villa u19s into semis...

[andy villa]

yea, it is free to enter...

[Sven]

i'm going to this, should be good, where's best place to pjark Andy?

[andy villa]

depends on how busy it is, and its rumoured to be very busy...

if you dont mind a walk, then just off spaghetti junction by the outdoor 5 a side pitches is pretty decent place to park... but it is then a bit of a trek to get to the ground...

closer to the ground, then you may want to park on the yew tree pub spaces, or see if they are opening the official car parks around the ground...

[Sven]

You going? If I see y;a I say hello.

I'm driving, should be there around 6:30, hopefully get a close spot/.

[andy villa]

i am going yes...

very much looking forward to the game...

[andy villa]

we lost this 3-2 on the night and 4-3 overall..

tbh, think it was a little harsh on us, as we were the better side, but a couple of mistakes and some clinical finishing gave chelsea the win...

karuka for them was excellent... his mazy dribbling was superb and his goal well taken... thought we could have done better with that attack, but story of the night was silly mistakes from us costing us dearly...

overall, they held the ball well, and their movement was excellent.... having said that, they only really threatened us on 4 or 5 occasions and scored 3 goals from that... whereas we had numerous chances and only put the ball in the net twice...

thought some of the link up play was superb from us... forrester, delfouneso and bannon in particular all seemed to be on the same wavelength...

was frustrating though, how 50/50 balls nicked away, always seemed to drop at their feet, whereas they were always just that fraction away from us... maybe it just wasnt our night...

for us, forrester was excellent and took both goals extremely well... delfouneso was quiet by his standards, but he won everything in the air, showed some excellent touches and good vision... didnt get in and around the box enough for me though and he looked a little off the pace...

bannon was his usual self... tenacious, excellent touches and good passing and vision... cant win a header though because he is only 2 foot tall...

albrighton was very quiet for me... good delivery on occasion, but didnt show anywhere near enough of his ability...

baker did well, although had the odd shaky moment... he has an excellent touch and a good bit of pace about him... he handled their danger man from the first leg, stoch, very well...

thought collins was poor.. very poor first touch and nowhere near enough pace...

bradley had a torrid night.. not just being skinned by karuka, but his heading and clearing was attrocious...

overall, it was a good night of football for the 11 thousand fans that turned up, but disappointed to not be in the final... having said that, this is an excellent test for the youngsters to see how they react, and the signs for one or two of them are very very positive...

the future is very bright for three, maybe four of them and they can all be proud of their run this year...

[Sven]

Gael Kakuta , and I did warn you about him .

You have to be that skillfull to be a show off and wear orange boots.

Great little talent, who took his goal like a world class player. I was right in the corner section surrounded by Villa fans, couldn't help but laugh when he scored, because during the build he was getting right abuse about be "shit" lol.

Forrester lad is some talent , great little player, 2 great goals.

Stoch was well marked out of the game.

glad to be in final, btw the 5 a side match was fantastic, people cheered for that more then the actual game.

[andy villa]

yea, that was funny...

the lad who tried to stop the throw in by that hilarious over head kick, and that fat lad who thought he was pele...

great stuff...

kakuta.. that is his name... lol... yea, very tricky on the ball.. excellent pace, and looked very good.. gave daniel bradley all sorts of problems all night...

you must have been in the holte, as the trinity was very quiet... not a bad turnout of eleven thousand though...

nathan baker marked stoch out of the game... he is only 16, but he is already some player, and some size...

we nicked forrester off watford... cost us a million... looks like it will be money well spent...

for me though, the pick of our youth is delfouneso... didnt really show it last night, but he is some player and will get better... he has only just turned 17...

[andy villa]

oh, and i forgot to say, good luck in the final...

wont be easy, as man city are a cracking side...

[Sven]

Thanks, all of the Chelsea people spoke to very supraised we won, we not taking it for granted.

Sturridge is probs best player left in the cup, theese games showed be on sky, it makes me think how sky will handle this chelsea youth being in the final, I bet they wernt give any praise.