Written by Damian Saturday, 27 February 2010 11:29
Where do I start today? I think I need to get some apologies out of the way before I get to my excuses. So, Derek, if you are reading this, I apologise. Wayne, I also apologise for my leaving so abruptly. To the cab driver last night, I also apologise for anything I might have said on the way back to my hotel.
Now, to the excuses. I only ate one sandwich yesterday and basically had one beer and tequila more than I should have. I feel awful today and that is punishment enough, but I had such great plans for yesterday and it all started to go wrong on the plane to London and the two beers. I won't be making the same mistake again, okay, I probably will, but I am not making any promises today.
That is where we get to the Celtic supporting Paisley girl. I've no idea of her name, but her dad looks like Martin O'Neill when he puts glasses on, she works for, I think Thomas Cook and was just coming back from Thailand. I think she has an Italian name so if someone can find out the name and post it below, with the name of her Rangers supporting fiancé, you'll win a t-shirt.
After I landed, I rushed to get checked in to my hotel and before you know it I am sat in a pub and when you are sat in a pub at 3pm on a Friday, you know the day isn't going to finish well. It didn't and all I really remember is getting back to the hotel at about 8pm and waking this morning at about 5am with a thumping head. No drinking today. Okay, not much drinking today.
League Cup Final
So, away from what happened yesterday and to the football. I did an interview with The Republik of Mancunia yesterday. I think I answered as most would answer, but go have a look.
They asked a question about O'Neill and the United job and I asked them to answer it instead. You might find an answer or two on their comments section, I haven't read them all yet, as I'm still struggling to find the right letters on the keyboard of this post that I started four hours ago.
So, today is the day before and I have a day filled with shopping for a very specific piece of Indiana Jones Lego for my son before heading off to the Sports Cafe and then maybe Covent Garden as I have a feeling there will be a few Aston Villa fans congregating.
Sing loud and proud
So, the day is almost upon us. Where ever you are today or tomorrow, what ever you may be doing. If you see someone wearing claret and blue, give them an acknowledging nod of the head. You know and I know, that tomorrow is our day.
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villatx
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... http://soccernet.espn.go.com/n...nd&cc=5739 imagine my heart skip a beat when i wake up to this!! absoluetly HAS to be mind games by SAF...no way he rests him but the thought of it does make my nipples hard UTV Feel better damo |
kiddervilla the real me
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... nice to hear your enjoying yourself damo,sounds like your getting in to the swing of things, but im sure you dont have to apolegies to every one in london lol have a great day , and even better to one tomorrow hopefully you will have something more to celebrate come on ou villa boys |
james mcaulay
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... all the best to martin and his team for sunday good bet for villa to win loved martin gave us great pride back at celtic |
Max
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... So excited. My old man is a Utd fan so looking forward to watching this together and hopefully being the happier of the two at the final whistle. To everyone going tomorrow enjoy and make sure the lads know we are behind them, not that anyone needs any encouragement for that! |
Carl Main
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... Coooommmme ooonnnnnn you villlaaaaaa boooyyysssss!!!!!....Got Monday booked off work, starting this amazing weekend in around an hour at the pub, then pretty much staying on it till sunday night!!!!...Lets show 'em what we'r really made of then MON. Make a name for yourself in the Villa books! |
chugg
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... Celtic fan here, wish villa all the best for tomorrow's game. The way you guys have performed over the last couple of seasons a piece of silverware is the leastyou deserve. |
Josh
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... I had a dream last night that Dunne scored the winner (1-0) in the 93rd minute after a pass from Webcam. I was rather happy. I woke up sticky. |
KIDDERVILLA THE REAL ME
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... not long now , the suspence is killing me come on the villa boys  any ideas why my name keeps coming up use another name this one taken when i have logged in and put my password in ??????? |
Nathan Price
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...STR: How nice. I can feel the love in the room. Just to spoil that, does the thought of Federico Macheda give you nightmares? Cant believe you didnt remind him of Gabbys goal at OT this season! Surely they should be having nightmares about him, as he nearly always scores past them. Nevermind. If O’Neil could take any player from United, who would you want, aside from Rooney? Difficult question, and it shows how we have progressed under MON that basically Rooney aside, player for player were not far behind them. You could have named about 10 players a couple of seasons back. Berba probably would be in that list, hard to think of many more. Carrick, Vidic maybe? (Imagine Vidic and Dunne at CB!) How long do you think you can keep Young for? I think the webcam leaving thing went away didnt it? If we dont progress this season and next I can see Milner going before webcam does. Overall decent answers though mate, well done. Now lets spank them tomorrow! |
