Aston Villa v Tesco Bags Post-Match Thread

[adrenachrome]

We don't have an ugly breakfast TV host as a celebrity supporter?

Our players don't look like they have been bought from the Tesco Value range?

He looks like a toby jug filled with hot piss.

2:50 Mins into the clip:

[Villanation]

I think Bent will be gone in January for £17 million to Q.P.R followed by Nzogbia for £6 million to Stoke .

Mcleish will be sacked in March with Heskey taking over as temp manager to the summer as Paul Lambert turns us down to stay at Norwich.

I think Bent has already made his mind up, and N'Zog, from what we have seen so far, it really isn't a problem.

Having seen the incident again on MOTD it was a poor decision, but as Mark mentions from a different angle you could have a different opinion albeit a wrong one IMO.

[Eigentor]

I think Bent will be gone in January for £17 million to Q.P.R followed by Nzogbia for £6 million to Stoke .

Mcleish will be sacked in March with Heskey taking over as temp manager to the summer as Paul Lambert turns us down to stay at Norwich.

Habib Beye as assistant? (Surely he should do something for the wages he's on.)

[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.

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

So was his non reaction after the incident some sort of genius double bluff then?

[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.

So was his non reaction after the incident some sort of genius double bluff then?

He punched the air in celebration when the penalty was awarded, knowing his ploy had worked.

[pauliewalnuts]

Olsson didn't cheat or provoke Herd into anything.

The referee and linesman got it wrong. Olsson punched the air because he'd got a penalty for no good reason.

[Dave]

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.

So was his non reaction after the incident some sort of genius double bluff then?

He punched the air in celebration when the penalty was awarded, knowing his ploy had worked.

So like more or less every player that has a penalty given in their favour then?

[Legion]

Olsson didn't cheat or provoke Herd into anything.

The referee and linesman got it wrong. Olsson punched the air because he'd got a penalty for no good reason.

Completely correct.

[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.

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

So was his non reaction after the incident some sort of genius double bluff then?

He punched the air in celebration when the penalty was awarded, knowing his ploy had worked.

I agree that he was trying to wind Herd up (think they were both trying to get at each other to be honest) , but surely during the incident itself he would have stayed down, rolled around in agony or gone sprinting to the ref to complain. (he'd have had enough time, Dowd didn't see the flag for a few seconds)

The linesman is the only person to really blame for the awarding of the penalty, he made an atrocious decision.

[Chris Smith]

Olsson didn't cheat or provoke Herd into anything.

The referee and linesman got it wrong. Olsson punched the air because he'd got a penalty for no good reason.

Of course he fucking did. Grabbing an opponents leg as they move away is against the laws of the game. In other words, it's cheating. He knew exactly what he was doing, hoping to get a reaction from an inexperienced player.

[pauliewalnuts]

Olsson didn't cheat or provoke Herd into anything.

The referee and linesman got it wrong. Olsson punched the air because he'd got a penalty for no good reason.

Of course he fucking did. Grabbing an opponents leg as they move away is against the laws of the game. In other words, it's cheating. He knew exactly what he was doing, hoping to get a reaction from an inexperienced player.

I think you're accrediting Olsson with far more cunning and nous than he actually has.

It was a terrible decision by the referee, but in my opinion, accusing Olsson of some evil plan is every bit as misguided as Hodgson telling MOTD that it was a stamp.

There's plenty evidence we were hard done by without resorting to the far fetched.

[MarkM]

I think Chelsea showed today with 9 what we should have done with 10 yesterday

Even with 9 men QPR were at times hanging on, and Chelsea had the chances to at least of got a draw.

We just seemed to give up

[Chris Smith]

What I'm saying, Paulie, is that he knew after the warning had been given that the officials would be watching. He grabbed Herd's leg just enough for him to react but not enough to trip him over, it wasn't as though he was stopping him going for the ball because it wasn't there.

It wasn't cunning or evil, just common-or-garden cheating. The sort that goes on in every game; QPR players were doing the same sort of thing to Luiz today, pinching and prodding him at a corner trying to make him lose it.

[olaftab]

He punched the air in celebration when the penalty was awarded, knowing his ploy had worked.

Complete rubbish. He did what every player does if they get a pen  deserved or not. Ours would do the same in similar situation.

[Chris Smith]

I think Chelsea showed today with 9 what we should have done with 10 yesterday

Even with 9 men QPR were at times hanging on, and Chelsea had the chances to at least of got a draw.

We just seemed to give up

True, but then Chelsea do have much better players than us.

Conversely, so do Manu who made an even worse fist if it than we did.