Aston Villa 2 Chelsea 2 Post Match Heart Massage.

[astonvilla82]

Imagine being 3 nil up and you nearly screwed it up

[olaftab]

Watched a re-run of motd earlier. Wtf were Shearer and Murphy banging on about re: the disallowed goal? It was a clear push in the back of Carlos and I'm surprised var even had to get involved at all. I guess I do watch our games through my villa glasses but it just seemed blatantly obvious to me. For some reason the motd panel went through verbal gymnastics trying to make a case for Chelsea.

I remember Shearer scoring for Newcastle against us at the Holte End after pushing Steve Staunton in the back just like that. Needless to say the goal stood. That’s why Shearer thought it was ok, he used to do precisely that and usually get away with it when he played.

Shearer thought elbow in the face of Argentinian defender was ok, when Campbell scored, but obviously the ref didn't agree.

[Beard82]

Watched a re-run of motd earlier. Wtf were Shearer and Murphy banging on about re: the disallowed goal? It was a clear push in the back of Carlos and I'm surprised var even had to get involved at all. I guess I do watch our games through my villa glasses but it just seemed blatantly obvious to me. For some reason the motd panel went through verbal gymnastics trying to make a case for Chelsea.

I remember Shearer scoring for Newcastle against us at the Holte End after pushing Steve Staunton in the back just like that. Needless to say the goal stood. That’s why Shearer thought it was ok, he used to do precisely that and usually get away with it when he played.

Shearer thought elbow in the face of Argentinian defender was ok, when Campbell scored, but obviously the ref didn't agree.

I can remember seeing him at Villa Park playing for Blackburn - and he elbowed a villa player of the ball so probably about wright.  Mike(?) Newell also told the guy next to me to shut up

[PeterWithesShin]

Shearer thought kicking a player in the face was ok as well. The game has changed since you played Al.

[spangley1812]

Would be great if it was over and done with by the weekend. Not sure if that's mathematically possible, but if would be nice if their last two games are irrelevant.

If they lose both games this week and we beat Brighton then it is done.

You sure? We beat Brighton and they still have to play Burnley, Man City, Sheffield and Newcastle which is a possible 12 points still. Not probable though I admit.

No, last match was a friendly fixture on the Sky Sports Fixtures list for some shitty reason.

I thought the same but they haven’t removed the rearranged Newcastle game. I think it’s still down as TBD.

That is a end of season friendly v Newcastle and they are playing in Australia

[trinityoap]

Didn't Shearer kick Ugo in the eye at their place?

[Percy McCarthy]

I know I'm being a bit glum and mardy about this. Obviously, we're going to be among the best in the league for holding leads, because we're fourth in the table! It would just be quite a gut-punch to miss out on that CL position, and we'd absolutely look back on matches like yesterday and especially Brentford as the reason why.

I get what you're saying but after the Christmas games I said the same thing about dropping points against Sheffield Utd. The draw with Nottingham Forest earlier in the season too. Giving up the lead against Man Utd and coming away with nothing. Flopping on the opening day. There's probably more.

It's tough to be objective and look at the season as a whole, especially while it's still ongoing, but if we miss out on 4th there's lots of moments we could point to as the one that cost us. If we lose out to Spurs, by a point, or on goal difference, it'll be losing to them that did it, really.

Which draw with Nottingham Forest was that?

Obviously I meant the loss.

It’s not that obvious. We’re on a thread in which people keep saying things like ‘we constantly throw away two-goal leads’, so it’s not that hard to think that someone imagined we drew with Forest.

[Percy McCarthy]

we shit the bed when we’re 2-0 up
we should then be in control of the game but virtually every time we hand control over to the team who are 2-0 down

Everton: 2-0 up, won 4-0
Hibs 2-0 up, won 5-0
Hibs 2-0 up, won 3-0
Brighton 2-0 up, won 6-1
West Ham 2-0 up, won 4-1
Luton 2-0 up, won 3-1
AZ 2-0 up, won 4-1
Fulham 2-0 up, won 3-1
Fulham 2-0 up, won 2-1
Burnley 2-0 up, won 3-1
Forest 2-0 up, won 4-2
Luton 2-0 up, won 3-2
Sheff Utd 2-0 up, won 5-0
Arsenal 2-0 up, won 2-0
Ajax 2-0 up, won 4-0.
Lille 2-0 up, won 2-1
Man Utd, 2-0 up, lost 3-2
Brentford 2-0 up, drew 3-3
Chelsea 2-0 up, drew 2-2.
Wolves 2-0 up, won 2-0.

