Aston Villa v Manchester United Post-Match Thread

[pauliewalnuts]

The more I watch the sending off incident the more it looks to me as if Young went in with both feet off the ground and at least one set of studs showing. From what I recall the laws say that's a red card offence, regardless of whether the ball is won or not. 

He did.

Agbonlahor basically got sent off for having had a player go in two-footed against him. Absurd.

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Young went down like a sack of spuds because he thought he was going to be sent off.

[martin o`who??]

The more I watch the sending off incident the more it looks to me as if Young went in with both feet off the ground and at least one set of studs showing. From what I recall the laws say that's a red card offence, regardless of whether the ball is won or not. 

He did.

Agbonlahor basically got sent off for having had a player go in two-footed against him. Absurd.

i said that instantly, but you have to remember who was playing for who.

[silhillvilla]

The ref would have been reminded in his earpiece that Yanited weren't winning and this would potentially damage LVG's title push. Get Agbonglahor off would have been the message.

[rob_bridge]

The more I watch the sending off incident the more it looks to me as if Young went in with both feet off the ground and at least one set of studs showing. From what I recall the laws say that's a red card offence, regardless of whether the ball is won or not. 

He did.

Agbonlahor basically got sent off for having had a player go in two-footed against him. Absurd.

i said that instantly, but you have to remember who was playing for who.

Young should have been sent off. Gabby went with a side foot whereas Young was off the ground with studs showing.

Mason is from Bolton which isn't very far from Manchester when you think about it.

[kippaxvilla2]

At least LVG came out and said it was a fair tackle.  Imagine if Wrigleys bulbus nosed twat was still in charge what would have been said.  LVG is refreshingly honest and I also like the way he used Citeh as an example of ruthlessness to doubly piss them all off.

[Villa in Denmark]

Even his own team mates say Ashley Young's best quality is diving.

Even the Man Utd arse licking commentators over here couldn't believe it was a red.

Commentator no.1 "The only way that adds up to a red card is if you give them both yellows for a reckless challenge."
Commentator no. 2 "It's Young that's got studs raised, there's only one player that should get a card of any colour there."

[kippaxvilla2]

The truth is there should have been feck all done to either of them and just get on with the game.  Imagine how many times a season Stuart Pearce would be suspended nowadays.

[Lastfootstamper]

The truth is there should have been feck all done to either of them and just get on with the game.  Imagine how many times a season Stuart Pearce would be suspended nowadays.

Yep. I might be tempted to say that a free kick could've possibly, just about, been awarded, but which way? Fecked if I know!

[Clampy]

The thing is the ref went by the reaction of Young and if he's going to send people off without properly seeing the incident then he shouldn't be refereeing at all.

[UK Redsox]

The more I watch the sending off incident the more it looks to me as if Young went in with both feet off the ground and at least one set of studs showing. From what I recall the laws say that's a red card offence, regardless of whether the ball is won or not. 

That's what I thought in real time and why my first reaction was to yell out "he's got to go for that" ("he" being Ashley)

[Brend'Watkins]

That was a good Villa display.  All of them put in some great effort with Okore correctly our MOM. If Hutton had of been playing we'd have won it as Young wouldn't have withstood the punishment.  As it was he had the easiest of games against Lowton who is technically gifted but is a very slow defender, that's what cost us. 

On a separate issue it has to be said that a lot of their support consists of complete twats.  There appeared to be a few scattered around the lower Holte showing no respect and then left wondering why people would take exception to their disrespect.

[BoskoDjembaSalifou]

One thing I noticed about that red card was how quick he got his card out. As soon as I looked at the ref, he was running over desperately trying to get it out of his pocket. Not to mention the three Man Utd players who surrounded him almost instantly. He couldn't wait to make a big decision.

It was a 50/50 tackle. Maybe a foul, although I don't know who fouled who.

[silhillvilla]

What day this week will the red be rescinded ?

[damon loves JT]

I was convinced we were going to lose until the red card, at which point I became much more confident. The team and the crowd suddenly became much more active, rather than just waiting for something bad to happen. This is the problem I have with Lambert: his strategy is so passive, there is never anything to get excited about.