MrBlack

14 minutes ago, villa4europe said:

At 2-2 we should have gone on to win it, the bailey and diaby link up was on shame it took us so long to find, game could have gone either way 

Long hard season and it's showing, beat Brighton all but secure top 4 then go full strength 

Still think we can win but it'll take something special 

Think we would have done if the ref didn't want them to win. That penalty call would never have been given at the other end of the pitch. Whether you feel it was a penalty or not,  Villa would not have got they penalty off this ref. That killed us.

My view was his arm was already there before the ball even reached the opposition. It was protecting his face as he jumped and turned and then momentum carried it to where it was. Totally natural and no movement towards the ball that then hit him at point blank range. Arguably stupid by Luiz and he should have been braver and allowed his pretty face to get a ball in it, but not a penalty.

Oh Ollie. So close. Did the hard bit. 

Wouldn't it be nice if we can beat Brighton, Spurs lose to Liverpool and then we can focus on the second leg and not worry about 4th place.

Luiz totally lost his confidence. Slow to do anything now.

1 minute ago, Raymond said:

I would like a full inquiry into what has happened to Luiz over the last two months. 

He got back with Lehmann?

Cursed

Oh well done Ref. Didn't spot the handball though did you.  Prick.

5 minutes ago, LxYoungAVFC said:

It's not the ref. Lenglet did pull the defender's shirt for our disallowed goal. Challenge on Bailey was not a pen.

Our defence has been shit. Olsen should have saved 2. Luiz has been shit. 

It's all self inflicted.

It was a penalty on Bailey, but we scored straight after it so probably no effect.

The Handball by Luiz wasn't given for us in the PL when the oppositin player was pointing to his team mate. His hand didn't need to be there, but it was hardly unnatural protecting your face as you turn and jump with no clue what the defender is doing being you. So it was and the ball got hit at it from point blank. It's not a penalty by current rules.

The non-foul by Bailey given as a free kick before they then countered and scored their 4th.

We've been shit. The ref has been as bad. It can be both.

1 minute ago, Genie said:

People saying they were loving Martinez shithousing but it’s ended up costing us

To be fair, he wasn't shithousing when he got booked. He was asking for a ball.

Fuming. This game has pissed me right off. Absolute **** joke that this ref has been given a semi final game to referee. How can he be one of the two best in Europe.

**** rocket polisher of a ref.

More proof, if it were needed, they the referee wants them to win

3 minutes ago, birdman said:

Inst pen to them....blatant pen for Bailey...no go.

That'll be the bias. Most of Europe hates England, so doubt hes been paid off. Just wants us to be punished.

I **** hate football at times. 

Softest decision. Ref is biased. 

Great play by Lenglet there. Great touch by Bailey. Great finish by Diaby. Beautiful.

Get the **** in

1 minute ago, TheAuthority said:

Cash has been effective tonight. Arguably our best player.

He made up for his brain fart on the first offside goal of theirs. Now time for Digne to do the same.

1 minute ago, TheAuthority said:

Cash the only player playing with some passhun

In fairness to him, he always does. It's rarely effective though. Quite often a liability, occasionally very helpful. On a night like tonight I think it will help.

The standard of refs in Europe has been  pretty poor all tournament. We need to put it beyond a bad ref deciding things for us.

And we should have enough to do that, but haven't really turned up since our goal was ruled out. Feel like we've let that decision decide how the game is going to go

Just now, TomC said:

Doug and McGinn in the double pivot didn't work under Deano. They didn't work as part of a 3 under Gerrard. They still don't work in a double pivot under Unai.

Unfortunately, we don't have much of a choice with the injuries right now. Playing Tim would bring its own risks.

 

But going with something we know doesn't work is probably not a better option than something that might. Just a thought. 

That shirt pull by Lenglet is made by every defender on every corner. It's never given. How the ref saw it in real time and deemed it worthy of a foul is beyond me.

But the fact we've been shit since is not on the ref. Our defensive line is anything but straight, and Olsen just isn't Emi. We can't get away with things we can when he's in. 

Don't see us coming back, but stranger things have happened this season. And at least Chelsea are winning.

Ah ****. Emi saves both of those.

Just now, duke313 said:

He was onside

Read what I wrote.

Our goal ruled out for nothing.  Their goal ruled out for nothing.

Theres overturned, ours not.

**** sake.