Irishvillianinlondon

No option for McShane ? :-)

Ha ha, any time I see him in the Irish lineup I resign myself to the fact its 12 men against 10. Nice that tonight it worked in my favour!

Interesting half - we were very lucky not to concede and I'm glad we didn't. Cuellar and Dunne got a massive let-off there. We need to slow it down and retain possession here - we're well placed to go into the 2nd half but we need a 2nd goal to kill them off. Collins, Gabby and Downing are all standing out for me so far.

Downing??? This is tonight's game you are talking about ye?

I think it's the right line up.

Why so?

To be honest I am surprised at this line up.

I was sure that this time O'Neill was going to make changes after Sundays game.

Dunne, Warnock and Petrov looked really really tired and Downing was really woeful so was expecting at least one of these not to play.

^ Adventures mate, best place for Villa fans pre match for a sing-song...

Thanks for that Wedge, will make sure to check it out.

Can anyone suggest any pubs a first time visitor to Villa Park should go to the sample the pre and post match atmosphere?