benhanmer
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... put the bet on. Villa to win 2-1 and gabby to score first, as he always does against united. £10 returns £670 |
john franey
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... Anyone got any team news yet chaps,sky soccer saturday say it looks like guzan will start tomorrow  |
Martin Clabon
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... A real bad hangover is worse then having a baby in my opinion, at least that's the argument I have with my wife, she does not agree. I have a massive tolerance for alcohol can keep going for long time but the the hangover literallyy pole axes me for a day or even 2 after a really big one Any way, football, Just saw Collins on Football Focus talking about Roney and said something like "me and big Dunney will have our hands full" which was either bravado or confimation Carlos will play right back. This is very solid but I like L Young at RB - boss knows best though Some good noises coming from players (Warnock and Dunne inparticular) about this being the first of many finals. At very least this indicates that the players are beginning to think like a successful team which I think is a massive part of the battle Just saw Bridge blank Terry in line up, hand out, no shake. My mate who us a big City fan (from Manchesterat ) says that Wayne Bridge's child is atually Terry's and this is why Bridge is so pissed off, who knows but an unsettled Man City suits me fine in battle for 4th Good luck tomorrow boys, do your club proud |
Martin Clabon
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... I don't think MON will go to Utd. It might be that the best man for Utd might be MON or Moyes but they will go for someone who has won the European Cup and/ or real trophy/ continental pedigree |
Damian
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... i'm heading off to the sports cafe now feeling a bit rough still - but should be fun really dont remember much from last night |
Simon Mansfield
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... John Carew (and the team) enjoy a nice cup of tea whilst watching the Chelski v Man City game http://www.facebook.com/#!/pho...8&comments |
Michael
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... damian - im not in a rush for that £100 i borrowed you last night but i would like it back before the end of march thanks. |
morgan dunne
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... lads villa fan in need,travelling to london from ireland, friend of mine{ex friend}has let me down with tickets help.........flights hotel everything booked and he tells me a half an hour ago. any body know how i can get tickets please |
pete
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... wheres the best drinking hole near wembley. great following from the cheltenham fans last count just over a 100 traveling down tomorrow will do it and go on to better times |
fastbackace
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... ok... so long night last night... headache attached. lol. watching the man shitty game... u know, id rather take tevez than rooney. he's that type of forward we need. |
morgan dunne
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... PLEASE GUYS ANY ONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET A TICKET.where is everybody drinking in london, so angry ahhhhhhhhhh |
pete
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... think we should play big brad. would feel sorry for little brad but games like this you play your best team and imo big brad tomorrow |
Greg Hill
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... Saw the lads training at their hotel earlier. If you want to see them off tomorrow The Grove is not far from junction 5 on the M1 (or better junction 20 M25). I imagine they will leave at 12ish but who can tell. It will take our best team (but he won’t play it): Friedel Young Cueller Dunne Warnock Downing Petrov Milner Delph Young Gabs Delph in a 3-man central midfield: as ever. This formation started well against them a couple of weeks ago. More chance to control the game. Please do it Villa |
Michael
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... afte 2moro there is going to be 1 pissed off player in the squad and that player will come from defence. who does he drop, collins, luke young or cueller. young is a natural right back so should start but cueller has been playing well there this season so might be dropped, then young will be pissed off. cueller could play at center back but MON prefers collins dunne at the back so could drop cueller who out of him and collins cueler has been slightly better. and collins hasnt been on the bench much this season so he will be pissed off if he is dropped for the final. so expect a happy team 2moro night but with one pissed off defender and if its either cueller or young who is dropped then ill expect one to maybe put in a transfer request at the end of the season. |
Fatkevs
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... Mogs there will always be tickets for sale. some bloke pissed alwazys fancys the cash better than a tout |
Si
