Aston Villa vs. Leicester City Post-Match Thread

[CJ]

Hopefully the last time this will need clarifying - the Laws of the Game state in Law 11:Offside that there is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from a goal kick, a throw-in or a corner kick

[QuintonVilla]

Hopefully the last time this will need clarifying - the Laws of the Game state in Law 11:Offside that there is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from a goal kick, a throw-in or a corner kick

What was Lescott doing though? He stopped. Then when Bunn saved Vardy's lob Lescott stopped again and watched Okazaki run in and score. Poor defending twice, and evidence that he's ok when the play is in front of him but his legs have gone. Okore was superb though I thought, I like him.

[tomd2103]

That goal they scored was a disgrace, the defence just switched off.

We were looking quite comfortable at the time, so it was a really poor goal to concede.  It was the only real mistake Okore made.

[kippaxvilla2]

To be fair to Mr Sherwood he had an opportunity to stick the boot in tonight but he didn't apart from the stupid Gabby comment he talked sense and seemed to genuinely be defending us.

[Ads]

Leicester are nowhere near as pod as our ONeill side. They're kick and run merchants with this year's Marcus Stewart.

[SashasGrandad]

I still think we should be aiming to catch the Tesco Bags - they will start to panic if we get a result next week.

[Chris Harte]

A point. I'd have taken that before kick off.

[QuintonVilla]

I would love it, love it if we beat them. My Mrs and her family are all Albion season ticket holders, and all the lads I work with are Albion aswell. All I've heard is how they're going to hammer a nail in next week so if we beat them and they thought they'd had a hand in maybe helping our survival it would kill them. I can't see us winning though, a draw at best.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

A 1-1 draw against the title chasers. I'm satisfied with that.

This. I thought we grafted against a dangerous side. We deserved a point and could have got 3.

Can't argue with that. I was very impressed with Leicester first half but I loved to see our commitment second half.

[supertom]

Leicester are nowhere near as pod as our ONeill side. They're kick and run merchants with this year's Marcus Stewart.

I honestly think with how average the league is right now O Neill's Villa side would be pushing for the title. They'd certainly get top four, even probably with the usual March debacle.
Leicester have punched above their weight. They've done well. But our 07-10 outfit was better.

[rob_bridge]

Hopefully the last time this will need clarifying - the Laws of the Game state in Law 11:Offside that there is no offside offence if a player receives the ball directly from a goal kick, a throw-in or a corner kick

Please post to everyone interested in football.

Ad infinitum. Ad nauseum.

Especially TV Pundits - most of whom should know better.

[pauliewalnuts]

Wins are what we need.

Having said that, though, that is four points from the last six we've taken, playing sides who would be expected to beat us.

I get the "a point is no use" thing, but it's not true, a point and a decent performance are a small platform to maybe build on. I don't think we're going to escape relegation, but fuck it, while it is mathematically possible still, we might as well give it a go.

[kippaxvilla2]

Surely their goal was offside though?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Leicester are nowhere near as pod as our ONeill side. They're kick and run merchants with this year's Marcus Stewart.

Not sure what pod means but they were the best team I've seen turn up at Villa Park this season. The fact we made them really sweat second half is a credit to our team.

[West Derby Villan]

Leicester reminded me of us under O'Neill when we were 3rd/4th. Sit deep, play on the break/hoof, very direct, work hard, get the best out of average players. Effective but boring and will get found out eventually.

I don't think Young, Milner, Barry, Petrov, Carew were average players

Those were the days my friend..............