Chelsea v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[ciggiesnbeer]

Time for spending limits and foreign player quotas, please. Otherwise, football can just fuck off.

Wont that just make things worse? That means clubs who buy their way to success (like everyone) will buy up a very limited resource (good british players) and less rich clubs will then be unable to buy up decent foreign players to help close the gap.

Also the quality of the league will go down if we start using more British players leading to a decline in the leagues European performances.

Fixed spending limits though, I agree. That would be helpful in leveling the playing field. Unlike FPP which makes things much worse.

[kippaxvilla2]

Predictable, turgid, shitness and lack of ambition that have become the hallmarks of this managers regime.

I don't expect us to beat Chelsea away but god give them a feckin game at least.

[john e]

Let's Face it it's an improvement on 8

[olaftab]

Two 3-0 losses in a row surely next week won't be the same?

Why?

[Pete3206]

Predictable, turgid, shitness and lack of ambition that have become the hallmarks of this managers regime.

I don't expect us to beat Chelsea away but god give them a feckin game at least.

I agree with the 2nd bit. We gave them a game last season and still lost. Difference was a fully fit Benteke and a goal threat. Any attempt at that kind of approach today would have resulted in a severe pasting. Unfortunate, but there it is.

[ez]

So Chelsea got their revenge. It's probably our most difficult fixture and it's out of the way now.

[Ads]

Good to see Stan as well today.

[UK Redsox]

Didn't watch and clean forgot to even check the score until now.

To mix things up with another sporting event going on today, 3-0 is par for the course and probably the most predictable result of the day.

[UK Redsox]

Two 3-0 losses in a row surely next week won't be the same?

Why?

It'll be at least 4-0

[PaulWinch again]

Well fairly expected, I just hope after the next couple of results don't damage us too much.

[andyh]

It's all well and good being pragmatic about being stuffed by one of the big boys again, but fucking hell, it doesn't mean we have to just accept it as our lot.

[LTA]

Two games in a row where we've effectively given up as soon as we've gone behind.  We're just far too negative and have been all season.

[Witton Warrior]

Two games in a row where we've effectively given up as soon as we've gone behind.  We're just far too negative and have been all season.

To be fair it being 0-3 down in 4 minutes takes the wind out of most team's sails I would have thought?

[dutchvilla]

It is good to see them trying to play it from the back and they are all working hard. But you have to offer more of a threat or eventually you're picked off. Gabby can't do much on his own, they need Benteke and they need to do more with set pieces - nick a goal and the dynamic of the game changes.

[PeterWithesShin]

It's all well and good being pragmatic about being stuffed by one of the big boys again, but fucking hell, it doesn't mean we have to just accept it as our lot.

I don't think anyone accepts it as our lot, especially considering some of our results against the 'top' clubs. But considering the depressing gulf between us and Chavski it isn't the end of the world to be well beaten. It's not being defeatist, just realistic. They are a lot better than us and they beat us.