We’re Aston Villa. We’ll win when we want
I might start the away match threads from now on....
Even Lil’ Lee thinks it was a Pen against Digne, so what do I knowNever a penalty. There was no intent to foul, Brighton player ran into Lucas, the clumsy donkey.
Anyone still interested in moving Danny Ings on?depends on who we get in, and what price we get for him.
Foul count 14 -11
Bookings 2 - 7
Explain that.
Even Lil’ Lee thinks it was a Pen against Digne, so what do I knowI would have been screaming for it up the other end if one of ours was kicked
Anyone still interested in moving Danny Ings on?
9 points from Brentford, Toon, Manure and Brighton.. good riddance.Two and a quarter per game. Marvellous. Keep it up Unai.
Foul count 14 -11
Bookings 2 - 7
Explain that.
That sir, is a very good point!
Get the fuck in the Villa ladsI like Digne's bra.
https://twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/1591825603912937472?s=46&t=6Cv8TS4_CyseXn9CJE7pBw
P.S. Well played John McGinn. Gave him a lot of stick recently but he proved me wrong today.
A masterclass in game management.
Even Lil’ Lee thinks it was a Pen against Digne, so what do I know
Never a penalty. There was no intent to foul, Brighton player ran into Lucas, the clumsy donkey.
That’s some timepiece the boss is wearing! UTFV
P.S. Well played John McGinn. Gave him a lot of stick recently but he proved me wrong today.
Eh? He was forever giving the ball away, miles more than anybody else in the team.
Great result, decent performance.
Even Lil’ Lee thinks it was a Pen against Digne, so what do I knowI would have been screaming for it up the other end if one of ours was kicked
Shithousery to see out the game but fuck it. We found a way to win from a difficult start. Great way to enter the break.we do it and it's terrible, the like of Leicester do it and not a word,so Jamie Carragher go and off
my thoughts first time in the replays but the Brighton player also makes contact as well and was it decided it's fifty fiftyEven Lil’ Lee thinks it was a Pen against Digne, so what do I knowI would have been screaming for it up the other end if one of ours was kicked
I thought it was a pen via replays, but it happened too fast for a ref to be sure enough to give it in real time. I was therefore positive it wouldn’t be overturned.
When did we last come from behind (ooh!) to win an away game?
When did we last come from behind (ooh!) to win an away game?
You could argue the challenge was reckless by the brighton player for the non-penalty too.
You could argue the challenge was reckless by the brighton player for the non-penalty too.Exactly. I am surprised that people are looking at it as a foul by Digne. Lucas only had one intent to play the ball out and as he went to do that March was nowhere near him. March than clashed into him almost two footed. A yellow card minimum was in order for him.
De Zerbi said Brighton should have had a penalty and Villa's penalty was not a penalty. A balanced view there. I hope he's got an appointment at Specsaver early next week.the Muppet on WM said the ball was going away from Mcginn anyway,I thought it's a foul so it's a penalty,
De Zerbi said Brighton should have had a penalty and Villa's penalty was not a penalty. A balanced view there. I hope he's got an appointment at Specsaver early next week.
Who? Wilford? The blue-nose smarmy getDe Zerbi said Brighton should have had a penalty and Villa's penalty was not a penalty. A balanced view there. I hope he's got an appointment at Specsaver early next week.the Muppet on WM said the ball was going away from Mcginn anyway,I thought it's a foul so it's a penalty,
De Zerbi said Brighton should have had a penalty and Villa's penalty was not a penalty. A balanced view there. I hope he's got an appointment at Specsaver early next week.the Muppet on WM said the ball was going away from Mcginn anyway,I thought it's a foul so it's a penalty,
You could argue the challenge was reckless by the brighton player for the non-penalty too.Exactly. I am surprised that people are looking at it as a foul by Digne. Lucas only had one intent to play the ball out and as he went to do that March was nowhere near him. March than clashed into him almost two footed. A yellow card minimum was in order for him.
9 points from Brentford, Toon, Manure and Brighton.. good riddance.Two and a quarter per game. Marvellous. Keep it up Unai.
Solly March won a vey dodgy penalty at VP 2-3 years' ago (Trezeguet was the defender) so I see this one as one of those balancing-out situations.I don't like those sort of penalties but, based on what's been given against us in the past, I'd expect it to be a penalty if a Villa player that was on the receiving end of that tackle. Been on 3 or 4 other clubs' forums and pretty much everyone thinks it was a penalty and that VAR got its wrong, with the word stonewall being used a lot.Even Lil’ Lee thinks it was a Pen against Digne, so what do I knowNever a penalty. There was no intent to foul, Brighton player ran into Lucas, the clumsy donkey.
