Aston Villa v Burnley Post-Match Thread

[eastie]

Id go with Ireland ,bannan or literally anybody ahead of sidwell- hope we get man u at home next round as we have more chance of beating them here than in the semi or final.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

Friedel MOTM, good performances from Clark, Cuellar, Reo Coker, Downing and Heskey.

Bannan will never make the grade at Premiership level and Sidwell was beyond terrible.

Can't moan at Beye too much as he isn't a left back.

A laboured performance, but we're through and that's the main thing.

[Chris Smith]

I'm worried about Sunday now. Last night showed why we need Petrov and with Albrighton now out our options aren't great.

[Rip Van We Go Again]

I'm worried about Sunday now. Last night showed why we need Petrov and with Albrighton now out our options aren't great.

I know what you mean.
Sidwell or Ireland to partner Reo Coker is a frightening thought.

I think we should just go for it in a 4-4-2 formation

Friedel

Beye
Collins
Cuellar
Warnock

Young
Ireland/Sidwell
Reo Coker
Downing

Heskey
Carew

[LeeS]

http://www.footytube.com/video/aston-villa-v-burnley-61788

BBC highlights

[badluckeric(gates)]

I know this has probably been said before but here goes.............

FRIEDEL-FRIEDEL-FRIEDEL

[pedro25]

We are very short for Sunday now, looks like we must play 5 in midfield to include Sidwell and Ireland who are both woefully out of form.  If only two of Albrighton, Delph and Petrov were fit/ available. 

[Shrek]

Is a professional foul a 1 match or a 3 match ban?

[Concrete John]

We are very short for Sunday now, looks like we must play 5 in midfield to include Sidwell and Ireland who are both woefully out of form.  If only two of Albrighton, Delph and Petrov were fit/ available.

Right now I'd take one of them!

[VillaAlways]

Is a professional foul a 1 match or a 3 match ban?

He's only out against SHA

[Nastylee]

Frustrating for most parts but the jobs done. I had the pleasure of listening to three teenage lads comparing every players' performance to that they experience on Fifa and Football Manager. One of them then stated it was the year 2053 in his game, which amazed his mates. He replied, "It's addictive, addictive like Ethiopia!" There was a short pause, when it turns out Ethiopia should have been opium. Made me chuckle anyway.

[Breezeblock]

Got there five minutes late after flogging a few fanzines, glanced up at the big screen, and wondered if they had made some sort of mistake. No strikers? At home against a Championship side that had been stuffed at the weekend?
I reckon that might be the smallest average starting line-up ever.

The game itself was absolute bollocks, barely a moment of quality throughout the match, it got better from the 80th minute and through extra-time, but overall it was awful, not going to worry too much though, we can win this thing.

Sidwell was fucking rubbish. NRC wasn't much better. Beye played like he was smoking something exotic, Bannan was fairly poor but gains a bonus for clearing one off the line.

Positives? Friedel was immense, one double save in the second half was top notch, Clark continues to impress, Cuellar did himself no harm given Dunne's pie issues, Downing was excellent (I have to hold my hand up to writing him off after last season), and Heskey did the business again, he's one we all wrote off!

My son sold more fanzines than me.

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That was you selling by the church then? I normally dont come that way nowadays 'cos I catch the Villa Special but i'm sure that used to be Percy's pitch. Has the ginger one gone into retirement?

[Dave Cooper please]

That was you selling by the church then? I normally dont come that way nowadays 'cos I catch the Villa Special but i'm sure that used to be Percy's pitch. Has the ginger one gone into retirement?

Yep.
Percy was over the road. I was only standing in for Mac, I'm just a part-time contractor in the Woodhall empire.

[TheBarneyArmy]

Was very disappointed with the first hour last night, Cuellar and Clark looked solid, I'm lovin the way Clark is bringing the ball out of defence, just need the midfield to make the runs off him. Having said that they played one up front and packed the midfield which we struggled to break down at times. Bannan looks to lightweight, Reo-Coker was playing on his own in midfield, Sidwell as usual did nothing but aimless running about, except for getting on the end of Albrighton's cross which he should have at least forced a save from the keeper. Heskey and Downing made a hugh difference when they came on.

As for Ireland, I can see this being similar to Downing's first season taking time to adjust and get back playing again. He still looks rusty but I'm still backing him to come good for us.

Watched the highlights on the beeb last night and they said at the start Carew was in the starting line up until an hour before kick off when he pulled out through illness, don't want to see us do a Scotland again and play a pathetic 4-6-0 formation every again though.

West Ham at home in the next round please.  Don't want Arsenal, or SHA or oilbyun as they'll just do their usual and kick fcuk out of us.

[Bad English]

Percy said he stood with the 'ultras'. I remember a recent thread introducing them. What do they do then? Have they got red hand-held flares, are they bare-chested with everyone facing the crowd and not watching the game?