Aston Villa v Chelsea Post-Match Thread

[DrGonzo]

Bogarde: here's looking at you, kid (in a footballing sense!)! 

Looks like he might become the real deal.  YES!!

[paul_e]

Bogarde is exactly the sort of player you want in the squad if you're competing in 3-4 competitions. Fills in as cover for a few different positions and generally does a job whenever he's asked, nothing fancy and might not ever be a regular starter but he adds a huge amount with his versatility.

He was excellent today after coming on in quite a tricky situation.

[PaulWinch again]

The other thing I loved about Asensio, his goals were about doing the hard yards and getting into difficult areas. It shows his attitude is spot on.

[Goldenballs]

Great result, missed the bulk of the second half but back just in time for the last 10mins. Lovely.

[eamonn]

Lulz, even better, Durán was sent off in the desert for putting his hands to an opponent's head. #IfCarlsbergDidSaturdays #Carlsberg'sStilllShit

[N'ZMAV]

Ascensio was brilliant I thought. Special mention to the negative posters who were proved wrong .

If we are good to point out negative things, then I'd like to point out your spelling of Asensio 

[N'ZMAV]

I like the aggression Bogarde had - he crunched Neto - shame it was about 45 mins too late.

[BoVillan esq]

Ponderous start again, if we can cut that out and get at teams from the start, final run in, I can easily see a top 5 finish, we give teams way to much confidence to get stuck into us, in the end brilliant result, Asensio looks the real deal and could have had more, just get the impression Rashford is going to burst onto the scene very soon and destroy the opposition, think we have to shake it up a little, we need to keep starting Rashford let the bloke get stuck in.

In the end superb win plus you also have to say win or lose the games at Villa Park are probably the most exciting football in the Premiership

[AV82EC]

Deserved that. We were a bit undercooked in the first half and were sloppy with our possession. Neto and Fernandez caused a few issues but I thought Palmer was shite. The second half was magnificent, Asensio and Rashford took it to another level. Maatsen had a stinker where just nothing went for him but he stuck at it and had a good last 20. McGinn and Tielemans were immense in the middle. And well done to John for getting 2 cracking yellow card tackles in and not getting sent off.

[Hampshire Villa]

Just watched Sky interview with Assensio. The guy said Rashford is big name in this country to Assensio 😂😂😂 just in case he didn’t know and asked him what it was like to play against a big team 😂😂😂😂
Where do they get these reporters. He went on to interview Unai and asked him if Chelsea had won would the gap have been too big. Unai just shut him up twice!!!! Sky hate anyone beating one of their chosen six

[Matt C]

Massive result, that puts us right back in the mix.

I was at my son’s game so missed some of it - was Mings injured?

[manic-road]

The transfer window has looked good business for us, strength in depth and added quality. I thought McGinn was MOTM but the subs made a huge difference.

[Astnor]

Just watched Sky interview with Assensio. The guy said Rashford is big name in this country to Assensio 😂😂😂 just in case he didn’t know and asked him what it was like to play against a big team 😂😂😂😂
Where do they get these reporters. He went on to interview Unai and asked him if Chelsea had won would the gap have been too big. Unai just shut him up twice!!!! Sky hate anyone beating one of their chosen six

How disgraceful for a reporter. Acting like amateurs as they are then.

[Toronto Villa]

Matt Law of the Telegraph piling in.

https://x.com/matt_law_dt/status/1893351908334539062?s=46

[SoccerHQ]

Bogarde is exactly the sort of player you want in the squad if you're competing in 3-4 competitions. Fills in as cover for a few different positions and generally does a job whenever he's asked, nothing fancy and might not ever be a regular starter but he adds a huge amount with his versatility.

He was excellent today after coming on in quite a tricky situation.

Please don't play him at RB ever again. He is far better centrally so this is where we need to give him more chances to develop his career with us.