Aston Villa vs Chelsea post match thread

[dave.woodhall]

I read our goal came 659 minutes after the previous one. If only they'd waited a further 7 minutes *cue Carmina Burana*

What's a Brazilian singer with bananas in her hair got to do with it?

*One for the oldies out there*

[Goldie.7]

Viagogo doesn't list the seat number anymore which is really annoying. I did complain to them and they responded with some generic email which got on my nerves even more.

[Ads]

Chelsea were not very impressive, unless you count the cynical way they closed the game out with about 20-15 minutes to go with endless time wasting, play acting and putting a lot of men behind the ball. It's effective, but you can see why they hated Mourinho in Spain; a team that cost an African nations GDP, playing a very poor side and they resort to that? Mourinho's legacy on the game will not be fondly remembered save by some vile chav club.

Anyway, we were rubbish, again, only not quite as rubbish as Arsenal, which really isn't hard.

We had a decent 20 minutes where we moved the ball forwards a lot quicker, Delph became more direct with his running and drove at what is a thoroughly one paced back line. Gabby actually did ok and the pressure actually lead to a goal. We really should have popped cards with pictures of what to do on the back of the chair in front, as you have on a plane, as I had completely forgot how to celebrate, so effective has Lambert's strangling of any enjoyment been.

Bad defending for the second goal, matched only by the first and that was that.

We created nothing, again, and I cannot recall their keeper making a single save. No doubt Lambert considered out performance excellent.

He really showed his tactical prowess by making subs that changed the game. From being sort of in the match, the switches lead us to being completely out of it. We all remember Cahill getting terrorised year in year our by Carew running at him and bullying him. He has no pace, like Terry, so Benteke's omission actually made sense seeing as he can no longer be bothered to shake a leg, how we give Terry and Cahill a chance by knocking it up to him and how we get nobody close to him.

Yet again we play the awful Cleverley with his Westwood clone and Delph, forcing the impressive Gil to be shunted out wide, when he should play centrally to get him on the ball as much as possible. Oh well.

Our manager is tactically inept and singularly incapable of putting a team out that can create and score. For my next insight I will tell you that water is wet.

[brian green]

Confession alert. As promised my son and I stayed away in protest. We went to see his local team Dulwich Hamlet play Canvey Island. My son is very involved in local politics and is widely regarded as the best player Hamlet never got into their team so he spent the game in a ruck of ultras being bollocked about local issues. I was inadequately dressed and frozen so I followed the Villa game in the bar.  Sub text - Canvey have a red hot in the hole player who scored twice and has scored six in his three games for them. There is talent out there.

[myf]

Despite the negative line up we played well. But dropping benteke was madness. 

[Virgil Caine]

I have, to my knowledge, only castigated two Villa players on this esteemed forum, namely Steven Warnock and Al Hamedi. May I add another to this rather short litany of  failure and ask the following simple question-' Tom Cleverley- Why?'

[Chris Smith]

I was going to post about Chelsea's cynicism but Ads has eloquently covered that above.

I thought we were OK with Gil being the stand out for me. The game on Tuesday is far more important to us so I am hoping that Benteke has benefited from the rest, however I little confidence in him at the moment. Just watched MOTD and heard all the praise for Kane and thought that is exactly what he was getting 2 years ago.

[Clampy]

We played better but still didn't test the keeper enough. Gil was very good. Cleverley didn't do anything again. He needs to be left out.

[silhillvilla]

I read our goal came 659 minutes after the previous one. If only they'd waited a further 7 minutes *cue Carmina Burana*

Our next goal is due on the 4 April at Old Trafford is the 64th minute .

[olaftab]

Some have covered the Chelski cynacism on here very well. For me the icing on their cake was the full one minute they took on a throw in in injury time. An absolute horrific team coached by a tedious man representing a classless club owned by a  gangster.

[Hillbilly]

I read our goal came 659 minutes after the previous one. If only they'd waited a further 7 minutes *cue Carmina Burana*

What's a Brazilian singer with bananas in her hair got to do with it?

*One for the oldies out there*

Ay! Ay! Ay!

[Steve67]

Some have covered the Chelski cynacism on here very well. For me the icing on their cake was the full one minute they took on a throw in in injury time. An absolute horrific team coached by a tedious man representing a classless club owned by a  gangster.

Don't hold back my friend. Say what you feel!!

[Karl Bridges]

I really don't like Tom Cleverley and wish he'd never signed but he was better yesterday than he's been most of the time. I'd still drop him for the rest of the season though and thank fuck Everton want him and he wants them.

[Ian.]

I was going to post about Chelsea's cynicism but Ads has eloquently covered that above.

I thought we were OK with Gil being the stand out for me. The game on Tuesday is far more important to us so I am hoping that Benteke has benefited from the rest, however I little confidence in him at the moment. Just watched MOTD and heard all the praise for Kane and thought that is exactly what he was getting 2 years ago.

That's exactly what I thought watching Kane. Benteke was scoring headers like that too. It can all go wrong very quickly in football.

Benteke needs his mojo back, consistent service would help. It must be a burden thinking if you've just missed a chance and it could be the only chance you get for another couple of weeks. Hopefully starting Gil and Trev will give him the chance to thrive. I just hope Lambert is brave enough to try it for a few matches.

[mrfuse]

I was going to post about Chelsea's cynicism but Ads has eloquently covered that above.

I thought we were OK with Gil being the stand out for me. The game on Tuesday is far more important to us so I am hoping that Benteke has benefited from the rest, however I little confidence in him at the moment. Just watched MOTD and heard all the praise for Kane and thought that is exactly what he was getting 2 years ago.

That's exactly what I thought watching Kane. Benteke was scoring headers like that too. It can all go wrong very quickly in football.

Benteke needs his mojo back, consistent service would help. It must be a burden thinking if you've just missed a chance and it could be the only chance you get for another couple of weeks. Hopefully starting Gil and Trev will give him the chance to thrive. I just hope Lambert is brave enough to try it for a few matches.

I don't really see the similarity, Kane is a far better player works harder doesn't look like he will hide and wont be asking for a transfer at the first sign of trouble.
I like Benteke and he can be magic at times but his first touch is horrible.
Look where spuds are compared to us, look at the manager they have compared to us and look at the team they have compared to us.
When Kanes form does dip it wont be on such a level as Benteke as Kane is so much harder to play against. I remember seeing him destroy us at Villa park  a few season ago in the cup and I thought then he would be a top player.