Cracking result though and the table looks a lot better than it did 8 days ago.
You could argue the challenge was reckless by the brighton player for the non-penalty too.Exactly. I am surprised that people are looking at it as a foul by Digne. Lucas only had one intent to play the ball out and as he went to do that March was nowhere near him. March than clashed into him almost two footed. A yellow card minimum was in order for him.
The problem I find is that they only show the point of contact of an incident and they then slow it down and show freeze frames of them. Especially with handballs, it takes away how the incident actually occurred and makes things look a lot worse.
P.S. Well played John McGinn. Gave him a lot of stick recently but he proved me wrong today.
Eh? He was forever giving the ball away, miles more than anybody else in the team.
I hope today means we are going to stop being nice.
That's better than I thought tbf.When did we last come from behind (ooh!) to win an away game?
Bolton in the LC.
In the league it was Spurs, May 2021.
Watching the highlights that pass to Dougie from Martinez wasn’t the best. If anything it was Martinez at fault.. I agree. It was soft and a put us in trouble
Yes good reference! If the penalty had been given, I'm sure it wouldn't have been overturned, but very relieved it wasn't given.Solly March won a vey dodgy penalty at VP 2-3 years' ago (Trezeguet was the defender) so I see this one as one of those balancing-out situations.I don't like those sort of penalties but, based on what's been given against us in the past, I'd expect it to be a penalty if a Villa player that was on the receiving end of that tackle. Been on 3 or 4 other clubs' forums and pretty much everyone thinks it was a penalty and that VAR got its wrong, with the word stonewall being used a lot.Even Lil’ Lee thinks it was a Pen against Digne, so what do I knowNever a penalty. There was no intent to foul, Brighton player ran into Lucas, the clumsy donkey.
Cracking result though and the table looks a lot better than it did 8 days ago.
Get the fuck in the Villa lads
https://twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/1591825603912937472?s=46&t=6Cv8TS4_CyseXn9CJE7pBw
How's Footy going to cope with all those bookings?
The boss
https://twitter.com/avfcofficial/status/1591843619132301312?s=46&t=6Cv8TS4_CyseXn9CJE7pBw
I've just noticed that we've gained exactly half of our total points this season from the last 4 games. That's some indictment of the last fella.
I don't like those sort of penalties but, based on what's been given against us in the past, I'd expect it to be a penalty if a Villa player that was on the receiving end of that tackle. Been on 3 or 4 other clubs' forums and pretty much everyone thinks it was a penalty and that VAR got its wrong, with the word stonewall being used a lot.
Cracking result though and the table looks a lot better than it did 8 days ago.
Solly March won a vey dodgy penalty at VP 2-3 years' ago (Trezeguet was the defender) so I see this one as one of those balancing-out situations.
Foul count 14 -11Quality over quantity.
Bookings 2 - 7
Explain that.
Anyone who thinks the Digne March challenge was a penalty needs to go and support their local netball team.same as the Luiz foul inside a minute
Brighton is- pleasing on the eye without a lot of penetration.
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Brighton is- pleasing on the eye without a lot of penetration.
Never been, probably won't bother now though.
The seagulls are fucking huge.
I understand why you would not be interested BV ;)Brighton is- pleasing on the eye without a lot of penetration.Never been, probably won't bother now though.
The seagulls are fucking huge.
Gulltras.
Brighton supporter on 606 saying we were a disgraceExcellent. I'm sick to death of the patronising pats on the back we get after being beaten again.
The seagulls are fucking huge.
The seagulls are fucking huge.
There’s no such thing as a seagull, just gulls that live by the sea
And lions eat seagulls.
The seagulls are fucking huge.
There’s no such thing as a seagull, just gulls that live by the sea
And lions eat seagulls.
Even if they face the wrong way!
I thought Digne was very fortunate. He just kind of hesitated on the ball and allowed Marsh to come in on his blind side. Would have been a farcical penalty to concede. I wasn't impressed in the slightest by our McLeish esque tactics in last 30 mins or whenever Young came on. They missed a sitter of a chance late on too, free header six yards out.
I thought early in the second half Kamara and Luiz really were dominating midfield. Ramsey wasn't involved much but thought Sanson would have been a better option to come in then to try and keep the ball. Young did ok but there was no need to switch to a back 5/6/7 that early. Brighton were very average but that tactical change helped them get back into the game.
