Aston Villa v Chelsea Post-Match Thread

[levico]

It's not certain that we will go down but it's looking pretty likely now. Just hope that Stan pulls through which is far more important than the future of a below average football club. Very dark days indeed. Can it get any worse?

[LeeB]

I'm now officially panicked, and am wheeling a plasterer's bath down to Texaco as we speak.

[Matt C]

West Brom are only three points above us having played a game more - our game at their place is huge.

[Hadley83]

Thought Ireland,Baker,Gabby and Lichaj played well. Asking a lot of a very young inexperienced team to get anything today. Very proud of the applause for Petrov and the fact we had so many youth team players in squad. 12 must be a prem record?

[Dave]

Said before the game that the result wasn't the important thing today and that doesn't change just because we lost.

Really good fight by the youth. 19th minute was impeccable. Lichaj looks like he's be a very useful player.

The result was important in the season though. Chelsea looked vulnerable at the back and when back to 2-2 we got screwed by the ref and our defending.

We are going down this season. I am more sure by the week. As I predicted 2 weeks back, the bottom clubs will start fighting and win games you would not expect. We just keep losing. We are totally rudderless, and the manager has not got a clue of how to motivate the side.

So all the stuff from 24 hours ago, how we've been shown a new perspective and how football doesn't really matter can just be forgotten then?

We narrowly lost to a Champions League team which cost approximately ten times what our side cost to put together. Exactly what you would expect to happen, did happen except we showed a good deal more character than we have done in other games this season.

[timeoutbigbar]

McLeish doing his best to take us down.  I had hope at 2-2 and we were in the ascendancy.  It can't be just coincidence that Ivanhoe comes on and minutes later we concede and ultimately lose 4-2.

edit:  I will point out that I fully respect there are more important issues than football going on with Stans situation.  I look forward to our games every week though and despite whats happening, I can't help but feel disappointed.

[Colhint]

its not looking likel

It's not certain that we will go down but it's looking pretty likely now. Just hope that Stan pulls through which is far more important than the future of a below average football club. Very dark days indeed. Can it get any worse?

It's not looking likely now. William Hill have us as the rank outsiders

[Toronto Villa]

It does not look good, we need 2 wins and i cant see us getting them any time soon, we are definately in the relegation battle, we have a bloke in charge who knows about these.

Your last sentence worries me Rich given how it's always ended up under him. I'm officially shitting it now.

[Dan England]

Absolutely inept at the back. This with a manager who's supposed biggest asset is his defensive attributes. It ain't working and won't work and you need to fuck off now Mcleish. You can not gift anyone three goals and expect to win. Worth a tenner on us going down I think.

[Goldie.7]

Got what I expected today, no real surprise so no real disappointment.

Couldn't put it better if i tried.

[Matt C]

I'm no Heskey fan either but you can't blame him for that defeat.

[Toronto Villa]

McLeish doing his best to take us down.  I had hope at 2-2 and we were in the ascendancy.  It can't be just coincidence that Ivanhoe comes on and minutes later we concede and ultimately lose 4-2.

It had nothing to do with him at all. Give any player space at the near post for an unmarked header, let alone an international, they'll hurt you. The last goal was just us pushing up and being caught.

We got fucked by the ref. we'll never know if Gabby would have scored but had he done so 3-2 would have been an entirely different Villa Park.

[ozzjim]

Said before the game that the result wasn't the important thing today and that doesn't change just because we lost.

Really good fight by the youth. 19th minute was impeccable. Lichaj looks like he's be a very useful player.

The result was important in the season though. Chelsea looked vulnerable at the back and when back to 2-2 we got screwed by the ref and our defending.

We are going down this season. I am more sure by the week. As I predicted 2 weeks back, the bottom clubs will start fighting and win games you would not expect. We just keep losing. We are totally rudderless, and the manager has not got a clue of how to motivate the side.

So all the stuff from 24 hours ago, how we've been shown a new perspective and how football doesn't really matter can just be forgotten then?

We narrowly lost to a Champions League team which cost approximately ten times what our side cost to put together. Exactly what you would expect to happen, did happen except we showed a good deal more character than we have done in other games this season.

Read the post Dave. The result wasn't important in the moment, but at 2-2 at the end of the season can be looked at as a lost point when the dust settles, and as I said due in large part to a ref who was very biased. My second comment was what we appear as a team, and we look increasingly likely to drop.

[Steve kirk]

Wigans next game is away to Chelsea, Qpr visit Man Utd next so in theory we shouldent be any worse off after the Liverpool game (I am assuming defeat in that one), up next after that will be a Home game against Stoke which then becomes massive.     

[Chipsticks]

Likely contrary to popular belief, I thought Heskey did bloody well when he came on.