Leicester City 0-1 Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[Toronto Villa]

We’re going to have games where we might not deserve to win, or we grind out a close game for a point, even three. Last year we lost almost all of those. This year we’re finding ways to win. That’s a massive, massive improvement.

[The Edge]

Thoroughly professional job by the Villa.

That Italian defender marking Jack was like an Italian defender of yesteryear.  Decent player too who made it tough for Jack. Jack still had a big influence on the game even so.

I think you mean Castagne. He's Belgian mate but I take your point. The referee was way to lenient with him. He was kicking lumps out of Jack from the off but the ref didn't book him until late in the second half. I thought the ref was piss poor tonight.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Leeds is going to be a very similar game but we're no longer easily bullied like last season.

[KevinGage]

I agree even at 0-0 I thought it was a good game between two well matched sides. ‘Chappers’ is a no-nothing  ‘I bloody love soccer, me’ buffoon in the tim lovejoy mold only worse if that’s humanly possibly, and Murphy is a bitter little gnome. Fuck them.

Agreed, there's more than a faint whiff of the Lovejoy 'love me please, famous people' about him.

[AlexAlexCropley]

Also,Ross was 50/50 ,so fair fucking play to him.Oh,you wouldn't hear that from the motd experts.

[dave.woodhall]

I agree even at 0-0 I thought it was a good game between two well matched sides. ‘Chappers’ is a no-nothing  ‘I bloody love soccer, me’ buffoon in the tim lovejoy mold only worse if that’s humanly possibly, and Murphy is a bitter little gnome. Fuck them.

Agreed, there's more than a faint whiff of the Lovejoy 'love me please, famous people' about him.

This Lovejoy?  https://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/42-Media/145-no-love-no-joy

[KevinGage]

I agree even at 0-0 I thought it was a good game between two well matched sides. ‘Chappers’ is a no-nothing  ‘I bloody love soccer, me’ buffoon in the tim lovejoy mold only worse if that’s humanly possibly, and Murphy is a bitter little gnome. Fuck them.

Agreed, there's more than a faint whiff of the Lovejoy 'love me please, famous people' about him.

This Lovejoy?  https://www.wsc.co.uk/the-archive/42-Media/145-no-love-no-joy

Any excuse. 

And rightly so.

[PeterWithesShin]

Which makes for a dull game when you're trying to do a highlights package. And why anyones cares what Murphy says about us is beyond me. I hope everyone continues to understimate us while we keep collecting 3 points.

[The Edge]

First words out of Danny Murphy's mouth "Leicester were without a lot of players and it showed" Someone else with an inexplicable dislike of the Villa. Oh well fuck him and fuck all the others who don't like us for no apparent reason.

Yes, he also said 'Villa set out to spoil the game'. I don't think that was the case at all.

Utter bollocks from Murphy. We set out to try to nullify what they are good at. They did the same. It's what decent teams and coaches do. Murphy is such a bellend.

[Matt C]

Puzzled to be reading match reports saying it was a drab game, I thought it was very entertaining, end-to-end between two decent sides.

The transformation in our defence is incredible  and now we look like we’ve always got a goal in us too, we’ve got the makings of a very promising side. Really impressive.

[KevinGage]

When you think of some of the cat vomit we've had to endure from the O'Neill years onwards (even when we won) it was night and day.

A pacey, aggressive performance from both sides.

[Risso]

Arsenal and Man U are 30/1 with a lot of bookies to win the league.  We're 33/1 with some of them.

[rjp]

Last time, just before lock down, i had to walk the 15 minutes home from the crisp bowl in the pissing rain knowing we were going down. What a turn around. Looking forward to the next few days. There will be lots of ready salted crisps eaten round here tonight. Looking forward to work. They were all great. Trezeguet's work rate was exceptional.

[FrankyH]

Murphy always has a face like a slapped arse when talking about Villa.

[maidstonevillain]

"Leicester dealt with him and his teammates with far more rigour than Liverpool managed to do two weeks ago but Villa now have so much creative talent, on top of a solidified defence, that it is a cursed job trying to suppress them entirely. And they know it."

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/oct/18/leicester-aston-villa-premier-league-match-report