Brighton supporter on 606 saying we were a disgrace, well tough you did years ago when you were shit, we ain't rolling over anymore
I thought Digne was very fortunate. He just kind of hesitated on the ball and allowed Marsh to come in on his blind side. Would have been a farcical penalty to concede. I wasn't impressed in the slightest by our McLeish esque tactics in last 30 mins or whenever Young came on. They missed a sitter of a chance late on too, free header six yards out.
I thought early in the second half Kamara and Luiz really were dominating midfield. Ramsey wasn't involved much but thought Sanson would have been a better option to come in then to try and keep the ball. Young did ok but there was no need to switch to a back 5/6/7 that early. Brighton were very average but that tactical change helped them get back into the game.
Brighton supporter on 606 saying we were a disgrace, well tough you did years ago when you were shit, we ain't rolling over anymore
My mates dad. We've been bickering on Facebook ever since the game finished.
No one likes us. We don’t care.
Up the Villa
And lions eat seagulls.
Just read some of the comments after the Guardian match report after being mentioned on here. Bloody hell, we were fouling all game and apparently we’ve played the same way when we had Smith and Gerrard in charge. I don’t think they like us, let’s hope a few more teams start feeling the same way as that’ll mean we’re getting good results and being successful.It's fucking laughable. Did anyone watch Man Shitty against Brentford? They dived they cheated and they did everything to shithouse a win but for once the officials stood firm and didn't cave in. Man United,Chelsea,Liverpool have been doing the same shit for years. I don't like it but it appears the only way to get anywhere these days is to shithouse your way through. If that's what Unai wants to instill into our mentally so be it. Bring it on. Fuck the lot of em.
Loved to see the analysis of Villa's defensive organisation on MOTD2.Yes, thought that was brilliant.
MOTD2 Jermaine Defoe has done an analysis piece on Ings and must have said 'Y'know' about 30 times in 2 minutes.
Hey, where’s @Flin5tone?
Hey, where’s @Flin5tone?
Hey, where’s @Flin5tone?
I don't know but I bet he's "fuming"!
Would I like us to play from first whistle to last like the team of '77 reincarnate? Yes.
Am I happy to see us grind out 3 points away from home with a performance that ’17/18 Preston would've been proud of? Also yes.
Just read some of the comments after the Guardian match report after being mentioned on here. Bloody hell, we were fouling all game and apparently we’ve played the same way when we had Smith and Gerrard in charge. I don’t think they like us, let’s hope a few more teams start feeling the same way as that’ll mean we’re getting good results and being successful.
On the Digne penalty shout, people are forgetting the “clear and obvious” element of VAR. They will have spoken to the ref, but if the ref tells them “there was contact, but I saw the defender play the ball first” then VAR will not recommend a review. Because that’s what actually happened, Digne kicked him, but after kicking the ball first.
If you show all the video angles to 100 refs I bet 90 would give a penalty, but it’s not VAR’s job to award penalties, it’s their job to correct ref mistakes - mainly with things they’ve missed. But if the ref saw what actually happened, didn’t miss anything, and chose NOT to award a pen, then the on field decision stands.
We'd have wanted a penalty if that was the other way round. But it wasn't, so fuck 'em.
On the Digne penalty shout, people are forgetting the “clear and obvious” element of VAR. They will have spoken to the ref, but if the ref tells them “there was contact, but I saw the defender play the ball first” then VAR will not recommend a review. Because that’s what actually happened, Digne kicked him, but after kicking the ball first.
If you show all the video angles to 100 refs I bet 90 would give a penalty, but it’s not VAR’s job to award penalties, it’s their job to correct ref mistakes - mainly with things they’ve missed. But if the ref saw what actually happened, didn’t miss anything, and chose NOT to award a pen, then the on field decision stands.
I can remember a time when an indirect free kick would be given. This would have been based on the fact that there was no intent to foul. I recall Bruce Rioch scoring from of these at the Holte.
In terms of today's rules, it was likely a penalty.
Just read some of the comments after the Guardian match report after being mentioned on here. Bloody hell, we were fouling all game and apparently we’ve played the same way when we had Smith and Gerrard in charge. I don’t think they like us, let’s hope a few more teams start feeling the same way as that’ll mean we’re getting good results and being successful.
Load of nonsense. Stat came up with 10 minutes left. Number of fouls at that time: Brighton 12 Villa 9.
