Chelsea v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[adam#1]

It was no pen to them. Malouda backing into Collins so clearly. Good performance, great to see spirit. Great to see Dunne back to his best and Heskey was imperious.
 

We need to follow this up on Weds.

It was my son's first away game today. What an introduction!

[garyshawsknee]

It was no pen to them. Malouda backing into Collins so clearly. Good performance, great to see spirit. Great to see Dunne back to his best and Heskey was imperious.
 

We need to follow this up on Weds.

It was my son's first away game today. What an introduction!

 If we all chip in,can you take him to every away match now?!

[dave shelley]

 Did your friend not say that the penalty )if the correct decision and I'm a qualified ref albeit retired and I don't think it was) should have been re-taken due to Chelsea encroachment

Good debate this penalty lark.

Malouda did throw himself to the ground but the offence had already been committed. As soon as Collins put his arm / elbow on Malouda's back it's a penalty.

Just spoken to friend of mine who is a highly qualified ref and they said pen too.

Interesting.

[Legion]

I thought that aswell.

[adam#1]

It was no pen to them. Malouda backing into Collins so clearly. Good performance, great to see spirit. Great to see Dunne back to his best and Heskey was imperious.
 

We need to follow this up on Weds.

It was my son's first away game today. What an introduction!

 If we all chip in,can you take him to every away match now?!

He's seen us play Chelsea 4 times now - 2 draws and 2 wins...I tihnk he has some special power over them...

[Toronto Villa]

It was no pen to them. Malouda backing into Collins so clearly. Good performance, great to see spirit. Great to see Dunne back to his best and Heskey was imperious.
 

We need to follow this up on Weds.

It was my son's first away game today. What an introduction!

 If we all chip in,can you take him to every away match now?!

He's seen us play Chelsea 4 times now - 2 draws and 2 wins...I tihnk he has some special power over them...

now all you need is to get 18 more sons, each assigned with a special power against the other PL sides.

[Matt C]

A big point for us.
'Spirit' is an overused word in today's game but it was back today and delighted to see the bloke who stole Richard Dunne and replaced him with Jonny Vegas has returned him.

And to correct a poster from earlier if I may, it was more like a Villa performance, not a MON one. Let's use this as a building block starting with a win on Wednesday.

[adam#1]

Talking of referee decisions, hows this stat for you (from Sky website):

Fouls:
Chelsea 20  Villa 13
Yellow Cards:
Chelsea 2 Villa 7

[adam#1]

It was no pen to them. Malouda backing into Collins so clearly. Good performance, great to see spirit. Great to see Dunne back to his best and Heskey was imperious.
 

We need to follow this up on Weds.

It was my son's first away game today. What an introduction!

 If we all chip in,can you take him to every away match now?!

He's seen us play Chelsea 4 times now - 2 draws and 2 wins...I tihnk he has some special power over them...

now all you need is to get 18 more sons, each assigned with a special power against the other PL sides.

Except we're emigrating to British Columbia in April....

[dicedlam]

Tremendous result today. I dont think we can under estimate how important that comeback at the death was.
Coming back in the manner we did will restore a lot of confidence in the players.

Special mention for Gabby & Heskey today, they both worked there socks off.

[Malandro]

most of our cards were deserved, I actually thought petrov should have walked for his too

[WikiVilla]

I'm amazed we kept all 11 on the field to be fair
Thought the ref on the whole was ok, albeit Essien should have got a Y and maybe Terry

[Olneythelonely]

most of our cards were deserved, I actually thought petrov should have walked for his too

The problem isn't really our yellow cards, but the lack of cards for them, Essien in particular.

[rutski]

Talking of referee decisions, hows this stat for you (from Sky website):

Fouls:
Chelsea 20  Villa 13
Yellow Cards:
Chelsea 2 Villa 7

and essien did a scholes all match, trip after trip and not cautioned! How the frig do they get away with it?

[Michel Sibble]

On the point of Collymore's topic (Big 4 getting favourable pens):

Past 3 seasons at 6th, refs were not just giving us clear pens, they were booking us left right and centre and ignoring advantages (Carew being climed over etc, Gabby fouled by last man).

Tonight's ref just confirmed this IMO. But still a brilliant result. Now lets push on to Sunderland.