Future wing star and MOTM

Well, we started out at half 7, had a nice Bacon sandwich and pint to start the day off well.

A quick trip down the M1 and A14 to Peterborough, and a decent Thai meal and a few Bishops at the Brewery tap left the Villa fans in fine spirits and looking forward to 90 minutes in a proper football ground and a terrace.

Along with 1,500 other Villa fans and it has to be said few home fans we saw a game dominated by the home side and they hit the cross bar and Friedel had to make a fantastic double save to keep the score level but once we scored from Andreas Weimann from a very good move including Bannan and a fantastic cross from Albrighton. We never looked back and sealed a comfortable 3-0 win with further goals from Davies (a beauty as he interchanged passes from the back and slotted home) and a cool finish from Sidwell from an Osbourne pass.

Needles to say with a large portion of our normal players out we played three youngsters from the start, Albrighton, Bannan and Weimann and they all looked good but the man of the match was clearly arc Albrighton. He showed today clearly that he has the pace, composure and crossing ability to make it at the top, I would say so much so any thoughts of David Bentley on that performance are not needed, Marc has the required quality.

SO the last half an hour faded as we played the youth team but more than enough encouragement to show that we should trust our youngsters far more than we did last season.

On final note, the guy who fell from the roof is OK and o his way back from Birmingham, bruised, busted ankle but fine.