Very, very pressed-off

[Chris Smith]

I agree with a the thrust of the article and much of what has been posted since. They were just better than us and we didn't have it in us to find a way to counter that. Plenty to be done for next season but the major achievement is that we are rebuilding for the top division which looked an unlikely proposition in February.

[old man villa fan]

The problem in the final was that we needed to go up a couple of gears from the Liverpool performance to beat Arsenal.  Did the team have those gears in them anyway or was it just that they were mentally drained by the run in and the occasion.

[David_Nab]

Burnley I'd guess

1)He played regulars to try get some form back after the shocker at Southampton
2)He played them as a win was worth a few million quid in league placings

[pauliewalnuts]

I think Arsenal when they are in form would beat pretty much anybody, and on Saturday they had a mixture of being in form, and us being wretched.

Losing to Arsenal is no shame. Failing to put up anything even resembling a fight, though, that's the disappointing bit.

[pbavfckuwait]

They are 3rd and we are 17th and it showed end off.

[MarkM]

They are 3rd and we are 17th and it showed end off.

Not as simple as that though is it.

We didnt turn up, and had less fight in us than a French soldier in 1940

[conman]

yeah arsenal played well and would have beaten anyone
but we played that bad anyone would have beaten us , including chersterfield and bristol rovers
you could excuse the players for taking their foot of the gas for the last 2 league games with the final coming up
but the peformance in the final was even worse than the last 2 league games
i think something happened in the dressing room at during half time or after the west ham home match
and because of that the players decided to make less effort
we seen what player power at bodymoor heath done with roy keane
Tim needs to get the ringleaders out the club before august

[old man villa fan]

yeah arsenal played well and would have beaten anyone
but we played that bad anyone would have beaten us , including chersterfield and bristol rovers
you could excuse the players for taking their foot of the gas for the last 2 league games with the final coming up
but the peformance in the final was even worse than the last 2 league games
i think something happened in the dressing room at during half time or after the west ham home match
and because of that the players decided to make less effort
we seen what player power at bodymoor heath done with roy keane
Tim needs to get the ringleaders out the club before august

Interesting theory.  Do you work for a media organisation.

[conman]

yeah arsenal played well and would have beaten anyone
but we played that bad anyone would have beaten us , including chersterfield and bristol rovers
you could excuse the players for taking their foot of the gas for the last 2 league games with the final coming up
but the peformance in the final was even worse than the last 2 league games
i think something happened in the dressing room at during half time or after the west ham home match
and because of that the players decided to make less effort
we seen what player power at bodymoor heath done with roy keane
Tim needs to get the ringleaders out the club before august

Interesting theory.  Do you work for a media organisation.

yes mate
radio WM