League Cup Semi Final - Bradford City

[Nev]

Symptomatic of the modern game, victory is not reward enough, you have to take the piss. Savage probably loves it.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Yeah, agreed. Having us in a final would just give the club, players and fans a huge lift, to possibly win it would inject a new found sense of optimism.

Just like Small Heath did?

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

You can't get two seats together anywhere in the Holte anymore. Rather than seeing this as a distraction from the Premier League, I think we should use this as an opportunity. Turning around the 3-1 score and a fantastic, fun, loud night at Villa Park could give our youngsters a new found confidence to take into the league.

Those of you who claim to not care about the cup, I've never seen Villa lift a trophy in my lifetime of following them with a passion. While some of you have the European Cup, countless League cups, division titles, and maybe even an FA Cup if you're old enough, I have nothing. My 'great villa memories' are being in the Holte when Blues got relegated, seeing us win the Peace Cup, and the few seasons we were almost better than Everton. Do you know how depressing that is?

Don't you dare try and take my excitement away from this, it's all I have as younger Villa fan, and being at Wembley to watch Man United lift it 3 years ago almost broke my heart. Lets turn them over and win our cup again, for the thousands of kids my age who don't know what it's like.

Chipsticks I salute you. Now here is a young lad who has stayed away from the easy opition like so many to become a glory hunter he is desperate to see the Villa win a trophy.

I have a son a couple of years younger than Chips and it broke my heart when he started to cry like a baby as Man U walked up those step to collect the Cup.

Nobody wants us to be relegated but we have an opportunity to get our dignity back after the battering we have taken these last few weeks.

Lets roar the lads to victory after all the prize could very well be a winnable game against Swansea.

Anybody under 24 will have little or no memory of a Villa captain climbing the step of Wembley.

I'm lucky enough to have seen it all bar the FA Cup and there aint nothing better.

This generation needs a trophy win lets not kill there enthusiasm when the club/team will need it most

Well said , and well done chipsticks, you are flying the flag for our future - well done son.

Well said Chipsticks, height of glory in my years was reaching the League Cup final. Lets go one better and bloody well enjoy it

Well said. Remember the fans on the pitch after we beat Blackburn in the semis ? You wouldn't have seen celebrations like that for finishing 4th in the league.   

[amfy]

Yeah, agreed. Having us in a final would just give the club, players and fans a huge lift, to possibly win it would inject a new found sense of optimism.

Just like Small Heath did?

We're not Small Heath.
Also 2 things happening together don't necessarily show causative effect. Small Heath may well have gone down anyway, there's not a shred of evidence that going out of the League Cup would have saved them. Nor is there any that it would make any difference to our survival chances either. At least they went with something to cheer about, and I'd take that too.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Yeah, agreed. Having us in a final would just give the club, players and fans a huge lift, to possibly win it would inject a new found sense of optimism.

Just like Small Heath did?

We're not Small Heath.
Also 2 things happening together don't necessarily show causative effect. Small Heath may well have gone down anyway, there's not a shred of evidence that going out of the League Cup would have saved them. Nor is there any that it would make any difference to our survival chances either. At least they went with something to cheer about, and I'd take that too.

Personally I would find a League Cup win a hollow victory  if we subsequently get relegated - as I don`t subscribe to us returning immediately - in fact I really fear for the club`s future if we go down. I suppose the irony of it all was our celebrations at the relegations of Small Heath and Newcastle. I guess what comes around goes around.

[McGraths Dry Cleaning]

You can't get two seats together anywhere in the Holte anymore. Rather than seeing this as a distraction from the Premier League, I think we should use this as an opportunity. Turning around the 3-1 score and a fantastic, fun, loud night at Villa Park could give our youngsters a new found confidence to take into the league.

Those of you who claim to not care about the cup, I've never seen Villa lift a trophy in my lifetime of following them with a passion. While some of you have the European Cup, countless League cups, division titles, and maybe even an FA Cup if you're old enough, I have nothing. My 'great villa memories' are being in the Holte when Blues got relegated, seeing us win the Peace Cup, and the few seasons we were almost better than Everton. Do you know how depressing that is?

