As for Villa, they played their part in a great game, never gave up and forced us back for long periods. My only gripe is Ashley Young?s persistant diving. He was intent on getting Hibbert sent off and winning a pen. Talented footballer but one hell of con artist... Another of his kind to come in 7 days... Hibbo needs to be on his guard!

All in all a good performance and a great platform to go into a cup semi. IMWT.

Saha - Got one opportunity, but blasted it over. Didn?t get much more done as Villa pressed forwards.

My worry for next week is Hibbert not getting any protection in front of him as Osman seems to think playing right midfield means he can spend all game in the centre. I wouldn't be surprised to see a slight tactical switch next week with Neville playing further on the right to cover up Osman being useless out wide in big games.

Please don't anybody come on defending him by using last weeks game v Wigan as a defence for him as that game just sums up his limitations perfectly. Bigger stronger teams just brush him aside and as a right midfielder his positional sense is a joke, we have no outlet on the right because of him.

No doubting the fact we have a had a good season despite the shortcomings but if we are to hope next season that we can match strides with the others above then a lot of things need to happen.

Good performance all round I thought with Pienaar and Osman, in my opinion, our most impressive players. Pienaar?s goal has got to be one of the goals of the season ? 16-pass build-up and a peach of a finish!

Howard was our weak link today. Don?t know whether his little niggling injury was hampering him but his failure to command the penalty area was there for all to see. I think this unsettled the rest of our backline. Hopefully, we will be watertight next Sunday.

Was Young's diving that bad ? It seems that this is still abundant in the Prem and as much as I laud Moyes's approach and like to see our players refusing to dive and harangue referees, I do worry that we might sometimes get left behind as other teams (all 19 of them ????) seek to benefit from these ?dark arts?.

If you are an Evertonian, whatever it was that satisfied you, it could not have been his shooting, passing, heading, dribbling, tackling, creativity or anything else that footballers are supposed to do.

If you think that is a bit harsh, how then would you rate him against Gerrard, Rierra, Ballack, Essien, Ronaldo, Fletcher, Van Persie, Fabrigas ? or any other Premier League midfielder.

Also, I personally don?t think Lescott connected with the head, looked like the shoulder to me and Petrov made a meal of it.

Now I know everyone says you shouldn?t change a winning team, but I don?t feel Lescott or the Jags are physically equipped to deal with the John Carew?s / Peter Crouches of this world and I would question Tim Howard?s bravery when facing these guys too. Yobo should be brought in against the big men, and the Jag and Lescott reunited to face the smaller trickier strikers.

Neil Pearce ? Although we are a better team than Villa, we couId learn an awful lot off the park from them. I don?t know if you?ve been to Villa Park lately but it?s a very good example of what should have happened at GP. The crowd appreciate they are a work in progress and generate terrific noise.

I too get annoyed by the over-the-top praise that has been heaped on them... but that won't stop us going about our business. Villa have attracted a wealthy owner, but surely that was down to how well the club was run before hand. Ignore the BBC mate, they?ll be quick enough to kick Villa if they?re down. Save your resentment for more deserving clubs.

ps: Ossie played at least a dozen short crisp accurate passes, sometimes the hardest type of pass to play in a packed midfield, this kept us flowing. I worry about Ossie myself at times, but anyone who says he was shite yesterday, either doesn?t understand the game, or is letting his/her dislike for the little fella cloud their judgement.

Hibbert had a nightmare of a game. But he wasn?t anywhere near as bad as the referee. The free kick outside the box was the worst decision and it came at the worst time. When we go 2-0 up we have to learn to take the sting out of the game and quieten their crowd.

As for the ?great? Ashley Young, he crossed the ball 15 times and not once did a Villa player get on the end of it (Setanta?s stats).

I think Nash should have started today with next week being the important game and Howard suffering all week. I also think Osman and Hibbert should only be reserves as we have better players in their positions and find it baffling that they are first choice every time.