Aston Villa Versus Chelsea Match Thread

G'wan Drogba

Panthro

chelsea really getting into this now

Lukker-

Kalou's doing very well, his movement is creating space.

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Terry should be off there.

Mr Alan

bad tackle alright

OPENROAD

How was that not a red ?

Xavi6

JT should've walked for that.

matrim

Des wrote: »

Terry should be off there.

I thought a yellow was fair.

Lukker-

It was a yellow, t'was at speed and he committed a bit too much even when it was out of reach.

x in the city

a red card in the final for him....

Bounty Hunter

matrim wrote: »

I thought a yellow was fair.

neither guy actually got the ball but the yellow was fair as he went in studs up in what was (although nothing bad happened in the end) a wreckless challenge.

matrim

Villa need a change now to try freshen it up.

Lukker-

Job done for Drogba. Time for Anelka to hold the ball up and create some chances.

Bounty Hunter

matrim wrote: »

Villa need a change now to try freshen it up.

We need to freshin it up and Anelka comes on for Chelsea ugh if only we had such an option instead of an unfit heskey being the most likely sub. Wouldent mind seing the Fonz get a chance

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Doesn't matter what villa do imo, Chelsea are great at defending 1-0 leads.

This match is over.

matrim

Bounty Hunter wrote: »

We need to freshin it up and Anelka comes on for Chelsea ugh if only we had such an option instead of an unfit heskey being the most likely sub. Wouldent mind seing the Fonz get a chance

It was Heskey, but I thought we'd keep Carew and take off a defender

Lukker-

Classy goal.

Panthro

nice

Mr Alan

nice goal

Xavi6

And that's it

Malouda is on fire this year.

It's amazing what a different manager can do for a player

Lukker-

She seems happy

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Chelsea will win the double.

Bounty Hunter

Que Sera Sera

IvySlayer

How's the pitch?

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Lamps!!

Panthro

game over ball burst

IvySlayer

IvySlayer wrote: »

How's the pitch?

A complete mess

Lukker-

Good play, Terry was right, Villa faded.

OPENROAD

Well taken goal by Lasmps.

Mr Alan

looks like Terrys comments about the 60mins have proven to be right yet again.

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Mr Alan wrote: »

looks like Terrys comments about the 60mins have proven to be right yet again.

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Johner

GET IN!

1st half we were poor, Villa should have had a peno.

2nd half we were good, Drogba was excellent. Three good goals.

Ballack was brilliant when he came I thought.

matrim

Fair play to Chelsea, their cutting edge and finishing made it again. 3-0 was very flattering for them but even though Villa played well, we never created the chances to win it

Bounty Hunter

Mr Alan wrote: »

looks like Terrys comments about the 60mins have proven to be right yet again.

I think its as much that the Villa heads dropped before the 2nd than just them being out on their feet or whatever people will say. Villa had been doing okay but created nothing they looked like they had accepted defeat and Chelsea knew this and punished them.

I agree with Des the Chelsea double looks a strong possibility

Lukker-

Des wrote: »

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He said that Villa begin to fade after about 60 minutes.

x in the city

thats some spanking...

Crann na Beatha

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Bounty Hunter

x in the city wrote: »

thats some spanking...

im actually in some small way happy because atleast we didnt lose after Extra time. Villa have gone out of both cups at very late stages only due to Utd and Chelsea and the reasons why and what needs to be improved upon in the Villa squad is relatively obvious even just from those two matches imo. Villa did not score a goal from open play in either match and although we were unlucky not to get another penalty today scoring and creating goals needs to seriously be addressed just as our defensive problems were last Summer.

Esse85

Same old sh1t. Simply not good enough. No creativity, never looked like scoring and nothing on the bench to change it.

Fair play to Chelsea, they deserved the win.

matrim

Mr Alan wrote: »

looks like Terrys comments about the 60mins have proven to be right yet again.

The thing is I don't think it's the whole team that get's tired. Alot of it is Petrov getting tired and then we lose the midfield battle. We need a defensive midfielder who can battle and chase down for the whole game not just 60 or 70 minutes

Lukker-

Ashley Young has the beating of nearly any defender but his final balls today left alot to be desired.

How can a premiership team run out of steam after 60mins?

I'm not buying that. Villa aren't involved in Europe so how could it be tiredness?

Chelsea were just far superior.

Esse85

Lukker- wrote: »

Ashley Young has the beating of nearly any defender but his final balls today left alot to be desired.

Not only today.

Mr Alan

matrim wrote: »

The thing is I don't think it's the whole team that get's tired. Alot of it is Petrov getting tired and then we lose the midfield battle. We need a defensive midfielder who can battle and chase down for the whole game not just 60 or 70 minutes

probably something to that alright. certainly no reason for the likes of downing,milner,young,agbonlahor to be unable to play a full match a a good tempo.

Esse85

rarnes1 wrote: »

How can a premiership team run out of steam after 60mins?

I'm not buying that. Villa aren't involved in Europe so how could it be tiredness?

Chelsea were just far superior.

Cos MON never rotates and rarely uses subs.

Esse85

matrim wrote: »

The thing is I don't think it's the whole team that get's tired. Alot of it is Petrov getting tired and then we lose the midfield battle. We need a defensive midfielder who can battle and chase down for the whole game not just 60 or 70 minutes

Well today we were outnumbered against Chelsea's midfield.

matrim

Mr Alan wrote: »

probably something to that alright. certainly no reason for the likes of downing,milner,young,agbonlahor to be unable to play a full match a a good tempo.

It's not the first time it's caused us problems. Petrov is a very good player and does his role well, but you can see that coming to the end of games, it gets easier and easier for players to get past him and he does less to get back into position after players get past him

Edit: I'm not saying it's all the reason for the result, our lack of cutting edge was a cause too. But it's something that we need to work on

Barr

Well played Chelsea , well deserved the win.

K-9

Esse85 wrote: »

Cos MON never rotates and rarely uses subs.

Wait till you start rotating and using subs!

PS. Meant as a general point, not a MON point.