Aston Villa vs Chelsea Post-Match Thread

[Malandro]

If that had been Bennett, I would be fuming. But how can you feel anything but love for the big guy. He has kept us within touching distance of staying up.

[Tuscans]

Gabby has a lot of ginger kids around him....are they all his?

[ez]

Same old defence problems. Hopefully we won't need any more points.

[Tuscans]

Oh give it a rest about Frank

[ktvillan]

Half an hour t go, 1-0 up, cruising, and a very ordinary looking Chelsea down to 10 men it should have been thank you and good night.  Surely only Villa could fuck it up so royally from such a position.   We've made a habit of stupid pointless mistakes this season and for all his good work this season Benteke's stupidity has put us right back in the shit.  He'd already got away with it once and didn't learn.  Fuckwit.  If we end up going down it will that moment that swung it.  Going to Wigan with him I'd fancy us to get something, without him I think we'll struggle.  So we have to rely on Arsenal.  Fucking pathetic.

Really?

Yes really. You think Benteke was clever doing what he did?  And he could easily have gone earlier for the elbow.  And we've been doing similar suicidal stuff all season. if we need something at Wigan we will miss him, I think it will affect our confidence without him.

[Ducksworthy]

Sky are such fucking shit... Why have they broken off Stan to go to the Ray and Jamie Chavski wankfest?

[PaulWinch again]

Oh give it a rest about Frank

Indeed, fucking hell they're sickening.

[supertom]

I wouldn't discount Bent bowing out with a goal or two against Wigan. I'd bring on Zoggy for Wiemann too who's tired. We've enough quality to keep the ball and allow Bent to do his job of finding good positions.

Again, if we play like this against Wigan we'll rip them apart. They struggle to score and I think as long as we limit them to just the one goal (cus a clean sheet aint gonna happen) we'll beat them.

[Risso]

Dismal defending for both Fat Fwank goals.

[eastie]

Absolute suicide today.  Gutless and stupid.

Shameful and ridiculous comment!

[Steve R]

We weren't in the slightest bit gutless. Quite the opposite in fact.

It was a good game of football and there was plenty there to be proud of.

Why is Terry so unpopular?

[SamTheMouse]

From the Telegraph's live match thread:

"Anyhow. In all the excitement, Big John Terry fell awkwardly and he has been stretchered off. That's a shame for him."

[CT]

Travesty that we lost that.

I hope the sniper that shot John Terry when CB went near him has been arrested.

[Dave]

Benteke's still brilliant, but he stupidly cost us today.

The elbow yes, but the second yellow, he was clearly looking at the ball all the way to his foot, and Terry did everything to ensure a red.

By kicking him, Benteke deserved a second yellow card. It doesn't matter if he was looking at the ball or not, he followed through into Terry and was correctly yellow-carded.

And loathsome though he is, Terry did nothing more than Gabby did when Ramires fouled him.

Eyes all the way on the ball.

It doesn't matter what his eyes were doing. It's what his foot was doing that matters.

[PaulWinch again]

We weren't gutless at all, but I really hope Arsenal beat Wigan on Tuesday.