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... For any villa fans in London without a ticket a small group of us are heading to jetlag bar tmrw nr goodge st, wc1. Put it into google they've got a quality cinema screen downstairs that they're showing the game on. Be good to see a few other villa boys down there so it ain't full of glory supporters. Up the villa! |
heskeyshead
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... does anyone know where at villa park the official coaches are setting off from? |
McParland
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... Giggs out ,Nanni out,Rio out.,Anderson out and now SAF is saying he may rest rooney, he must want us to win this cup.Well he may just rest him to prevent an injury to Rooney like the arsenal player just received at Stoke a broken ankle or leg? Rooney is the heart of them and both the Premier League and Champions Leauge are bigger fish for united to fry than the Carling Cup.Wereas for us the Carling Cup isone of our priorities, and because of that we will and should be well and truly up for this with tackles from Dunne ,Collins Carloss.ect ect flying in from all angles putting Wayne Rooney well and truly in the high risk danger areaof picking up an injury just what they do NOT need with the title race wide open again after chelsea lost today.We shall see tomorrow but if united field a weakend team i for one will not care one bit.especialy if we can overcome the chosen united team and win the cup .COME ON YOU LIONS |
rackface
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... Guys I can't reveal my sources but it is from within the Man U camp - ROONEY IS ON THE BENCH TOMORROW!!!!!!! Let's f**king stuff these gloryhunting bastards! |
david
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... Anyone watch the Stoke Arsenal game and the injury to Aaron Ramsey. It was sickening. . . . . to watch Wenger and his sanctimonious self serving interview after the game. I respect the passing football that Arsenal play but I no longer have any respect whatsoever for that man. The Shawcross tackle was a bad one, but no worse in intent than many you see from Arsenal players every week. Watch them closely...they regularly kick at players ankles and go over the ball at least as often as any other team. They have been extremely unfortunate with three desperate injuries in recent years but let's not pretend that they never raise a stud, slide into a tackle or kick an opposing player. Next time you see an Arsenal player do it, just remember Wenger's criticism of a Stoke player who meant no harm and was clearly distraught at the effect of a tackle which as they said in commentary would probably not even have attracted a red card if the Arsenal players hadn't talked the referee into it. |
david
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... Wasn't able to get down to London today so missed Damian's free round (although it looks as if Mickey86 would actually have paid?) Will the same offer stand for our next trip to Wembley I wonder? |
max sarasini
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... Hi guys, me and my brother have tickets for tomorrow's game: we're nervously excited already...i'm driving to Villa Park tomorrow morning and getting one of the club coaches to Wembley. Does anyone know where i can park for the day at Villa Park and also where the coaches leave from? Cheers. |
Andy Pepper
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... A good boost for Milner,Downing,Heskey and Warnock being in the England squad hopefully Gabby and webcam can respond positivley tomorrow,cant wait UTV |
john franey
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... stevo180 well lads, anyone watchin it in murrays on o'connell st in dublin tomorrow?. Iv yet to decide yet dont fancy travelling to dublin on my own and i wudnt know anyone in murrays.I dont fancy watchin it surrounded by utd fans either.Il decide in the morning probably. |
Steve Badger
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...Badger we hardly agree but hope you have a great day Fatkevs, Cheers mate. Given the way I often disagree with you vehemently without trying to hide my disdain, that's big of you. I'm sure we're both aiming for the same thing. So of course I wish you a great day too |
Quarterwitt
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... We will win on penalties, I have a servere case of Pre Match Tension or as the wife likes to call it PMT! |
david
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... I'd forgotten how this child like 'night before Christmas' excitement felt, but I'm so looking forward to waking up tomorrow morning, getting in the car with Villa flags in the windows and driving down the M1. Wife and son coming for their first ever trips to Wembley new or old....hoping for a great day they'll never forget! |
david
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... Badger, After your mention of a fatkev posting I had to go back and see what he said. To those who haven't seen it..here's part of it: ... Great to read that fat kev....tomorrow everyone in claret and blue is on the same side and has the same dream. |
John R
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... This is it guys. May this be the first of many trips to wembley for our team. Yes we can. UTV |
Steve Badger
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...Great to read that fat kev....tomorrow everyone in claret and blue is on the same side and has the same dream. Just to put it back in some perspective, I hope we win. Because the MON haters will soon forget who got us to the position we are in, if we don't. I'm praying we win just to see how Damian sees things too, as I really don't think it will suit his books, so to speak. MON producing results will never do and shouldn't be allowed, from what I read on here.  |
