Special Juan

Quality, top bantz.

Thought he was really good again last night.

I would like to say to everyone fair play for keeping this topic civil and on track, the debate has been great to read. It's such a close to the knuckle subject with every point raised contested and really played out well. Well done lads, this is exactly why the thread was re-opened. Can't fault you lot.

The receipt was lost long ago. Thank goodness.

I've deleted your other thread as it's duplicated. Brogans outside Fulham Broadway for me.

Like I say it's usually the game where Agbonlahor turns into Zlatan and the whole Villa midfield look better than City.

Exactly. Especially the last paragraph. We must kick on here.

If Willian and Oscar don't start showing some more quality I wouldn't be surprised if both aren't shipped out come next summer. Both are good in certain aspects but IMO both of them haven't stepped it up enough to consolidate the #10 role.

He's having a fucking nightmare this lad.

He wouldn't of been a passenger because he would of been assisting. Andre works incredibly hard both on and off the ball but last night he was on a martyr mission just to do things alone, I mean he did the same with FK's. Of course this could of been instructed but after so long and it doesn't work something else should of been changed/tried.

Courtois Azpi Cahill Terry Luis Matic Oscar Willian Fabregas Hazard Costa Tough game this, always is when we face Villa. Lambert will try and shut us out and counter with Agbonlahor using his pace. I have no doubt we will concede and probably first again, but we have to be ruthless and take our chances when we get them. Sneaky 1-0 or maybe 2-1 win, but not easy.

On the other hand he made some good runs but wasn't served the ball by Schurrle.

Well done Frank, another two for the collection.

His jump just before he scored

I thought Schurrle was bordering average in all honesty. It seems he decided that when he crossed the white line last night it was all about him and the decision to take everyone on and not pass was made from the start. His FK's were decent but the options he had when going on these solo runs was quite alarming. Salah, Remy and Oscar all made very good runs where they could of been played in on numerous occasions. I thought Salah looked really sharp last night, he was direct and also created some good chances for others. Ake was really solid, he looked so composed on the ball and distributed it very well all night. Filipe Luis is growing on me and the way things are with Ivanovic the transition should be simple for me with Azpi going to RB and Luis at LB. The goal was so fucking avoidable it was scary......Nobody challenging the man and for Cech to be beaten from just inside the 18 yard box is really, really poor. We have progressed but there is still work to do, the defence still look worryingly shaky when teams either have a set piece or get at us with pace. I think the positives level out the negatives and I fully expect us to see off Shrewsbury in the next round but we must be much better.

He's got two goals now…….how dare he.

Fucking all over here, sort it out.

Hazard for Salah.

Get Andre off now simply to get him away from all this FK shit and awful corners.

Brilliant Oscar 2-1

People are making runs to take people out of position but Andre is insisting on doing it alone. The only way Remy will get chances is if we stop shooting constantly from outside the area and feed him in down the channels.

Bit of a huff and puff and that's about it. Just all a bit drab and lifeless for me. I feel it's going to take Bolton to go 2-1 up to shock us into life.

Of course that's correct but that header was made from just inside the 18 yard box.

So far it's the Andre Schurrle show……if he actually looks up he has runners around him.

For me Cech.