Correct me if i am wrong,but i thought the new rules state that if the ball hits the arm or hand it is a penalty weather it is intentional or not
I think we're clutching at straws to blame the officials yesterday. The penalty would have been harsh as he was moving his arm into his body. Also, I don't think they had a player in our wall, looking at the shots from in front and behind. Nobody to blame but ourselves and if he didn't want to start with 2 holding midfielders, he almost certainly should have changed it when we began to drop deeper.
From what McGinn said the players and coaches had a full and frank exchange of views in the dressing room. Which is exactly what you would expect a strong dressing room to do after turning a victory into a defeat against ten men.
Quote from: Damo70 on September 23, 2019, 01:23:21 PMFrom what McGinn said the players and coaches had a full and frank exchange of views in the dressing room. Which is exactly what you would expect a strong dressing room to do after turning a victory into a defeat against ten men.Exactly. There is a collective responsibility. Thought we actually started the second half well, so it clearly wasn’t the intention to drop deep and soak up pressure. The players are partly culpable for the fact that happened and also then not having enough composure and quality on the ball that lead to us giving it away cheaply.The coaching staff needed to react quicker to change things once this had started to happen and the momentum was shifting. Hopefully it something they learn from quickly and work to ensure it doesn’t happen going forward.
Did not go or have watched the game, but according to Lee Hendrie, Wesley played well in the first half, did not hear his comments about the rest of the game.
I have now read on a couple of websites that the Arsenal winning goal from the free kick should not have stood .Sounds to me that Moss and his assistants do not even know the rules .As far as i am concerned Villa are just not getting a fair deal from the match officials at the moment
Quote from: Brassneck on September 23, 2019, 01:05:47 PMI think we're clutching at straws to blame the officials yesterday. The penalty would have been harsh as he was moving his arm into his body. Also, I don't think they had a player in our wall, looking at the shots from in front and behind. Nobody to blame but ourselves and if he didn't want to start with 2 holding midfielders, he almost certainly should have changed it when we began to drop deeper.