Chelsea v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Witton Warrior]

We are missing Ron...

[curlytailavfc]

plastic ron?he never plays at christmas so get use to him being out

[Toronto Villa]

I think part of yesterday was leftover from the illness of the previous week. They only came back to training on Wednesday. Hardly the best preparation going into a game against the best team in the league. I expect to see us play a bit more like we have been this weekend, albeit against just as difficult an opponent.

[pauliewalnuts]

I think part of yesterday was leftover from the illness of the previous week. They only came back to training on Wednesday. Hardly the best preparation going into a game against the best team in the league. I expect to see us play a bit more like we have been this weekend, albeit against just as difficult an opponent.

I don't even think that will have come in to it.  I think we just played the best team in the league. I doubt the result would have been any different if there had been no illness.

It's fair enough, sometimes you come up against a side which is just significantly better than you are - and they are. They'll beat much better teams than us this season, easily.

[silhillvilla]

I think part of yesterday was leftover from the illness of the previous week. They only came back to training on Wednesday. Hardly the best preparation going into a game against the best team in the league. I expect to see us play a bit more like we have been this weekend, albeit against just as difficult an opponent.

Pre game you fancied us for a result didn't you ? Did the illness have no bearing on that view?

[N'ZMAV]

It's getting a bit darker of an evening now, so don't expect to see Ron for a couple of months.

[ez]

Zog is always going to be hit and miss, and will be mainly miss when we are being outplayed.
Bent just seems a waste of a shirt these days. A kid from the U16 side couldn't have been any less use than Bent has been so far this season. A startlingly rapid decline from Bent and he's still only 30 and yet looks less mobile than Sheringham did at 38/39. Worth every penny of what we paid at that time, a few years on and I wouldn't want him on a free and 10K a week wages. He actually looks like he has eaten Grant Holt.

Bit harsh. I don't remember any crosses to him or any through balls getting him in on goal probably because he only got onto the pitch when we had already thrown the towel in. Gabby hardly did anything as the lone striker either.

[Toronto Villa]

I think part of yesterday was leftover from the illness of the previous week. They only came back to training on Wednesday. Hardly the best preparation going into a game against the best team in the league. I expect to see us play a bit more like we have been this weekend, albeit against just as difficult an opponent.

I don't even think that will have come in to it.  I think we just played the best team in the league. I doubt the result would have been any different if there had been no illness.

It's fair enough, sometimes you come up against a side which is just significantly better than you are - and they are. They'll beat much better teams than us this season, easily.

I'm not saying we'd have beaten them, but it can't have helped not having a full week to prepare.

[Toronto Villa]

I think part of yesterday was leftover from the illness of the previous week. They only came back to training on Wednesday. Hardly the best preparation going into a game against the best team in the league. I expect to see us play a bit more like we have been this weekend, albeit against just as difficult an opponent.

Pre game you fancied us for a result didn't you ? Did the illness have no bearing on that view?

Yes, I thought they could have got something from the game. It's a much better place to be mentally than being morbidly depressed all the time about everything to do with the club.

[Matt Collins]

Zog is always going to be hit and miss, and will be mainly miss when we are being outplayed.
Bent just seems a waste of a shirt these days. A kid from the U16 side couldn't have been any less use than Bent has been so far this season. A startlingly rapid decline from Bent and he's still only 30 and yet looks less mobile than Sheringham did at 38/39. Worth every penny of what we paid at that time, a few years on and I wouldn't want him on a free and 10K a week wages. He actually looks like he has eaten Grant Holt.

Bit harsh. I don't remember any crosses to him or any through balls getting him in on goal probably because he only got onto the pitch when we had already thrown the towel in. Gabby hardly did anything as the lone striker either.

Zog is always going to be hit and miss, and will be mainly miss when we are being outplayed.
Bent just seems a waste of a shirt these days. A kid from the U16 side couldn't have been any less use than Bent has been so far this season. A startlingly rapid decline from Bent and he's still only 30 and yet looks less mobile than Sheringham did at 38/39. Worth every penny of what we paid at that time, a few years on and I wouldn't want him on a free and 10K a week wages. He actually looks like he has eaten Grant Holt.

Bit harsh. I don't remember any crosses to him or any through balls getting him in on goal probably because he only got onto the pitch when we had already thrown the towel in. Gabby hardly did anything as the lone striker either.

I didn't hear this directly but on 5 live, Steve Claridge said how much bigger bent was than when he'd last seen him

By the time benteke and kozak are back he'll be nowhere to be seen. Next year I expect to see him in an obscure foreign league

[Witton Warrior]

Basically we are a bit better in defence than last season with our world-class striker still out so 10 points is OK by me - if it is still 10 points at the end of October I may begin to worry...

[Matt Collins]

Spot on for me Ron M.

 I like Sanchez, and think when he gets up to speed his pace, strength and aggression is what we need.I'm ok with Delph, not over impressed with Westwood, and not sure that for £8m we can't get a better player than Cleverley.Sigurdsson was cheaper than that and would have been a better fit.

 We need better footballers up front to play off CB/Kozak. Weimann, Gabby and N'Zog lack the quality at this level

Sigurdsson would have been such a fantastic signing.

[VillaAlways]

I really really hate Chelsea.

[Holte Sweet]

I just wish they ,Man City and Manyoo ,when they have finished buying their way back to trophies,  would clear off to some sort of European Mega bucks league.We might then get a league that resmbes a sporting contest rather than the farce that is  laughingly described as the' best league in the world. '

[German James]

I just wish they ,Man City and Manyoo ,when they have finished buying their way back to trophies,  would clear off to some sort of European Mega bucks league.We might then get a league that resmbes a sporting contest rather than the farce that is  laughingly described as the' best league in the world. '

This. And to think not to long ago we were all laughing at the SPL for being a two horse race. The EPL is hardly better.

Re. the game, I don't know why Hutton's being allowed/encouraged to get forward so much. He's greatly improved defensively, but his attacking play is dire.