THRILLER AT THE VILLA
With the bin workers of Birmingham having been on strike for more than a month, we can but wonder what the players of Paris Saint-Germain made of the stuffed polythene sacks of stinking rubbish piled high and lining the streets as their coach wended its way towards Villa Park last night. After going 2-0 down on the night to trail 5-1 on aggregate with little over an hour to play, the players of Aston Villa might have been excused for downing tools too, withdrawing their labour from this season’s Bigger Cup in order to focus on qualifying for next season’s by expending as little energy as possible before Saturday’s qualification six-pointer against Newcastle in the Premier League.