david
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... Badger, I'm sure Damian wants us to win tomorrow as much as anyone.....he just has a strange way of showing it sometimes! He is by instinct not a great fan of MoN and so finds it hard to even acknowledge the clear progress of the team under his tutelege. In the past I've questioned his support for Villa, but I am sure he is as big a fan of the club as anyone. I suspect it's like a doting father who will never see anyone being a suitable partner for his daughter. In Damian's eyes no owner, manager or even website operator will ever be good enough for Aston Villa so they will always come in for criticism even when others think that the couple are perfectly suited! |
keith
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... badger sorry to hear about your vp experience and i agree with you about the atmosphere. i imagine your an old git like me who remembers giving the villa everything through thick and thin, i can remember as a kid if i drove past vp i swear i could hear the holte singing and the hairs on your arms would rise. dont get me wrong i still love going to vp when i can but i know where youre coming from, anyway stuff utd tomoz and who gives a sh**, next the fa cup and a top 4 finish keep the faith |
jim broadley
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... im a celtic fan living in boston,and would just like to say good luck villa,i really do hope you win tomorow,everybody knows MU have better players but with MON your coach anything can happen,especialy in a 1 off game like this,i hope you enjoy the occasion whatever the result,its a great acheivement making it to wembley in the first place,ill be watching the game in boston,hopefully with a big smile on my face after beating the huns at the bigot dome,,,,,,,,,,,,,hail hail & good luck |
Greg
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... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/spo...horts.html great read come on oneill come on the villains |
steve
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... wicklow villa said Iv yet to decide yet dont fancy travelling to dublin on my own and i wudnt know anyone in murrays.I dont fancy watchin it surrounded by utd fans either.Il decide in the morning probably. me and my brother travelling up from limerick,we'll be goin to murrays for the lash,add my brother on facebook,trevor kiely and i'll give u my number. check out murrays on facebook,they're expecting around 200 villa fans,should be some day! UTV! |
Simon
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... Nanwasafan The longest day? too right, I'm 3hrs ahead of UK so will be well and truly hammered by KO  |
david
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... symbas The longest day? too right, I'm 3hrs ahead of UK so will be well and truly hammered by KO According to Badger i'm about 65,000,000 years behind the UK...but I'm still planning on enjoying today! |
Dan Clinton
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... To all not in England, please give me a good stream site for this match? Its currently 9:53pm, I have to get up at 4am to watch this match. All help gratefully received! |
david
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... Fenian...guess you're in NZ or the Cook Islands or somewhere like that? Not too many Villa supporters to share the excitement of the day with eh? |
Simon Mansfield
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... Fenian Villain - Get Sky, really! I got sick of watching broken streams with spanish commentators and hooked up to Sky this week. It truly is a life changing revalation. Match starts at 4 here too so you must be in NZ? |
Deco
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... Well 2am start in the land down under, also will officially be my birthday, and the first of 2 cups this year !!!! Funny with Pay TV it seems we get more choice than others - usually choice of 5 live games, tonight is spurs v cahill or carling cup |
Paul Gough
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... Fenian Villain. I run a site that you can watch the match on. You have to install sopcast or TVU for the good streams. djongrass is right though, it is not perfect. There are no streams for our match available as yet. It will be about 11GMT that they will be available. Its free to anyone that wants to check it out. http://www.coragh.com/tv Hope we go at them today. Think a positive approach is our best bet at winning. UTV |
Dan Clinton
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... r0bb0 and DJ, Yes I am in New Zealand, staying with an aunt for the time being. No sky available though, its apparently very expensive so I'm in need of a nice little stream. I'll settle for the foreign commentary on this ocassion though  |
johnnybear
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... Chinese Villa fans here. so far I got one steam (usually we got 5).... cos most of the sports channel here choose Spuds(vs Everton)game. WTF |
Paul Gough
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... johnnybear1982 I have had the same problem, but found one sopcast and one TVU. Both are new ones to me so I am not sure how good they will be. |
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