The_Steve

Clear foul he put he arms all over N'Zogbia's chest.

Wasn't Heskey's fault. N'Zogbia got fouled. Bullshit ref.

Foul on N'zog

O'Shea off. Bardsley on.

Good play N'Zog

The amount of space Sunderland are giving us in the final third is pretty crazy.

Hutton is seriously piss. Worst player we have signed in a long time.

Get forward well though.

Petrov is shit! Hahaha have that!

Heskey flattened Colback just now.

Should have been a corner there.

I thought Heskey did what was required of him when we were down to 10 men. Of course he's an easy scape goat. Can't exactly see what Ireland's done recently to keep his starting place.

Unless he wants Heskey to hold the ball up and get it out wide to Gabby or N'Zogbia.

Given, Hutton, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Petrov, Herd, Heskey, N’Zogbia, Bent, Agbonlahor

Subs: Guzan, Albrighton, Clark, Delph, Cuellar, Ireland, Delfouneso.

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34 - Stylian Petrov has made more interceptions than any other Premier League player. Anticpation. #AVFC

Excellent stat, Stan has also had great ball retention not to mention a good shot.

Working in the insurance industry, I see and investigate this type of "incident" all to often.

What usually happens is that the driver (under the influence) has an accident and then leaves the vehicle either parked up where it is, or somewhere tucked away.

The driver will then go about his business - in this case - it was so early in the morning that "Mr Bannan was asleep at home in bed", non the wiser. He then wakes up looks outside and "oh shit my cars gone" (wink wink) and calls the police to report it. If it makes it to that stage, then he is almost as good as out of the woods - vehicle not found by police prior to him calling (as they would have called him) and the booze would be out of his system.

Added to the fact its a footballer reporting a theft, the police think he has been targeted.

HOWEVER...

If the police find the vehicle before the theft is reported, they check the owners details and go to the address confirmed with the DVLA and nine times out of ten, find the owner still half pissed, or bruised like a mother **** (accident rleated). From there, you have to PROVE the vehicle was stolen and the police have already assumed it was the owner at the wheel.

This incident occured on the motorway I believe, so there was CCTV footage galore. He should of just stopped where he was, organised recovery and took his chances the old bill didnt drive past, but as your on camera, its unlikely you aint gunna see blues and twos.

All in all, Bannan has hit the sauce that night, been unable to drive normally and hit a barrier (on a sunday morning!!) and did a runner and failed to report it.

I have come across cases like this where families have lost loved ones, such as occupnats in the responsible vehicles, the innocent vehicles and general passersby on the street. Young and Old.

He made a decision to get in that car, he knew the risks and he had the cash to get himself home or book a hotel. Then he has the accident and runs off like a coward. Might be a good footballer, but a poor human being. I just hope he learns from his stupid and arrogant behaviour.

He will prob get a 18 month ban & £500 fine - nothing to him, pocket change. The Insurers will still end up paying for his vehicle damage and any damage to the barrier - nice.

I dont want him kicked out of the club, but he needs to get a grip and appreciate the good life he has. He should be ashamed of himself and I hope he is.

Wow, great post!

Good news. Although, I wonder if Mr. Cann will get a telling off.

Terribly inconsistent for both sides today. I've never rated him, a referee who seems more interested at being the centre of attention. However, the assistant is far more to blame.

If anything Olsson fouls Herd first by bringing his arm across him and dragging him down, then his body was holding on to him. Yet, he somehow claims Herd kicked him. What a total word removed.

Olsson speaking like a real chickenshit, claiming Herd kicked him. Despite the fact he originally fouled him.

Aston Villa boss Alex McLeish on Chris Herd's controversial red card in his side's defeat by West Brom: "The sending-off cost us severely - no doubt about it. The kid had started the game really well and we were looking good at that point. In the pictures I have seen it looked as if Chris was extricating his foot from Jonas Olsson's grasp and Olsson didn't react to it. If you'd been stamped on, you'd expect the player to complain."

West Brom boss Roy Hodgson on Aston Villa defender Chris Herd's controversial sending-off: "It was a kick - he stamped on him. The referee saw him and sent him off. You could say it had a major influence but I thought we were controlling the game at that point and went a goal down agains the run of play. I think with the quality of our football we could have beaten an 11-man Aston Villa today."

**** off Woy.

Anyone who doesn't think Mcleish should take some blame today is living in that famous Egyptian river.

Not the first time this season we haven't achieved a single shot on goal which is beyond shocking and beyond acceptable.

Would we have won the match if herd hasn't been sent off? Maybe

Are we a shit football team? Definitely.

Yet we had 3 off target, scored a penalty before the red card. The entire second half was spent defending. Jeez, it's really quite boring now. We were controlling the game. West Brom were awful for large parts of the game. I maintain we would have won had it not been for the sending off.

I can't understand with confidence how Caan can flag that call when his view is obscured by Olsson's body. Herd is simply trying to get away from a tangle, no contact, no malice. Could Dowd have overruled at this point? Or he's simply going on the instruction of the assistant which is clearly wrong.

Ref will get the blame because it's convenient and will detract from how shiit we were. Did we have an in-play shot on goal in the whole match? Bringing Heskey on is a PROVEN pointless exercise. Taking Bannan off again when he looked our brightest player (not saying much I know and he wasn't at his best today either) was poor from Mcleish.

Heskey was brought on to sit in the middle of the park and hold the ball up as we were being over ran in the middle thanks to the red card. We were cruising at 1-0 before the red card. It changed the entire complexion of the game. You can quote all the stats you want, it made a huge impact.

It was never a stamp either, just a mere tangle of legs. The linesman waits a few seconds to flag after the 'contact'.

3 off target lets not forget.