Aston Villa v The Plastic Knobbers-Post Match Thread

[Clampy]

Having attended the game at Stamford Bridge earlier in the season it was sweet to get the revenge and like someone stated earlier we should have had 6 points off them.

I love the difference between them and us. Of course I'd like a tiny bit of their success but not at the expense of what we have. When they scored their winner in August they waved their silly bloody big flags they have on the touch line, clapped a bit and the flash bulbs went on the mobiles.

Compare that to what even MOTD spotted when Delph scored: Proper footy fans of all ages going barmy.

How very true. The one's who sit in the same stand as the dug out at Old Trafford are the worst. Taking pictures throughout the game and politely clapping when a goal goes in. The Holte on Saturday when the goal went in was just fantastic. It seemed to take ages for the cheers to die down.

[olaftab]

One thing that did disturb me about Saturday was the amount of adults wearing those terrible half and half scarves, I saw loads of them. As my son said 'why would a Villa fan want a scarf with Chelsea on?'.

Good lad. Yes why?  Even the tourist should have an allegiance  as they are at a football game.

[Hookeysmith]

Anyone read this.
Mourinho at his arrogant worst.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11677/9218204/jose-mourinho-calls-on-premier-league-to-stop-sending-chris-foy-to-chelsea-games

Go on the Jose - dont you really mean you would like to list the refs that can do your games

I like you a lot, your achievements are incredible especially as you were never a player, but please have some dignity you classless wanker - accept defeat graciously

[LeeB]

The FA should agree to Chelsea's demands, and then award the points to the opposition when he's scheduled to ref them.

[Deano's Mullet]

Friggin' amazing result, never expected it in a million years to be honest. Payback for August to be sure and love to see Mourninho moaning about the all the things that went against them, this being the same guy who said Paul Lambert should play it cooler all those months ago. A knob of the highest order, how special can he be if he's never won at Villa Park?

[Ads]

Thinking of Chelsea of the past, I had forgot about Denis Wise and what a horrible little ****** bag he was.

[Pete3206]

The moaning one's comments on the 21st August

Paul has a certain type of personality – he reminds me of myself 10 years ago when I was complaining every decision, when I wanted to coach my team and at the same time have a whistle at my lips. He's a young manager, very intelligent, he will change

[LeeB]

The moaning one's comments on the 21st August

Paul has a certain type of personality – he reminds me of myself 10 years ago when I was complaining every decision, when I wanted to coach my team and at the same time have a whistle at my lips. He's a young manager, very intelligent, he will change

If Lambert did say "he reminds me of myself" post match, then that's a quality slap down to The Patronising One.

[Toronto Villa]

The moaning one's comments on the 21st August

Paul has a certain type of personality – he reminds me of myself 10 years ago when I was complaining every decision, when I wanted to coach my team and at the same time have a whistle at my lips. He's a young manager, very intelligent, he will change

If Lambert did say "he reminds me of myself" post match, then that's a quality slap down to The Patronising One.

he did and it is brilliant because looking back now that's exactly what he meant when he said it. I'd forgotten Mourinho had come out with that gem after our game at Stamford Bridge so for Lambert to drop in that grenade is genius.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Mourinho only has himself to blame. Playing a semi-fit Torres did nothing for their attack that failed to do much throughout the game. Our defence marshalled by Vlaar were superb, as were the midfield three that dropped deep, limiting the space for Chelsea but given the quality and options he has available, I'd say tactically he got it wrong.

We kept them out for an hour but in the last 30 minutes, before Willian was sent off, we finally started to show signs of intent ourselves. The Benteke effort on 66 minutes seemed to lift both the players and the fans, the sending off raised it further and with the space vacated by Willian, Delph came into his own. Great to see Albrighton switching wings too. It made us a very tricky side to defend against as we attacked from all angles.

Overall it was a great defensive display with a world class goal but I'm still struggling to understand why Benteke is choosing to play out wide and deep far too often. Apart from his one great effort, he never really threatened Chelsea the way we all know he can. If we can get him back in the centre and provide him with more service against Stoke, we should have far too much for them.

Great to see Lambert finally realised that the hoofing is pointless. When we play it on the ground we look a far better team.

[ExclDawg]

I must say, I haven't posted here much, but I still read the Post-Match threads as often as I can.  And I much prefer reading them on the days after a win like this!

And somebody had a gif of Delph's goal ... what I want is a gif of the Holte's reaction to the goal about 5 seconds after.  What a sight to see!!

[Chris Smith]

Anyone read this.
Mourinho at his arrogant worst.
http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11677/9218204/jose-mourinho-calls-on-premier-league-to-stop-sending-chris-foy-to-chelsea-games

Go on the Jose - dont you really mean you would like to list the refs that can do your games

I like you a lot, your achievements are incredible especially as you were never a player, but please have some dignity you classless wanker - accept defeat graciously

His motive, I assume, is that next time he does one of their games the spotlight will be firmly on him and any decision he gives against them will be magnified. Just hope he's got the balls not to be cowed by it.

[Clampy]

Mourinho only has himself to blame. Playing a semi-fit Torres did nothing for their attack that failed to do much throughout the game.

That's a good point. I did have a feeling he was going to score before the game but the only time I felt overly worried was when Demba Ba came on.

[Concrete John]

I liked Mourinho first time round, probably mainly for the way he used to wind up Fergie and Wenger.  But days like Saturday tell me that whatever freshness and charm he may have had have now disappeared by his own arse.

Decisions wise, I'll be big enough to say I thought Will I Am's was harsh, but it's just karma for what happened at their place. 

As for us, about as complete a performance as I can recall under Lambert.  We get it right tactically, worked very hard and showed ability of our own when we needed to.  Bennett had his best game in a Villa shirt, Bacuna had his best game defensively for us and our midfield worked a treat.  Delph got MOTM, but if Westwood keeps playing like that he'll be talked about as an England candidate as well.

Now, just don't fuck it up against Stoke!   

[LeeB]

Mourinho only has himself to blame. Playing a semi-fit Torres did nothing for their attack that failed to do much throughout the game.

That's a good point. I did have a feeling he was going to score before the game but the only time I felt overly worried was when Demba Ba came on.

I don't know about semi-fit, but Torres has been semi-shit for ages now. I cannot believe they're still persevering with him, I'm glad they are though.