StefanAVFC Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Strange how they conceded only one less foul but were way behind in cards and in Ivanovic commited the worst fouls of the night. 4 for dissent... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 So annoying, expected a thrashing so very proud of the boys, ref was an inconsistent disgrace of a bottlejob tonight. Ivanovic should have gone and can you imagine if the penalty shout had been for Chelsea? We'd never hear the end of it. He booked Westwood, Benteke and Guzan for dissent when he was surrounded by blue shirts at every opportunity and Ba ranted on at him for at least a minute and a half with no booking. El Ahmadi got booked for winning the ball off Mata, the list goes on... The other thing that pissed me off was that if Hazard, Mata or Oscar had have done something similar to what Gabby did in the build-up to Benteke's goal, pundits would be creaming themselves. One last thing, I wonder how long it will be before every club up and and down the country copies the "All I Care About" song like they have with "The City Is Ours" and the "My Lord" song. Rant over. Up the Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poitier Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I would never have believed that we would be capable of stopping arguably the most creative midfield in the league from creating, well, hardly anything. BBC stats showed 3 efforts on target for each team, they won with a set piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wedge Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Also, Ivanovic was offside for the winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 First time I've ever picked Delph MOTM. Gutsy defeat, **** by a ref. Hard to feel too bad about the performance, considering, although I'm feeling a bit disappointed in Weimann's showing over these first two games. Agree totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I havent seen any of the match, but it all sounds promising, if not a bit annoying which should have got something tonight. I dont want to get all Wenger on it is it is a long season and we might get a bit of luck another day. To compete head on with one of the favourites for the title does bode well for the season. I don't know what Lambert has done to Delph, as it he turning into the class player we hoped when we bought him 4 years ago. Big shout out to the fans who went tonight as it took a lot of guts to pay £52 to watch the Villa at a venue in which 2 of the last 4 leagues games total 15 conceeded and 1 goal scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMelvillan Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 And btw the "foul" which led to the free kick for their goal was nothing more than a 50-50 shoulder charge between two big units. The two players even played on completely oblivious to the fact that a free kick had been given! Nice delivery by lampard though. The tit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 any gifs of the elbow / handball / offside goal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambridge-AVFC Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 MOTM got to be Delph. If he keeps this form up, he'll be on the plane to Brazil in the Summer. Finally starting to live up to his potential. Unless he moves to Man Utd, Delph, along with Agbonlahor won't get a sniff in the England squad, regardless of how well they play :L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) Brilliant performance from the whole team. Very solid defending both vs arsenal and chelsea. One norwegian pundit called it world class. I feel robbed, I seldom blame the refereeing, but that was freaking horrible. He should come under scrutiny(correct word?). Just horrific. We deserved 1 point if not 3 today. Gutted, thrilled about our performance though. Edited August 21, 2013 by Skruff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roonst83 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I'm trying to feel better by telling myself that I'd've been ecstatic (a few weeks ago) if we drew at both Arsenal and Chelsea and getting two points on the board. Yet we've got more points than that would equate to so must try and take that as an overall positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambridge-AVFC Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 We were desperately unlucky today. The first goal was a fluke and the second was allegedly offside, however I don't want to take anything away from that world class ball by Lampard. We deserved a result against Chelsea, we defended excellently and carved them open from time to time. That move which led to the Gabby chance was scintillating. It is a pleasure to watch this fearless Villa team play. The transformation from McLeish's toothless pathetic Villa to this one is astonishing. Also a special word for Fabian Delph who was excellent today. I was calling for his head at the middle of last season but he has really kicked on and is finally looking like the player we always wanted him to be. Looking ahead to Liverpool I think we need to include Sylla, just to give us that extra little bite. However I have a feeling Lambo will play a 4-2-3-1 and start Tonev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samjp26 Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 I hope we can take that sort of defending into games against 'smaller' teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chappy Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Great second half performance tonight. Delph and Gabby should be certain for England call ups but I'd rather they didn't, don't need any unnecessary injuries. Delph will be a HUGE player for us this season I think, glad he's finally proving himself after being so unlucky with injuries. Okore looked decent on debut too. Kevin Friend shafted us big time tonight but not much point saying anything about that as all has been said in the first 9 pages of this thread. Imagine if that had been a Ron Vlaar handball in the 93rd min with Chelsea chasing the game... I could watch that GIF of Benteke's goal all night, casual one touch and finish despite having three defenders around him, he really is a special player and I'm just glad he plays for us at the moment. And to the people saying bring Tonev in for Weimann on Saturday, I wouldn't... he's getting in the right positions and dropping him would be a severe confidence knocker IMO. 3 points and a positive GD from games away at Arsenal and Chelsea... bring on Liverpool and bring on the rest of the season. Also... Lambert in a suit... Love this squad, imagine what we'll be like against a crap side!? We'll find out on Saturday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 And btw the "foul" which led to the free kick for their goal was nothing more than a 50-50 shoulder charge between two big units. The two players even played on completely oblivious to the fact that a free kick had been given! Nice delivery by lampard though. The tit The knobheaded ref twice pulled us back for taking a quick free kick with a moving ball in the first half, yet, they do exactly the same leading to the "free kick" that never was and nothing was done about it. Yet more evidence for why this ref should be put down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVillain Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Ivanovic should have been sent off. Dubious free kick from which an offside goal is scored. Quite obvious pen at the end. -4,356,712.56 / 10 for the ref Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeroGabe Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Delph was just unbelievable today. Controlled the midfield and won every 50-50 ball. I just can't believe how atrocious refs are in this league I am shocked we deserved this draw. Furious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyklip Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) What's upsetting about the no-call for the late penalty is FOR CERTAIN Friend saw the handball. It couldn't have been clearer from his angle and he was looking right at the ball. Unmistakable. Why he didn't blow his whistle...Well, that's the question. Edited August 21, 2013 by tyklip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phumfeinz Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Ivanovic should have been sent off. Dubious free kick from which an offside goal is scored. Quite obvious pen at the end. -4,356,712.56 / 10 for the ref Just -4,356,712.56? I think -4,356,712.57 is a lot fairer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panto_Villan Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 We deserved to lose and the ref got all the calls right. /crying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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