West Ham United vs Aston Villa STAYING UP!!!! - Post Match Thread

[hilts_coolerking]

Security guard at a place I worked in the late 90s was a Wolves fan.  Mick.  Diamond bloke he was.  "Sammy Chung's Chinese Takeaway!" he used to sing.

[robbo1874]

I did see a fella in a wolves shirt last year, down by Brisbane River near where I work. I remember it because it’s the only one I’ve seen in 15 years in Aus. Compared to say Forest, Ipswich, even Sheffield weds I’ve seen a few of them getting about. Seen a few Villa, but weirdly more WBA. I’m outnumbered by them 3/1 in my own local! Maybe it’s the only clothes they’ve got which is why you see so many?

[postal]

It does seem strange that it's WHam fans are making more fuss over 'Bournemouth' should sue over the SheffUtd goal that wasn't - on their KUMB site they have a 35 page thread on it!
On the Bournemouth site, they briefly mention it, but realise they would see petty if they did.

WHam fans, strange lot, aren't they?

[Percy McCarthy]

It does seem strange that it's WHam fans are making more fuss over 'Bournemouth' should sue over the SheffUtd goal that wasn't - on their KUMB site they have a 35 page thread on it!
On the Bournemouth site, they briefly mention it, but realise they would see petty if they did.

WHam fans, strange lot, aren't they?

My mate showed me a pre-match text message he had off probably their infamous hooligan asking him ‘who sells the most claret and blue shirts, mr stats?’.

He sounded more like the fucking commercial manager than some kind of superthug.

[Villafirst]

Deano mentioned the Palace match where "Friend" chalked off the equaliser for Jack's supposed 'dive' when Lansbury scored. We've been on the end of some shocking VAR decisions this season.

[Ian.]

With every goal that wasn’t like at Sheffield Utd, we’ve had our fair share of wrong doings. The goal chalked off for Jack’s heel being offside, that handball against Arsenal, the penalty the other day again against Utd and I’m sure there is more we could throw in.

[Perthvillan]

The most relieved I think I've ever been after a football match - now got a whole days work ahead of me on 3 hours sleep. Worth it though. UTFV.

Same here OzVilla. Worth it though. Mid-afternoon here now and starting to feel shattered. At least I resisted a celebration drink at 2am.

[Colhint]

It does seem strange that it's WHam fans are making more fuss over 'Bournemouth' should sue over the SheffUtd goal that wasn't - on their KUMB site they have a 35 page thread on it!
On the Bournemouth site, they briefly mention it, but realise they would see petty if they did.

WHam fans, strange lot, aren't they?

Would that be the same West Ham who had to pay sheff utd compensation over the Tevez affair? Or the West Ham who had to replay a league cup semi against us for fielding an illegible player. 

The Sheff utd goal had nothing to do with us, down to the ref and technology. The two I mentioned were entirely down to the club.

[andyh]

A word about the ref.....Michael Oliver.
Had a great game and very, very unfussy.

Has he got a soft spot for us?
He was in charge for the ‘ghost goal’ and despite knowing the mistake didn’t try to put it right with another dodgy decision in that game.
Then yesterday, didn’t blow up or hurry the players during the mins of injury time, despite some great time wasting by us.
Only played the 4 mins when he could have easily played another 1 or 2.

And then, after the game, he stood with the villa players giving updates on the Watford game and if you see some footage, he was the one who confirmed to McGinn the final score at Arsenal before the official confirmation,  watched the the team celebrate and then walked off.

I like him (today).

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Avoided relegation with a 1-1.
Promoted at Swindon with a 0-0.
Won the league losing 2-0 !
When we did actually win a game it bounced off a shin !

Spawny vilers ain't we. 

[rob_bridge]

It does seem strange that it's WHam fans are making more fuss over 'Bournemouth' should sue over the SheffUtd goal that wasn't - on their KUMB site they have a 35 page thread on it!
On the Bournemouth site, they briefly mention it, but realise they would see petty if they did.

WHam fans, strange lot, aren't they?

They probably have 10'000s fans so not sure a few saying that are indicative of all of them. Imagine if some people saw former penners on here as indicative of Villa fans

[maidstonevillain]

It does seem strange that it's WHam fans are making more fuss over 'Bournemouth' should sue over the SheffUtd goal that wasn't - on their KUMB site they have a 35 page thread on it!
On the Bournemouth site, they briefly mention it, but realise they would see petty if they did.

WHam fans, strange lot, aren't they?

I can't understand the fuss. If that goal against SheffU had counted, we would still have stayed up on goals scored.

[Richard E]

I was ecstatic last night but knowing we’ve upset supporters of Coventry City has just taken all the shine off it, to be honest. I think we should offer to submit to voluntary relegation. It’s only fair.

[eric woolban woolban]

Would this be the greatest of the so called 'great escapes'?

[Somniloquism]

It does seem strange that it's WHam fans are making more fuss over 'Bournemouth' should sue over the SheffUtd goal that wasn't - on their KUMB site they have a 35 page thread on it!
On the Bournemouth site, they briefly mention it, but realise they would see petty if they did.

WHam fans, strange lot, aren't they?

I can't understand the fuss. If that goal against SheffU had counted, we would still have stayed up on goals scored.

No we wouldn’t as goals scored only used when GD is the same and it wouldn't have been which is why we were down if Spam had won.

However we potentially would have had two extra points if the ref had decided to play on and not imagine a dive or another had decided Mane’s persistent fouling deserved a yellow so he probably would not have been on the pitch for the scouse to get the last minute winner.

And no one seems to mention Bournemouth not having a pen given against them against Spurs which would have cost them a point.