"We've got bigger fish to fry," said Villa supporter Gavin on this page the other day, and he's probably right.
Unai Emery made it clear that the FA Cup was important, but there is a hierarchy of importance, with the Premier League at the top.
On that basis, going out of the FA Cup was a disappointment but not a calamity.
That will feel fine if Villa go on to fulfil their potential this season. There were some aspects of Saturday night's game that added to concerns about their recent form.
Villa had been riding their luck somewhat to hold the lead before Marco Bizot's mishap, and Newcastle were far superior afterwards.
Bizot's suspension is a new worry given the persistent fitness problems experienced by Emi Martinez this season.
Despite their recent stumbles, attributable at least in part to injuries, that potential for this to turn out as one of Villa's finest modern seasons is still there.
They are as well-placed to reach next season's Champions League as any Villa fans could have hoped for in August, and certainly in September.
They were the ante-post favourites for the Europa League and their results in the first stage justified that prediction.
But it is exactly that forecast which brings us to a question which itself feels slightly wrong, and giving off a sense of entitlement.
Setting aside the Championship play-off and the InterToto Cup – good days, but not on the same scale – it will soon be 30 years since Villa last won a major trophy.
At no point in that period, even in the surges under John Gregory and Martin O'Neill, have Villa felt as strong as they have this season.
The question has been asked recently on the WM Football Phone-In: to be considered a great Villa team, and a great Villa manager, must Unai Emery and this group of players actually win something?
Good chances, in last year's FA Cup and the Conference League in 2024, have gone past.
My own view is that, years from now, we will think of Emery and this team in those terms whether they take a trophy or not.
But Hannah Gowen's excellent piece here yesterday speaks to the same feeling I hear some of our callers wrestling with, that sense that it is not ungrateful to feel that thrills and high positions are not quite enough, that true fulfilment comes only with a prize you can polish.
Emery needs nobody to speak for him, but perhaps his high ambitions are fuelled by that same feeling.
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