Crystal Palace v Aston Villa post match thread

[Villa Lew]

Watching MOTD for probably the first time in my life I agree with Jermaine Jenas, to quote him 'One of the worst decisions I have ever seen in the Premier league'. Friend should apologise to the club and the fans, yes I know it ain't gonna happen.

Watching the 1/2 hour highlights on Sky was very concerning, we made Crystal Palace look like Manchester City. Particularly the 1st half, we were totally outplayed, on another day it could have been a heavy defeat.

[Clampy]

I've not seen the game other than the highlights but from what most people have said, it sounds like we were poor. As for our goal, there was absolutely nothing wrong with it and it was a scandalous decision. You could tell Smith was fuming after the game and don't be surprised if he gets a charge of some sort from the FA early next week which would really top the whole charade off.

[olaftab]

I am ok with Smith being charged as that sort of thing always keeps the focus on the Ref's incompetence.

[MalcolmP]

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Probably not a popular opinion, but Grealish wasn't fouled, and he wasn't looking for a penalty either.  It was a perfectly good pass, played when he was a bit off balance.  The goal should have stood as there was no dive and no penalty.  Grealish's head is in the direction of where the ball has gone, and there is absolutely no appeal from him for a penalty.  How the hell twathead has missed that, or come to the conclusion that he has is deeply frustrating because the EFL is run by a bunch of complete boys network wankers. 

What a complete tool Trezeguet is.  Stupid tackle.  We need to be far less naive with and without the ball. 

not a popular opinion? definitely because you are wrong - FACT. He was fouled 100%. this may not be a popular opinion - you need to go to specsavers and quickly you have serious eyesight problems if you didn't see the fouls. Say hello to Mr Friend when you are there lol.

[Clampy]

I am ok with Smith being charged as that sort of thing always keeps the focus on the Ref's incompetence.

I'm not sure about that although I can see what you're saying. You could also argue that charging the manager just sees the FA as siding with the official. 

[Clampy]

There's a video floating round on Twitter showing all our bookings. Other than the second yellow for Tresequet, they are all ridiculously over the top, especially Guilbert's.

[The Edge]

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Probably not a popular opinion, but Grealish wasn't fouled, and he wasn't looking for a penalty either.  It was a perfectly good pass, played when he was a bit off balance.  The goal should have stood as there was no dive and no penalty.  Grealish's head is in the direction of where the ball has gone, and there is absolutely no appeal from him for a penalty.  How the hell twathead has missed that, or come to the conclusion that he has is deeply frustrating because the EFL is run by a bunch of complete boys network wankers. 

What a complete tool Trezeguet is.  Stupid tackle.  We need to be far less naive with and without the ball. 

not a popular opinion? definitely because you are wrong - FACT. He was fouled 100%. this may not be a popular opinion - you need to go to specsavers and quickly you have serious eyesight problems if you didn't see the fouls. Say hello to Mr Friend when you are there lol.

Theres no doubt in my mind that Grealish was fouled but outside the box so no pen. But he wasn't asking for a foul. He stumbled forward after being tripped but managed to poke the ball to Lansbury who put it away superbly a fact that had bern forgotten. Friend robbed him of his moment of glory too. A decent referee would of seen the foul and allowed advantage to see how it panned out. But he isn't a decent ref. He is a petty,incompetent,myopic twunt.

[Risso]

Wasn't Friend the ref who was taken off a Spurs match when Leicester were going for the title?  Even his bosses don't trust him to be impartial.

[Risso]

Even Mark Halsey, who was a comfortable bedfellow with terrible decisions involving Villa, said it was an awful decision.

[baddowvillans]

Thought I would see what they were saying on the BBC site but apparently it's not one of the top ten or so football stories we need to hear about.  Reminds us how unimportant to the wider world we have become.  But we ARE on the way back

[Scott Nielsen]

Barcelona’s midfield of Xavi, Inesta, Busquets with Messi out wide weren’t exactly giants. Size has little to with it. It’s always talented players used correctly.

It's a fair point but that was an exceptional midfield and not the norm. I don't really expect Villa to be able to field players of that calibre. Yet.

[Axl Rose]

Watching MOTD for probably the first time in my life I agree with Jermaine Jenas, to quote him 'One of the worst decisions I have ever seen in the Premier league'. Friend should apologise to the club and the fans, yes I know it ain't gonna happen.

Watching the 1/2 hour highlights on Sky was very concerning, we made Crystal Palace look like Manchester City. Particularly the 1st half, we were totally outplayed, on another day it could have been a heavy defeat.

We weren't great, but I think totally outplayed is a bit much. Though I'd had far too much to drink before kickoff and seemed to just be in a bad mood at our lack of attacking intent. So you could well be right, mate!

[baddowvillans]

Managed to find the Villa piece and comments and wish I hadn't.  Grealish cheat threw himself forward fans scum make Blues look saints.  The haters are out in force!

[Chinchilla Bathhouse]

Oh don't ever go to the BBC's Have Your Say section, it's utterly worthless, full of tedious name calling and trolls. I stopped looking at all those below the line features a long time ago, they just make me despair at the state of humanity.

[Axl Rose]

Managed to find the Villa piece and comments and wish I hadn't.  Grealish cheat threw himself forward fans scum make Blues look saints.  The haters are out in force!

Fuck em all mate. Something of a controversial note will happen in today's games and then it'll probably be England fans causing trouble against Kosovo, etc etc. We're just flavour of the hour.

Blues fans have got very little to enjoy in life, so they hone in on us. Wolves fans should be having the time of their lives regarding their own team, yet hone in on us, too. They'll be on the receiving end of misfortune as the season progresses, though I heavily doubt we'll focus on them as much as they focus on us.