Ratings & Reactions: Villa v Man City

[foreveryoung]

3 minutes ago, Tommo_b said:

You thought Man City were bad today? Wow.

We allowed them the passing stats, but hardly any fouls from Man City, no yellow cards, they were coasting today pal. 

[Django_Zooms]

Well done, Villa. Great tactics, Gerrard. Sue the match officials, Purslow.

[stewiek2]

10 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said:

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

VAR by the rules couldn't look at it as he blew the whistle BEFORE Coutinho strook the ball. Had it been blown after it had a duty to look at the goal.

[Eligius]

Outstanding point considering it was against City and we must have been low on confidence, Watkins apart from one misplaced near the end was immense. Great spirit from the team and Ash Young improved us when Cash came off.

[TomC]

2 minutes ago, Dale said:

See my last post. The referee can over rule an assistant as he sees fit. It'd have been appropriate for him to wait for the move to continue in this instance. 

Correct.

Law V: "The decisions of the referee regarding facts connected with play, including whether or not a goal is scored and the result of the match, are final."

Law VI: "Other match officials (two assistant referees, fourth official, two additional assistant referees, reserve assistant referee, video assistant referee (VAR) and at least one assistant VAR (AVAR)) may be appointed to matches. They will assist the referee in controlling the match in accordance with the Laws of the Game but the final decision will always be taken by the referee."

 

[Tommo_b]

Just now, foreveryoung said:

We allowed them the passing stats, but hardly any fouls from Man City, no yellow cards, they were coasting today pal. 

I disagree, they looked slick and dangerous.

[Dale]

1 minute ago, Aston_Villan4 said:

See how easy that was @Thug? Lol

 

 

Do you think he blew it because the play was going laterally? Or was he just being incompetent?

I think he blew it because he considered the goal scoring chance to have gone. And he'll have regretted that within a second. 

[The_Steve]

The Guardian are lying - the City players had stopped yes, but only after whistle when he dinked beyond them. They are trying to gaslight us.

[Aston_Villan4]

1 minute ago, Thug said:

I’m being the child?!

 

mate google the rules.

And in future I suggest you check facts before calling someone a child.

I await your apology.

Oh feck off. You provided no evidence to prove I was wrong. Just a childish “no he doesn’t” response twice. Good luck getting an apology.

[Thug]

1 minute ago, Aston_Villan4 said:

See how easy that was @Thug? Lol

 

 

Do you think he blew it because the play was going laterally? Or was he just being incompetent?

Are you serious?

You want to be spoon fed basic rules?

I suggest that if you’re not sure, do a little research before arguing about it.

[BleedClaretAndBlue]

They had the non corner goal in the cup final

They had the blatant coming back from offside tackle at the Etihad at 0-0

They had the non offside go for them today

They have all the money in the world, they take all your best players. They certainly dont need all the luck on top. Really hate that club

[Thug]

Just now, Aston_Villan4 said:

Oh feck off. You provided no evidence to prove I was wrong. Just a childish “no he doesn’t” response twice. Good luck getting an apology.

Oh my god.

I told you a FACT.

 

‘No he doesn’t.’

 

did you ‘provide evidence’ when you said ‘he has to blow’?

so YOU feck off you hypocrite 

Edited September 3, 2022 by Thug

[MrBlack]

6 minutes ago, The_Steve said:

And Carragher said it was marginally offside - geniunely give up sometimes.

He did originally. After the first replay. Assume he was just looking at Coutinho's position at the point of supposed contact and assumed the lino couldn't have possibly got the fundamentals wrong.

Then when shown a further replay confirmed he felt it was the wrong decision. 

[TomC]

10 minutes ago, IrishVilla10 said:

Cash is so limited on the ball imo

He's good at advancing it...it's the final ball that lets him down sometimes.

I thought he kept getting burned on the defensive end today...Pep seems to target him these days (like their first and third goals in May).

 

[Aston_Villan4]

Just now, Thug said:

Oh my god.

I told you a FACT.

 

‘No he doesn’t.’

Its like arguing with a brick wall with you, mate.

 

[Jas10]

 

[macandally]

Credit where credit is due, we had structure, we were a team and for the first time this season we looked like we knew what the plan was.

Personally, I would still sack him.  However, he has earned the right for the next two now.  He may just have stumbled on his best team, his best structure so let’s see what he does next

[IrishVillain]

Gerrard saying "we took some more technical players out today" seems an unnecessary dunk on the three up top, Bailey is an excellent technician. 

[picicata]

Good result and a good game plan to get that good result.

We clearly have the players to play better than we have been and they have been held back by poor choices in formation and poor player choices.

Gerrard made the right choices today and that has almost certainly bought him the Leicester and Southampton games. Now he needs to show he has learnt from the choices and it wasn't just luck

[macandally]

3 minutes ago, Aston_Villan4 said:

Oh feck off. You provided no evidence to prove I was wrong. Just a childish “no he doesn’t” response twice. Good luck getting an apology.

Just to be clear, you are wrong.  Go find your own evidence