Chelsea v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Stu]

All the goals here
http://www.totalsportsmadness.com/2010/12/29/chelsea-vs-aston-villa-live-stream-highlights-2-january-2011/

Nice one mate. What the hell is going on with the background music though? Its fucking atrocious!

[TonyD]

Missed the game.   Great point.  Well done the lads!   Clark seems to be MOTM according to radio reports?

[Nev]

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

For fucks sake that's not the point. I agree, Petrov was lucky, but the equivalent fouls by Chelsea players did not incour the same censure as ours did. Thats the point. In fact I loved the fact that we got stuck in after Tuesdays awful showing.

[kippaxvilla2]

Well I've given both Houllier and the players plenty of stick in recent weeks.  However, cannot argue with today, superb display of fighting spirit demonstrated by 7 bookings even though half of them were a joke.  Well done, however, why they have taken to this point to show this sort of spirit.  Also Chavski are cheating diving scumbags.

[villa1]

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

For fucks sake that's not the point. I agree, Petrov was lucky, but the equivalent fouls by Chelsea players did not incour the same censure as ours did. Thats the point. In fact I loved the fact that we got stuck in after Tuesdays awful showing.

Agreed. Not much complaint with our bookings. He could maybe have dished out a warning or two first mind.

They weren't punished equally. Essien, ferr... (whatever his name is) for example.

[littlevillain]

Great fighting spirit which is really all we wanted too see. That exact line up would give most  teams a problem.

[PaulTheVillan]

I don't know how the ref could book NRC for hardly a challenge in the middle, then Essien went unpunished the whole game.

[Somniloquism]

The worst tackle in the whole match was from Terry and he was lucky to just get a yellow. Didn't stop the cheating scum-bag moaning about it though like he was being unfairly picked on.

But the moaning about the ref was totally justified when he cautioned Heskey and indicated the reason was it was his third foul, then finally warns Essien that his 6th foul was his last one before he was going to be booked, and then doesn't book him for the next one that eventually lead to our late equalizer.

[barrysleftfoot]

  Have'nt read all the comments , but has anybody mentioned how well Carlos played today.For me Friedel was MOM. but Carlos and Emile were not far behind.

  Collins for me gave another goal away, did'nt need to go for it, stupid penalty, like last year.Dunne apart from his mistake giving the 2nd away, had a reasonably good game.

  Gabby...still not sure about him, a bit brain dead for me sometimes.

  Ashley, Petrov, NRC.........all much better.


  Albrighton, has a top quality cross on him, we should be getting more goals off these.

 Overall, happy with the point, should give us a bit more confidence, and belief.All go to waste if we don't get a result on Wens.

[Toronto Villa]

Cuellar was very good but a lot of that is down to Downing helping him admirably and keeping Cole in check. Cuellar is arguably the best pure defender that we have at the club.

[JUAN PABLO]

I think the thing people are forgetting about Downing is that he did an incredibly effective man marking job on Ashley Cole usually a huge outlet for Chelsea but still managed to create some issues for Chelsea including a sublime cross to the back stick for Emile's goal with his right foot.  I get really annoyed with people who criticise him for being lazy when he's invariably working his bollocks off off the ball and he provides superb balance and width to our team.  It was his hard work today that meant nothing came down our right hand side and Carlos could ably assist Collins and Dunne.

agree entirely. I think he was told to do a job, and essentially kept Cole quiet all game. Sometimes you don't need to be visible to have had a good game, and I think he carried out the manager's instructions really well.

I kind of agree,yes he had a job,  but when he does get in a good postistion is final ball has to be better , just like the cross for the goal. he wastes too much at times..

[JJ-AV]

We've had shit loads of penalties since 2006. Alot of very favourable decisions.

[Toronto Villa]

I think the thing people are forgetting about Downing is that he did an incredibly effective man marking job on Ashley Cole usually a huge outlet for Chelsea but still managed to create some issues for Chelsea including a sublime cross to the back stick for Emile's goal with his right foot.  I get really annoyed with people who criticise him for being lazy when he's invariably working his bollocks off off the ball and he provides superb balance and width to our team.  It was his hard work today that meant nothing came down our right hand side and Carlos could ably assist Collins and Dunne.

agree entirely. I think he was told to do a job, and essentially kept Cole quiet all game. Sometimes you don't need to be visible to have had a good game, and I think he carried out the manager's instructions really well.

I kind of agree,yes he had a job,  but when he does get in a good postistion is final ball has to be better , just like the cross for the goal. he wastes too much at times..

I said the same at half time. The goal aside, both he and Ash were a little disappointing from wide positions today and especially from dead ball situations. By comparison Albrighton's cross for Clark was very similar to the cross Ash delivered to Carew's first when we battered the scum 5-1.

[JUAN PABLO]

Quote of the day:


Reporter  "do you get a fine for so many bookings?"

Houllier: "If so I'll pay it myself!"

fantastic    and send that twat mason the bill..... 

[Irish villain]

Clark's goal was so reminiscent of Laursen's a few year's back!