The play offs.

[cheltenhamlion]

wants to go to Wembley, see the Tower of London, Tower Bridge, the London Eye and Big Ben.

Big Ben is wrapped from top to bottom in scaffolding at the moment

Oh well, he has a giant bell with a big clock for a Dad anyway.

[cheltenhamlion]

Take him to Harry Potter. He'll love you for life and even a miserable bstd like me had to confess it was worth it. Plus if we lose it'll be his abiding memory rather than the lifelong psychological trauma of watching Villa fail to turn up at Wembley.

It might diminish the £2m we need to invest in Florida.

[cheltenhamlion]

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.

He could do most of that if I sent him to work instead of me for a day. If he's good at hiding the job's his.

Also, people are often crying out for 'Charlie' at my place!

"I need charlie"

Shrugs. "What do you want from the kitchen NOW?"

[Damo70]

A Downing header. Even worse.

Now you’re being daft. He hasn’t got the balls to head the ball

I think I saw a ball hit him on the head once as he was jumping out of a challenge. A casual observer could have mistaken it for a header.

[ozzjim]

He attempted a header when it was harder to miss than score in one game. I say attempted, it hit his head and went out of play. He then went down injured.

[mr underhill]

cooont of the highest order

[villa `cross the mersey]

Do we conspire to lose to Derby to help them gain a play off spot over Millwall or Boro?
I really don't fancy our chance against Millwall - why I don't know

[Exeter 77]

I wouldn't be keen on playing Millwall three times in a week.

[villa `cross the mersey]

I wouldn't be keen on playing Millwall three times in a week.

Not a nice thought - likewise I wouldn't relish the thought of meeting up with 20k Millwall fans at Wembley either, even if we had 40k of our own support

[Rudy Can't Fail]

We'll have too much for Millwall.

Quite a few teams today deciding they don't want to be in the Play-offs.

[shipscat]

I think we're in for a difficult play-off scenario.

I think it'll be Fulham vs Brentford and us Vs Boro.

All the teams I'm semi certain we'd beat,both over two legs and in the final, seem to be slipping away and if the other playoff lends itself to Fulham/Brentford it'll be against teams I think we struggle with.

But I wouldn't bet against us!

[andyh]

Any lingering hopes of us getting second are surely over as Fulham at home to Sunderland (r) nex5 Friday.
I can see Cardiff losing today against forest and then they play derby on Tuesday, Derby should be desperate to get back into the play off positions.

For me, 3rd still feels very possible.

[VinnieChase84]

Boro trip for a 5.15pm kick off it’s seeming like

[Lastfootstamper]

As we've seen with the stripeyfilth's last couple, don't automatically write off an already doomed side.

The fat lady's gargling in the green room, but she's not on stage quite yet.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Assuming we get Boro and defeat them over two legs we could face Brentford,Millwall or Fulham at Wembley - that's also assuming Cardiff get second place  -
I don't know whether to get excited or start fretting !!!
It's the Villa we are taking about here !
VCTM Jnr reminded this week that he has seen us lose to Chelsea,Manure,and The Arse at Wembley - with the solitary sweet win against Liverpool
Surely we shouldn't be worried about Millwall,Fulham,Brentford or Cardiff?