Aston Villa vs Sunderland Post-Match Thread

[brian green]

Is there to be an Acronym Police?  What fun!

[saunders_heroes]

Is there to be an Acronym Police?  What fun!

The acronym wasn't so bad, it's what he said afterwards I think.

[pauliewalnuts]

It has been dealt with, so it is probably best if we just move on now.

[Malandro]

Is there to be an Acronym Police?  What fun!

The acronym wasn't so bad, it's what he said afterwards I think.

Could have been worse he could have said troll

[PeterWithesShin]

Again, can we move on now please.

[Malandro]

It has been dealt with, so it is probably best if we just move on now.

Oops, aye

[footyskillz]

If I was being abusive I'd call him a complete twat without an ounce of football knowledge, as illustrated by his username and just about every toadying post he's ever made here. But I didn't say that.

As it is, GTF was just intended as a friendly rebuke.

And if you were to do similar again it'd be the last post you made on here for along time.

Haters gonna hate. I all just ignore . BTW Dave I got your Aston villa miscellany book.  Its fantastic !
Cheers

[Gareth]

Getting back to the football - was it just me that was fuming with the ref for not booking two intentional handballs, one of which was Johnson & would have seen him doing the early bath walk too when he got his 'other' yellow later in the game.

It is one of my hugest bug bears with the game when refs don't book players for bookable offences and essentially give the players a free pass to commit another offence with no sanction.

[kippaxvilla2]

Averaging 1 goal in every 155 minutes on the pitch.  How this translates into 'excellent' week in week out would probably stump Stephen Hawking.  Even less fathomable is how grealish doesn't get a start given these stats are written in red ink with a red hand pointing to them in terms of pointing out a lack of creativity.

[ROBBO]

Benteke really pissed me off today, Grealish on two or three occassions got to the byline and crossed  with Benteke hanging back on the edge of the box when he shouid have been close in. He's complaining far too often about everything and didn't run the lines today, he may be frustrated but he can do something about it the supporters on the terraces just have to put up with it.

[footyskillz]

Getting back to the football - was it just me that was fuming with the ref for not booking two intentional handballs, one of which was Johnson & would have seen him doing the early bath walk too when he got his 'other' yellow later in the game.

It is one of my hugest bug bears with the game when refs don't book players for bookable offences and essentially give the players a free pass to commit another offence with no sanction.

Had to look up bug bears. I 100% agree intentional hand balls are deliberate attempts at cheating and breaking the rules . it's also perhaps the biggest crime as its football not handball!
I also dislike further when a player protesters and claims handling by a defender or opponent when it hits a chest or head ! That's even worse !
However I do recall a moment of comedy gold yet dam shameful when Steven Taylor for Newcastle pretended he had been hit in chest when he deliberate hand balled it .
And finally henry as the new sky pundit should be asked about all handballs in the match as he knows about that.

[mrastonvilla]

Averaging 1 goal in every 155 minutes on the pitch.  How this translates into 'excellent' week in week out would probably stump Stephen Hawking.  Even less fathomable is how grealish doesn't get a start given these stats are written in red ink with a red hand pointing to them in terms of pointing out a lack of creativity.

There's more goals in Stephen Hawking

[olaftab]

By the way Delph's red card and regular yellow cards will keep him at Villa Park as sort of teams he is looking to join will not touch him with a barge pole!

Sadly, I think football scouts are clever enough to look up Delph's stats re bookings before making such inaccurate assumptions about their regularity, unlike posters on the internet.

I would have thought 9 in 36 matches season 2013/14 and 11 in 32 matches 2012/13 is equal to about 2 bans and adverse effect on performance in concerned matches.

[PeterWithesShin]

By the way Delph's red card and regular yellow cards will keep him at Villa Park as sort of teams he is looking to join will not touch him with a barge pole!

Sadly, I think football scouts are clever enough to look up Delph's stats re bookings before making such inaccurate assumptions about their regularity, unlike posters on the internet.

I would have thought 9 in 36 matches season 2013/14 and 11 in 32 matches 2012/13 is equal to about 2 bans and adverse effect on performance in concerned matches.

That was his first card of the season for us. He had 1 yellow in the last 17 games of last season. I doubt many midfielders in the country can better two cards in about 30 games.

[Pat McMahon]

To be fair when I read GTF I only ever see it in a comedy scottish 'get tae fuck' way.

i originally typed 'Glaswegian' instead of Scottish but realised it would totally change what i said.

Thanks Peter w. I instantly read that in a Scottish voice but for the life of me couldn't remember what it stood for.