THE MAGNIFICENT ASTON VILLA 2-1 LIVERPOOL FA CUP SEMI FINAL POST MATCH THREAD

[cheltenhamlion]

And the last time Falkirk won the Scottish Cup....?

[cdbearsfan]

Only forty more sleeps till the final.

[nodge]

It was also very interesting to read their observations on that thread about the Villa support, namely that it was younger and a lot more ethnically diverse

Yes I read that but there were loads of young replica shirt clad black and asian Liverpool fans about.

I noticed a lot of asian Liverpool fans in the posh bit where we were.

Were you above Block 128 Paulie?  There were a couple of them in there who were giving it the big one to the Villa fans below from the safety of their Club Wembley seats.
Full on w*nker and c*cks*cker signs, whilst their female partners were with them, and were clearly winding up some our supporters.  I was surprised there weren't any stewards there to have a word with them. Considering you are told not to wear colours up there, I'd have thought screaming verbal abuse wouldn't have been tolerated.  I did though have a feeling then that it would be our day and had a big smile to myself at the end and looked up to see if they were there.  Unfortunately they'd obviously left in a hurry but I'm so glad their day was ruined.

Contrast that with the couple we met on the tube on the way in who were very nice and wished us good luck, although not too much.  However their pre match worries about Benteke and Delph proved to be right.

As for the roar, I've been a bit subdued in my vocal support over the last few years, I think the previous two managers drained most of my passion but I let out an almighty "Come Onnnnnn" at that point and surprised myself as I'd had no alcohol due to last minute travel plans changing.  The look on my 11 year old son's face was a picture and I think I went up slightly in his estimations as he was having his best Villa supporting day of his life.  He couldn't believe how much I was joining in with the singing.
I was so happy for him to be in a Villa crowd where everyone was happy and he was being hugged and high five'd by everyone.  Outside, to see people singing, dancing, crying, laughing and hugging was brilliant and I think this will go down as one of the great Villa days out.  Hopefully to be bettered on the 30th May.

[silhillvilla]

A genuinely interesting thread on RAWK here, about their support, mostly yesterday but in general.

http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=154980.5320

"...outsung by a bunch of supporters who had probably averaged a pair of home games all season."

Spoken like a true Norwegian. F**k off. 

I see it was the wind directions fault...

It was the wrong sort of wind.

[LukeJames]

We managed too blag ourselves two tickets in the club Wembley part directly on the half way line were the players come out so was bang inbetween the two sets of fans and the noise from our lot was spine tingling, Maybe its because Liverpool have won a fair bit recently and we haven't but you could just tell that the whole thing meant so much more too us than what it did too them.

Grealish grew of age yesterday, he's shown moments here and there during the season but that was the complete performance from him, the ball just seemed glued too his feet, We have a gem on our hands there! he was head and shoulders the best midfielder on the pitch in a game that included Coutinho and Gerrard (Yep, I know he's an over-rated shit house). Delph was just behind him performance wise while Cleverly and Westwood had great games too.

The most pleasing aspect of the performance though for me, and this goes for the Spurs game too, was that we never looked in any danger of conceeding once we went ahead, there was a calmness about the team that we just don't relate with Villa, In years gone by I'd have been shitting myself as soon as we'd scored the 2nd and waiting for the inevitable but we seemed totally in control of the situation and Sherwood (I thought he was a terrible appointment, happily i was wrong) has too take a huge amount of credit for that.

I've gone from being bored shitless with football too getting the tingles back, its a remarkable turn around, I'm known for being dead inside but I'm not ashamed too say that I had tears in my eyes at the end yesterday, we need too win the damn thing now!

[LeeB]

A genuinely interesting thread on RAWK here, about their support, mostly yesterday but in general.

http://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=154980.5320

"...outsung by a bunch of supporters who had probably averaged a pair of home games all season."

Spoken like a true Norwegian. F**k off. 

I see it was the wind directions fault...

It was the wrong sort of wind.

Our songs are easier to remember. I like that one.

[SashasGrandad]

Liverpool with Gerrard have maneouvred into that tricky area where you've got a player of immense emotional stature at the club, and you know he's leaving soon, so you get big matches like this and the heart starts to battle with the head over whether he should play or not.

He's clearly finished at this level, it was pretty pitiful to watch yesterday.

The one time in the last two seasons I've seen him look anything like the player he was was against Wimbledon in the earlier rounds, which probably tells you everything.

I was pleased he was playing as well as despite the off chance he'll pull out a stunning long range goal his general performance was always going to hinder them. To be fair they acknowledge he's finished on RAWK as well.

Just taken our aging dog for a walk - she is getting very slow so at one point I said to her "Come on you're slower than Gerrard" at which point she stopped and produced another item which best describes his performance yesterday.

[Villa Lew]

So, the last time we played West Brom in a quarter-final was 1957 and the last time we beat Liverpool in a semi-final was 1897.

In 57 we played Albion in the semi. 2-2 1st match beat them 1-0 in replay. Blues and United were in the other semi.

[Villa Lew]

Brilliant, brilliant day, but on the downside we've lost Clark and Baker for the season, leaving only 2 fit CBs. Does anybody know if there is any chance of Senderos being fit to return before the season ends.

Ok I can answer my own post. According to the Villa website Senderos and Cissoko are due to play in tonights Under 21 match. Which is good news.

[villasjf]

Brilliant, brilliant day, but on the downside we've lost Clark and Baker for the season, leaving only 2 fit CBs. Does anybody know if there is any chance of Senderos being fit to return before the season ends.

In the U21 team tonight

[not3bad]

We need a performance just as good from both the team and the fans in the final.  I'm confident of getting 110% from both.

[silhillvilla]

There was one of our breakaways when we were 2-1 up where Nzogbia got totally broadsided off the ball and taken out. Not that it matters now but we were definitely on for a 3rd goal there if he'd not been poll axed.

[class-of-82]

Just finally found the strength to post from a amazing day. Didn't leave hilton Wembley till 10 last night got into bed at 12 then up for work at 5 but our performance on and off the pitch got me through the day.
We played our part off the pitch with our support as the players did ther bit on the pitch with an amazing top drawer performance.
It really was written in the stars tried to get in green man at 11 ish but told was full so went into St Joseph's down the road, went there in 94 and 96  and we won but never went there in 2010.
Then 3rd floor bar of the hilton which was brilliant to and back again after the match
" our names on the cup
Our names on the cup
We're Aston villa
Our names on the cup"

[silhillvilla]

Did anyone try the Roof top bar at The Hilton ?

[JJ-AV]

I've had a day to settle down.

I'm 26, I've been going for 18 years. That's the best day following the Villa for me.

What an absolutely colossal performance. From the supporters right through to the coaching staff. Impeccable.