dundeevilla Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 If Gabby hadn't have been brought down he was getting the ball. The ball was not going out of play. It was a pen. I can't believe that all these so called professional pundits haven't even mentioned that. Not a great performance but results are all that matters at this stage of the season and in derby games. The fact we were fairly crap just makes it sweeter! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David-Copenhagen Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Great game. Virmingham played well and we find it hard against 451 at home. That is something MON needs to look at, change that at we are really on the way to something special. The penalty was correct, you will see it not given, since he did touch the ball, but he did NOT clear the ball, so Gabby was though and he brought him down. What nerves from Milner - great pen. Friedel MOM by a distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Sky really burning over the Pen incident, won't let it drop (unlike the decisions against us this season) My friend is a lower league ref (very low.. lol), he sent a text saying "Pen, definite pen cos if their player didnt bring abgonlaghor down your player wld still got to the ball" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDon Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 If Gabby hadn't have been brought down he was getting the ball. The ball was not going out of play. It was a pen. I can't believe that all these so called professional pundits haven't even mentioned that. Exactly. The reason that it's a penalty is because Gabby wasn't tackled. Sure he got a touch on the ball, but did that touch dispossess Gabby? NO. In fact the touch was perfect for Gabby, it played it into the perfect position for him, and he was well within playable distance of the ball. The problem is Andy **** Gray thinks touching the ball = tackle, it doesn't. A tackle dispossesses the player so as they are no longer in a position to play the ball, that's NOT what happened, and so in tripping the player, a foul was committed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 If Gabby hadn't have been brought down he was getting the ball. The ball was not going out of play. It was a pen. I can't believe that all these so called professional pundits haven't even mentioned that. Not a great performance but results are all that matters at this stage of the season and in derby games. The fact we were fairly crap just makes it sweeter! :-) The thing is its what most people around the game think, the slightest touch of the ball doesn't make it a foul. Its always bugged me. It drives me mad Andy Gray saying Johnson won the ball, he didn't its a penalty IMO. We were **** lucky though. We were outplayed in the second half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 both sides had some excellent chances and both keepers made some brilliant saves. some poor performances from several players but we got the win. gabby was very good again, always is in derbys. a bit lucky with the pen, but for me its just the bad decisions we got against chelsea in the semi evened out- as they always are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMduck Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 man citeh fans are going into more oblivion than the blues fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stockport_Villain Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 A win's a win a win a win and it was against small heath. RESULT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Anyone see the bench jump up when Heskey nearly scored? Was nice to see. Saying that, they weren't celebrating the penalty that much, maybe it's just a personal joke about Heskey never scoring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloBarnesi Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 I thought we were average in most departments. Thought Friedel was excellent. I thought Dunne was a bit of liability today tbh, Gabby was tireless, the others for the main part, just hmmm. Didn’t look like they were either up for the derby, nor winning a CL place. You would have thought that they would have played with a bit more determination. Terrible to watch and caused me to miss the last five minutes with a lucky walk. But in the end, its a win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted April 25, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2010 Been in bed all day to nurse a flu and when I bothered to check VT for the 1st time and there was the Milner's Peno!!! What a day - my flu is somehow gone!! And i think we are now gaurantee Europe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozyFresh Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Big Brad gets MOTM, i was kinda surprised to see the amount of votes he got though. Im so happy with the result, it was such an important derby today. That's a record 6 League wins in a row against Birmingham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srsmithusa Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Yeah, I voted for Brad MOTM (and rightly so, most of us think). But I kinda feel bad for Gabby and Milner. They were both outstanding IMO and really do deserve to be honorable mention at least. Less than 10% each (at this moment) doesn't reflect that they were questionably good. It's just that Big Brad had a blinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 25, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted April 25, 2010 Delighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gompedyret Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Not a very good match from our side. Worrying lack of creativity in attack, especially when Young/Downing doesn't quite get into the game. That said, THREE EFFING POINTS, JAMES MILNER FOR PRESIDENT, THE RACE FOR 4th IS ON AND GET IN!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maradona10 Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Who gives a flying **** whether it's a pen! Just got back, what you have to remember we played 3 games this week, Birmingham had the whole week to prepare, their game plan was to park the bus and just hope for a break, we shown great character by sticking at it and getting the points we need! They wasted time as soon as the second half started! We won fair and square and seeing Mcleish losing it has just made my Sunday even more memorable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 phew im glad thats over! again we beat the blosers without playing well! they played the ebst they could and still couldnt beat us! you gotta love it. i thought we were actually really poor today and didnt deserve the win. our attacking play was woeful how we won is beyond me...but who cares! GET IN ratings friedel: 9 outstanding made some world class saves warnock 7 solid collins 7 kept fouling but was solid dunney 6 was making silly errors at times but made some vital blocks cuellar 2 seriously he was so bad at rb today. its unfortunate i ahve to rate him so low in a game like this but he was dreadful. getting beating, passingw as awful, diabolical performance. citeh will murder us with him at rb with this showing young 6: crossing was poor but battled hard milner 8 battled hard good oiled engine. didnt stop running stan 7: did well won ball downing 7 vital clearance off the line and had a good shot gabby 8 worked so hard today and was often left alone carew 4 one of his worst displays this season, hopefully better next week heskey 7 thought he actually did well today for once! i think he will start next week against citeh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Can we have the ref in here , gets my vote, got every decision right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Definite foul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_avfc Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 get in there!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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