Aston Villa v Bolton Wanderers: MATCH POSTPONED

[dave.woodhall]

Can't argue with that decision.

[bertlambshank]

Well done both clubs.

[Tony]

Definitely the right decision.

[villajk]

Right decision.

[dave.woodhall]

Club statement:

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2664327,00.html

[JJ-AV]

Correct decision. Hope he pulls through.

Any idea when it'll be moved to?

[bertlambshank]

Club statement:

http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2664327,00.html

Very good statement.

[SteveD]

Good decision, good comments from Eck, and it means Bolton + players won't be distracted and fans of both clubs won't be inconvenienced by anno being dragged out.

[dave.woodhall]

Correct decision. Hope he pulls through.

Any idea when it'll be moved to?

The next couple of midweeks are tied up with their re-arranged cup tie and possible replay, then it's Easter. My guess is 17/18 April.

[paulcomben]

The correct decision and thoughts are with Muamba and his family. On the relatively unimportant selfish matter of Villa, though, that looks like us being stuck on 33 points until after the next 3 matches: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool.

[VillaAlways]

The correct decision and thoughts are with Muamba and his family. On the relatively unimportant selfish matter of Villa, though, that looks like us being stuck on 33 points until after the next 3 matches: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool.

I think we will be on 35 LDD

[garyshawsknee]

The only call to make,god knows what the Bolton squad and management must be going through right now.

[UK Redsox]

Good that's completely the right decision.

Absolutely. The game at Swansea should not have gone ahead either - maybe some lessons were learned from that.

Assuming that you're talking about the game on the day of Gary Speed's death, its apples-and-oranges. On that occasion peoples were already at the ground for a game that did not have any direct connection to the person who died. Therefore I think it was correct for that game to go ahead, just as I think its correct that Tuesday's game doesn't.

[dave.woodhall]

The game at Swansea also had less direct connection with Gary Speed.

[pauliewalnuts]

I understand the line of thought re Swansea, but think last night was totally different from other occasions because of the sheer immediacy of it.

I think that when 35,000 people spend ten minutes watching a young man getting administered CPR and having a defibrillator used on him, clearly, none of the fans or spectators or players are going to want to play the rest of the game.

If you then take that further a bit, Bolton players have watched one of their workmates fighting for his life. The last thing they're going to want to do now is train for, and play in, a game in three days time.

Swansea, I could have understoof if they'd called it off, but last night was a totally different kettle of fish altogether, I think.