Aston Villa vs Brentford Post-Match Thread

[martyn ellis]

Some rubbish on here about pen and offside. It was most definitely a penalty as Ollie was unbalanced with the tug on his arm. There was no interference by Ollie as defender was able to do what he wanted to do, clear the ball. That’s what he would have done 10 times out of 10 in that position regardless of where attacker was.

Agreed.

The Watkins 'interference with play' claim is obviously without foundation as the defender was trying to clear the ball and not challenging Watkins. It was very similar to the Southampton goal that was ruled out for the same reason against Brighton. The attacker was in front of the defender who was trying to clear the ball with no interference from the attacker. That one went against them. Watkins one went for us, and justifiably.

[Somniloquism]

Some rubbish on here about pen and offside. It was most definitely a penalty as Ollie was unbalanced with the tug on his arm. There was no interference by Ollie as defender was able to do what he wanted to do, clear the ball. That’s what he would have done 10 times out of 10 in that position regardless of where attacker was.

Agreed.

The Watkins 'interference with play' claim is obviously without foundation as the defender was trying to clear the ball and not challenging Watkins. It was very similar to the Southampton goal that was ruled out for the same reason against Brighton. The attacker was in front of the defender who was trying to clear the ball with no interference from the attacker. That one went against them. Watkins one went for us, and justifiably.

The one for Southampton was flagged offside at the time, with the lino probably telling the ref/var who he flagged and for why. This one was given onfield. Reverse the onfield decisions and Southampton would have scored and ours would have been ruled out as there is not enough of an error to justify a VAR change.

[usav]

My takeaway from the incident is that Ollie (still) needs to do a better job of staying onside.