Aston Villa v Chelsea Match Thread

[Damo70]

Chelsea lashing out as things aren't going their way.

Wankers every one of them.

It suits me if they want to lose the plot and implode.

[pauliewalnuts]

Even though he’s on the bench, Giroud next scorer would be my bet if I could be arsed.

[SoccerHQ]

Tuchel will do the same so really hope DS just dosen't expect us to hold out playing as we are, Luiz is an obvious sub early second half.

Luiz? No thanks.

No one else is more certain to commit stupid fouls in dangerous areas than him. If he does end up coming on first I'll be doing is betting on him getting booked.

He was fine for last 25 minutes on Wednesday. Infact take off AEG and you can push him further forward with Nakamba still the deepest CM to really strangle life out of game centrally.

He's also one of the few we have outside Jack in the squad that actually makes good decisions in when to pass when approaching the box on counter, hit a nice cutback to I think Ollie late on in the game v Spurs.

[brontebilly]

Our goal was fortunate but we have done well to get back into the game in the last 20 mins. First 25mins we were getting torn apart. I'd be surprised if Werner stays on.

[Toronto Villa]

I still think these odious ****** will come back to win but I hope we don’t just let them have it. We have led in so many games this season and just fucking buckled. Let’s make them fight for it

[Damo70]

Even though he’s on the bench, Giroud next scorer would be my bet if I could be arsed.

Clearly the post of a man who already has plenty of money 

[AlexAlexCropley]

Our goal was fortunate but we have done well to get back into the game in the last 20 mins. First 25mins we were getting torn apart. I'd be surprised if Werner stays on.

Fortunate?

[Monty]

Yes wouldn't be against, if we're still winning, bringing Luiz on for AEG and going more orthodoxly 4-3-3 with Jack wide.

[SaddVillan]

Can't see Chukwuemeka coming on - he's got a Cup Final tomorrow.

[SoccerHQ]

Jorginho 20/1 to be sent off is pretty generous odds if you want a speculative bet second half to run with.

[jwarry]

We are clearly almost a really good team.

Right players in this summer and we can properly kick on.

Dunno, there was a gulf in class for most of that half. We will get better but we need three quality players to get anywhere near their level

[jwarry]

Jorginho 20/1 to be sent off is pretty generous odds if you want a speculative bet second half to run with.

He’ll be taken off long before that happens

[SoccerHQ]

We are clearly almost a really good team.

Right players in this summer and we can properly kick on.

Dunno, there was a gulf in class for most of that half. We will get better but we need three quality players to get anywhere near their level

Hold on with the win and we'd only actually finish 12 points off top 4 as it stands so not like we're 30 points off that as usual and many teams have quickly eroded that sort of points difference in previous seasons.

Don't think it's realistic next season mind but being in serious contention for 7th/8th should be realistic target, currently will finish just 5 points off 7th.

[mrfuse]

how ever much Bertie gets slagged off by Villa fans . First season of goals and some wonderful goals in there  and assists , I think next season we are going to see a player , well happy with him.

Definitely you only have to look at Salah and De bruyne to see that writing a player off to early can be a big mistake.

[Monty]

We are clearly almost a really good team.

Right players in this summer and we can properly kick on.

Dunno, there was a gulf in class for most of that half. We will get better but we need three quality players to get anywhere near their level

That can happen with many teams and Tuechel's Chelsea. Point is as PW says we're very close to being a side that can match these sorts without caveats.