Aston Villa v The Throstles Match Thread

[citizenDJ]

Tricky old half time coming up for McLeish.

I think I'd take N'Zogbia off and put in Clark to take up Herd's role.

Baffling stuff, and it's ruined the game.

[Summers]

Just got in. Sounds like I've missed us being robbed so far.

[eastie]

radio wm saying herd sent off for attempted stamping.

[Irish villain]

We'd be doing well to draw this now. Siege mentality needed I fear. Hopefully Gabby's pace and Bent's finishing might nab us all three points.

[ez]

Well they beat us with 10 men we'll just have to do the same

[hawkeye]

The game has been decided by a series of awfull decisions,

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Regarding the penalty, Ollson didn't even appeal for the penalty. It was just a tangle and a pathetic decision by the linesman and an even worse one by Dowd.

Before that, I thought we looked comfortable.

[Fergal]

I bet he (wanker dowd) would not have sent rooney off..

[villadelph]

I want Dowd's head on a fucking plate.

[Ozzjim]

So we are now level due to the ineptitude of the referee and his even more stupid sidekick with a flag in his hand. What a disgrace. If Herd had kicked out at Olsson, he would have been rolling over the floor.

Football is shit, to add a continuous sense of injustice to much of it only serves to make it more unpalatable these days. Had enough of the whole charade.

[D.boy]

Right folks, just tuned in as West Brom scored (bad timing or what!).
We got a pen and Bent scored,
They get a pen and miss and Herd sent off for inexplicable reason then they manage an equaliser. Have I missed anything else?

[Villanation]

Very precarious next 45 this, we could get easily overrun, we should reshape the front either take N'zog of or Bent and bring Gabby into the middle, he's our only real threat up front anyway (by the way what a footy brain Gabby has on him winning that penalty, absolute magic).

We need to bring Clark into the midfield and hopefully spring them for another goal on the counter, otherwise I fear WBA will fancy this.

[taylorsworkrate]

Absolutely no doubt that we should be down to 10 men.

Hutton's "tackle" was a disgrace and Shane Long is very lucky not to have a broken leg and a year out of the game.

It is though the most unfathomable awarding of a penalty and sending off I have ever seen.  Did the linesman not wonder why Olsson showed no reaction whatsoever to the coming together?

Can't see us holding out or scoring again now.

[Villane]

I guess this is how cheated the Welsh felt during the rugby world cup! What did Herd do??!!

[Sarunyu]

We still have more quality but need to be clinical.
My need to take N'Zogbia out and put on the defend midfield like Clark to control the ball and play Gabby with Bent up front.