Aston Villa v West Ham Post-Match Thread

[damon loves JT]

I don't think I've ever heard the award of a penalty celebrated like that by the Holte. It was like scoring five goals at the same time.

It was one of those that the ref could have easily bottled it and played on especially as he was somewhat behind the play however I think the Holte sucked his arm in towards the spot!

I was convinced he was going to to that awful Mike Dean running-along-with-outstretched-arms cobblers

[Dave]

I don't think I've ever heard the award of a penalty celebrated like that by the Holte. It was like scoring five goals at the same time.

It was one of those that the ref could have easily bottled it and played on especially as he was somewhat behind the play however I think the Holte sucked his arm in towards the spot!

I was convinced he was going to to that awful Mike Dean running-along-with-outstretched-arms cobblers

Like he's trying to take flight.

The massive tosser.

[ozzjim]

The fact he didn't give them a couple of half shouts after ours was a Christmas miracle. He is still though, a massive twat.

[rob_bridge]

In the first half he played an advantage to us and then booked their bod. Good refereeing.   

[rob_bridge]

Agreed about Ayew and Veretout. Garde might persuade them to give it a go for a season down there. The non signing of the Adebayor Sherwood thought he was able to get is more costly by the week.

I didn't particularly like Sherwood's plan A but to have only Gestede as plan B was the killer.

What Plan A. He had about 10 plans. All of them totally incoherent.

[b23]

Villa played really well today. Very unlucky not to win. Sanchez was missed when he went off.
The whole team played well.
Bacuna is not a left back but he's better than Richardson.

Two wins in our next two away games would be great.

[johnny from donny]

Have to be fair to Bacuna, he did try.  It's just that his left foot is just for standing on which makes it easier to defend against him as you just shepherd him to the byline knowing that he won't be able to get a decent cross in.
Gestede gave his best and tried to gee up the crowd.
Is it just me or does someone need to train our players on timing their jumps for headers so they're not on their way back down when the ball arrives.
Guzan'so distribution is poor,  but in the warm up  he was  practising kicking the ball in to touch.  Why not practice kicking it up the middle?

[Pat McMahon]

I don't think I've ever heard the award of a penalty celebrated like that by the Holte. It was like scoring five goals at the same time.

I'm funny like that. My reaction to a penalty is "who will take it?" followed by negative thoughts of spooning it over the bar. I never celebrate it.

Well done to Gestede for winning it today though, as I didn't think he had that in him. He never gave up.

[ROBBO]

We can pick on individual players but at the start of the season we had lost our leading goal scored in fact the only player we had that ever looked like scoring and replaced him with a Championship player and crossed our fingers that he would work out. For me this is the one single reason we are where we are and today it showed again, after we got the penalty a number of crosses went into the box but with no finisher they all went to waste.

[damon loves JT]

I don't think I've ever heard the award of a penalty celebrated like that by the Holte. It was like scoring five goals at the same time.

I'm funny like that. My reaction to a penalty is "who will take it?" followed by negative thoughts of spooning it over the bar. I never celebrate it.

Well done to Gestede for winning it today though, as I didn't think he had that in him. He never gave up.

I didn't want to watch the pen. But the way Ayew grabbed the ball and stood on the spot gave me a good feeling. He had the air of the man at the front of the queue at Dixons on Black Friday

[rob_bridge]

Agree. I thought if Ayew takes it he'll score. Him and Vertout were the best players on the pitch along with their keeper

[damon loves JT]

Bacuna would have missed and be on suicide watch for the next fortnight

[Dave Pountney]

"I notice Karen Brady has been mocking us on twitter about getting excited over winning a corner.

Not half as excited as you were about blagging a new stadium without having to pay for it Karen."

Yes, she was there at the game today, supporting the authentic cockney football club of the East End. How their real fans must love her, the Millionnaire Tory Baroness lady of the people. Me, I'd be utterly embarrassed to have such a vacuous phoney anywhere near a football club I loved and supported.

She should stick to arranging dinner club games for Cameron; preferably the ones that involved a pig's head.

[rob_bridge]

"I notice Karen Brady has been mocking us on twitter about getting excited over winning a corner.

Not half as excited as you were about blagging a new stadium without having to pay for it Karen."

Yes, she was there at the game today, supporting the authentic cockney football club of the East End. How their real fans must love her, the Millionnaire Tory Baroness lady of the people. Me, I'd be utterly embarrassed to have such a vacuous phoney anywhere near a football club I loved and supported.

She should stick to arranging dinner club games for Cameron; preferably the ones that involved a pig's head.

Well said - the great free marketeer's hyprocricy knows no bounds.

Cronyism at it's worst.

[damon loves JT]

I'm strangely immune to mockery. Kind of liberating really.