After that was as cynical as it gets but that's what you have to do to win away games sometimes.
Just read some of the comments after the Guardian match report after being mentioned on here. Bloody hell, we were fouling all game and apparently we’ve played the same way when we had Smith and Gerrard in charge. I don’t think they like us, let’s hope a few more teams start feeling the same way as that’ll mean we’re getting good results and being successful.
Load of nonsense. Stat came up with 10 minutes left. Number of fouls at that time: Brighton 12 Villa 9.
After that was as cynical as it gets but that's what you have to do to win away games sometimes.
I find it hard to enjoy shithousing. I know some fans revel in it when we're holding on to a lead, but I always feel a little cringe when I see it being taken to extremes (like big Emi throwing the ball out after a regulation save). I'm all for being slow at set pieces, not rushing, but it does feel like we've taken it a bit too far. I get it, and I'll happily take the three points it can secure every day of the week, but it does take a tiny bit of the shine off when we do it. I always want Villa to be "better" than other teams. But I'll definitely take winning with shithousing over impeccable behaviour and losing.
yep 8 minutes of injury time will probably stop teams being so blatant if that is consistent
Biomechanically initiated!! Oooooohhh someone's swallowed a dictionary ;)On the Digne penalty shout, people are forgetting the “clear and obvious” element of VAR. They will have spoken to the ref, but if the ref tells them “there was contact, but I saw the defender play the ball first” then VAR will not recommend a review. Because that’s what actually happened, Digne kicked him, but after kicking the ball first.
If you show all the video angles to 100 refs I bet 90 would give a penalty, but it’s not VAR’s job to award penalties, it’s their job to correct ref mistakes - mainly with things they’ve missed. But if the ref saw what actually happened, didn’t miss anything, and chose NOT to award a pen, then the on field decision stands.
I can remember a time when an indirect free kick would be given. This would have been based on the fact that there was no intent to foul. I recall Bruce Rioch scoring from of these at the Holte.
In terms of today's rules, it was likely a penalty.
I know what you mean, but again it's a VAR issue. It is applied with such little consistency that nobody knows what they're actually looking for.
"There was contact..." Well yes, but that isn't automatically a penalty, something commentators and pundits often forget.
I'm no referee, so anybody with more knowledge, of course feel free to correct me, but for me there are a few questions:
Was the Brighton player in control of the ball? No.
Was it intentional? No.
Was it dangerous play? No.
Was there a realistic way for Digne to avoid the contact? For me, no. He was in the middle of trying to clear the ball when the Brighton player threw himself in there, failed to win the ball and caught a piece of the movement that Digne had already biomechanically initiated and committed to.
It was a coming-together (Kenneth Williams meme), nothing more.
Hey, where’s @Flin5tone?
I don't know but I bet he's "fuming"!
Hey, where’s @Flin5tone?
I don't know but I bet he's "fuming"!
Still no sign of him?
Once we've shithoused our way to dominating the English game and winning back to back European competitions, I'll be happy to campaign to end this cynical blight on the game, as it will be tiresome watching teams come and put 10 men behind the ball and play for a point.
Until then though, they can all piss off.
Coming from a goal behind to win away is very un-Villa. I felt we were much the more dangerous side and you can see the belief starting to resonate in the squad. Sometimes you don't always fix things by declaring players are shit all the time "Bailey is shit, Young is shit"". Mostly you need good management.
Once we've shithoused our way to dominating the English game and winning back to back European competitions, I'll be happy to campaign to end this cynical blight on the game, as it will be tiresome watching teams come and put 10 men behind the ball and play for a point.
Until then though, they can all piss off.
The thing I like about it is it is an indication we are FINALLY showing a bit of fucking nous. Watch Newcastle, btw, they're probably even 'worse' at it than we are. And as someone else said, Man United too.
I can't stand teams like Brighton, out of the wilderness after decades, a few years in the top flight and they're lecturing people on how they play.
They can fuck off. I preferred them when they were penniless and playing on some school playing field.
Once we've shithoused our way to dominating the English game and winning back to back European competitions, I'll be happy to campaign to end this cynical blight on the game, as it will be tiresome watching teams come and put 10 men behind the ball and play for a point.
Until then though, they can all piss off.
The thing I like about it is it is an indication we are FINALLY showing a bit of fucking nous. Watch Newcastle, btw, they're probably even 'worse' at it than we are. And as someone else said, Man United too.
I can't stand teams like Brighton, out of the wilderness after decades, a few years in the top flight and they're lecturing people on how they play.
