Ratings & Reactions: Chelsea v Villa

[Indigo]

I'm loathe to criticise referees even when it's arguable that they may have cost us a game, but the officiating really was horrendous today. So many odd decisions. 

Weird performance on the whole. Kind of managed the game well at times but frustrated in equal measure. Take the win and move on.

[Beastmix]

Some of the worst refereeing I've ever seen.

Good win though, all things considered.

[catanzaro]

I was randomly tuning in to talksport to hear what was going on.. they made it sound like we should’ve lost 5 nil..

[Spoony]

1 minute ago, AshVilla said:

Chelsea fans are terrible.

Can't believe they were booing at the final whistle.

They have literally spent a billion in 2 summer windows.

How ungrateful.

 

 

They are a horrific and delusional bunch. They really do believe in this mental ‘project’ wherever the hell it’s meant to be. They’ll hound out Poch and continue to be awful. 

[It's Your Round]

Thank god for that. A much needed win on the road and a clean sheet, not sure how we managed it with how easy Chelsea found it to carve us open at times. Martinez to the rescue, he really is an amazing keeper. 

Great to see Watkins score, this will boost him no end. Great to see JJ back and loo  looking lively. Zaniolo looking like a good signing too, he will get better as we go on. 
 

I’m not going to mention the disgraceful refereeing. 
 

It wasn’t our best performance but we showed strength and resilience, I believe we will improve as this team gels and we get Moreno back. Mings and Buendia’s injuries set us back a bit, and we’ve not been amazing so far. Yet, we are still in 6th place. 
 

UTV!

[UpTheVilla26]

Douglas Luiz just casually running the show. What a performance, he was unreal. 

[villa4europe]

Just now, catanzaro said:

I was randomly tuning in to talksport to hear what was going on.. they made it sound like we should’ve lost 5 nil..

I'd be surprised if sky or whoever showed it didn't give MOTM to their keeper

[Brumstopdogs]

 

[AshVilla]

There needs to be an additional option for this weeks referreeing performance poll below very poor.

How about rancid dog turd.

[Ouchmefoot]

2 minutes ago, Adman said:

Getting booked for being elbowed in the face was a particular highlight 

was a clear headbutt to Sterling's arm. Digne should've had straight red for that

[Demitri_C]

Superb win. I dont think it was a red tbh but who cares! UTV

[Chasetown Villa]

Perfect response with the clean sheet. UTV.

[Don_Simon]

5 minutes ago, VillaParkAvenue said:

Emi was incredible. Konsa and Kamara bounced back and were good too. Fine tactical performance and nice to get an away win for once!

For once? Burnley was two Premier League games ago.

[Villarocker]

That ref was disgraceful. I cannot believe he even developed balls enough to change that yellow to a red. He was appallingly bad. 

We did well. They still carry a lot of quality and we could have had more if it wasn't for their keeper. 

[thunderball]

I’ll take that, but we aren’t playing very well at the moment. Quite a few a players out of sorts.

Relieved Watkins got his goal. 

[It's Your Round]

1 minute ago, Ouchmefoot said:

was a clear headbutt to Sterling's arm. Digne should've had straight red for that

He could have killed poor Sterling, imagine it Digne’s nose had broken and a shard of bone slightly grazed Raheem’s skin? 

[Jareth]

Thought this lot were supposed to wipe the floor with us? Cheers Slippy, you massive bell end. 

[stewiek2]

4 minutes ago, catanzaro said:

I was randomly tuning in to talksport to hear what was going on.. they made it sound like we should’ve lost 5 nil..

There's your answer in bold.

[Rightdm00]

Great result. Even better with a clean sheet. Chelsea has one more game in September to score before they have to cancel their goal of the month award . 

[El Segundo]

4 minutes ago, KMitch said:

I don't know why the Premier League can't get the refereeing situation figured out but most of the other top leagues in the world can?  Even during the Alex Ferguson era where he was paying off/giving significant gifts to the refs it wasn't this poor.  This is the best and most profitable football league in the world, why are they not hiring the best referees from around the world to go along with it?  The PL/FA need to stop burying their heads in the sand and hoping it sorts itself out because it's getting worse year after year. 

This guy was imported form Australia because he was supposed to be one of the best around.  I've seen him have a few shockers.