NY Villans Update - Carling Cup Quarterfinal SOTC

We are going down the shitter, it's true Villa are on their way to St Andrew's this Wednesday for some Carling Cup action against the most vile of opposition the diseased, illiterate neighbour with the repulsive body odour. On the back of Saturday's 4-2 defeat to Arsenal the team and supporters are really in need of a lift and nothing could be better than getting one over on the old enemy. The game is Live Wednesday at 2:30 ET on Fox Soccer plus. For those in NYC who can get out of that pesky thing called work the game is being shown in Legends 6 W 33rd St (between 5th Ave & Broadway) .

Skipping ahead, our next league game against Liverpool will be on ESPN 2. Monday December 6th at 3pm. For the locals I'll be hosting a delayed broadcast at 6pm in my place, give me a shout if you want to join (there will be curry).

Sorry for the lack of updates last week Turkey Coma got the better of me. The Arsenal game was an interesting one. We were utterly outplayed in that first half it was truly hopeless and how we were only 2 down at the break defied logic. Granted we should have had a penalty and Young had a very good chance to score when he knocked over at the back post. I wondered to myself what could the manager possibly say to lift the team? Whatever it was it worked, the boys came out for the second half hungry and we quickly got back into the game. In the end Arsenal deserved the points but we could easily have snatched a draw.

Now for a quick roundup of Villa news:

The FA today apologised as an error with their fixture scheduling system drew Sheffield United as Aston Villa's FA Cup third round opponents instead of Manchester United who have been drawn at home against Liverpool. This is the second consecutive year that the system has failed to schedule Villa vs Man Utd after nearly a decade of miserable success.

Will Gabby and Reo Coker be fit to face Birmingham on Wednesday? Your guess is as good as mine since the club haven't said anything yet, however it is believed that Reo has resumed full training and Gabby who loves nothing better than scoring against the noses will hopefully be over the sniffles by then. Big boost if it happens.

This week Villa have been linked to every over-the-hill and out of contract former Premiership star the press can dream up, it's going to be a boring month until the transfer window opens so feel free to bury your head in the sand anytime a cheap journalist pulls a name like Freddy Ljungberg out of their arse.

For those of you who like me enjoy their grub, NY Villa fan Zach Brooks has an excellent NYC foodie Blog that's well worth checking out: http://midtownlunch.com/

I haven't booked flights yet so I can't say for certain but more than likely I'll be attending the boxing day home fixture against Tottenham, if any of you are in Brum for Christmas and heading to the game let me know and I'll arrange some drinks beforehand.

Up the Villa.