Don't you dare try and take my excitement away from this, it's all I have as younger Villa fan, and being at Wembley to watch Man United lift it 3 years ago almost broke my heart. Lets turn them over and win our cup again, for the thousands of kids my age who don't know what it's like.

Great post - you should do the team talk 

[Legion]

Post of the Month so far, Chipsticks.

[Mortimer's Bear]

Amen to that.

[pauliewalnuts]

Quite surprised.

Bought our tickets on Wednesday, looked at the ticket selector, and there were vast swathes of tickets available all over the ground. Read an article on the OS just now, saying we'd sold 13k since Monday, looked again, and there are hardly any left.

Crucial match, this, not just for the obvious Wembley trip, but also because it's a chance to lift spirits - and fuck me, do our spirits need lifting.

[eamonn]

If we won the Milk Cup I'm pretty sure we wouldn't get relegated. Only dipshits like Blose manage to do that.

[eastie]

You can't get two seats together anywhere in the Holte anymore. Rather than seeing this as a distraction from the Premier League, I think we should use this as an opportunity. Turning around the 3-1 score and a fantastic, fun, loud night at Villa Park could give our youngsters a new found confidence to take into the league.

Those of you who claim to not care about the cup, I've never seen Villa lift a trophy in my lifetime of following them with a passion. While some of you have the European Cup, countless League cups, division titles, and maybe even an FA Cup if you're old enough, I have nothing. My 'great villa memories' are being in the Holte when Blues got relegated, seeing us win the Peace Cup, and the few seasons we were almost better than Everton. Do you know how depressing that is?

Don't you dare try and take my excitement away from this, it's all I have as younger Villa fan, and being at Wembley to watch Man United lift it 3 years ago almost broke my heart. Lets turn them over and win our cup again, for the thousands of kids my age who don't know what it's like.

Ha, young , vibrant , eager, hopeful, do you happen to play left back by any chance chipsticks?

[JUAN PABLO]

Parkinson turned down the Blackpool job last night, was hoping he'd fcuk off before the second leg.

f**k  he aint Mourinho .   Its our fault where we are , RL and PL . We should be beating Bradford If they borrowed Fergie for the match.

[eastie]

Quite surprised.

Bought our tickets on Wednesday, looked at the ticket selector, and there were vast swathes of tickets available all over the ground. Read an article on the OS just now, saying we'd sold 13k since Monday, looked again, and there are hardly any left.

Crucial match, this, not just for the obvious Wembley trip, but also because it's a chance to lift spirits - and fuck me, do our spirits need lifting.

Yes , the prospect of a Wembley final against Swansea should produce a huge lift throughout the whole club.

[PaulMcGrathsNo5Shirt]

Let's say we beat Bradford well enough to go through and then hopefully beat Swansea in the final. It would amazing to actually think that despite the shit of the last 2 or 3 seasons we could actually win a trophy. It could be exactly what these young kids need to inspire them into seeing the season through to survival.
My only hope is, should we win the game against Bradford and then go on to win the cup that it really doesn't paper over the cracks of what has been a dreadful couple of seasons in B6. It would also mean Lerner should invest PROPERLY in the team and he gets a proper football man on the board - Graham Taylor would be perfect.

[Chipsticks]

You can't get two seats together anywhere in the Holte anymore. Rather than seeing this as a distraction from the Premier League, I think we should use this as an opportunity. Turning around the 3-1 score and a fantastic, fun, loud night at Villa Park could give our youngsters a new found confidence to take into the league.

Those of you who claim to not care about the cup, I've never seen Villa lift a trophy in my lifetime of following them with a passion. While some of you have the European Cup, countless League cups, division titles, and maybe even an FA Cup if you're old enough, I have nothing. My 'great villa memories' are being in the Holte when Blues got relegated, seeing us win the Peace Cup, and the few seasons we were almost better than Everton. Do you know how depressing that is?

Don't you dare try and take my excitement away from this, it's all I have as younger Villa fan, and being at Wembley to watch Man United lift it 3 years ago almost broke my heart. Lets turn them over and win our cup again, for the thousands of kids my age who don't know what it's like.

Ha, young , vibrant , eager, hopeful, do you happen to play left back by any chance chipsticks?

With an endorsement like that I can't believe Faulkner hasn't offered me the manager's job yet! Funnily enough I did play Full-back for three years at Sunday League level...