The play offs.

[Bad English]

Hotel booked and a decent line on a ticket for Charlie if needs be. Bless him, he is only seven so doesn't have too extravagant a bucket list.

Outside of visiting Florida and New York, we could do most in one weekend.

He wants to go to London. On a big train. That goes really fast. We wants to go to Wembley, see the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, the London Eye and Big Ben. And definitely go on a train that goes underground. And if he could have a night in a hotel (but not with his Mom or brother there) then that will cap it off.

He can fuck off with the Harry Potter Studios though. Robbing bastards.

You'd better hope he doesn't get drawn to visiting Roman Baths or the grand cathedrals of England. 'suggested' donation of £8 or you can't come in (Winchester cathedral). Thievery!

[WarszaVillan]

Hotel booked and a decent line on a ticket for Charlie if needs be. Bless him, he is only seven so doesn't have too extravagant a bucket list.

Outside of visiting Florida and New York, we could do most in one weekend.

He wants to go to London. On a big train. That goes really fast. We wants to go to Wembley, see the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, the London Eye and Big Ben. And definitely go on a train that goes underground. And if he could have a night in a hotel (but not with his Mom or brother there) then that will cap it off.

He can fuck off with the Harry Potter Studios though. Robbing bastards.

You'd better hope he doesn't get drawn to visiting Roman Baths or the grand cathedrals of England. 'suggested' donation of £8 or you can't come in (Winchester cathedral). Thievery!

I read the original post as  hotel booked and a decent line of charlie. I admired your honesty

[andyh]

Footysklilz - you are wonderful !

[Axl Rose]

Footysklilz - you are wonderful !

Isn't he just! Absolutely brilliant fact finding there.

[clash city rocker]

Whatever else may influence the play off results you can guarantee one thing....we will be far and away the best supported of all the teams in the play off''s.

[Des Little]

None of the others will fancy playing us. And rightly so!

[Rudy Can't Fail]

If Cardiff win on Tuesday then I would rest a lot more of our players against Derby and Millwall and prepare for the playoffs.

The wheels are already off at Derby so I expect Cardiff to take full advantage. We should do the same next weekend where I don't expect we'll need to break sweat to beat them comfortably. Millwall should still be in the mix when we play them so a strong defensive exercise could be useful training before Boro away in the first leg.

[Steve67]

Millwall away at Boro next week.  They will be desperate to beat us after being beaten by the Boro.  Will add some spice and we could stop THEM from being in the play offs. 

[Rudy65]

If Cardiff win on Tuesday then I would rest a lot more of our players against Derby and Millwall and prepare for the playoffs.

We've earned a 10 point lead over 5th place and guaranteed the second leg at home. Lets use that to our advantage and rest as many as possible.

He rested a few yesterday and I think will do so for the last two

[Matt Collins]

Yep - may as well give jack, Jedinak, Elmo, hourihane, Grabban a bit of a rest

Would also mean the likes of Hutton, taylor, Bjarnason, lansbury, Onomah, hogan or Kodjia can build some form

Thinking about the seemingly inevitable game against boro - the first goal in that tie is going to be crucial. Our record of defending / chasing first goals is so stark. And boro are set up to be the same

We need a plan for Traore and a plan for set pieces. If we can do that I’d fancy us to win

[Drummond]

Final also worries me...Brentford or Fulham on a wide pitch like Wembley concerns as all season we've not been great at teams which press us in midfield and can move the ball around us quickly.

The pitch dimensions are identical to Villa Park, as is required by UEFA for a Category 4 stadium. 115yds x 75yds (I always think football pitches should be measured in yards).

[Drummond]

Final also worries me...Brentford or Fulham on a wide pitch like Wembley concerns as all season we've not been great at teams which press us in midfield and can move the ball around us quickly.

The pitch dimensions are identical to Villa Park, as is required by UEFA for a Category 4 stadium. 115yds x 75yds (I always think football pitches should be measured in yards).

And having checked:

Riverside:          115 x 75
Craven Cottage: 110 x 75
Griffin Park:        110 x 73
Pride Park:         115 x 75
The New Den:    116 x 75

So I guess the argument would be that Fulham and Brentford are better on smaller pitches with less space. Which should play to our advantage should they be lucky enough to play us in the final.

[footyskillz]

Footysklilz - you are wonderful !

Isn't he just! Absolutely brilliant fact finding there.

It comes with being a villa follower. We are all wonder boys! And girls.

[sirlordbaltimore]

Without going back through all the thread has anyone mentioned there are no direct trains from Brum to Euston on play off final day yet ?

[BlackCountryVilla]

Is that definite? I heard a rumour there were some train issues that day but I can't find anything concrete about it!