Carling Cup: Shaun Maloney and Luke Moore win it for Aston Villa
Written by Damian   
Tuesday, 28 August 2007

Okay, it wasn't just Shaun Maloney and Luke Moore but I wanted to use that title because I used one very similar after the Fulham result at the weekend. I rate these two players very very highly.

Maloney scored two while Moore, Reo-Coker and Harewood also got one each. Nice for Reo-Coker and Harewood but also very nice for Moore as he changed the game for me against Fulham.

While I only listened to the game on the radio I didn't hear much of Gabby and when I did I wasn't impressed. Yes, I know this is just the radio, but when you don't hear a players name that often and when you do it's unimpressive, you get a feeling for it.

Gabby needs a few games starting on the bench before people start to turn and also for him to clear his head.

Now we also shouldn't get carried away with the result because it was a division three team and we were always going to win. It will however cause a headache for Martin O'Neill; how can he drop Maloney and Moore after they've both scored tonight and played so well against Fulham?

There may also be an argument for Harewood instead of Carew; but we'll have to see how that pans out. I'm inclined to go Harewood, but I'll leave my final decision for my match prediction later in the week.

Anyway, it's over and we are in the next round. Maloney sounded as if he enjoyed the game and it's playing that will help him settle; he is after all a football player.

It also looks like I've lost another bet after Watford let me down but we've got the last few days of the transfer window to look forward to now.

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TON23 said:

brill how your faster than the official website they still got score down as 0-2 i class this as a better official site lol smilies/grin.gif
August 28, 2007

AV33 said:

Damian you're crap at betting like me. Give it up, it's a bad gig.
5-0 is very encouraging against Wrexham with the golden boys scoring !!!
What are the odds we get Manure or Chelski in the next round or two to screw things up ! Why can't we get an easy run just for once and humiliate Nose in with a scoreline like tonights in the final !
UP THE VILLA smilies/wink.gif
August 28, 2007

DAVEY W said:

cracking win tonite, maloney for me was motm, bring on chelsea, and keep mo and moore in!
August 28, 2007

Damian said:

we'll get blues at home and win 5-0 again smilies/grin.gif
August 28, 2007 | url

AV33 said:

Damian...
Kiss of death that! We'll get Chelsea way this year ! smilies/cheesy.gif
August 28, 2007

villa 82 said:

Its on the oficial site Zat Knight will join villa in the morning.
August 28, 2007

villa 82 said:

Also agree moore and maloney could be the dogs for us if they get a good run in the team.we'll see on sunday.
August 28, 2007

TomR said:

Glad this was the real result....Logged onto the official site about 20 minutes into the first half to check the score and they had it written as "Wrexham 1-0 Villa" which confused me loads when I read the text commentary and it said we'd scored!?

Good result, and chuffed for Maloney and Moore, two of our best players.
August 28, 2007

Ghosthunter said:

A resounding victory with no goals conceded. It's what we should expect against lower division teams but in the past we would have struggled to get the result. Well done the lads.
August 29, 2007

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