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

[Chris Smith]

The thing with Arsenal is they have lots of players like Grealish. Ok not exactly like him, but have incredible technical ability. We have to get right into Arsenal and really get into them and not let them have the ball. They have such fantastic movement off the ball that they are quite capable of slicing through a team. And they will be massively confident right now as they are on a superb run of form. It will be a very tough game.

Form wasn't that great at the weekend, thought they really laboured through their semi. Of course they have great players but they appear to have a bit of a soft underbelly, take the game to them like we did Liverpool and we can hurt them.

[LeeB]

The thing with Arsenal is they have lots of players like Grealish. Ok not exactly like him, but have incredible technical ability. We have to get right into Arsenal and really get into them and not let them have the ball. They have such fantastic movement off the ball that they are quite capable of slicing through a team. And they will be massively confident right now as they are on a superb run of form. It will be a very tough game.

Form wasn't that great at the weekend, thought they really laboured through their semi. Of course they have great players but they appear to have a bit of a soft underbelly, take the game to them like we did Liverpool and we can hurt them.

Arsenal are brilliant when the pressure is off.

[john e]

Two days on and a little less light headed. What that whole day did for me was to enable me to rid myself if all the pent up anger and pain of the recent past. When the lions began that awesome, terrifying roar at the end, it all came pouring out. Right back to the Stoke 2-2, the MON premeditated strike, Houllier's Liverpool love in, TSM1, TSM2, Chelsea 0-8, Bradford, Millwall, Orient, the (alleged) bullying, the treatment of Marc Albrighton, Collins and Dunne fighting with Sid, the bomb squad - the whole lot came pouring out of me. Minutes later I was being hugged and kissed by total strangers with tears rolling down their faces and my rehabilitation was complete.

Great post Brian

[QBVILLA]

If Arsenal and Villa both repeat their performances from the weekend, we'll win. I barely missed a home game from 1988 til 2010. Gave up my season ticket and apart from a handful of games i've not set foot inside Villa Park since. On Sunday i watched from the pub a Villa side that excited me again. A side that I know will lose games but a side which won't roll over and gets their bellies tickled. That's good enough for me, and my seven year old daughter who sat quietly watching the game alongside me asked me straight after if she could go and watch the Villa. So my exile is ended, tickets purchased this morning for the Everton game in the family area of the Trinity. One returning fan, and one brand new one. Well done boys, the pride was restored on Sunday.

[john e]

The thing with Arsenal is they have lots of players like Grealish. Ok not exactly like him, but have incredible technical ability. We have to get right into Arsenal and really get into them and not let them have the ball. They have such fantastic movement off the ball that they are quite capable of slicing through a team. And they will be massively confident right now as they are on a superb run of form. It will be a very tough game.

Form wasn't that great at the weekend, thought they really laboured through their semi. Of course they have great players but they appear to have a bit of a soft underbelly, take the game to them like we did Liverpool and we can hurt them.

Arsenal are brilliant when the pressure is off.

I love the way Arsenal have played football over the years

But they are the biggest big game bottlers in the world, and they know it

[Monty]

The thing with Arsenal is they have lots of players like Grealish. Ok not exactly like him, but have incredible technical ability. We have to get right into Arsenal and really get into them and not let them have the ball. They have such fantastic movement off the ball that they are quite capable of slicing through a team. And they will be massively confident right now as they are on a superb run of form. It will be a very tough game.

Form wasn't that great at the weekend, thought they really laboured through their semi. Of course they have great players but they appear to have a bit of a soft underbelly, take the game to them like we did Liverpool and we can hurt them.

Arsenal are brilliant when the pressure is off.

Like against Man City?

They clearly played pretty badly on Saturday but they've generally been a hell of a lot better this season, and Alexis is terrifying at his best. It'll take a performance of the same level as Sunday's to beat them, and a bit more luck.

[pauliewalnuts]

Arsenal were underwhelming on Saturday because they never really approached anything like their top gear.

Is that nine wins on the bounce for them now? They're clearly a very good side in very good form, but they've got to lose sometime.

[john e]

I was thinking about the effect some of the current team could have on the younger fans,

I have two sons one is 26 the other just 7, they probably get sick and tired of me banging on about Andy Gray, Withe, Shaw, Cowans etc, and how great they all were

In 40 years time will they be telling there kids about Benteke, Delph and Grealish
Villa fans have got a few heroes again, let's hope it continues

[Kingthing]

If Arsenal and Villa both repeat their performances from the weekend, we'll win. I barely missed a home game from 1988 til 2010. Gave up my season ticket and apart from a handful of games i've not set foot inside Villa Park since. On Sunday i watched from the pub a Villa side that excited me again. A side that I know will lose games but a side which won't roll over and gets their bellies tickled. That's good enough for me, and my seven year old daughter who sat quietly watching the game alongside me asked me straight after if she could go and watch the Villa. So my exile is ended, tickets purchased this morning for the Everton game in the family area of the Trinity. One returning fan, and one brand new one. Well done boys, the pride was restored on Sunday.

Has your daughter been to VP before ? have you heard about the "my home debut" deal that the club do, I'm taking my son to his First game against Everton.

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/myhomedebut

[Dr Butler]

what a birthday treat for me on Sunday.....we played the whole game in their half and pressed them high up the pitch when we lost possession, the noise was amazing and I'd be lying if I didn't have a tear in my eye for my dear Dad at the final whistle.

got the train at 09.30am to London and got home at midnight and luckily I had Monday off to recover as I was high on emotion and beer  

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[nodge]

I only had a couple of pints on Sunday during the day (and a couple more at home that evening), but I spent all of yesterday feeling like I do when I've got an awful hangover.

Headache, achey, tired, unfocused, not really fancying much to eat.

It must be an emotional release sort of thing.

Basically it was as if, after four years of watching us and fearing my eye balls were about to start gushing blood, or that my broken spirit was going to rebel and smash my heart into pieces, finally something had gone well, and I was being swamped by endorphins.

Or serotonin, or whatever that "you're happy" brain shit is called.

I was saying that to someone this morning.  I had my first "dry" Wembley day out, did all the photos up Wembley Way etc, yet felt hungover and knackered all day.  I was lying in bed at 8;30 last night.
There is though, a strange contented feeling when you haven't had too much to drink and believe me I've watched many a game with one eye shut.
Still buzzin' today, as Gary Gardner might say.

[cheltenhamlion]

I was in a fearful state when I got back to the hotel on Sunday night. With a giant Liverpool flag that I liberated from one of them in the pub after.

I am going to take it to the final and get people to write birthday greetings to Stevie G on it.

[PaulWinch again]

I didn't drink during the game and I'm quite glad now, but I did have a kind of emotional hangover yesterday. Although hangover might be the wrong word, as I still felt pretty euphoric yesterday.

[cheltenhamlion]

I had 2 pints before the game and two gallons afterwards!

[ADVILLAFAN]

I drank scooners rather than pints before the game, so now they're obviously lucky.

The fan on Match of the Day who was crying his eyes out sits directly in front of us