ChrisMcQuillan

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Wasn't 100% for definite. Calf Muscle Strain from the last game hadn't quite gone away.

It'd have been fun to play them with Best, Ameobi, Ben Arfa, Gosling, Smith, Perch, Tiote, Nolan, Vuckic, Ireland, Kadar, Campbell, Routledge, Xisco and LuaLua available, but hey. What's a player or two?

Aye it can, cos unless it's a Tesco's extra it'll have shut at 4

Positives: Harper was great Williamson was solid, and Guthrie was better than expected. Jonas had a great first half. Negatives: Ranger was awful. Jose's heart doesn't look in it at the minute, but he's still quality. Coloccini not a CM. Imagine that. Barton's worst performance for us this season. Needs to shut his mouth and do his talking on the pitch.

This.

massive let-down incoming

True that.

Where the hell did 5 minutes come from?

Can't say I thought anything else would happen as soon as I saw the line-up.

Barton looks like a shadow of what he can do. Maybe tired from giving all those interviews.

Barton's been tragic. <3 Enrique.

Very true. Shame we offer nothing up front anymore.

There's a second goal coming here for Villa. Can sense it.

Good change.

Petrov diving.

Good save. Someone please shoot Taylor.

Outpaced and dispossessed by Loven. Walker should retire.

Why can't we put the ball in their box?

Barton has been really poor.

Fucking awesome save, Harper.

Saylor back out. Yay. [/sarcasm]

Not against Ranger and Lovenkrands it isn't.

This.