LancsVillan

Yeah but when I get up I am driving straightaway to the airport with customers who I don't think would appreciate a tired driver due to my fantasy playing.... ;)

Wonderful am up at 02:30 for work in the morning, might get in a couple of rounds before getting some shut eye and then hope for some decent auto drafts..... 

2 hours ago, rhyscartwright_avfc said:

Just checking @kkr the draft order has been set on Yahoo? Does't mention it in the Commish Updates bit.

Yep I found it somewhere...  i am 13th again

Right then so VAR does intervene but sees nothing to overturn Friend. Err the push in the back,  leading to another foul, which was AFTER Jack passes. The whistle is in his hand and the ball in the net before it goes.

Something stinks.

2 minutes ago, peterms said:

If OBE gets hold of him, Mr Friend won't be standing at all.

Only because OBE could only bite his knees

25 minutes ago, hippo said:

Must admit I was almost relaxed when the seen the ref disallowing the goal  - I was sure VAR would overrule it.

I don't fully understand the bit about the ref blowing the whistle - thats almost like saying when the ref makes a decision VAR can't get involved - so whats the point of it.

 

 

I have watched and re watched the video and Friends arms are at his side with whistle in hand as Jack passes to Lansbury,  it makes it even worse.

The missus is keeping away as I am still that furious over an hour later

14 minutes ago, Farlz said:

I'm furious. Never seen us cheated so much in my life. 

Wembley 2010 should have been a red runs it close for incompetence 

2 minutes ago, Genie said:

Cahill absolutely smashes legs with Grealish 

He goes down holding his leg too

6 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

That is an utter disgrace.

We've been rubbish and we've been cheated.

 

Why no VAR

Guilbert on the overlap and Conor plays ball five yds behind him and blames him. Sort of sum up the whole game in one second

3 minutes ago, villalad21 said:

Real shocker from Smith this.

Getting played off the park by Palace is embarrassing.

Another under estimation of Palace then, they are a decent side (see last week) with their tails up. We've not played well at all yet we really haven't been played off the park. 

1 minute ago, Dr_Pangloss said:

Gilbert has been awful today.

He really hasn't been 'awful'. For that look to the other side of the pitch

2 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said:

We've got what we deserved for the way we've played.

Palace have got more than they deserved for the way they've played.

Friend deserves to never referee again.

 

Spot on

We started like a team that believed a lot of our fans and that it was 'only' Palace. The same Palace that had their tails up after their win at OT last week. Rude awakening once again that there is not a single side in the division we can 'expect' to beat. Unfortunately too many fans that think that because we are Villa we should

Yet another ref who simply loves the power. Friend is an utter waste and really does seem to have it in for us

Jed with a save that looked a lot more difficult in real time, then offside saves us from the corner.

Bugger now looks most likely we will be away -weather dependant- so it will be a hit n miss draft and I will probably be way too late to pick up any stray waivers too, oh well.... 

21:00 BST ... up at 04:00 need to set my draft list up methinks, that'll be a first for me. 

39 minutes ago, sir_gary_cahill said:

Because of injury concerns? Would you care to name better defenders in the Premier Leagie other than Van Dijk or Alderweireld?

Why do I have to you said world class not prem class. Personally I have the latter about on a par with likes of Laporte, Maguire, Rudiger, Mina, all decent but nothing 'special'

2 hours ago, sir_gary_cahill said:

Are you disagreeing with what I said here? They’re not 2 of the best in the world, that’s why in my opinion, do you think they are 2 of the best defenders in the world?

Yeah Alderweireld so good nobody triggered the meagre £25m clause over the summer

7 hours ago, markavfc40 said:

I think some of us may be over playing the need for a forward to be pretty prolific for us this season. This is possibly due to Benteke's goals playing a big part in keeping us up before he left and we dropped and also because we had a 

Man Utd finished 6th last season and Lukaku was their leading forward with 12 goals. Wolves 7th and Jimenez got 13 goals. West Ham 10th and Arnoutovic got 10 goals. Watford 11th and Deeney got 9 goals. Palace 12th and Zaha got 10 goals.

 

 

Now now don't let facts like these get in the way of the worrying and pre-emptive "I told you so" posts. 

Cracking bit of information that

4 hours ago, HanoiVillan said:

How the hell do we both have Zinchenko???

Different divisions 

Bit lightweight up front buy happy enough as they should all get a start at least,  lot harder with 10 in the league 

Let's make it a pure stats game for those with a real NFL interest and ignore those who just do it for fun without understanding it properly like @rjw63 n little old me 

Luke wins the loyalty card don't worry about that