The very notion of consistency is laughable. We have a handball rule where referees, managers, commentators and pundits can all say, with a straight face, "yes it hit the arm, but there's no intent" one week and, "he didn't know much about it, but there's definitely contact" the next.The 'controversy' makes it better for me, given it was against a club who expect every 10/90, 20/80, 30/70 and 40/60 decision to go in their favour, let alone 50/50s. If it had ricocheted off Phil Jones's hamper of head bandages, 'Fergie's whiskey cabinet and the latest unfortunate female victim of Ryan Giggs's temper, before crawling into the back of the net while Ollie waterboarded De Gea with the assistance of US Navy SEALs and Mr Motivator was distracting the rodentine arms of Bruno Fernandes with the challenge of a 1.5lb kettlebell, it still wouldn't have undone a quarter of the horse shit we've had served up to us over the past 30 years courtesy of those corporate jizz stains and their cretinous band of biased officials.
QuoteVilla deserved Old Trafford triumphAston Villa were seriously impressive in a victory that showed courage and talent via a front-to-back team display that augurs well for Dean Smith’s side. The Midlanders had not won at Old Trafford for 12 years and still took the contest to Manchester United at each opportunity as Douglas Luiz and John McGinn probed in midfield and Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings made clever runs to scatter the home defence. If the late headed winner from Kortney Hause made it feel like a smash-and-grab victory, the opposite was true. Sure, United had their chances. Mason Greenwood was a class above before the break but did not score, and Bruno Fernandes missed only his second penalty for the club in 23 attempts, following Hause’s strike. But Smith’s team had their own opportunities, would not be cowed by recent history or the venue, and in Watkins they possess a forward who, if he stays fit, appears to be heading only one way: up. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/sep/27/premier-league-10-talking-points-from-the-weekends-action
Villa deserved Old Trafford triumphAston Villa were seriously impressive in a victory that showed courage and talent via a front-to-back team display that augurs well for Dean Smith’s side. The Midlanders had not won at Old Trafford for 12 years and still took the contest to Manchester United at each opportunity as Douglas Luiz and John McGinn probed in midfield and Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings made clever runs to scatter the home defence. If the late headed winner from Kortney Hause made it feel like a smash-and-grab victory, the opposite was true. Sure, United had their chances. Mason Greenwood was a class above before the break but did not score, and Bruno Fernandes missed only his second penalty for the club in 23 attempts, following Hause’s strike. But Smith’s team had their own opportunities, would not be cowed by recent history or the venue, and in Watkins they possess a forward who, if he stays fit, appears to be heading only one way: up.
Quote from: Sexual Ealing on September 27, 2021, 11:43:46 AMQuoteVilla deserved Old Trafford triumphAston Villa were seriously impressive in a victory that showed courage and talent via a front-to-back team display that augurs well for Dean Smith’s side. The Midlanders had not won at Old Trafford for 12 years and still took the contest to Manchester United at each opportunity as Douglas Luiz and John McGinn probed in midfield and Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings made clever runs to scatter the home defence. If the late headed winner from Kortney Hause made it feel like a smash-and-grab victory, the opposite was true. Sure, United had their chances. Mason Greenwood was a class above before the break but did not score, and Bruno Fernandes missed only his second penalty for the club in 23 attempts, following Hause’s strike. But Smith’s team had their own opportunities, would not be cowed by recent history or the venue, and in Watkins they possess a forward who, if he stays fit, appears to be heading only one way: up. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/sep/27/premier-league-10-talking-points-from-the-weekends-actionreads a bit different to the match report he posted post-game. Quite a few Villa fans and even the odd Man Ubsupporter disagreed with his very biased towards Man U take on it.
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