The magnificent fans get just rewards as Warnock just whinges away
That was a great game of cup football, with both sides giving 100% and sportsmanship all over the field from two committed teams.
The Villa fans were MAGNIFICENT today and they deserved the late Petrov equaliser for the support alone. There was about 2000 there and they sung from first to final whistle and well done guys and gals.
As for Neil Warnock’s comments
I’m absolutely devastated. All my career I’ve had to battle against the odds. We played a Premier League team and worked our socks off. The first goal was a bit iffy but the second was a disgrace. It came off Delfouneso. The referee and linesman waited and waited and then gave a corner because it’s a Premier League team.
Well of course the corner was not one but on the balance of play we deserved the draw and replay but this idiot (who I do actually like) clearly forgets
the deliberate elbow by Alan Lee on Stephen Warnock, clear red
clear penalty not given after the foul on Ash young in the first 20 minutes
it is called Karma Neil, your team played well but we deserved the draw though it gives us plenty of headaches leading up to the League Cup final, I hope the ticket prices are reasonable for it.
Fantastic defence keeps Spurs at bay, but what is the point of Carew
No-one will pretend today’s performance was a classic, in fact quite the opposite it was at times quite desperate. However with the clear MOTM Richard Dunne at the heart of defence and Friedel rock solid we came away from White Hart Lane with yet another clean sheet and a valuable away point at a close rival.
The turning point of the game came when Heskey was forced off, until then we were playing well and Heskey was doing well holing up the ball, then Carew came on.
OK, lets give him some leeway, he has been ‘injured’ but that was abysmal from him, time and time again he failed to hold up the ball like Heskey did and this forced us deeper and deeper back. I have no qualms that if Heskey is out for Man United and other games Nathan Delfouneso, because he would easily be an improvement on Carew any time.
However Spurs came up against a man made brick wall called Collins and Dunne and with Friedel ably supporting them with a few scares they never looked like scoring.
So with just 18 goals conceded in 24 games we are 3 points behind fourth and after Man U on Wednesday a much easier run of fixtures to come. Yes against the very top opposition we lack the top creativity to break them down but our record against the rest of the top 7 with just 3 games to come is very good, if not excellent.
Unlike some on the forums it is not a time to panic but to be hopeful and to admire the resilience and determination of our team nad that goes a long long way to success.
Oi ref you are awful and Wenger you talk rubbish
4 games without a goal in the premier league is a cause for concern. However we played very well today, we battled Arsenal all the way and whilst they hit the wood work twice I believe we had the clearest chances and in reality the lack of a top class forward is costing us as instead of 2 points from the last four with a class forward maybe we could have got 7 or more and that is the difference.
However today’s big talking point is the ref’s (Lee Probert) performance. He was awful, not just bad but so many calls he got wrong and one in particular a Clichy tackle on Ash Young which was a clear booking, which he never gave and 5 minutes later he should have been off for a second yellow on Downing. Not only that he seemed to miss a clear handball in the Arsenal penalty box which looked a clear penalty and then a number of decisions he gave all to Arsenal. Though just watching MOTD you will not see many of them but how could he not give that foul on Richard Dunne at the end that is just bottling it !
However his performance can not detract away from the lack of killer touch we have up front, it definitely cost us the win today and whilst I expect no moves in the winter if this is not resolved in the summer we will not get the progress into the ‘sky 4′ that we deserve to get.
So Martin the priority for the summer is clear, I expect no signings this winter but all efforts simply have to be concentrated on getting that one player !
Finally Arsene ‘Whinger’ called us a long ball team today and MON quite rightly is angry about that. No way today did we play long ball, in fact at times we played some great football on the floor, we had 50/50 possession at Villa Park and as usual Arsene is whingeing just because he never won, such a sore loser. Finally maybe Wenger should ask why ‘men’ go down so easily over simple tackles and whinge like bitches ?
A nice start to pre-season, Posh 0 Villa 3
Future wing star and MOTM
Well, we started out at half 7, had a nice Bacon sandwich and pint to start the day off well.
A quick trip down the M1 and A14 to Peterborough, and a decent Thai meal and a few Bishops at the Brewery tap left the Villa fans in fine spirits and looking forward to 90 minutes in a proper football ground and a terrace.
Along with 1,500 other Villa fans and it has to be said few home fans we saw a game dominated by the home side and they hit the cross bar and Friedel had to make a fantastic double save to keep the score level but once we scored from Andreas Weimann from a very good move including Bannan and a fantastic cross from Albrighton. We never looked back and sealed a comfortable 3-0 win with further goals from Davies (a beauty as he interchanged passes from the back and slotted home) and a cool finish from Sidwell from an Osbourne pass.
Needles to say with a large portion of our normal players out we played three youngsters from the start, Albrighton, Bannan and Weimann and they all looked good but the man of the match was clearly arc Albrighton. He showed today clearly that he has the pace, composure and crossing ability to make it at the top, I would say so much so any thoughts of David Bentley on that performance are not needed, Marc has the required quality.
SO the last half an hour faded as we played the youth team but more than enough encouragement to show that we should trust our youngsters far more than we did last season.
On final note, the guy who fell from the roof is OK and o his way back from Birmingham, bruised, busted ankle but fine.
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