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Villa 1-0 Chel$ki

Maureen sent to the stands

Ramires definitely banned for three matches (Arse (h), Palace (A), Stoke (H))
Willian banned for one (Arse (H))

What a result!!
 
Big result for Villa - big result for City and hopefully, gives Arsenal the confidence to get a result there ...

Tomorrow now becomes even bigger ... Win it, and Mourinho will be talking about Suarez, not playing in Europe being an advantage etc
 
I'm a nervous nelly about the match tomorrow. Shiite, and I have the kids all morning. Going to interesting seeing this one...

can you believe

1. We are in with a "shout" at the title and
2. We are going to OT in the title race, and United are nowhere near it.

What a difference 2 years makes. Remember that next time we hit the doldrums!
 
Okay, this could go on forever and I'm on the whiskey so better stop now. You win. We're gonna win the league.
 
In the interview after Mourinho implied the ref was bent, then claimed he wasn't going to say anything in case he got fined. He should get fined anyway for that!
 
The decisions were wrong, apart from that shocking stamp, but it shows again the absurdity of the myth of Mourinho as this very clever guy. If he hadn't been prancing around non-stop like some loon at a PETA protest he wouldn't have given the ref an excuse. Then he does a Ginsoak style smear in his post match interview, claiming the ref was unfair 'but he knew what he was doing right from the start'. Far from being the master psychologist of the hacks' fantasy he's actually about as crafty as Neil Warnock when it comes to things outside of on-pitch tactics.
 
The decisions were wrong, apart from that shocking stamp, but it shows again the absurdity of the myth of Mourinho as this very clever guy. If he hadn't been prancing around non-stop like some loon at a PETA protest he wouldn't have given the ref an excuse. Then he does a Ginsoak style smear in his post match interview, claiming the ref was unfair 'but he knew what he was doing right from the start'. Far from being the master psychologist of the hacks' fantasy he's actually about as crafty as Neil Warnock when it comes to things outside of on-pitch tactics.

This.

I have never gotten past his plan be at Anfield in 1995 being 'shove a huge center back up for the last 20 minutes and just lump it up to him at every opportunity'.

Genius, me hoop.
 
Willian's sending off was ridiculous.

Again people see his second yellow (1st was clear-cut) as dubious. However it's not. Week-in week-out players are booked for pulling back or bring down players in 'sprint mode'. We more often see it on the wing though and it brings a yellow virtually every time, the refs clearly have instructions and it's good there is consistency. Delph was clearly running hard at the Chelsea defence and Willian brought him down 'hands-on' so though not a bad tackle/foul it was a bookable offence no matter how soft.
 
Again people see his second yellow (1st was clear-cut) as dubious. However it's not. Week-in week-out players are booked for pulling back or bring down players in 'sprint mode'. We more often see it on the wing though and it brings a yellow virtually every time, the refs clearly have instructions and it's good there is consistency. Delph was clearly running hard at the Chelsea defence and Willian brought him down 'hands-on' so though not a bad tackle/foul it was a bookable offence no matter how soft.

Agreed, what Shearer was saying on MOTD was absolute bollocks. Delph was running with the ball, Willian comes from behind and does enough to unbalance him with no chance of getting the ball. It's definitely a bookable offence.
 
Again people see his second yellow (1st was clear-cut) as dubious. However it's not. Week-in week-out players are booked for pulling back or bring down players in 'sprint mode'. We more often see it on the wing though and it brings a yellow virtually every time, the refs clearly have instructions and it's good there is consistency. Delph was clearly running hard at the Chelsea defence and Willian brought him down 'hands-on' so though not a bad tackle/foul it was a bookable offence no matter how soft.

Agreed here.

The funniest part was seeing Willian try to hold back Delph, then release his grip and hold his arm up, like he was going "Look ref, no hands!". And when Foy stopped play and was digging in his pocket for the card, at least one of Willian's teammates repeated that to try and convince the ref.

That sending off gave them an easy excuse. They defended like crap in the lead up to that goal, and even without Willian, they still had enough guys on the pitch and one more sub available, to secure a point if they needed to adjust. Might've pissed off Ba by taking him off right after and inserted an extra mid, but it's not as if Chelsea's strikers contribute much.
 
The decisions were wrong, apart from that shocking stamp, but it shows again the absurdity of the myth of Mourinho as this very clever guy. If he hadn't been prancing around non-stop like some loon at a PETA protest he wouldn't have given the ref an excuse. Then he does a Ginsoak style smear in his post match interview, claiming the ref was unfair 'but he knew what he was doing right from the start'. Far from being the master psychologist of the hacks' fantasy he's actually about as crafty as Neil Warnock when it comes to things outside of on-pitch tactics.

Yep, a completely correct assessment of the fraud, yet the media lap up his every move like it's a stroke of pure genius.
 
I thought Delph had a very good game. Quick, strong and intelligent. Should we try signing him? Or is he just anther Ashley Young that looks great at Villa but will not make it at a big club?
 
Chelsea finally punished for having shit strikers.

Btw Hazard was anonymous today. I watched the entire game a barely remember him being involved in anything.
 
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