Quote from: glasses on August 08, 2013, 05:10:18 PMOne that still pisses me off, and possibly because I had several discussions about this with a brummie red in the weeks after, is Gerrard diving to win the free kick against us on the first day of the season a few years ago. Blatant dive, punished by an outstanding free kick in all fairness, but such a feeling of being cheated out of a credible point. (they were a good side then)The following week they played Chelsea, and justice was served in sorts as Chelsea cheated them out of a win with a dive for a penalty or something, to which the brummie red was gutted and all 'we should be top of the league and have been cheated out of two points' At every opportunity i pointed out that their points tally was correct and that he was a dick.I can still see Gerrard pushing the ball one side of a Villa defender, runnning the other side of him and going down like a bag of shit, no contact involved. And the ref bought it! I had a long exchange online with a lpool fan who maintained that's how you win games!Our 3-1 win away last season was extra sweet! Twunt!
One that still pisses me off, and possibly because I had several discussions about this with a brummie red in the weeks after, is Gerrard diving to win the free kick against us on the first day of the season a few years ago. Blatant dive, punished by an outstanding free kick in all fairness, but such a feeling of being cheated out of a credible point. (they were a good side then)The following week they played Chelsea, and justice was served in sorts as Chelsea cheated them out of a win with a dive for a penalty or something, to which the brummie red was gutted and all 'we should be top of the league and have been cheated out of two points' At every opportunity i pointed out that their points tally was correct and that he was a dick.
Quote from: frankmosswasmyuncle on August 08, 2013, 11:45:51 PMQuote from: glasses on August 08, 2013, 05:10:18 PMOne that still pisses me off, and possibly because I had several discussions about this with a brummie red in the weeks after, is Gerrard diving to win the free kick against us on the first day of the season a few years ago. Blatant dive, punished by an outstanding free kick in all fairness, but such a feeling of being cheated out of a credible point. (they were a good side then)The following week they played Chelsea, and justice was served in sorts as Chelsea cheated them out of a win with a dive for a penalty or something, to which the brummie red was gutted and all 'we should be top of the league and have been cheated out of two points' At every opportunity i pointed out that their points tally was correct and that he was a dick.I can still see Gerrard pushing the ball one side of a Villa defender, runnning the other side of him and going down like a bag of shit, no contact involved. And the ref bought it! I had a long exchange online with a lpool fan who maintained that's how you win games!Our 3-1 win away last season was extra sweet! Twunt! I'm pretty sure it was Petrov.
It was at Villa Park, not the Hawthorns.
Quote from: ADVILLAFAN on August 09, 2013, 10:56:42 AMIt was at Villa Park, not the Hawthorns.It's the only time they've beaten us since they came up.
At least with the Gerrard one where he dived and then scored the cheating freekick, there was a sense of some justice.He said after the game "sometimes these things go for you and sometimes they don't, these things even themselves out over the course of a season".Then Chelsea got a ridiculous penalty the week afterwards to beat them and "Stevie G" had forgotten that it was just 'these things even themselves out over the course of a season'.
Quote from: ez on August 10, 2013, 01:22:26 PMQuote from: ADVILLAFAN on August 09, 2013, 10:56:42 AMIt was at Villa Park, not the Hawthorns.It's the only time they've beaten us since they came up.They beat us twice (2-1 both times) in 2011.