Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Man City

[theboyangel]

Better without McGinn! 

[Woody1000]

Fair play, that today was a team that I can get behind !

[Thug]

2 minutes ago, Nigel said:

Surely VAR should have checked that offside goal?

The ref blew the bloody whistle for no bloody reason.
Should’ve ignored the flag and let the game play

 

Once he blows the whistle, VAR can’t do shit

Edited September 3, 2022 by Thug

[Villaphan04]

wow. first time this year that we showed fight and had an actual tactical plan.

Looked really good when McGinn went off

not sure what the linesman was doing and how can the ref not see that it was a backwards pass

[stewiek2]

1 minute ago, The_Steve said:

Ramsey doesn't touch it

I think the lines think he does hence th flag at that point. Also, the ref blows his whistle BEFORE Coutinho strikea the ball, which is why a VAR cannot look at it. Makes my piss boil, but thems the rules.

Dodgy first 20 minutes, decent 25, then we were superb second half considering our form coming into this. This and Arsenal he's surely lear t you can't have the fall backs bomb ok in this league? 

Be interesting to see now how he sets us up when the focus is on us to take the game rather than sit and hit on the break.

Special mention to Ashley Young. Superb.

[Aston_Villan4]

1 minute ago, Nigel said:

Surely VAR should have checked that offside goal?

Can’t since the ref blew the whistle.

[Talldarkandransome]

I'm sure Sky will tell us the truth about the offside, prob won't even mention it

[ciggiesnbeer]

1 minute ago, Davkaus said:

Pgmol prop up the established top 6, simple as that.

English Refereeing is 100% incompetent and / or corrupt. The worst out of any top league.

[Aston_Villan4]

1 minute ago, Thug said:

The red blew the bloody whistle for no bloody reason.
Shouldve ignored the flag and let the game play

 

ince he blows the whistle, CAR can’t do shit

Well he blew the whistle since the linesman raised the flag.

[daft]

Credit where credit is due indeed. I doubt it, but this can be the start of a series of good results that shoots us up the table. 

 

[Mark Albrighton]

Good result.

If it’s built on, great stuff.

If we fail to win either of the Leicester or Southampton games, then this result is fairly academic.

These players are capable.

[bannedfromHandV]

The result is great and but for a dodgy piece of match officiating we may have won the match.

What I enjoyed seeing today though most was the players working hard and to a system, okay the system was stand off them and wait for them to make the occasional error but they still stuck to it, heads didn’t drop after they scored and we got our rewards, with a bit of luck in terms of the chances they proceeded to miss.

Let’s hope this is a turning point, Young played really well today, even if Cash is available for the next match (which I’d say is highly doubtful) I’d stick with young, Cash has been shite this season.

Went for Luiz MoTM though, composed and accurate on the ball, was worried he’d be distracted and pissed off but seemingly not.

[Peter Griffin]

Just now, Aston_Villan4 said:

Can’t since the ref blew the whistle.

Rather than can't, there is no point, regardless whether it was onside or offside, once the whistle has gone a goal cannot be given

[The_Steve]

The ball goes under the foot of the City defender. Ramsey isn't near it.

[Dale]

Weird to say given our recent form that we were done dirty by the officials! 

The savviest performance in his time here. Well done. 

Edited September 3, 2022 by Dale

[Thug]

1 minute ago, Aston_Villan4 said:

Well he blew the whistle since the linesman raised the flag.

He doesn’t have to blow the whistle.

[Peter Griffin]

The biggest concern from that game for moving forward was how much better we were with Ash instead on Cash. 

[ejvilla]

Hard to choose MOTM. Kamara, Luiz, Young, Bailey, Watkins, JJ, Mings, Martinez, Digne - all great today. Young's experience and cool head was massive. Went with Luiz for ball retention, passing, aggression. Sign a new deal please.

SG said before the game that Luiz situation has been ongoing since summer - might explain dropping him - as only a blind man would miss his quality.

Manager... I've given him loads of abuse, but deserves great feedback today. That said - it's the toothless performances against the teams around us and below that have led him to being in trouble. We always show heart against the big guns. 

[Zero7]

Nig big organised effort from everyone playing. Fair play to both the players and Gerrard, he should he could change it up and is not the numpty we all (including me) though, a bit of egg on mine and many fans faces. 

A team that was looking lost and a bit negative, well today we showed courage and fought like lions. I like what I saw… We were more sensible with our formation and play today. 

[IrishVilla10]

Just now, Peter Griffin said:

The biggest concern from that game for moving forward was how much better we were with Ash instead on Cash. 

Cash is so limited on the ball imo