mikeyp102

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.

Thought we were very poor yesterday, well apart from the defence who were all awesome. Midfield were anoymous, didnt even realise Petrov was playing.. Carew...well he was just shocking didnt run, couldnt pass, couldnt head not interested...cant see him being here in the summer..

Have only seen the goals on Sky Sports so cant vote on MOTM. Anyone know why Hangleland was moaning about Gabby's second? Seemed to me he just got turned too easily.....was there meant to be a foul?

Shearer also backed us, "I saw Ashley Young, MIlner, Downing, Petrov and Agbonlahor, any team with those dont need to play long ball, and Villa certainly didnt today. They play quick counter attacking football which really scares teams."

Friedel - 7 - Not over worked but what he had to do did well enough. Cueller - 6 - Still looks uncomfortable at RB but did ok, distribution lacked at times. L Young - 6.5 - Not as effective as at right back but did a good enough job and made some vital interceptions. Collins - 7.5 - Strong, love his distribution (majority of time) Dunne - 8 - Goes above Collins just because of that run! Maybe should have hit the target from a couple of corners. Downing - 6 - His worst performance for us. Went past his man a few times and his switch of plays are always good, tired early though and shouldve been replaced by Delph. A Young - 9.5 - Thats the Ashley Young we love... Clichy supposedly one of the best left backs in Europe was destroyed... Thats what we want from him on the right wing...go outside someone and cross..no need to constantly cut back. Petrov - 8.5 - - His best performance this season, pressed forward more and had more of an impact on the game. Milner - 7.5 - Not as influential as usual, but always wanted the ball and worked his nuts off. Tracked Cesc all over the pitch and stopped him playing. Heskey - 8 - His best game of the season, linked up play brilliantly and scared Arsenal when he ran at them, shame he didnt really like scoring. Gabby - 8 - Keeps getting stronger, couldnt be knocked of the ball and chased well. Besides his opening shot, never looked like scoring. Delph - 6.5 - Did well enough when we changed formation, not on long enough to make a big impression. Ref was awful, how clichy stayed on the pitch when he was constantly fouling Young I'll never know. Crowd - Holte were quite first half, songs seemed to end prematurely. Second half lifted more and on good voice. First time all season I have heard songs started by a group in the lower north..fair play lads.

I bet Sidwell was fuming with the Fonz afterwards, just about to score and fonz blocked it.....

Marshall Beye, Collins, Clark, L.Young Albrighton, Sidwell, NRC (if fit), Delph, A Young Delfounso Yes I know we are the home team and against a lower league team so 451 seems negative...however I think all 3 centre midfielders need games more than carew (comes on as sub pretty often). I know sidders does come on, but as centre mid you need a run of games to get upto the pace more than a striker... Was unsure over downing/young but downing did have a bad injury so may need a rest (wouldve put bannon there and rested both but obv cant do that as on loan...swings and roundabouts..) Marshall...well when else is he ever to play for us? Dont think MON will make quite so many wholesale changes though

At the moment Milner is no where in Gerrards league. Gerrard is one of the best in the world. I have no doubt Milner has great potential but he has a lot of learning to go before he can be put into the Gerrard league. Gerrard has constantly scored 15+ goals a season and dominated HUGE matches.