Cheer me up

[Legion]

We're the second best team in this year's FA Cup competition out of all the teams who entered.

[ChicagoLion]

Thank god that's over with.

[Chris Jameson]

The semi final was still one of my favourite days as a Villa fan.

[joe_c]

If you can bear to watch the third goal again, the commentary on this is quite funny.

http://youtu.be/SQrYVXLxL2k

[AV82EC]

If you can bear to watch the third goal again, the commentary on this is quite funny.

http://youtu.be/SQrYVXLxL2k

Ha ha did I hear that right??!!

[ciggiesnbeer]

Upon sober consideration. I think we have been too hard on ourselves and the team. Teams get thrashed in cups all the time, world class teams get thrashed (Barcelona, Brazil) and can come back stronger. Arsenal themselves have been on the wrong end of a league thrashing in recent years (8-2) as well.

I think it was so galling for me because we have had zero chance of winning anything for years, so to get so close felt doubly rough. But it wasn't so long ago Arsenal were being roundly mocked for not winning anything either, so things can change.

So anyway, onwards. We got a thrashing and looked terrible, it happens to richer clubs than us, we should learn what we can (not much) and look forward to next season. The money odds are stacked against us, but thats true for at least half of the league. We stayed up and played some truly great stuff in patches. Maybe we can play that great stuff a bit more often next season

There, that cheer you up?

[Godfrey Brian]

Inevitably I encountered a bluenose as I went into work and was greeted with a mocking laugh and a rhetorical "That was worth it wasn't it"?  I'd no preparerd response but heard myself telling him of the new friends I'd made, the laughs we'd had, the chats we'd had with Arsenal fans , the fact I'd sung Abide with me and been respectable,and the feeling of pride most of the day that my team were part of it all. And that yes it was worth it every minute.

I don'the think he really understood but it at least led to a reasonable conversation.

Interestingly a Stoke supporterwho I don't know too well mailed me to say that years on from their loss it's being  part of it all that's memorable not the  game or result.

[cheltenhamlion]

Receive new claim earlier. Bag lost on the tube our claims handler doesn't like. Arsenal fan. After the cup final. Lost because he was on the phone to his mate when he got off. Within seconds of the final whistle.

It couldn't be? Could it?

And if not, I am not paying the claim on the general principal that he is a ******.

[Brazilian Villain]

Mayo last won the All-Ireland football championship in 1951. Since 1989 they have reached the All-Ireland final 7 times and lost every one of them.

[cdbearsfan]

Bump.

Pissed off again. Need some happy thoughts...

[Witton Warrior]

Bump.

Pissed off again. Need some happy thoughts...

It's Friday mate - you can drink it all away for a few hours and then start again tomorrow

[cdbearsfan]

Sounds like a plan!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

It's only 24 minutes until kick off.