Plucky Naive Aston Villa 1-3 Penalty United post match thread

[Exeter 77]

And when Kane does something like that it's 'clever'.

[nick harper]

It’s unbelievable how games against them follow the same pattern.

And I have no doubt, that if the ball had gone out within five seconds of the handball he would have been sent to the monitor. Arm in the air and away from the body, it’s a handball. We are too naive and nice and have been for years. We have to change our mindset.

[RamboandBruno]

Luiz makes a mistake, Mings gets done and Martinez should of done better, cash loses Cavani but he’s a class act. However I thought we played quite well, I like the fact we went for it and we should of had two pens, if Ollie doesn’t wrongly get sent off and we score that pen, 2-3 with a few mins to go, I fancy us to equalise. Sky sports commentary, terrible, joking at beginning of 2nd half on which minute Man U would equalise, showed the Ollie challenge once only, if that was at the other end, do you imagine!
Can the second yellow for Ollie be rescinded?
Either way, deflating but not bit terrible and some really good performances, Konsa, Targett, McGinn in particular

[villadelph]

It’s unbelievable how games against them follow the same pattern.

And I have no doubt, that if the ball had gone out within five seconds of the handball he would have been sent to the monitor. Arm in the air and away from the body, it’s a handball. We are too naive and nice and have been for years. We have to change our mindset.

We need a legitimate, ruthless leader.

Edit: It's usually just McGinn that throws his palms up to protest. Traore, El Ghazi, Ollie, etc never so much as raise their voice.

[SamTheMouse]

It would be interesting to see some stats on how long Sky spend analysing contentious incidents that go in favour of the Wankathon Teams, as compared with those that go against them.

[brontebilly]

And when Kane does something like that it's 'clever'.

Kane makes sure he gets contact first, as would Grealish....didn't think Watkins was 'clever' enough for that incident to be honest.

[Percy McCarthy]

It’s unbelievable how games against them follow the same pattern.

And I have no doubt, that if the ball had gone out within five seconds of the handball he would have been sent to the monitor. Arm in the air and away from the body, it’s a handball. We are too naive and nice and have been for years. We have to change our mindset.

We need a legitimate, ruthless leader.

Edit: It's usually just McGinn that throws his palms up to protest. Traore, El Ghazi, Ollie, etc never so much as raise their voice.

Wherever they play, some personalities like Peter Withe, Roy Keane and John Terry on the firm.

[olaftab]

Luiz fucked up, mings made his usual fuck up, but I bet the ref gets the blame on here.

You team managed to avoid relegation to League 1 so well done.

[villadelph]

And when Kane does something like that it's 'clever'.

Kane makes sure he gets contact first, as would Grealish....didn't think Watkins was 'clever' enough for that incident to be honest.

Whether you see it as clever or ensuring you don't rupture a ligament.. it wasn't a yellow card. Awfully brazen of a referee to hand out a yellow in the dying minutes of a 2 goal game to a striker facing the knee high studs of a reckless goalkeeper. Then you remind yourself who we're up against - and it all makes sense. The VAR review took less than 5 seconds which tells you all you need to know. No concern for the safety of Ollie, but instead ensuring their rationale to give the advantage to manu.

Unfortunately, its nothing out of the ordinary and every club in the league expects things like this. Corruption.

[D.boy]

I despise those cheating tossers and wont watch another game against them.  Umpteen years of the same outcomes and biased decisions is like groundhog day and enough is enough.

[levico]

It’s the hope that kills you.
It really does.

I’ll take your word for it.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

I didn't watch the game, so can't comment on performance. I see red scum got their usual penalty.
The match was officiated by someone from Manchester; dodgy or what? Thanks Smithy for the still of Ollie. Watkins getting sent off for simulation is laughable when the simulator-in-chief (the arrogant f-ckwit pogba) is on the pitch.
F-ck manu, f-ck their sh-t fans and f-ck the blatant biased coverage and decisions they get.
UTV!

[Sexual Ealing]

I despise those cheating tossers and wont watch another game against them.  Umpteen years of the same outcomes and biased decisions is like groundhog day and enough is enough.

I will follow this example. It's ludicrous how predictable these games are.

[robleflaneur]

There were some good performances,especially in defence with Targett being outstanding.McGinn played well and so did Dougie until the manupenalty,one word,which is a special feature of their games.
We looked better when the ineffective Barkley was replaced.Ramsey looked sharp in a 2 man central midfield .Davis once again bullied a central defender and Traore looks dangerous the closer he is to the opposition box and further away from ours.

[Bobby Boy]

Dean Smith saying that the penalty decision for foul on Pogba was 'pathetic'. There were a number of things in this game to question but not that. Hope instead he and the coaches have a word with Luiz.