Aston Villa v Manchester City Post-Match Thread

[olaftab]

I don't think John Motson was at Villa Park today.  They obviously do a "dub-on"  commentary after results are known.

yes he was - i spoke to him

OK I take back my  comment on cheapskate commentating, in the studio for highlights only, in this intstance.

[not3bad]

I had a lady sitting next to me on Saturday.  It occurred to me that the last time I had a lady sitting to my right was when we played QPR last season.  A good omen?  Nah, surely not, I thought.  But lo and behold we won - by exactly the same score.

[Jimbo]

I had a lady sitting next to me on Saturday.  It occurred to me that the last time I had a lady sitting to my right was when we played QPR last season.  A good omen?  Nah, surely not, I thought.  But lo and behold we won - by exactly the same score.

Oh, that'll be Lady Luck. Slipped on a banana skin and broke her hip, been holed up for a while.

[Dr Butler]

I'm still smiling after Saturday, not sure how we did it either but 3 good points and here is to another 3 at Hull.

Saturday was celebrated with a birthday dinner for my wife and yes I did get out the champers....not sure she was entirely happy us toasting her birthday and then me saying the toast Up the Villa....lol

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The Doc

How lucky is the lady that you are prepared to share her with your first love!

she is very, very lucky...

[berneboy]

KEA was offside IMHO, but lovely to hear the great dane say how the players are behinf the manager judging what Bacuna did after his goal and we will be a force in a couple of years

Going by the definition given earlier on in this post match discussion KEA was onside the way I see it.  The part of him that was level with the last defender was the foot he used to score the goal.  Therefore under current rules that makes him onside by my estimation.

Nope, if any part of your body that you can score from is offside, you're offside. Doesn't matter if you use that sort or not. I'm nit complaining, but that's the rule.

FIFA interpretation of Law 11:

Definitions
In the context of Law 11 – Offside, the following definitions apply:

• “nearer to his opponents’ goal line” means that any part of a player’s head, body or feet is nearer to his opponents’ goal line than both the ball and the second-last opponent. The arms are not included in this definition

• “interfering with play” means playing or touching the ball passed or touched by a team-mate

• “interfering with an opponent” means preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent’s
line of vision or movements or making a gesture or movement which, in the opinion of the referee, deceives or distracts an opponent

• “gaining an advantage by being in that position” means playing a ball that rebounds to him off a goalpost or the crossbar having been in an offside
position or playing a ball that rebounds to him off an opponent having been in an offside position

[paul_e]

From that definition, KEA should have been pulled up on point 1, but there's a strong case for Dzeko being pulled up on point 3 for their first so I can live with it.

[olaftab]

I had a lady sitting next to me on Saturday.  It occurred to me that the last time I had a lady sitting to my right was when we played QPR last season.  A good omen?  Nah, surely not, I thought.  But lo and behold we won - by exactly the same score.

I suggest you always have a lady sitting to your right from now on. Not doing so will be seen as dereliction of duty.

[Concrete John]

I'm still smiling after Saturday, not sure how we did it either but 3 good points and here is to another 3 at Hull.

Saturday was celebrated with a birthday dinner for my wife and yes I did get out the champers....not sure she was entirely happy us toasting her birthday and then me saying the toast Up the Villa....lol

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The Doc

How lucky is the lady that you are prepared to share her with your first love!

she is very, very lucky...

I was away this weekend in Edinburgh with a bunch of mates that are mainly Small Heath fans.  It cost me a round of Baileys over ice for 15 people, which I gladly payed just to wind them up and have 'em toasting the Villa!

[Dr Butler]

I'm still smiling after Saturday, not sure how we did it either but 3 good points and here is to another 3 at Hull.

Saturday was celebrated with a birthday dinner for my wife and yes I did get out the champers....not sure she was entirely happy us toasting her birthday and then me saying the toast Up the Villa....lol

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The Doc

How lucky is the lady that you are prepared to share her with your first love!

she is very, very lucky...

I was away this weekend in Edinburgh with a bunch of mates that are mainly Small Heath fans.  It cost me a round of Baileys over ice for 15 people, which I gladly payed just to wind them up and have 'em toasting the Villa!

nice one John, did the Baileys curdle at any point ?

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[eastie]

First time in 5 years we've overturned a half time deficit at villa park to win.
Last time was against newcastle  in 2008 when Carew was in his pomp.

[Concrete John]

I'm still smiling after Saturday, not sure how we did it either but 3 good points and here is to another 3 at Hull.

Saturday was celebrated with a birthday dinner for my wife and yes I did get out the champers....not sure she was entirely happy us toasting her birthday and then me saying the toast Up the Villa....lol

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The Doc

How lucky is the lady that you are prepared to share her with your first love!

she is very, very lucky...

I was away this weekend in Edinburgh with a bunch of mates that are mainly Small Heath fans.  It cost me a round of Baileys over ice for 15 people, which I gladly payed just to wind them up and have 'em toasting the Villa!

nice one John, did the Baileys curdle at any point ?

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It probably did when it hit my liver!!

[Hookeysmith]

Guzan - Nothing really to do apart from the goals, and to be honest thought he could have done better for both - great assist though makes up for them

Bacuna - Watch out for those splinters Matty - could be a while till you get back in

Clark - did his job well

Baker - As Clark

Vlaar -  MOTM - was immense

Luna - Did very well and made Milner look decidedly average - one critism - when he gets into forward positions i do wish he would fire in a cross on the run rather than think he has to get to byline all the time

Delph - really mature performance from him against world class opposition in midfield

Sylla - started poorly but got better and more involved as game went on

KEH - I was slating him until he scored and then he started to get really into the game

Weinmann - again looked out of sorts and was a headless chicken at times, especially 1st half. The drive for the free kick was excellent and the goal and celebration afterwards was pure class.

Kozak - Was absolutley dead on his feet at end of 80 mins but fair play to him, he worked his socks off and was starting to get the right flick ons at the end

Bowery - Did exactly was what asked of him and you cannot complain about that effort.

Lambert - fair play to him to try something else, maybe the personnel made his choice of line up a little bit easier but even so i like the fact we had a plan B

Once we had the equaliser i thought the home crowd was superb - pity we cannot keey it at that intensity for longer as the young platers obviously feed off it

[Miguelito]

anybody know why KEA went over to Lowton after his goal?

[danno]

anybody know why KEA went over to Lowton after his goal?

[Miguelito]

anybody know why KEA went over to Lowton after his goal?

haha brilliant, it all makes sense now.