Aston Villa 0-2 Chelsea post match thread

[TonyD]

Gerrard made subs which changed the game. They made us far worse.

Absolutely.

Fucking nuts.

We totally lost any impetus at that point. For the last 25 minutes or so we just ambled around like it was a park kick around.

I reckon he's lost the players.

This happened a while back.   About 10 games into his tenure I reckon.   

[dave.woodhall]

Yes. Lost 1-2 yesterday.

Surely to God there's more than three strikers at the club? Even a Richard Walker or Darren Byfield would have been bette than filling the bench with defenders.

[Clampy]

First half, I thought we played really well and should have  had at least one or two. Second half, not so great. On another day, we win that game because,they wasnt great really. I can't see Potter being here too long.

[SoccerHQ]

Yes. Lost 1-2 yesterday.

Surely to God there's more than three strikers at the club? Even a Richard Walker or Darren Byfield would have been bette than filling the bench with defenders.

Well Louie Barry would be next cab off the rank but he's at MK Franchise this season.

Didn't know that about Archer, hopefully he's back involved in midweek. When you see how many goals he's scored in last 12 months I really wish we'd give him a start sooner or later just to see something different upfront. And opposition defenders wouldn't know as much about him as Ings and Watkins and what they can or increasingly can't do when they receive the ball.

[Exeter 77]

Aren't most of our better younger attacking players on loan?

[astonvilla82]

Shit in either box.

Gerrards fault? No

like previous managers who get the flak, while players hiding away and not taking responsibility

[dave.woodhall]

Aren't most of our better younger attacking players on loan?

Probably, but there has to be someone. You knew Sanson, Bogarde, Chambers and Nakamba were never coming on today.

[Flin5tone]

Our Head Coach can't be blamed for today AT ALL absolutely poor at the top end  of the pitch and poor at the back and let's stop all jumping on the anti Mings bandwagon, Martinez has been absolutely shocking for ages yet is lauded as some sort of superhero. He makes simple saves look good and let's in far too many . The free kick was an absolute disgrace

I was mocked all summer for saying what would happen with Purslow in control and now look.......  Hang your heads in shame

[LeeB]

Shut the fuck up

[PeterWithesShin]

'fun' fact, if Chelsea beat Brentford, Potter will have the same number of wins from his 4 league games at Chelsea as Gerrard has in his last 21 with us.

[pauliewalnuts]

Probably, but there has to be someone. You knew Sanson, Bogarde, Chambers and Nakamba were never coming on today.

That's it.

I feel the same with Sanson every week.

Glad he's at least on the bench but then realising that there is as much chance of him coming on as there is of me.

[Villa Lew]

If we play like we did in the 1st half, then we should be getting 6 points from our next 2 games, if we play like we did against Leeds and Forest, then we will be looking for a new manager.

[Clampy]

Aren't most of our better younger attacking players on loan?

Probably, but there has to be someone. You knew Sanson, Bogarde, Chambers and Nakamba were never coming on today.

The only one I can think is the lad who we got from Rangers. Even if he'd sat on the bench, he would have got so much from it.

[KevinGage]

Our Head Coach can't be blamed for today AT ALL absolutely poor at the top end  of the pitch and poor at the back and let's stop all jumping on the anti Mings bandwagon, Martinez has been absolutely shocking for ages yet is lauded as some sort of superhero. He makes simple saves look good and let's in far too many . The free kick was an absolute disgrace

I was mocked all summer for saying what would happen with Purslow in control and now look.......  Hang your heads in shame

If only we had Cheech and Chong and Troy Deeney to get us out of this mess.

[Skerra]

I don’t understand all this, let’s give him one more game or you can’t judge him on 1 match. I’m judging him from the time he came in and bar the first couple of games in charge, SG hasn’t really been the one to take us forward. It’s going to cost a lot to get rid of him as I think he’s on a 5 year contract but, that’ll be peanuts in terms of finances if he manages to get us relegated.