Abject Villa v Chelsea post match thread.

[kippaxvilla2]

Blaming the ref is pathetic and just a cop out

I've not seen anyone blame the ref. I've questioned his performance, as have others, but also stated that it had nothing to do with the result.

He was very inkeeping with how we played. Awful ref.

Definitely no room……for errors.

[Holte L2]

Last night was my fault. I didn't wear my lucky shirt. Lesson learnt.  if someone could just tell Unai that would be great.

[Clark W Griswold]

It was pretty clear they were told before the game that Sunday is the number one priority.
Hence the lack of effort and intensity. 

That doesn't explain a similar lack of intensity against Newcastle.

I actually thought that we did start with some intensity until the fuckers scored. Well, certainly more than against Newcastle anyway. It was a bit sods law that the ****** saved their performance of the season for last night, although i suppose you could argue that we allowed them to do so to an extent.

[RamboandBruno]

My son virtually never slates a player, but on the way home last night stated Cash isnt good enough for where we want to get to.
No one player to blame for the shit show, but i think unfortunately statement from R&B junior

[Olneythelonely]

We were really, really crap. Individually, collectively and tactically woeful. Had our arses handed to us by an utterly pathetic Chelsea side.  Man U are much better and are likely to counter-attack us to death on Sunday.

Unai is slightly hamstrung with the changes he can make, given our injury issues. Although he and we seemed to give up last night.

Can we stop the fireworks now too please? Everything that follows becomes a damp squib. Also worried we could be one firework display from falling foul of FFP. A Catherine Wheel away from a 10-point deduction.

[Olneythelonely]

Left before our goal and can’t even bring myself to search it out.

[Clampy]

We were really, really crap. Individually, collectively and tactically woeful. Had our arses handed to us by an utterly pathetic Chelsea side.  Man U are much better and are likely to counter-attack us to death on Sunday.

Unai is slightly hamstrung with the changes he can make, given our injury issues. Although he and we seemed to give up last night.

Can we stop the fireworks now too please? Everything that follows becomes a damp squib. Also worried we could be one firework display from falling foul of FFP. A Catherine Wheel away from a 10-point deduction.

Well, we certainly need a rocket.

[LukeJames]

Left before our goal and can’t even bring myself to search it out.

Identical finish to his one from Burnley away, hopefully its the confidence boost he needed.

[eamonn]

It was a great goal, despite Dixon's best efforts to write it off as a scuffed shot.

[ez]

Did anyone else think Ollie Watkins was about to kick the Chelsea goalkeeper into the holte end in frustration when he chased him down near the end of the game?

[Brend'Watkins]

Can we stop the fireworks now too please? Everything that follows becomes a damp squib. Also worried we could be one firework display from falling foul of FFP.

It was kind of ironic at half time that they put so much effort into telling us how Pyrotechnics inside the ground will not be tolerated. Apart from them being a pollutant waste of money why not practice what you preach.

[simon ward 50]

We were really, really crap. Individually, collectively and tactically woeful. Had our arses handed to us by an utterly pathetic Chelsea side.  Man U are much better and are likely to counter-attack us to death on Sunday.

Unai is slightly hamstrung with the changes he can make, given our injury issues. Although he and we seemed to give up last night.

Can we stop the fireworks now too please? Everything that follows becomes a damp squib. Also worried we could be one firework display from falling foul of FFP. A Catherine Wheel away from a 10-point deduction.

Yes agree with this. Also pretty much sums up the previous week against Newcastle?

[Villa Lew]

Always gutted, when we go out of the FA Cup, but after the Sheffield United performance, the display last night was particularly hard to take.

67 years and still counting.

[LeeS]

Looking at our abject defence it occurred to me that we don't seem to breed central defenders in the academy. Who was the last one to come through?

[VillaTim]

Looking at our abject defence it occurred to me that we don't seem to breed central defenders in the academy. Who was the last one to come through?

Cahill ?