Mcleish - 'I Accepted the challenge'

[Somniloquism]

A decent manager would have come away with 3 points today

Yes, it was his fault that the linesman gave a goal kick instead of a corner and then from the resulting hoof we conceded an unlucky own goal.

Did we? I couldn't tell if it was a GK or CK from the play, but I did look away for a while and then saw them attack and score. But on replays it looked like it was our hoof back not won by Albrighton in the air just inside their half that was then hoofed into our box for Collins not to deal with properly.

[hawkeye]

A decent manager would have come away with 3 points today

Yes, it was his fault that the linesman gave a goal kick instead of a corner and then from the resulting hoof we conceded an unlucky own goal.

but it was his fault that he made the substitutions and gave instructions to time wast at corners

[Chris Smith]

A decent manager would have come away with 3 points today

Yes, it was his fault that the linesman gave a goal kick instead of a corner and then from the resulting hoof we conceded an unlucky own goal.

but it was his fault that he made the substitutions and gave instructions to time wast at corners

Come off it, every team in the country would try to run down the clock when they get a corner in injury time defending a one nil away from home.

[taylorsworkrate]

There was quite an odd moment late on where Weimann and Albrighton? had the ball in the corner, then Weimann inexplicably crossed the ball into a QPR box containing zero Villa players.

I know he's inexperienced but that was stupid.

[Holtemeister]

There was quite an odd moment late on where Weimann and Albrighton? had the ball in the corner, then Weimann inexplicably crossed the ball into a QPR box containing zero Villa players.

I know he's inexperienced but that was stupid.

No he didn't .... he tried to win a corner off the QPR defenders legs and missed ....

[pauliewalnuts]

The first 45 minutes today had me dreading the rest of the season, it was everything which was bad about his Blues side last year.

There were some encouraging signs in the first 25 or 30 mins of the second half, but it was his post match interview that gave me most hope.

One of the words he used to describe the first half was "insipid", which is absolutely bang-on.

[fredm]

The first 45 minutes today had me dreading the rest of the season, it was everything which was bad about his Blues side last year.

There were some encouraging signs in the first 25 or 30 mins of the second half, but it was his post match interview that gave me most hope.

One of the words he used to describe the first half was "insipid", which is absolutely bang-on.

And seeing some of his facial expressions and arm waving during the first half certainly gave me the impression that he was not liking what he was seeing and it was not how he was expecting them to play.  This would appear to have been confirmed by his aftermatch interview.  The conundrum is - why the hell were they playing like that for the first 45 minutes?

[brian green]

This is probably not the best place to record the incident but I am too tired to start a new thread.   A lad in front of me was thrown out by the stewards for having an empty plastic beer bottle in his hand.   He did not raise his voice or swear he only asked the steward if he would take the bottle and let him carry on watching the game.   He was refused on grounds of - you guessed it - health and safety.

Forty four quid for seats designed for midgets with a restricted view and QPR adds insult to injury by throwing out a Villa fan for a very minor breach of a stupid rule.

I also refuse to believe that shit hole of a ground complies with FA regulations about time to evacuate the stands.   Isn't it supposed to be five minutes?   We waited a good twenty minutes to get from the back of Y6 into a clear open space.   What are clubs like that doing in the Premiership?

[brian green]

I really am tired.   I intended that post to go on the post match thread.   It referred to an incident at today's game which made me very angry.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Why did he have an empty beer bottle in his hand? Did he drink it in the stand? If he did then its an offence. Don't make it right but he'd have been kicked out of every ground in the country

[brian green]

He did not drink it in the stand.   He put it in his pocket I assume rather than throw it on the ground.   When I walked out I saw dozens of soft drink bottles beneath the seats thrown down.   I don't feel like having a ruck but if you or any reasonable person thinks an empty plastic bottle breaches the law about taking alcohol into the viewing area I will eat my hat.   The lad had my sympathy even if he does not have yours.

[Greg N'Ash]

There was quite an odd moment late on where Weimann and Albrighton? had the ball in the corner, then Weimann inexplicably crossed the ball into a QPR box containing zero Villa players.

I know he's inexperienced but that was stupid.

No he didn't .... he tried to win a corner off the QPR defenders legs and missed ....

larf!

[Somniloquism]

He did not drink it in the stand.   He put it in his pocket I assume rather than throw it on the ground.   When I walked out I saw dozens of soft drink bottles beneath the seats thrown down.   I don't feel like having a ruck but if you or any reasonable person thinks an empty plastic bottle breaches the law about taking alcohol into the viewing area I will eat my hat.   The lad had my sympathy even if he does not have yours.

Sorry to not have as much sympathy either, but as Phil mentioned, the law is not to drink alcohol in the stands. It is weird that he suddenly decided not to drop an empty bottle under the stand but decided to take it into the stand and then give it to a steward. And I don't know why you are then saying there were lots of soft drink bottle around on the floor (which is normal in any football match) means he could take an alcohol bottle in but not want to drop it on the floor.

[Salsa Party Animal]

I would build the midfield round Bannan and Ireland and defence round Collins, Dunne and Given and Bent upfront. If we can sort out Ireland and N'Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz and get Bent fit and sort out passing game we could have a nice team. Alex McLeish should have a word with Sven Goran Erikksson to see if he can find the key for Ireland's form. McLeish is doing right things slowly but we need to improve quicker and be more ruthless with out of form players.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Getting back to the empty beer bottle debate. What I would like to know is why it's illegal to drink an alcoholic drink inside the viewing area of a football stadium in England, but at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand (where national pride is at stake) you can drink to your hearts content in the so called viewing area.
Yet another nonsensical part of the Taylor Report. You can turn up for a game as pissed  as a fart but take an alcoholic drink into the 'viewing area' and you become a criminal. Thank you Mrs. Thatcher.