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Decent in the first half, absolutely hopeless in the second. I get Jose's decision to start him, in fact, I said that he should start before the match, but he really needs to find his start of season form if we are to have a chance at the title.

FFS can we move on, please? Stop calling our own players shit, but more importantly stop calling our members racist because of a football opinion!

Was bad in the last 20 minutes, and should have done better in the goal, but he was still my MOTM. The first 70 mins, and especially the first half, he was IMMENSE!

Just like Chelsea, it just wasn't his day yesterday. First touch let him down more often than now. As stated above, he would have been perfect starting the game to exploit the high line, but then again Villa surprised us with that line and we could not have known before the match.

I don't care about the ref, I care about our players. The game may have been over but because Ramires acted mindlessly we are now missing a key player for three games in the last of the season. That maybe much more damaging losing a game. He's compromised the work that was done by his teammates, the manager and himself because of his idiotic act. I don't blame Ramires for us losing today, but he did do something incredibly stupid.

He stamped his foot down on his leg. You can tell it's intentional by the force with which he put his foot down. If this was an opposition player on one of our lads, everyone here would be abusing him. We should not be defending such actions. This kind of violent play does not belong in sports.

Reckless, irresponsible, disgraceful, mindless,, plain stupid "tackle" to make. He's let the whole team down and put a huge dent in our title challenge just because of he again showed zero intelligence on the pitch. And I do think it was intentional. He actually put his foot down harder than he would if he didn't mean to stamp on. There is no point defending what he did and we as fans should not tolerate such a behavior in the team.

Violent conduct = 3 match ban.

I know no one wants to hear this, but Villa were robbed from a win at the Bridge earlier this season. It's football it happens. What I am disappointed and disgusted by is what Ramires did right there at the end. He's let the whole team down. I'm not sure our title chances can survive this.

Can someone explain the offside rule for those linesmen. Same applies to all of our front four and has been the case throughout the season, not just today. I'm well aware of Torres' limitations, especially when it comes to his first touch and decision making, but his movement has been good, which is a positive for the team.

I think it clearly hit his arm. On any occasion, Foy gave the ball, it was the assistant who gave the handball. As for Torres, his movement has been great, imo. How many times has he run behind them with a diagonal run down the left flank?

Good half. Credit for Villa, they tried something different with their defensive organization with a fairly high line and two very close banks of 4. Basically they have a 2v1 in central areas in the middle every time. But we've countered them well and were unlucky not run behind them. Linesman has been shocking. Schurrle on for Willian is a must, imo.

Great lineup. Our best XI, imo.

They've had the chances, especially from set pieces, just not finding the finish.

Much better from Hull, so far.

Hull were better in the opening 10 mins and looking dangerous on the break. Then Kompany got sent off and City sat back. Hull looked like they didn't know what to do with all the possession.

Red card fucked up Hull's game plan much more than City's, especially with the goal. It suits City much more to sit back and counter. Hopefully Bruce comes up with something that changes that. For those asking, it's only a one match ban as is always the case with denying a goal scoring opportunity: http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/~/media/Files/PDF/TheFA/FA%20Handbook%2009%2010/SectionsABC_FAHandbook.ashx/SectionsABC_FAHandbook.pdf (page 21, paragraph ©)

There was no confirmation of that by the club and no mention of it by any media source, IIRC. So, for all we know, he might still be coaching (even though he does not have actually coaching badges).

Did he actually leave with the fsw? I think he might still be at the club actually.

Doing very well so far. Looking like the better side.

City's game is not easy at all. They've never won at Hull in the PL.

Right, moving on... If Torres is not fit for today, I hope Demba starts.

Adorable!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1gs8rd_rewind-aston-villa-vs-chelsea-epl_sport