Post match Villa 2 Burnley 1

[Max Villan]

"Quietest and flattest atmosphere in years"...really? Sounds like recency bias. There's been plenty of half-empty Villa Park nil-nils or defeats when we were shite with a mediocre manager and it's felt like a morgue.

Recency bias 🤣🤣  ?? Ok.
50 plus years of being a ST holder gives me memory of some very quiet matches and periods.
As for as today is concerned, I maintain, from where I sit, it felt subdued and flat until about 70 mins.

Still, when you get to my age, a bit of p&q can be quite welcome.

Sunday 2pm games have always been a bit a flat though, I find. Especially against teams yo're expecting to beat.

[paul_e]

He was too busy shoving one of their players, if he'd ignored him and watched the ball he'd easily have punched it clear.

Spot on!

Having just watched the highlights, I agree.

The Buendia incident looked far worse on TV than I'd initially thought too.

Big Emi - maybe but the guy was all over him the corner before so I can understand it and that doesn't change the fact that we let the guy have a free header in the middle of the goal. Rather than blaming anyone individually I think it just needs to go down as a lapse from the whole team in a game where we were otherwise dominant.

[olaftab]

Just seen the highlights and elbow in the face was definitely  a red card. If ref didn't see it what's the point of VAR?

[olaftab]

Bogarde looks like he’s gained a yard of pace to me, he runs away from players now.

Maybe he’s been coached?