FA Cup semi-final - vs Liverpool Sunday 3pm

[silhillvilla]

Semi final at Wembley will be tough against whoever.
It comes down to individual platters, their mentality and ability to show talent on a big pressure occasion.

[ozzjim]

I would bloody love it to be Bradford at Wembley, to erase one of the most painful Lambert memories

[ozzjim]

That final week of the season won't be for the faint hearted.

I doubt we'll improve that much that we'll be 6 points clear of the bottom three with two games to play.

That may well be a 4 points to survive week.

They are going to be massive games. Imagine a cup final in there too. Pressure would be huge.

[PeterWithesShin]

Or as we're already 3 points clear maybe we'll safe before then with a few more wins.

[Toronto Villa]

I think if we can take this momentum and confidence forward into the next few games and grab a few points to separate ourselves from the bottom 3 then we will hopefully not even have to worry about the last week of the season.

[ozzjim]

Or as we're already 3 points clear maybe we'll safe before then with a few more wins.

Unlikely given the fixture list. I think our biggest problem is not to get ahead of ourselves, the trip to Sunderland and the home game with Swansea will both be bloody hard. Players having eyes on a cup semi final would be disasterous, so we need to keep our feet firmly on the ground.

Even 6 clear, with our goal difference that last week will require a result.

[Toronto Villa]

We definitely have to keep it tight at the back too between now and the end of the season. Our GD is terrible but if we can get some results, not concede many in the process the other sides around us will see their GD worsen thus hopefully neutralizing our deficit.

[Hillbilly]

Seeing as we are now public enemy number one, I'd like Liverpool in the final so we can be the bullies who pods on Stevie G's chips.

[olaftab]

This might seem odd, but I don't care, as Man United, and Arsenal, and Liverpool, aren't that great, and Villa being what we are we'd have as much chance of f****** up against Bradford or Reading or Blackburn as we'd have of beating one of the bigger teams.

Moreover, I don't want us to get to the final and then perform as we did against Chelsea the last time we got to the FA Cup Final.  I want us to win it.  And our best chance of winning it, in my view, would be to beat one of the "top" teams in the semis, and then whoever else we play in the final.

My thoughts exactly, agree 100% with this.

Yes I will go with this.

[Tom_Mc9?]

The easiest possible.

[pooligan]

Whoever we get,i just hope that fat bastard Dowd is not the referee

[Broughty-Villian]

Blackburn

[frank black]

Oh no! You will never guess who's doing the draw for the semi.

It's O'leary.......

[Broughty-Villian]

FFS why!!!!!!!! He's no where near a media darling.

[supertom]

Bradford hopefully.

I think it would be nice too if Liverpool do go through, that they meet the winner of Utd/Arsenal, that way we're guaranteed not to have a final comprised of usual suspects. It'd be nice for an underdog (hopefully us) to be in the final.