They can fuck off. I preferred them when they were penniless and playing on some school playing field.
We've had some disgraceful decisions against us over the years (Kevin Friend at Palace and Ratboy getting a penalty for stamping on Konsa to name but two) so forgive me if I don't start blarting when we start using the dark arts to see out a win. As Lee says, when we've establised a team of Galacticos we can then start playing like Corinthians and refuse to take penalties if you like.
It's probably for the best that we lost that playoff final, mind.
It's probably for the best that we lost that playoff final, mind.
I said that watching the match - at no point did Brighton start thumping long balls into the box to put us under pressure. They just kept on with their same, pretty ineffective, game plan of pass pass pass pass pass - which we coped with easily.
Coming from a goal behind to win away is very un-Villa. I felt we were much the more dangerous side and you can see the belief starting to resonate in the squad. Sometimes you don't always fix things by declaring players are shit all the time "Bailey is shit, Young is shit"". Mostly you need good management.
A lot of professional footballers have remarkable self belief and resilience. Young had a lot of injury problems at Old Trafford as a wiry winger, he could have played out the last few seasons of his career but instead bulks up and becomes a full back. Wins a league title at Inter and playing very well for us still at 37. To be honest, Southgate really should have picked him as you know he would have been a decent option in either fullback spot.
Bailey's performance at Fulham was a new low. For some that would have devastated whatever confidence you had left but only a few days later he is scoring and creating goals. You read about the early part of his career and all the graft he put into making it was remarkable.
I said that watching the match - at no point did Brighton start thumping long balls into the box to put us under pressure. They just kept on with their same, pretty ineffective, game plan of pass pass pass pass pass - which we coped with easily.
I said that watching the match - at no point did Brighton start thumping long balls into the box to put us under pressure. They just kept on with their same, pretty ineffective, game plan of pass pass pass pass pass - which we coped with easily.
Yep - they couldn't break us down, no plan B... We've seen more tactical nous of Emery in his first two league games than we saw in 12 months of Slippy and without being harsh 3 years of Smith.
Yeah, I was calmer yesterday with a one goal lead than I was last week when we were two up. That may be because of our histories against the respective clubs, though.
Hey, where’s @Flin5tone?
I don't know but I bet he's "fuming"!
Still no sign of him?
Amazing isn't it? I reckon he's actually some Russian bot , bored as fuck, sat in a warehouse in Lithuania.
I'v watched the penalty again claim, and it really is a load of rubbish that it was 'stonewall'. Digne has the ball and is trying to clear it out of defence. He goes to kick the ball, but hits the turf, mainly because March has dived in with what wasn't far off being a scissor tackle. It then hits Digne's standing leg and bounces free. At the very worst, it's a 50/50 coming together.
I'v watched the penalty again claim, and it really is a load of rubbish that it was 'stonewall'. Digne has the ball and is trying to clear it out of defence. He goes to kick the ball, but hits the turf, mainly because March has dived in with what wasn't far off being a scissor tackle. It then hits Digne's standing leg and bounces free. At the very worst, it's a 50/50 coming together.
Yeah, I was calmer yesterday with a one goal lead than I was last week when we were two up. That may be because of our histories against the respective clubs, though.
Same here. Mainly because at any second you expect the ref to give the Mancs an absolutely outrageous decision.
Yeah, I was calmer yesterday with a one goal lead than I was last week when we were two up. That may be because of our histories against the respective clubs, though.
Same here. Mainly because at any second you expect the ref to give the Mancs an absolutely outrageous decision.
I think my calmness came down to two things. Firstly that we were managing it well, but secondly I’d have taken a point before the game and I think that was in my subconscious. Now had they scored I’d have been pissed off, but because of that underlying expectation I think I was calmer than normal.
Re the pen, I've not heard one pundit say it wasn't a pen, I've looked for neutral fans views and the large majority of them said it was pen. If it had happened to us, I've no doubt there would have been uproar on here.
Once Man Utd went ahead on Thursday they slowed down, had "injuries" and took forever when making subs etc but wasn't mentioned, just accepted. Yet amazingly given that game had (at that point) 5! Goals in the second half, countless injuries, about 4 or 5 sub breaks there was only 4 minutes added on.
8 minutes yesterday though. Go figure.
If every other fucker is benefitting from it I sure as hell want us benefitting from it.
Once Man Utd went ahead on Thursday they slowed down, had "injuries" and took forever when making subs etc but wasn't mentioned, just accepted. Yet amazingly given that game had (at that point) 5! Goals in the second half, countless injuries, about 4 or 5 sub breaks there was only 4 minutes added on.
