Chelsea 1-1 Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[Drummond]

It's so good to watch an attacking team again isn't it? I'm so pleased with how things are going right now, it feels like we've got our Villa back. We more than held our own against a squad worth over £800m. Our academy graduate's confidence in his first attempt just after coming on was something else too; not sure about anyone else but I started leaning over to help it in!

[Brend'Watkins]

Just watched the football show slot on SSN. Danny Mills and Gabby as the guests. Mills banging on about VAR not doing it’s job with the Grealish supposed foul on Christiansen. Gabby of course saying there was no foul. Mills doesn’t like us much. I’m okay with that because he means nothing to me.

[PeterWithe]

I really cant see that at all, Jack got to the ball first, Christiansen tried to block him.

[Gerrin]

Very true Mr E, I also thought that Konsa and Hause looked better balanced as a central pairing, on current form Mings may struggle to get back in the team.
Happy New Year to you and yours.

Konsa and Hause have been really strong as a defensive pair but our distribution from the back loses a lot when Mings is absent.

Totally agree, they're a strong pairing, but Minus comes straight back in alongside Konsa. Surely not long before Konsa gets an England call up, such a classy centre back, what a bargain he's been.

[saunders_heroes]

Just watched the football show slot on SSN. Danny Mills and Gabby as the guests. Mills banging on about VAR not doing it’s job with the Grealish supposed foul on Christiansen. Gabby of course saying there was no foul. Mills doesn’t like us much. I’m okay with that because he means nothing to me.

There wasn’t nothing in the challenge whatsoever. 6 of one, half dozen of the other. People trying to make something out of it are just trying to be controversial and justify their jobs.

[olaftab]

Why are the media making so much of the "controversy" around our goal.  Would there have been a peep if it was the other way round?  To me Grealish plays the ball but sees Christiansen and know knows a collision is inevitable and so avoids planting his left leg.  He makes no claim for a foul and gets up asap

I don't think the media are overdoing it. It was top table game and it is a valid discussion on Grealish/Christensen incident. Chelsea fans are not complaining about Jack they are hammering their player for being a total numpty.

[Monty]

Why are the media making so much of the "controversy" around our goal.  Would there have been a peep if it was the other way round?  To me Grealish plays the ball but sees Christiansen and know knows a collision is inevitable and so avoids planting his left leg.  He makes no claim for a foul and gets up asap

I don't think the media are overdoing it. It was top table game and it is a valid discussion on Grealish/Christiansen incident. Chelsea fans are not complaining about Jack they are hammering their player for being a total numpty.

Yes, to their credit I've mainly seen Westenders getting after Christiansen rather than having a go at Jack. I think the aftermath - when Christiansen got up and looked pretty sheepish - basically confirmed what had happened.

[ChicagoLion]

Danny Mills in having controversial opinions for money shocker. Why oh why anyone listens to Talkshite I have no idea.

Anyway cracking performance from the lads today, really enjoyed the tenacity and willingness to not be dictated to by a talented team. What we learnt is that we’re talented too though as Amazon Primes whole agenda seemed to be about Frank and his squad as usual we got no credit for what we did. That’ll change soon enough....

Townsend Le Saux very complimentary about us. Berlin was a bit of a Dick but I thought the coverage was fair.

Some of his comments took my breath away.

Clappy thing.

I AMA doughnut 

[eamonn]

Just watched the football show slot on SSN. Danny Mills and Gabby as the guests. Mills banging on about VAR not doing it’s job with the Grealish supposed foul on Christiansen. Gabby of course saying there was no foul. Mills doesn’t like us much. I’m okay with that because he means nothing to me.

Does Vienna?

[eamonn]

I was staring at the screen for a good minute after the game when a guy in a Villa tracksuit was chatting to two Chelsea players. Suddenly dawned on me that it was Bjorn Engels with fellow Francophiles.

[RamboandBruno]

I dont get the Beglin bias, what did he actually say that's making everyone so sensitive? His most notable contribution was his revelation that he broke his leg from a hop-ball to which his co-commentator could only reply "Really?".

He also did that slightly lazy thing of his research and insight on Villa being confined to the last time he saw us in the flesh (Burnley) rather than mentioning our play and tactics in the games since then.

I agree with you in beglin. There are times when I get so annoyed with the bias of the commentators or studio pundits. But last night wasn’t one of them, I thought beglin went on about the potential grealish foul a little bit, but didn’t really over egg it, otherwise I thought he was ok and he made McGinn MoM, I thought McGinn was brilliant but he could of made other choices, so I thought he was ok. Le Saux and Townsend were good pundits I thought

[Mister E]

Very true Mr E, I also thought that Konsa and Hause looked better balanced as a central pairing, on current form Mings may struggle to get back in the team.
Happy New Year to you and yours.

Hope all's well with you, sir!

[Mister E]

Why are the media making so much of the "controversy" around our goal.  Would there have been a peep if it was the other way round?  To me Grealish plays the ball but sees Christiansen and know knows a collision is inevitable and so avoids planting his left leg.  He makes no claim for a foul and gets up asap

Grauniad online says it the way it was: a non-foul.

[Mister E]

Konsa and Hause have been really strong as a defensive pair but our distribution from the back loses a lot when Mings is absent.

Totally agree, they're a strong pairing, but Minus comes straight back in alongside Konsa. Surely not long before Konsa gets an England call up, such a classy centre back, what a bargain he's been.

That'll be a Plus.

[Mister E]

Just watched the football show slot on SSN. Danny Mills and Gabby as the guests. Mills banging on about VAR not doing it’s job with the Grealish supposed foul on Christiansen. Gabby of course saying there was no foul. Mills doesn’t like us much. I’m okay with that because he means nothing to me.

Does Vienna?

That means nothing to me.