Chelsea vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[lovejoy]

To be fair Chelse have been strong at home recently so all in all not a bad result.

[PaulWinch again]

We created a lot of great chances in that match - for Chelsea. Luckily they had Coleton Palmer and Madueke up front.

Actually second half we weren't too bad, but still looking like we just don't have that spark at the moment up front. The patterns and structure don't seem to be there at the moment, everything seems a bit haphazard.

Bit harsh - last 15/20 we were well on top. We do need to find our touch in front of goal again.

[Bad English]

Didn't see the game. Unimpressed that we didn't FTF down there.

[CT Villan]

We had by far the better of the second half and could have won it in the last 20 minutes. Plenty to work on with the sloppy play in the first half and the total lack of intensity.

Lenglet, Diaby and Watkins poor. Emi outstanding. I would have brought Bailey on much sooner.

[Flamingo Lane]

'Villa take Chelsea to replay', BBC.

[Brazilian Villain]

Happy enough, didn't lose away at an improved Chelski and In the draw for the 5th round.

[PaulWinch again]

“Villa take Chelsea to replay” - fuck off BBC.

[Smithy]

They were better first half, we were better second half, a draw is a fair result.

It's a bit worrying how good they were at forcing mistakes with their press, I thought we'd gone beyond the point where we couldn't pass around teams who wanted to press us.  Hopefully we'll have a plan to counter that apparent strength in the replay.

[Clampy]

A little disappointed, I thought they were there for the taking when I saw the team and they hardly did a thing in the second half. We're still in it but it's another game.

[eamonn]

Coleton Palmer! Love it. For all the drooling over him, he's hardly ruthless in front of goal, is he?

[brontebilly]

Really solid second half. Our attacking players aren't on it currently but thought Zaniolo had a lively cameo. On another night any of those three daft individual errors (Lenglet, Martinez, Kamara) get punished so we certainly were fortunate to keep a clean sheet

Martinez 8 - some exceptional saves, bailed out Kamara but fortunate awful clearance wasn't punished. Went long far too often for no return
Cash 8 - best game in a long time, dealt really well with Sterling one on one and forced a brilliant save
Konsa 7 - solid enough, problems in first half were to left of him
Lenglet 4 - shocker of a first half, rallied second half
Moreno 4 - terrible first half as our left flank was targeted, much better second but wonder if injury has knocked a bit of pace out of him
Kamara 5 - another one to have a desperate first half, improved beyond recognition in second until nearly costing us the game late on
Luiz 8 - best player on pitch second half dominating midfield at his ease
McGinn 7 - big improvement from Everton, strong in first half and solid second
Tielemans 6 - part of an awful left flank in first half, much improved second half, missed two big chances
Diaby 4 - laid on big chance for Tielemans but hold up play was desperate. Lost every duel
Watkins 5 - shocking first half, limited service but workrate improved a lot in second

Lovely from Zaniolo when he came in, one brilliant cross. Carlos didn't make any mistakes, Bailey should have been on longer than three minutes

[Steve67]

We looked much better in the second half, despite the odd sloppy pass here and there, and we started to look a bit like our usual selves.  Zaniolo looked sharp when he came on.  Diaby is a shadow of the player we signed but hoping he picks back up.  We deserved the draw at the very least.  Wish we could sign a busy striker.

[Gareth]

That was a great game of football.
We really bossed second half
Martinez magnificent.
Pau needs to come back soon, cause leg let is the weak link

100% this

[eamonn]

Didn't see the game. Unimpressed that we didn't FTF down there.

The cameras picked out a Villa fan giving Chukwuemeka "the wankers" when he came on, just for you.

[TonyD]

Is it just me but there there seems to be a bit more interest and passion in the FA cup this season - not just from us because we managed to get past  3rd round - but across lots of the games.