8 minutes yesterday though. Go figure.
If every other fucker is benefitting from it I sure as hell want us benefitting from it.
I can't remember where I saw it, but I remember reading that the referee's "guidance" on added time is 30 seconds for a sub, and 30 seconds for a booking. So given we made five subs and had 7 bookings it's not surprising there was so much added time. I don't think it was directly related to us time-wasting. If it was, it would soon stop, as it wouldn't help at all.
But we made 3 subs at the same time too
Re the pen, I've not heard one pundit say it wasn't a pen, I've looked for neutral fans views and the large majority of them said it was pen. If it had happened to us, I've no doubt there would have been uproar on here.
But it didn't. And as Steve Bruce would say, 'it's one of them ones'.
Kamara's yellow irked me most. Both players had their feet up, Kamara gets to the ball first, their player goes down like he's shot and they get a free kick and a yellow card shown. And on the Guardian match thread the reporter says he's lucky it was not worse, wtf? It wasn't even a foul
Kamara's yellow irked me most. Both players had their feet up, Kamara gets to the ball first, their player goes down like he's shot and they get a free kick and a yellow card shown. And on the Guardian match thread the reporter says he's lucky it was not worse, wtf? It wasn't even a foul
The Mings one was similar wasn't it? Won the ball, but booked anyway.
I did think that when we scored, Carragher's over the top "the Aston Villa players need to look at themselves" probably had a double meaning, the disgusting gobbing Scouse prick.
Kamara's yellow irked me most. Both players had their feet up, Kamara gets to the ball first, their player goes down like he's shot and they get a free kick and a yellow card shown. And on the Guardian match thread the reporter says he's lucky it was not worse, wtf? It wasn't even a foul
The Mings one was similar wasn't it? Won the ball, but booked anyway.
Now he did, but he pulled the player back before exectuing the clean tackle. I don't have a problem with that, pulling shirts should be a yellow because it's just plain cheating.
But a few minutes later that prick (he's a prick now, I've seen enough of him) March got tackled cleanly by Digne who came out with the ball, he clearly pulled his shirt but Digne got away only for him to catch him up and clatter him from behind, but no card for that or that carthorse for the penalty.
Jesus wept, TalkSport bringing on Howard Webb to talk about our time wasting, the penalty shout and emi martinez antics. Get over it already and talk about Ronaldo or something.
Jesus wept, TalkSport bringing on Howard Webb to talk about our time wasting, the penalty shout and emi martinez antics. Get over it already and talk about Ronaldo or something.
Southern Trains!! The sooner we renationalise our railways the better. No trains to Brighton from London Bridge. Trains from Blackfriars all cancelled, with no notice. Only trains to Brighton were from Victoria. Except there were none by the time we got there from Blackfriars. Had to go to Gatwick and change from there. I’ve never had an easy journey to Brighton - that Friday night fiasco being the worst - which is a shame because once you get to the ground it’s great.
Any road up, a win’s a win. Let the opposition worry about how we went about it
I did think that when we scored, Carragher's over the top "the Aston Villa players need to look at themselves" probably had a double meaning, the disgusting gobbing Scouse prick.
Is it not comprehendible to spitty that players would work harder to a system and game plan they believe in
I have always hated that song Mental Chains.Jesus wept, TalkSport bringing on Howard Webb
He can fuck of n'all
Jesus wept, TalkSport bringing on Howard Webb to talk about our time wasting, the penalty shout and emi martinez antics. Get over it already and talk about Ronaldo or something.
I did think that when we scored, Carragher's over the top "the Aston Villa players need to look at themselves" probably had a double meaning, the disgusting gobbing Scouse prick.
I did think that when we scored, Carragher's over the top "the Aston Villa players need to look at themselves" probably had a double meaning, the disgusting gobbing Scouse prick.
Carragher was terrible all game. He literally groaned in exasperation with one of Brightons few chances. He also said all through the game, literally the whole game, how much Brightons players were more comfortable on the ball compared to ours!! It was not stop and so bloody obvious. His mate got the tic tac because the whole thing was going to shit, old Carra needs to get over it.
