Aston Villa v Tesco Bags Post-Match Thread

[eamonn]

That ****** Olsson clenching his fists and smiling after cheating a peno out of us...he must have thought he'd won the lotto. If Herd had stamped on him why did Olsson get up immediately without a care in the world?

[Zhong Yi]

losing at home to West Brom is just not on. How much longer is that clot of a manager going to remain in charge of Aston Villa Football Club.

[taylorsworkrate]

That c*** Olsson clenching his fists and smiling after cheating a peno out of us...he must have thought he'd won the lotto. If Herd had stamped on him why did Olsson get up immediately without a care in the world?

Its unfair to say he cheated us out of a penalty.  As you say he got up straight away and carried on with the game.  He looked a mixture of astounded and delighted (as any player would) when it was awarded.

His comments after the game were odd though.  If he knew he'd been stamped on, he'd have been rightly furious.

[brian green]

Good call Zhong Yi.   It is also good to see the word clot getting a run out as an insult.   Congealed, turning sour, not flowing, lumpy.   The word clot is very appropriate to Alex McLeish and his football.

[ROBBO]

The players are crap the manager is crap and i'm sorry to say the owner is crap. Please sell Randy, preferably to someone who has a reasonable idea of how to run a premiership club.

[Muscle-Dolphin]

Let's face it - right now we suck. Is there really any other way to look at it?  No significant shots on goal besides the penalty!  I'm very despondent and disillusioned. 

[Chris Smith]

That c*** Olsson clenching his fists and smiling after cheating a peno out of us...he must have thought he'd won the lotto. If Herd had stamped on him why did Olsson get up immediately without a care in the world?

Its unfair to say he cheated us out of a penalty.  As you say he got up straight away and carried on with the game.  He looked a mixture of astounded and delighted (as any player would) when it was awarded.

His comments after the game were odd though.  If he knew he'd been stamped on, he'd have been rightly furious.

Cheating was exactly what he did. No question. The ref had already had a word and he tried to provoke Herd into reacting.

[MarkM]

In the face of being on the wrong side I am goingbo put my view a final time...

As the ball was cleared I continued to watch the Herd incident continue and it did look from my view point like a stamp or a kick.

I was sure he had done it, and that he was going to get a red card. The TV replay from the front doesn't show much but from behind (the linesman view) it did look like he stamped / kicked out.

I'm not saying he did stamp but from my perspective it looked like he did

[Chris Smith]

Like the linesman, Mark, you got it wrong. The cheating Albion bastard conned you too.

[LeeB]

Phil Dowd must give the greatest blow jobs in the world to find himself a professional referee.

It's the only explaination.

[Lizz]

I had no idea why their penalty was given yesterday, having seen it on MOTD just, now know why it was given, even though it shouldn't have been.

[MarkM]

Like the linesman, Mark, you got it wrong. The cheating Albion bastard conned you too.

Chris, I'm not saying it was a foul, but from my view Herds leg looked like it stamped / kicked.

I can understand why the linesman gave it, from what I saw I would have.

That's not to say it was a good decision, as I have said it's all about perspective.

[jimmeh1987]

the man above speaks the truth.

[jimmeh1987]

Feel so sorry for Herd, the lad was playing really well, with the footage showing that he hasn't done anything wrong will Villa appeal and get the 3 match ban removed?

[Richie]

The sending off decision was a joke. Will probably be recinded but it doesn't help us now does it ?

As soon as we were down to 10 men, it was a matter of time. Plus Herd was our best player on the day.