Chelsea v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Ad@m]

Sky were just willing Chelsea to score and the Torres and luiz love fest was sickening.
They talk utter shite and just made the 8-0 worse in my opinion. At one point they actually made reference to Steven Gerard playing with frank lampard, like Stevie g was actually out on the pitch against us.
Ps Phil dowd is a useless fat troll too and I still have not forgiven him for wembley

I watched it on mute - it didn't make it much better.

[john e]

up early,  i felt a bit numb about the whole thing yesterday,
 but now its sinking in a bit it feels worse, Christmas Eve and feeling like shit all because of fucking Villa

[silhillvilla]

up early,  i felt a bit numb about the whole thing yesterday,
 but now its sinking in a bit it feels worse, Christmas Eve and feeling like shit all because of fucking Villa

Put it down as a freak result and look forward to 6 points vs Spurs and Wigan.
Up the villa.

[TonyD]

I agree about Ireland.  He is not onboard.  Get rid. 

[DB]

To be honest it was said earlier in the season by someone on here, we will be like this with the the young players he is selecting - great result one week and a drubbing the next. I just hope their confidence is broken too much when we play Spuds.

That team was too young and not enough first team / top flight experience, didn't Bannan have the most league apps in that team y-day? Chelsea totally exposed this, we need quality older players in Jan, especially in defence.

[john e]

up early,  i felt a bit numb about the whole thing yesterday,
 but now its sinking in a bit it feels worse, Christmas Eve and feeling like shit all because of fucking Villa

Put it down as a freak result and look forward to 6 points vs Spurs and Wigan.
Up the villa.

i'm still positive about Lambert and believe in what he's doing, but 8 nill is 8 nill

no matter how we dress it up its still 8 fucking nill,
 theres no getting away from that, i still have to blink when the score comes on the telly, it keeps saying Plastic Twats 8 Villa 0, its not easy for us

[andyh]

The last thing on my mind last night, and the first thing this morning.
That's how this bloody game gets to you.
As Tonyd says, 8-0 is 8-0. You can't dress it up, you can't sweep it under the carpet.

I think those representing us on the pitch yesterday owe us no less than 6 points over the next few days.
Do that and we just might start to exorcise some of yesterdays humiliation.

[rutski]

just woke up, first day of my holiday. i had a bad dream we were dicked by eight goals yesterday and i have had a thousand texts/ facebook messages taking the piss!

[nick harper]

A record defeat that has lasted 123 years has gone - still pinching myself to be honest. I was worried that the hype that had built up over the last few weeks would backfire on us but not quite like this. Anyway my take on the players that will go down in the record books....

Guzman - made some great saves. Will forgive him the one he threw in at the end.
Lowton - best player but not enough cover for Herd.
Clark - statuesque for the first goal and never recovered.
Baker - kept being sucked into the middle leaving the left hand side horribly exposed time and time again.
Herd - must still be dizzy from trying to contain Hazard. Not good enough as a defender or midfield player. Gives too many free kicks away.
Lichaj - not a left sided player but not good enough to play as a wing back.
Westwood - our shape went after he was taken off. Wrong substitution.
Bannan - tried to link things up but looked a boy in a man's league.
Holman - completely anonymous and looked lethargic.
Weiman - never got in the game.
Benteke - on the plus side it will dampen the hype. He needs to improve his first touch and get hold of the ball.
Ireland - have always been his biggest fan and he's supremely talented but he needs to decide whether he wants to be part of what Lambert is trying to do. Looks like he will never get that hunger back.
Bennett - not impressed but needs games.

For Spurs and their pace and width, we will get murdered if he plays his full backs that far up the pitch.

[VillaAlways]

All so predictable Hyped up in the press in the week and an absolute battering. All the small heathens who I thought had deleted their accounts out in full force last night. Highlight of their season. Sad gits

[Percy McCarthy]

A nose text me last night (Small Heath spelling included):

'I wont you to do well and stop embarrissing us'.

I replied 'That's rich coming from the most embarrassing club in the world ever'.

[Kingthing]

I stepped In horse poo when I left the ground, summed the day up really.

Chelsea fans have no sense of humour, tried to have banter with them over the dividing fence, they were so angry, so to wide them up we held up our Kingston Lions flag, they didn't like that much either.

[JUAN PABLO]

My busiest day of the year today at work and I have to go in , I will see at least 1000 people who most of them know who I support .  FFS  Im dreading it .   Alcohol at ten I think , as that is what I am  selling to the plastic masses.

[silhillvilla]

Makes me angry when I read stuff about Ireland like "supremely talented" , wtf ? The guy is a lazy spoilt twat who doesn't deserve to play for us . Can't get rid soon enough.

[Ron Manager]

I feel sorry for those who have got to go into work today. Hopefully only a few. I gave up watching at 4-0 couldnt take any more
.
If we capitulate to Spurs Boxing Day in the same manner Paul Lambert will have to move very quickly in the transfer window.

That is if Randy Lerner,remember him,provides funds to back the manager in his attempts to improve us.

However I think we will beat Spurs 2-0 and suddenly everything will be OK again for a few days.

But the biggest defeat in the clubs glorious history certainly takes a lot of getting used to.

And I havent yet.