Well done West Ham, but Birmingham are still favourites to go through. West Ham scored with their only attack of the second half, and it owed a lot to the incompetence of Ben Foster. Hilarious cock-up from the former Manc scum.

Looking at the the game, I'd much prefer West Ham in the final. Birmingham were awful in the first half, but second half they really battered West Ham. Even if the Hammers were down to 10-men after Victor Obina had been sent off for kicking Seb Larsson in the nuts! There really is no question who would make for the tougher final.

Second leg should be interesting, but I'd put my money on Birmingham. I was going to say Avram Grant has a history of unlikely semi-final wins, but by all accounts, he is very unlikely to still be West Ham's manager in a fortnight's time.

Also, I watched him closely tonight, and I still don't really get the Scotty Parker love? Sure he's a decent player, but there's just little special about him.

Hope we get West Ham, they would suit us much better. Both looked so average though, if we don't win this cup you'd have to wonder when will we win silverware again.

As for Parker i agree to an extent he's just a decent midfielder. But i'd be delighted if we signed him, i've been crying for a midfielder of his type for ages now. No he's not anything special, but when you analyse our midfield and ask yourself, what is its weakness, where could it improve - i think Parker ticks a lot of those boxes, even if he isn't a great footballer.

I know what you mean, he has a touch of the Flaminis about him, but he's a pretty average player. Barry Ferguson looked every bit as good as him tonight, and he's nothing special either.

And here is Foster's ridiculous error (looks alot worse from the other angles):

Old red nose taught him everyhting he knows:

Reckon the shot is still worse than the goalkeeping.

Amazingly poor shot. Could just as easily have been a friendly backpass from one of his own defenders, it looked so unlikely to get past him.

Cole is so poor.

I hate forwards who are just good link up players or strong. Ok he scores here and there but his touch and game.....

I prefer the technical ones who can score and pick a pass. Obviously Villa and Eto'o are the best of the best but you see top potential in players like Chicarito, Pedro, Pato etc. They know how to score and are good footballers. Pedro is overshadowed by Villa and Messi but he could be or the new Eto'o/Villa.

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