I've held my hand up about Nicko before, but I'll do it again, I wasn't convinced when he took over, always preferred Tom, but he just gets better and better. I know Pickford has never let England down, but how on earth he keeps Nick out of the England team I have no idea.

On the point Swiss makes about Sean, I'm still struggling to see much difference since MJ took over. One point out six against a mediocre Villa team already 'on the beach'. 28% possession last night, outshot 22-10, pass completion rate 68% to Villa's 90%, corners 13-6 to Villa, tackles won 54% to Villa's 62%. 5 at the back, parking the bus you might call it, Pope playing out of skin to keep us in the game.

Not knocking MJ, sacking Sean could have been catastrophic, but credit to him and the players, they've kept the show on the road, but how was last night an improvement on how we played under Sean ?