Aston Villa v The Plastic Knobbers-Post Match Thread

[Chris Jameson]

Guy Mowbray is from York and is a York City supporter and by all accounts a great bloke.

[PeterWithesShin]

I get a semi every time I see the goal.

[Tom_Mc9?]

We have got a tendancy to score some good goals, which is odd as we're a bit shite.

[Toronto Villa]

for a team in mid table we score goals that any team at the top of the table would be proud of.

[robbo1874]

Chelsea are certainly a team I can't stand nowadays after actually being indifferent to them for the first few years of the Abramovich era.

As I said on the pre match thread it's probably all the ridiculous decisions that have gone against us v them in the last few years so yesterday was perfect.

Finally beating Man. United at Villa park again would top yesterday though, that day has to come sooner or later surely particularly if Moyes remains at the helm for next season.

was just thinking before, beating them at old Trafford would make my season now.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Garth Crooks team of the week.
MIDFIELDER - Fabian Delph (Aston Villa)
Finally Aston Villa got what they deserved against Chelsea and Fabian Delph was at the centre of everything they did well with his energy and work-rate. I saw Paul Lambert's team play Chelsea off the park at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season and got nothing for all their hard work.
They were even better at Villa Park and Delph was the star of the show. I know Guy Mowbray asked the midfielder in his post-match interview whether he meant his Cruyff flick for his goal. The look of disbelief on Delph's face was a picture - he definitely intended it.
Did you know? Fabian Delph had not scored in any of his 50 Premier League appearances for Aston Villa before this season, but has now scored three in 26 in 2013-14.

[Billy Walker]

The more I  see of Delph's goal, the more I can't work out how he did it.  Goal of the season.

[brontebilly]

Great win, didn't see the game but fair play to players and management. Things really did seem desperate after the Newcastle game but Lambert seems in a good position re contract extension now.

[VicMackey]

Been without tinternet this weekend so a little late but...get in!!!

The Holte End went absolutely berserk when the goal went in.  Love it.

[Tony Boucher]

Particularly liked Lambert's (other) dig at Mourinho's antics "He reminds me of myself!" :-)

[robbo1874]

Agree with you Billy - goal of the season so far...remember we're playing stoke next up though!

[Mortimer's Bear]

As Deadly D says in 'Ain't No Bluff', "Goal of the season? Yeah mon"....

(I think I'm still a little tipsy).

[ozzjim]

Anyone else enjoying reading the continuous damnation of Foy from Chelsea fan sites. Sooo funny. Some even claim their goal was valid and Ramirez did not deserve a red!!!

[Damo70]

I read a post match thread of theirs yesterday evening and to be fair only one of them claimed Ramires should not have had a red. The rest shot him down pretty quickly and firmly. I read some quotes from Mourinho yesterday. Apparently refs should take the time to speak with "Experienced managers like myself". Be honest Jose, you basically mean they should just take the time to speak to you because your so special and fantastic. The rest was a paragraph on him repeatedly saying he will say nothing, absolutely nothing about the ref and his decisions then a paragraph on him talking about the ref and his decisions.

[MoetVillan]

Was one of the voters for Villa win, but thats more because I cant find it within my self to "Vote" for anything but a Villa win.  I did have a feeling in the waters that we could get something.  Absolutely gripping game.  I think that is as strong a starting eleven that has come to VP over the last four to five seasons and wow, Hazard is tremendous..... but Bacuna and Bennet were immense and saw off the pressure from the wings.  best defensive display by Bennett in his time here.  Baker got a soft yellow card early on (which ironically led to Willians second yellow, yup that was soft, but Foy set his prescedent), but from then on with Vlaar rendered that team pretty toothless.  Our front three kept their back four working very hard which created space ini the middle for Westwood Kea and Delph to exploit.  Not a player on the pitch that didnt graft his backside off.  Terrific stuff