Aston Villa vs Chelsea Post-Match Thread

[Witton Warrior]

Back home and am exhausted after that!

Both teams played up to their stereotypes and the result was a sickener but not surprising.
We had plenty of chances to score more and didn't - same old same old.

As a fan I absolutely loved that match though! Had enough incident for half a season although at the break I did say I hoped for a boring second half - was never going to happen.

Au revoir Stan - so glad that the majority of the crowd stayed to say goodbye.

Come on you Gunners!

[Somniloquism]

Also, anyone tell me why the ref did not take action against the players for trying to protect their fan from the steward? The steward was totally in the right as the fan had encroached, he had to hold onto to him as no one was helping, yet the three Chelsea players were trying to get him to let go.

[russon]

by the way, I was sat behind Shaun Teale in the lower Holte today

[SoccerHQ]

Yes Lampard was already on a yellow.

It would've been hilarious to see him get sent off after breaking the record but I thought players got booked when they run towards the crowd and instigate pitch invasions?

[eastie]

I don't think come Tuesday night we will still be in the mix , but if we are it will be very worrying - the good thing for us is that arsenal need a win so will be going for it and have had plenty rest whereas wigan will be tiring.

We all thought that Chelsea would tire today.

Chelsea have a much bigger squad than wigan .

[Somniloquism]

I don't think come Tuesday night we will still be in the mix , but if we are it will be very worrying - the good thing for us is that arsenal need a win so will be going for it and have had plenty rest whereas wigan will be tiring.

We all thought that Chelsea would tire today.

Chelsea have a much bigger squad than wigan .

And they have been rotating it. The only rotation Wigan have done ( like us) is on injuries and they have had a lot recently so aren't even able to play their first choice 11 or defence as shown with the goals Swansea scored.

[DB]

Just got back from the match. We have played worse and won. High hopes for next season f we play like that.

[villasjf]

Why didnt the whole squad come out for the lap of appreciation? looked like just todays squad.

[eastie]

Just got back from the match. We have played worse and won. High hopes for next season f we play like that.

Agree , we lost but we played very well, could not fault any of the performances today - Delph and Bennett stood out for me , pity benteke got sent off or I think we would have gone on and scored more.

[brontebilly]

Great game with some very good performances (esp Delph, Vlaar,Benteke, Westwood,Guzan).

I felt Weiman was woeful. Was fed the ball in good positions all afternoon but lacked composure and was very wasteful. That fresh air shot in front of the Holte summed it up.

Lampard is a class act and good luck to him. Terry on the other hand is an utter disgrace. Trust him to choose Petrov's farewell occasion to stink the place out with his gamesmanship. Petrov = chalk, Terry = cheese (Gorgonzola to be precise)

No mention of Gabby's gamesmanship to get Ramires sent off?

Ron Vlaar is muck. I really can't stand him. A big lumbering oaf and continuously makes the most stupid mistakes. How does a defender at the top level get caught 2 yards under a cross from a corner

[CJ]

Good game spoiled by a terrible display of refereeing. If Benteke's second yellow was correct (it probably was) then Terry should have also gone as he did exactly the same to Weimann after he'd been booked for the cynical trip in the first half (will have to see that on MOTD to decide whether it should have been red or whether Cole was covering). Thought we played with purpose and intensity, closing down well and driving forward confidently. Deserved at least a point but we all knew what would happen when Benteke went. Delph and Sylla had their best games for us so far and the future is starting to look really bright.

Their team contains the most odious examples of everything that's wrong with modern football - Ashley Cole and John Terry for starters, and the 80's-girly-permed Luiz is getting on my nerves as well - every time he lost the ball he appealed to the ref for a foul - matched only by their totally classless chav fans.  Hopefully Terry will miss another European final after (s)he fell over and got stretchered off.  And if I played for Chelsea with that physio I'd have a groin strain at least once a week.

Great to see Stan leading the team out after the game - for a moment I'm sure someone must have let a flare off somewhere as I seemed to have got smoke in my eyes.

[Toronto Villa]

Great game with some very good performances (esp Delph, Vlaar,Benteke, Westwood,Guzan).

I felt Weiman was woeful. Was fed the ball in good positions all afternoon but lacked composure and was very wasteful. That fresh air shot in front of the Holte summed it up.

Lampard is a class act and good luck to him. Terry on the other hand is an utter disgrace. Trust him to choose Petrov's farewell occasion to stink the place out with his gamesmanship. Petrov = chalk, Terry = cheese (Gorgonzola to be precise)

No mention of Gabby's gamesmanship to get Ramires sent off?

Ron Vlaar is muck. I really can't stand him. A big lumbering oaf and continuously makes the most stupid mistakes. How does a defender at the top level get caught 2 yards under a cross from a corner

He needs a quality partner and not be relied upon to be the main CB.

[Ads]

Have you ever seen a player give the ball away so much as Sideshow Bob?

[PaulWinch again]

Vlaar is not muck at all, he's a decent player.

[Somniloquism]

Have you ever seen a player give the ball away so much as Sideshow Bob?

I predicted he would be in the middle second half and thought he would hurt us there. He did Fuck all. Just a shame he didn't move him back into defence when the racist cheating fuckweasal went off after trying to kick Bakers head.