel - 6 - Flapped a couple of times but made a decent save Warnock - 7- A lot better, timed tackles better, showed more composure on the ball and supported the wingers well. Also put in a brilliant block. Cueller - 5 - Still not a right back, gets sucked out of position far too easily - what has Luke Young done wrong? Dunne - 7.5 - Recovered well, Led the line and marshalled the others around him. Collins - 6 - Not his best game but at least got stronger as it went on. Petrov - 6.5 - More involved in the game, steadied the ship Milner - 7 - Craved the ball and started to impose himself on the game, some good touches and passing. Tireless. Young - 8.5 - Got the ball rolling with a very composed finish, exposed the fullbacks and to top it all a great header off the line. Downing - 7.5 - His delivery was great, puts the ball in the right place for the strikers to attack. Still needs to beat his on the outside with his pace more. Heskey - 7.5 - Dont understand the people giving him a low mark. Held the ball well, turned his defenders and was a real handful. Unlucky not to score as it was a good save from the keeper. Carew - 8.5 - MOTM - Just shaved Young. - Caused the defence all sorts of trouble, took his goals well, may even have had a 4th. Why cant be like this more often?

So what was everyones seat like? The view was good (in block P) but was a little disappointed to be very back row considering I had not paid the cheapest amount (£54). Did speak to Tony Daley at half time, great bloke with a good out look for the Villa, summed up the game well. Wish him all the best at Wolves.

Obviously im not a utd fan so dont know what the regular team is but I think Utd will play 451 Van der sar Rafeal Brown Vidic Evra Valencia Carrick Scholes Fletcher Park Rooney The full backs are quick to combat our wingers and then midfield to over play us. Gonna to be a tight game, cant wait now...UTV

My friends and I have always known the wembley song as..."We're the famous Aston Villa and we're off to Wembley" but people at the moment are singing "We're the famous Aston Villa and we're going to Wembley".... Anyone know why this has changed or has it always been this and we just had it wrong?

But its ok for Heskey/Sidwell etc to get criticised. Carew is a fans faveourite and I think you are still looking through tinted eyes in his favour..he was very poor again today. Disagree, he was much better than Heskey As for Sidwell, he has turned out to be a very poor acquisition, I'm sure everyone would agree I didnt see him do anything better than Heskey and obviously others think the same way.

But its ok for Heskey/Sidwell etc to get criticised. Carew is a fans faveourite and I think you are still looking through tinted eyes in his favour..he was very poor again today.

Good game to watch, but really a poor performance from Villa. Friedel - 5 - Got to take blame for at least first goal, and maybe even positioning for second even though it was a great hit. Young - 7 - Strong as usal, glad to see him in his better position. Warnock - 6 - Showed that he had been out for a few games but got stronger as game went on. Dunne - 8 - MOM - Again so strong. Collins - 7 - Tested by Lee, took goal well and his distribution was good. This back 4 for Wembley IMO. Young - 7 - Ran at players, but his final ball wasnt always the best..deliveries from set pieces very poor. Downing - 7 - Looked tired, but delivery from set pieces superb Petrov - 6 - Glad to see him get a goal, but he was far too anoymous for most of the game, also looked tired. Milner - 6 - Looked really tired, not at his best. Delph - 7 - Really do like the look of him. Tackles well, has a lot of energy runs at players. Not sure why he went off. This midfield for the final, maybe rest Milner against Burnley? Heskey - 5 - Started brightly, but then slowed and didnt offer anything. Carew - 5 - One shot and header on goal were decent, every thing else appaling, no interest anymore. Delfounso - 6.5 - Didnt have much ball, but still looked more dangerous than Carew and Heskey put together. Should start against Burnley, Gabby to play in final. Made me laugh that ITV were saying we played well...when the majority of Villa fans I would imagine would believe that we played poor.

Surprised to see Delph go off again...Delfounso quality first run..lets hope we see more..

Very poor performance from England today. When will they let the backs run. We have some brilliant runners out there but the game plan is far too restrictive for them. When I used to play I had a coach who just liked the forwards play, I hated playing under him, I went from scoring 20+ tries a season to 3 the following..

Well just seen another team in white scramble to win against lesser opponents following times where the ball was aimlessly pumped up field (England Rugby) Lets just hope we can get the same result.

Surprised at how strong we have gone considering MON said they were knackered after Man Utd game.. Oh well, good to see Warnock back. Come on the boys.

This...although would like A Young to have a rest as well. You pair not want to be in the 6th round draw then?.. That's good enough to beat Crystal Palace if we play well enough. Quite agree...why would this team not get through? The defence is pretty strong even with 2 players coming back to fitness...Clarke looked good against Portsmouth and Palace arent better than them. Midfield where 3 of the 4 played against Man Utd Strikeforce could score goals and compliment each other...

This...although would like A Young to have a rest as well.

At the start of the season 4 points off Utd we would have been delighted, and in a way still am. But cant help thinking that that was 2 points lost today. Utd were there for the kill today, however we sat back and looked like the team with 10 men. Cant believe how negative we were. Utd and Roney showed their class. Can't for the live of me understand that Delph was taken off, he looked very assured. The 451 really helped him and allowed him to shine. After that the only person who wanted the ball was Milner.