KentVillan Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 20 hours ago, LakotaDakota said: And this ladies and gentlemen is why VAR will never really work properly as everything other than "did the ball cross the line completely" is pretty subjective and open to interpretation No, this is why the Premier League's weird interpretation of VAR will never work properly, because barely anything is objectively a "clear and obvious" mistake. There are lots of sports that use video refereeing to deal with rules that require some degree of subjective interpretation (e.g. yellow / red cards in rugby). And most of the major foreign leagues use VAR much more effectively than the Premier League does. What I'm struggling to understand is this idea that VAR overruling the referee is a challenge to his authority. Surely the current approach exposes referees to more criticism, and makes them look weak and insecure? I think PGMOL has become a weird cabal of pillocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Five Ken McNaughts Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 (edited) EDIT: I will move my rather specific (abd slightly dull) VAR question to the Video Assistant Referee Thread. On another note, I watched this Jack Grealish highlights video while thinking about the suggestion of @sne that Jack could do a job on the left. It is interesting to see how comfortable and effective he is in this part of the pitch. And no slouch either. Depending on how much restructuring our midfield requires in the weeks ahead, I wouldn't necessarily rule out the option. Edited September 7, 2019 by Five Ken McNaughts 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dave-R Posted September 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2019 I do Believe it's Jacks birthday today. The only way I know is because in August last year my mother bought me Villa's shirt with Grealish on the back. That shirt would be the last thing she got me because she passed away on this day last year from a long fought battle with cancer. I've always found it's strange as well as special what my mother did for me as its the one and only footy shirt she ever got me but she knew I was the happiest lad on earth at the time. When she did pass away it was some days later I had checked Jacks twitter to see the happy birthday on the 10th. What I find strange is how did she pick a players name who on the very day she would leave us it was his birthday, what are the chances of that happening, I bet next to none. So for me as much as it's as much Jacks birthday it's also a day he shares with my mum and it's a rememberance day, it's a very special day. So to you MUM I love you and to you Jack have a very wonderful day. 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry'sboots Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 On 06/09/2019 at 16:13, Five Ken McNaughts said: On another note, I watched this Jack Grealish highlights video while thinking about the suggestion of @sne that Jack could do a job on the left. It is interesting to see how comfortable and effective he is in this part of the pitch. And no slouch either. Depending on how much restructuring our midfield requires in the weeks ahead, I wouldn't necessarily rule out the option. Just watched this. Look at all those outrageous dives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vive_La_Villa Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Good to see Jack is second only to De Bruyne for chances created with 14. Considering most think he is playing too deep and he doesn’t really take freekicks, that is quite impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenjiOgiwara Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I want to see him take more shots. It's not his strongest ability by far, but he has a knack of getting himself into a shooting position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Article in The Athletic about Jack Grealish. Has anyone signed up for it this season and is it worth it? I am tempted... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 23 minutes ago, wilko154 said: Article in The Athletic about Jack Grealish. Has anyone signed up for it this season and is it worth it? I am tempted... I've just signed up for a free trial so I can read it. Is there anything in the forum rules stopping me posting the whole thing here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 8 minutes ago, Sam-AVFC said: I've just signed up for a free trial so I can read it. Is there anything in the forum rules stopping me posting the whole thing here? I dunno but if not can you also post that Ron Vlaar one from last month somewhere please as I wanted to read that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 On 06/09/2019 at 16:13, Five Ken McNaughts said: EDIT: I will move my rather specific (abd slightly dull) VAR question to the Video Assistant Referee Thread. On another note, I watched this Jack Grealish highlights video while thinking about the suggestion of @sne that Jack could do a job on the left. It is interesting to see how comfortable and effective he is in this part of the pitch. And no slouch either. Depending on how much restructuring our midfield requires in the weeks ahead, I wouldn't necessarily rule out the option. Based on this quote from that article in The Athletic, I would definitely rule it out! “Some people say I should be a left winger. No thanks. I hate that position! I’m a No 8. I’ll play No 10 if asked, but I haven’t played there for three years,” he says. “I like my current position and I’m excited for the rest of the season. I speak to the manager every day about football and we want to make Villa an exciting team playing on the front foot. I’m confident we will get there.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Just now, Wainy316 said: I dunno but if not can you also post that Ron Vlaar one from last month somewhere please as I wanted to read that? Sure, I'm happy to post both. If it is a problem I can just download them as PDFs and send to people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Sam-AVFC said: I've just signed up for a free trial so I can read it. Is there anything in the forum rules stopping me posting the whole thing here? yes the guidelines are somewhere (er, linked at the top of every page - the mods) , post a link and only post part of the article rather than the full thing, not sure what else Edited September 13, 2019 by blandy mod edit to point at gudielines 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam-AVFC Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I would recommend signing up for a free trial if you haven't done so before - it's one of those you can immediately cancel (so you don't forget it will charge you) and retain access during the trial. As well as the articles on Grealish & Vlaar, there is a short one on Mings and the Stephen Ireland article that all those recent quotes came from is also quite interesting. Also an article from 2 days ago about Di Matteo where he talks about his time at Villa. Looks like it's well worth the 1 minute sign-up to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Think he’ll have a big game on Monday. Seems the character to build on knock downs. The Palace situation will really have hurt him and can see the team really galvanising because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Fair few quotes from it on the villareport Twitter account, good read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 4 minutes ago, Farlz said: Fair few quotes from it on the villareport Twitter account, good read Well looks like a lot more players will start talking to him off the ball and doing other off the ball stuff as he admitted it makes him angry..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, MaVilla said: Well looks like a lot more players will start talking to him off the ball and doing other off the ball stuff as he admitted it makes him angry..... I hope they do, Will Vaulks did it against him for Rotherham and he did this... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_gary_cahill Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 3 hours ago, wilko154 said: I hope they do, Will Vaulks did it against him for Rotherham and he did this... It’s alright doing it against Rotherham and apparently being the best player in The Championship. When asked to do it in a proper league surrounded by quality players, so far he hasn’t shown up in my opinion, same goes for McGinn. They had a field day in The Championship, I know it’s early days but this is my opinion based on so far this season, let’s see if they can step up starting on Monday night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, sir_gary_cahill said: It’s alright doing it against Rotherham and apparently being the best player in The Championship. When asked to do it in a proper league surrounded by quality players, so far he hasn’t shown up in my opinion, same goes for McGinn. They had a field day in The Championship, I know it’s early days but this is my opinion based on so far this season, let’s see if they can step up starting on Monday night We are in the bottom 3 and will likely be in a relegation battle all season. Not sure what you're expecting, for them to dominate the league like they did in the Championship? Jack is still second in the league for chances created and John made the Sky team of the month and is up there for many defensive stats, so they're clearly holding their own out there. Edited September 13, 2019 by Keyblade 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Will Vaulks is only human 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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