FA Youth Cup Semi-Final

[UsualSuspect]

Freezing cold and I thought the game was terrible!

Only player to show any ability or passion was our captain Daniel Johnson who looks like he could be useful, at least he was trying to do something positive, the rest, purely on one viewing, were pretty mediocre! I am afraid we could still be playing that game at Christmas and still not score, it was that desperate!

I listenening to most of the 2nd half on WM and that was their assessment.

Nice tippy tappy stuff with no cutting edge and it looked like Sheff Utd were playing within themselves

[TimTheVillain]

Was Gary Gardner any good ??

[Mazrim]

Wasn't playing.

[UsualSuspect]

Wm reckoned that after 15 mins Sheff united had sussed that all of Villa's play came through Johnson so the snuffed him out and we ran out of ideas.

[achilles]

Can't see either of these two teams winning the cup but certainly on that showing I would think that Sheffield must be firm favourites to get to the final.

[fredm]

Only player to show any ability or passion was our captain Daniel Johnson who looks like he could be useful, at least he was trying to do something positive, the rest, purely on one viewing, were pretty mediocre! I am afraid we could still be playing that game at Christmas and still not score, it was that desperate!

Re-iterated what I said when I saw them at Leeds.  Take out Johnson and there wasn't anyone else who really caught the eye.

[VillaZogmariner]

Losing 1-0 at half time in the second leg - 2-0 on aggregate.

[Villa'Zawg]

2-0 now, penalty and Villa goalkeeper sent off.

[mr-villa]

2-0 to Sheff Utd - Penalty

Game Over

[Exeter 77]

Game ended 2-0 - Carruthers missed apenalty for Villa near the end.

[JUAN PABLO]

Game ended 2-0 - Carruthers missed apenalty for Villa near the end.

fook is he back , how old is he now?

[El Hurricane]

38 if your thinking of the same one who played a few first team games for us in the nineties.

[Percy McCarthy]

Unlucky lads, another good showing in the competition.

[darren woolley]

I thought this was our year.

[fredm]

Never really in this match. Sheff Utd were much the smarter, quicker team all over the park.  They passed the ball better than us, moved around much better and generally bossed us.  In fact I do not think we had a shot on target all evening, typified when Carruthers got the penalty in injury time and decided to hit it with his instep leaning back at the same time, resulting in missing the crossbar by a good couple of yards.

Daniel Johnson didn't really get into the game, although they kept a tight watch on him.  Carruthers did some good work but much of the Villa play was too much one man stuff with a long ball up to two small front men who the No.5 of Sheffield had in his back pocket.

Derrick Williams looked ok at the back and Jordan Graham showed real potential when he came on, although when he hit a 40 yard pass from the left out to the right and expected the Villa player to be Usain Bolt to reach it as shown by his gesticulations was a bit OTT in my opinion.

Saw the Doncaster Rovers manager (forget his name) before the match, presumably looking to see if any of them were worth loan deals next year.  With the exception of the ones I have mentioned, and doubtful about those, I don't think he would have been too impressed by what he saw in Claret and Blue.