I also think the cup has paved as a smoke screen for what where already bad performance week in week out.It’s barely even 12 months, even two months ago I was full of optimism.
In hindsight I kind of wish we hadn’t beaten Chelsea. The second leg has absolutely decimated an already fragile confidence.
Raising your game a player for Chelsea or Villa is easy but maintaining that level and putting teams to the sword especially at home is what top professionals do and sadly most of our current squad isn't upto that level just yet.
Every player is accountable too as none of them ha e performed consistently to the levels they have set themselves!