PompeyVillan Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 What a farce of a decision. How in the lords name was Vidic not sent off? Once again the game has been ruined by an inept refereeing display. I'm not one for looking for excuses, but I feel we've been well and truly robbed, because that useless tosser in black. The occasion was too big for him, and his bias towards Man United throughout the match was shameful. If it was a Fulham, or Blackburn, or Wigan (etc) player and not a Manchester United player, would it have made a difference? Of course it would. Great performance by the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabby15 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I agree with this and I really don't see how people can disagree, especially Villa fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted February 28, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted February 28, 2010 It was a shamefully embarassing performance from Dowd. He should lose his job, he's clearly not capable of doing it, being either biased or unaware of the rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 It is worth mentioning that Man Utd were clearly the better team after 90 minutes. Of that you can have no arguments. It's a different game when you're playing against 10 men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 He should have been sent off, but he didn't and we got beat by a better team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obanken Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Terrible decision, should have been off and might have been a different game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 a big thanks to phil dowd, obviously he will have had a large amount of money on Man utd to win, that is the only reason i can possibly think of for todays performance. it didnt help that downing was crap, young was crap, we didnt play luke young at right back , cuellar messing up for their first goal and then no villa player wanting to pass him the ball making our options limited. but as the title says, the person who won the cup today was the ref, a total disgrace which shows how bad or corrupt he was when ALL the bbc pundits agree that vidic should have gone AND they should have had bookings. the only good thing i can say is we have witnessed quite possibly the most biase reffing ever on a live tv game, hopefully there will be some come back although no doubt al the refs will now close rank sucking alex fergie off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I actually didn't think he should of been sent off because I think Agbonlahor's touch took him to an angle which would of made it really hard to score from. However should of been booked which could/would of lead to a red card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalianDaley Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 It is worth mentioning that Man Utd were clearly the better team after 90 minutes. Of that you can have no arguments. It's a different game when you're playing against 10 men. Not sure they were clearly better, but they had that bald fella, and that makes all the difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfcgoodie Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Dowd was a disgrace, end of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 I actually didn't think he should of been sent off because I think Agbonlahor's touch took him to an angle which would of made it really hard to score from. However should of been booked which could/would of lead to a red card. Even by your logic, he's still been denied a goalscoring opportunity, whether it's a difficult one or not. The only reason Gabby had to check back anyway was because he was having his shirt pulled and being fouled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoppy1987 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 He should have been sent off, but he didn't and we got beat by a better team. Correct. Villa never really imposed themselves on the game which I put down to the occasion. Saying that, I felt we played well and although dissapointed and I am extremely proud to be a Villa fan today and I hope we can push on and get to many more finals in years to come. Also, I thought our fans at the game were great, especially at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumstopdogs Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 If Dowd did what he was supposed to then we would have been playing against 10 men. That incompetent moron has cost us big time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I actually didn't think he should of been sent off because I think Agbonlahor's touch took him to an angle which would of made it really hard to score from. However should of been booked which could/would of lead to a red card. Even by your logic, he's still been denied a goalscoring opportunity, whether it's a difficult one or not. The only reason Gabby had to check back anyway was because he was having his shirt pulled and being fouled. Yes but then you could argue pretty much every foul in the box should be a red-card. I think had Gabby not had a poor touch and kept driving like at goal and Vidic bought him down, it's a definate red. However I'm not sure, i'd want to see another replay. I don't have any complaints. We were 1-0 up, we put in alot of effort but we're beaten. I think Dowd was incosistant and made some bad decisions but i'm not going to blame our loss on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne on whether Vidic should have been sent off: "They got a man sent off at Villa Park and it didn't make a difference. It's better to play against 11 men and it made it a better game. It's their day today." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjshare Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I actually didn't think he should of been sent off because I think Agbonlahor's touch took him to an angle which would of made it really hard to score from. However should of been booked which could/would of lead to a red card. i agree with you. it was a pen, he should get booked. becasue gabby slipped/miscontrolled the ball vidic was back between gabby and the goal as a pose to pulling him down from behind when clean through or anything like that. on top of that, as i said in the match thread, the fact is that despite rules being black and white the ref was never going to send anyone off in the 4th minute of a cup final anyway. he was awful throughout the game, of that there is no doubt, but crying over what-ifs isnt going to change anything and i do believe that united deserved their win. i am very, very proud of our lads though because they gave united a real game today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DalianDaley Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Great response from Dunne. Doesnt make Dowd any less of a cheating cock though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 The point is Vidic got booked for a foul on Young in the second half - which makes the non-booking on a penalty more of a joke. The only reason Gabby couldn't shoot as was he was being dragged back, either way red or yellow it should of been a booking. It doesn't matter it's the cup final and five minutes into the game it's denying a goal scoring opportunity. The referee bottled it end of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 He was awful, and the linesman wasn't much better. But we can't really blame him for us not winning. We couldn't win with them down to ten men for about an hour at Villa Park, I still think we'd have lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Withinpurple Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Thing is, they lost a winger at VP, not a strong central defender, they would of had a big problem subbing someone to replace him. Absolutely disgraceful reffing though, I really hope no-one will ever see something this bad again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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