SHA v Aston Villa LCQF Post-Match Thread

[ozzjim]

There will be a lot of doom and gloom on here tonight, and I am gutted to lose to them, but lets put some persepctive on it. We have had to play the same back 4 for the last 6 weeks due to injuries, maybe it might get changed when Cuellar is fully fit. Hogg is growing as a player, Clark is playing out of position in midfield, Gabby has been fit for about 3 games this season, we are missing all of our centre mids and arguably our most effective creator this season, and we have gone there, been the better team by a distance and been undone by our most experienced men. We need 2 centre backs and a keeper of quality, and a top centre mid. I think Houllier likes the 4-5-1 and Gabby does it well. Give it time, I think we are on a better path than the boring motorway we were on, and the end will be much more rewarding. Time now. Just time.

[stevenjos]

called it, we're in trouble.

[richard moore]

We were comfortably the better side. Really good performance. Dominated chances and possession.

Mistakes cost us.

Dunne and Collins for the first, Dunne for Jerome's miss, poor defending for their should have been second and Dunne and Warnock for the winner.

If Cuellar was fully fit and played, and we'd have kept Bannan on, I'm certain we'd have won it.

But fuck it, they were due one, and lets hope to christ they get Arsenal in the semi finals now.

Arsenal in the final will be much more enjoyable, watching them get passed to shreds!

[villa1]

And Downing's a proper fucking pansy.

[Gazza1982]

Blose will draw Arsenal and get stuffed 6-1, they did not desrve to win tonight, only one team in it second half, their goal was lucky too, more of a scuff, could have gone anywhere.
A lousy day at work and now this.....................
Give 'em their moment in the sun, we all know it won't last.

[hawkeye]

ok the defence is shit but how are we going to score goals

[phantom limb]

Disappointing but I thought we played well for the most part. Cack defending when we needed it let us down again, but I was very impressed with Hogg and Bannan especially in the second half. The problem is with playing Blues is that if they somehow go ahead in a game they're quite happy to sit in their own penalty area and soak up the pressure, it's very difficult to break through.

Oh well, let them have their fun and I hope Arsenal muller them in the next round.

[Brazilian Villain]

Sick, not just at the loss but the though they might win a trophy, but grateful again that I don't know any Blues fans.

[myf]

A golden opportunity to win a trophy blown - I bet they get Ipswich in the semi.

Surprisingly, i'm not overly bothered.  We couldn't go on beating them forever and with all our injuries and being away from home it was all stacked in their favour.

Three defeats on the bounce now and can't see us doing anything on Monday.  Cue the calls for Houllier's head.

[The Situation]

They've just gone through to the semi-finals and all their chavvy, inbred morons care about is running on the pitch and taunting the Villa fans? Why doesn't that surprise me. They're scumbags. I don't care if I sound snobby - I'd rather be snobby than a lowlife loser.

We were the better side, dominated most of the match... bad defending letting them break like that on the 2nd goal. We're playing and not getting results - that's what's pissing me off.

[carlos the third]

A victory for anti football. Blues are so boring to watch it is untrue. Absolutely massacred them yet defensive errors let us down - again.

[gti2win]

I thought bannan was wasted out on the wing, missed his creativity in midfield. Once again missing a cutting edge, we need to spend serious money on a proven striker, and defence well how far has that fallen from last season

[KevinGage]

Fully expected it.

So why does it bother me so much?

We served it up on a plate to them tonight. They offered very little going forward but what little they offered we couldn't cope with.

Only problem for them is they won't play another side as weak as us defensively in the rest of the tournament.

[Mac]

So another day and once again we we played good football but lost.  The defence is letting us down.  Waat Cuellar needs to do to get a game is beyond me.

[j66acd]

Of course, nobody went on the pitch after the Villa vs Blackburn semi...

That wasn't to goad the opposition fans though, we were just celebrating getting to the carling cup final. The stupid knuckledragging scum have just won theirs the bunch of twats.