Can we stop imaging this shit now please?

[VillaTim]

Didn't Shearer kick Ugo in the eye at their place?

Elbow wasn't it, broke his eye socket . He did boot one defender (not ours) and almost decapitated them .

[JUAN PABLO]

Watched a re-run of motd earlier. Wtf were Shearer and Murphy banging on about re: the disallowed goal? It was a clear push in the back of Carlos and I'm surprised var even had to get involved at all. I guess I do watch our games through my villa glasses but it just seemed blatantly obvious to me. For some reason the motd panel went through verbal gymnastics trying to make a case for Chelsea.

I remember Shearer scoring for Newcastle against us at the Holte End after pushing Steve Staunton in the back just like that. Needless to say the goal stood. That’s why Shearer thought it was ok, he used to do precisely that and usually get away with it when he played.

I remember him putting a boot in Ugos head too.

[The Edge]

we shit the bed when we’re 2-0 up
we should then be in control of the game but virtually every time we hand control over to the team who are 2-0 down

Everton: 2-0 up, won 4-0
Hibs 2-0 up, won 5-0
Hibs 2-0 up, won 3-0
Brighton 2-0 up, won 6-1
West Ham 2-0 up, won 4-1
Luton 2-0 up, won 3-1
AZ 2-0 up, won 4-1
Fulham 2-0 up, won 3-1
Fulham 2-0 up, won 2-1
Burnley 2-0 up, won 3-1
Forest 2-0 up, won 4-2
Luton 2-0 up, won 3-2
Sheff Utd 2-0 up, won 5-0
Arsenal 2-0 up, won 2-0
Ajax 2-0 up, won 4-0.
Lille 2-0 up, won 2-1
Man Utd, 2-0 up, lost 3-2
Brentford 2-0 up, drew 3-3
Chelsea 2-0 up, drew 2-2.

Can we stop imaging this shit now please?

That's a terrible record. Emery out.

[Ian.]

Yep, it’s not quite a true narrative of our season is it?

[Percy McCarthy]

I could have attached it to dozens of posts.

I was fuming yesterday because of how we played (see first post on post-match thread), but to imagine it happens all time is madness. Most people on here have got a pretty intimate knowledge of our results, it beats me how they forget.

[Percy McCarthy]

The babby looked at me like I was mad with the way I was fuming at half-time, with us 2-0 up. It reminded me of England in the Euro final v Italy. An inferior team on the ropes, allowed as much time as they wanted  to play their way into the game and build confidence.

Absolutely shit. Happy with a point the way it finished.

My first post-match post. Not happy, but didn’t make up in my own head that we constantly throw away two-goal leads.

[Keeno]

we shit the bed when we’re 2-0 up
we should then be in control of the game but virtually every time we hand control over to the team who are 2-0 down

Everton: 2-0 up, won 4-0
Hibs 2-0 up, won 5-0
Hibs 2-0 up, won 3-0
Brighton 2-0 up, won 6-1
West Ham 2-0 up, won 4-1
Luton 2-0 up, won 3-1
AZ 2-0 up, won 4-1
Fulham 2-0 up, won 3-1
Fulham 2-0 up, won 2-1
Burnley 2-0 up, won 3-1
Forest 2-0 up, won 4-2
Luton 2-0 up, won 3-2
Sheff Utd 2-0 up, won 5-0
Arsenal 2-0 up, won 2-0
Ajax 2-0 up, won 4-0.
Lille 2-0 up, won 2-1
Man Utd, 2-0 up, lost 3-2
Brentford 2-0 up, drew 3-3
Chelsea 2-0 up, drew 2-2.

Can we stop imaging this shit now please?

Careful, that's far too sensible a post