Ratings & Reactions: West Ham v Villa

[The_Steve]

Wakins is clearly being pushed into an offside position yet no penalty check.

VAR is not being used correctly at all.

[HongKongVillan]

Own worst enemy 2 games in a row. 

[VillanousOne]

our defence is back to pre lockdown standards or muppetry of pre lockdown

[rbcuk]

Pissed off how we didn’t win that, Var again proves what a shambles it is when they have to draw 3 lines on and zoom in to give offside due to his arm is a joke

Dont want to see hourihane start for us again again it’s like playing with 10men, Trezeguet’s finishing is awful yet again 

[striker]

Four defeats in five now so must win against Newcastle on Friday.

[Demitri_C]

Var has killed football 

Im close to walking away. Its just not **** fun anymore

[MCU]

Nobody but ourselves to blame unfortunately. That is such a tough one to take. 

[kidlewis]

Passing at the back like we are an 80s Dutch side but no penetration.

Annoyingly returning to a poor run of form. If we don’t beat Newcastle that’s a terrible run of 5 games 

[Mantis]

Me in the pre-match thread:

"I half don't even see the point in watching. There's a 1 in 3 chance VAR will completely dominate the game as it does in many other games. Whatever they say goes. "

And lo and behold look what happens. Why even watch games anymore?

Although as an aside, I really am **** fed up of us dominating games and having a dozen chances but still losing because we can only convert a fraction of them while the opposition score basically every chance they get.

[BleedClaretAndBlue]

Unbelievable how we manage to lose games like this

Dominated the whole game and lose because of being asleep in the opening minutes both halves. 
 

Grealish on another level. Such a joy. Douglas was brilliant too. Watkins and Trez wasteful with chances. Feel sick. So annoying

[flashingqwerty]

If you miss as many clear cut chances as we did tonight you get beat.

Couple that with Mings playing for the spammers and it was never going to happen

[osmark86]

Our luck will surely turn, but by Zeus this is frustrating. We cannot miss chances like Trez' and Watkins' penalty. Also VAR is like a bloody cancer to this sport. I **** hate it with a passion.

[vreitti]

We only have ourselves to blame. 

 

Ps. Martinez didn't make a save all game. Says it all really. 

 

 

Edited November 30, 2020 by vreitti

[Davkaus]

Just now, The_Steve said:

Wakins is clearly being pushed into an offside position yet no penalty check.

VAR is not being used correctly at all.

You have to laugh at the irony of all of these refs starring at that still frame, and not giving a foul when it's far more of one than the penalty they actually gave.

It's an absolute farce

[Vive_La_Villa]

Not sure how the hell we lost that. Stupid goals and more missed chances. Very frustrating.

[villa4europe]

We were poor at times, conceded 2 awful goals

And yet at other times dominated the game and created enough chances to win 

No luck, no overreaction, like I said in the match thread I think this is what we are, the hallmarks of a mid table PL team, no consistency

The squad options are wank to be fair to Deano, tonight showed again why Hourihane doesn't get a sniff

[Muriel]

We have been the better team in every game except vs. Leeds. Very frustrating that we keep giving away these stupid goals.

[It's Your Round]

**** VAR! 
 

Ruining football for me. 

[KentVillan]

Not sure why Smith is taking any flak for this. We have absolutely battered them both halves, missed a pen, had goal disallowed, etc.

There is an issue with set pieces that needs looking at.

Not our night, but we looked much the better side, even with Barkley missing.

[maqroll]

I'll come back later when I'm less infuriated