Memory Lane

[Legion]

One year ago:

[Meanwood Villa]

Brilliant

[Damo70]

I think Albion went into those two games too over confident. It is hard to change that mindset when things don't work out as well as you expected.

[AV82EC]

I think Albion went into those two games too over confident. It is hard to change that mindset when things don't work out as well as you expected.

They thought we were still the team they cruised past 2-0 back in February when in fact we were an improved version of the team they were lucky to draw against in December. That and their Manager did a good Pulis/Mourinho park the bus impression in both legs.

[Dave P]

I think Albion went into those two games too over confident. It is hard to change that mindset when things don't work out as well as you expected.

They thought we were still the team they cruised past 2-0 back in February when in fact we were an improved version of the team they were lucky to draw against in December. That and their Manager did a good Pulis/Mourinho park the bus impression in both legs.

Their manager being the bluenose PE teacher.

[Lastfootstamper]

The second leg game brought about, on this very site, my favourite all-time description of an assist for a goal, the "towel-assisted line-out".
12 months. Time flies when you're stuck in the house.

[dave.woodhall]

As someone on here also said, they were playing for time with 165 minutes to go.

[Damo70]

As someone on here also said, they were playing for time with 165 minutes to go.

I was wary of them as I thought they were a pretty decent team. But on the big occasion at their place I thought they bottled it.

[DB]

I got nervous watching that.

[AV82EC]

The other thing I’d forgotten about this game was Johnny Kodjias dab as Brunt wandered off the pitch after getting sent off. Very funny.

[Dave P]

The other thing I’d forgotten about this game was Johnny Kodjias dab as Brunt wandered off the pitch after getting sent off. Very funny.

It was tremendous off-you-popping

[LeeB]

Rather than being over confident, I thought they were shit scared of us.

Which I found odd given the strength of their line up, but you have to consider generations of inferiority complexes in the face of any decent Villa side.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

Probably a poor comparison but I felt the same as the Liverpool semi-final.....we were just going to win it. Never in doubt! :-/

[exigo]

Went to first leg. I was in Sierra Leone for the second, praying that the wifi held up just enough to let me watch a moody stream on my phone. Steadily through the game it settled from one frame a minute, up to a reasonably watchable stream.

Until this moment. Which nearly bloody killed me.

[SoccerHQ]

My gut feeling is they'd have won if Gayle had been around for the second leg. His fault of course but always seems to score v us.

We didn't really play that well. Had plenty of possession but created little in normal time and in extra time against 10 men. They had a good spell at start of second half when we were really careless playing out from the back.

Was also good they ran out of penalty takers at the end although Steer still had to save the ones he faced and he did that brilliantly.

Sometimes you have to grind out games in long seasons and that night was certainly one of those. Was even better 24 hours later when Derby did a job on Leeds and that confirmed to me we were going up.