Southern Trains!! The sooner we renationalise our railways the better. No trains to Brighton from London Bridge. Trains from Blackfriars all cancelled, with no notice. Only trains to Brighton were from Victoria. Except there were none by the time we got there from Blackfriars. Had to go to Gatwick and change from there. I’ve never had an easy journey to Brighton - that Friday night fiasco being the worst - which is a shame because once you get to the ground it’s great.I popped into their North Stand forum and it makes some very interesting reading. Apparently some of them hate us more than Leeds and Palace for some reason. The over reaction to the defeat is off the scale. They're even running a thread with the title "Villa win their Cup Final" One poster says "I hate them so much I hope their team bus crashes into a load of their fans onthe way home" Some weapons grade bellends on there making total twats of themselves. No one likes losing but I hope our reaction to losing isn't as ridiculously ott and we keep some kind of rationality about it.
Any road up, a win’s a win. Let the opposition worry about how we went about it
Being totally honest, I did think it went a little too far yesterday and we did put ourselves under further pressure with the 8 minutes of added time. Also picked up some pretty unnecessary bookings in the process.Agreed.
They're probably still bitter that we stopped them from winning their biggest ever trophy. The second division title.
It's all a bit Sheffield Wednesday of them.Southern Trains!! The sooner we renationalise our railways the better. No trains to Brighton from London Bridge. Trains from Blackfriars all cancelled, with no notice. Only trains to Brighton were from Victoria. Except there were none by the time we got there from Blackfriars. Had to go to Gatwick and change from there. I’ve never had an easy journey to Brighton - that Friday night fiasco being the worst - which is a shame because once you get to the ground it’s great.I popped into their North Stand forum and it makes some very interesting reading. Apparently some of them hate us more than Leeds and Palace for some reason. The over reaction to the defeat is off the scale. They're even running a thread with the title "Villa win their Cup Final" One poster says "I hate them so much I hope their team bus crashes into a load of their fans onthe way home" Some weapons grade bellends on their making total twats of themselves.
Any road up, a win’s a win. Let the opposition worry about how we went about it
Ha ha yes I do remember that one. They had a petition running to have investigation into the officials. Brown envelopes were being talked about.It's all a bit Sheffield Wednesday of them.Southern Trains!! The sooner we renationalise our railways the better. No trains to Brighton from London Bridge. Trains from Blackfriars all cancelled, with no notice. Only trains to Brighton were from Victoria. Except there were none by the time we got there from Blackfriars. Had to go to Gatwick and change from there. I’ve never had an easy journey to Brighton - that Friday night fiasco being the worst - which is a shame because once you get to the ground it’s great.I popped into their North Stand forum and it makes some very interesting reading. Apparently some of them hate us more than Leeds and Palace for some reason. The over reaction to the defeat is off the scale. They're even running a thread with the title "Villa win their Cup Final" One poster says "I hate them so much I hope their team bus crashes into a load of their fans onthe way home" Some weapons grade bellends on their making total twats of themselves.
Any road up, a win’s a win. Let the opposition worry about how we went about it
I popped into their North Stand forum and it makes some very interesting reading. Apparently some of them hate us more than Leeds and Palace for some reason. The over reaction to the defeat is off the scale. They're even running a thread with the title "Villa win their Cup Final" One poster says "I hate them so much I hope their team bus crashes into a load of their fans onthe way home" Some weapons grade bellends on there making total twats of themselves. No one likes losing but I hope our reaction to losing isn't as ridiculously ott and we keep some kind of rationality about it.
I did think that when we scored, Carragher's over the top "the Aston Villa players need to look at themselves" probably had a double meaning, the disgusting gobbing Scouse prick.
Is it not comprehendible to spitty that players would work harder to a system and game plan they believe in
I see there’s no mention of the clear hand ball from our first corner. It clearly lands on the defender’s arm and goes out for another corner. Soft it would have been but still a hand ball.
They are coming over all Norwich, few years in the top flight and think they're fucking Real Madrid.Harsh but deserved having looked at their North Stand forum. A couple of reasonable souls in a sea of delusional sometimes downright arse souls.
Apart from a few thousand (not counting the ones that have jumped on the premier league bandwagon and only go cos they cant get tickets at Old Trafford, Anfield etc..) no one gives a shit about Brighton.
Anyone else see that frankly tragic video of some Brighton fans queuing to watch a game at someone's house, and the owner in her yellow hi-vis gilet frisking them one by one in her front drive?
BV, you've got to share that!
