Aston Villa vs Preston North End Match Thread

[Nev]

Whatever happened to "it's still 0 0 lads"?
We've bought this on ourselves, or rather the manager has. Swanning about like it's the 95th minute rather than the 46th.

[TonyD]

It’ll be rescinded because it wasn’t a red in a million years. Fact of matter is we came out for second half half asleep. What the fuck does he tell them?

He says defend deep and hoof for the next 45 mins and you can afford to spill two goals and I still gets us a point.   

[Dave]

"Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offending player is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball"

So we've won a referee who doesn't know the laws. Smashing.

[JUAN PABLO]

bolaise on for kod

[CT]

But Bruce said it was much harder to play against ten men when we drew with Ipswich.

...and now we have no strikers at all.

[PeterWithesShin]

No strikers on the pitch at home to the side bottom of the league. We're fools for doubting him.

[Rigadon]

Look how deep we are FFS. 

[PaulWinch again]

"Where a player commits an offence against an opponent within their own penalty area which denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity and the referee awards a penalty kick, the offending player is cautioned if the offence was an attempt to play the ball"

So we've won a referee who doesn't know the laws. Smashing.

I did wonder about that.

[cdbearsfan]

We have had no outlet since we took Abraham off. Bruce's solution? Take another forward off...

[paul_e]

17 minutes with no strikers, fuxck off you anti-football jurassic twat.

[JUAN PABLO]

preston hit post

[JUAN PABLO]

bunn saves from hazard

[aj2k77]

This has 2-2 written all over it. We're defending the edge of the area.

[PeterWithesShin]

Ref could always have decided it was cynical and not an attempt to play the ball?

[Rigadon]

They have been all over us for 20 minutes and have enough chances to be be comfortably winning this now.