Found it. Put it in spoliers in case of offence:
Found it. Put it in spoliers in case of offence:Think they thought it would be funny. But Jesus wept that so cringehttps://twitter.com/SamuelMargo/status/1274383892817022980 (https://twitter.com/SamuelMargo/status/1274383892817022980)
Found it. Put it in spoliers in case of offence:Think they thought it would be funny. But Jesus wept that so cringehttps://twitter.com/SamuelMargo/status/1274383892817022980 (https://twitter.com/SamuelMargo/status/1274383892817022980)
I did like what someone said on Twitter about Brighton.
'Your beach is covered in gravel'.
I did like what someone said on Twitter about Brighton.
'Your beach is covered in gravel'.
That just made me giggle!
Found it. Put it in spoliers in case of offence:Think they thought it would be funny. But Jesus wept that so cringehttps://twitter.com/SamuelMargo/status/1274383892817022980 (https://twitter.com/SamuelMargo/status/1274383892817022980)
Found it. Put it in spoliers in case of offence:Think they thought it would be funny. But Jesus wept that so cringehttps://twitter.com/SamuelMargo/status/1274383892817022980 (https://twitter.com/SamuelMargo/status/1274383892817022980)
Come on guys, lighten up a bit.
It’s harmless, lighthearted and quite funny, too
They are coming over all Norwich, few years in the top flight and think they're fucking Real Madrid.
Apart from a few thousand (not counting the ones that have jumped on the premier league bandwagon and only go cos they cant get tickets at Old Trafford, Anfield etc..) no one gives a shit about Brighton.
Biomechanically initiated!! Oooooohhh someone's swallowed a dictionary ;)On the Digne penalty shout, people are forgetting the “clear and obvious” element of VAR. They will have spoken to the ref, but if the ref tells them “there was contact, but I saw the defender play the ball first” then VAR will not recommend a review. Because that’s what actually happened, Digne kicked him, but after kicking the ball first.
If you show all the video angles to 100 refs I bet 90 would give a penalty, but it’s not VAR’s job to award penalties, it’s their job to correct ref mistakes - mainly with things they’ve missed. But if the ref saw what actually happened, didn’t miss anything, and chose NOT to award a pen, then the on field decision stands.
I can remember a time when an indirect free kick would be given. This would have been based on the fact that there was no intent to foul. I recall Bruce Rioch scoring from of these at the Holte.
In terms of today's rules, it was likely a penalty.
I know what you mean, but again it's a VAR issue. It is applied with such little consistency that nobody knows what they're actually looking for.
"There was contact..." Well yes, but that isn't automatically a penalty, something commentators and pundits often forget.
I'm no referee, so anybody with more knowledge, of course feel free to correct me, but for me there are a few questions:
Was the Brighton player in control of the ball? No.
Was it intentional? No.
Was it dangerous play? No.
Was there a realistic way for Digne to avoid the contact? For me, no. He was in the middle of trying to clear the ball when the Brighton player threw himself in there, failed to win the ball and caught a piece of the movement that Digne had already biomechanically initiated and committed to.
It was a coming-together (Kenneth Williams meme), nothing more.
I've usually a lot of time for Brighton. What happened with their owners, especially with the Goldstone ground, was disgraceful. It's a minor miracle the club survived. I'm not gonna knock a club pulling 2k when they were in division 4, playing 'home' games 70 miles away in Gillingham and the future of the club looked in doubt. Problem is, with the move to the new ground, and especially getting into the PL, they've got a raft of new fans turning up to games. And new fans are usually twats.
Found it. Put it in spoliers in case of offence:Think they thought it would be funny. But Jesus wept that so cringehttps://twitter.com/SamuelMargo/status/1274383892817022980 (https://twitter.com/SamuelMargo/status/1274383892817022980)
I've got no problem with Brighton, if it was the other way round we would probably be moaning. As one of only, perhaps, two teams in the league who might consider us a bogey side, they seem nice enough to me. Rubbish videos not withstanding.
He has detailed files on human anatomy. It makes him a more efficient Villa.
Some clown who's written the report in the Daily Mail (don't worry, I didn't buy it) reckons that McGinn shouldn't have been a pen.Standard media reaction to Villa. I had a bit of a bust up with Keith Hackett who is doing articles for a basement blog site & his anti Villa prejudice based purely on the snobbery that we are not London, Manchester, Newcastle or Liverpool was clear to see in his reactions to what I wrote. As was his petty vindictiveness when challenged over his errors. I despised him as an official . I despise him even more as a “pundit”.
"before falling over the sliding tackle of Dunk, he was already going over"
I thought the video was funny - they were obviously members of the ladies family
it was a lovely summers day in Brighton when the video was taken and it must have been for a match after Covid restart?