Michael Oliver v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Ian.]

I thought we played extremely well and we were very hard done by. Ridiculous refereeing and also decision by VAR.

[andyh]

VAR went so far back, they were looking for a foul by Mortimer on Stapleton.

[villadelph]

Watch it back, Oliver is literally staring at the incident and shakes his head at Cavani when he protests.

[BC Villain]

But remember, we're only in this league because technology was switched off in the 96th minute on the last day of the season, so stop your bitching....

[Steve67]

They looked for an offside, couldn't find it, so they looked for a handball, couldn't find it because it came off Ings's thigh.  So they looked for something, anything and phew, THANK THE LORD, there was a broken eyelash between Cavani and Ramsey, despite the FACT that Cavani wouldn't have got to the ball.  Never mind that Cavani was the defender and ran into the attacker in Ramsey, never going to be a penalty to us was it?   THANK GOD FOR VAR, YOU ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB, of ruining the game!!

[Goldenballs]

Ramsey did have a little step across and was looking directly at Cavani. But he was going to get nowhere near Konsa.

The way they went about it, desperately looking for a reason to disallow it was absolutely shocking. They must've rocked that frame back and forwards 20 times from multiple angles to see if it brushed Watkins laces to put Ings offside.

Turned it straight off after the game, did Gerrard call out the ****** doing VAR?

The work experience idiot they get to do the interviews with Gerrard after the game for the OS didn't even mention it.

I very rarely listen to any of the drivel the OS interviews serve up.

Does Woodward still get involved with his best Partridge impressions?

[andyh]

Watch it back, Oliver is literally staring at the incident and shakes his head at Cavani when he protests.

Which is even more incredulous that he disallowed the goal after rewatching it.
If he can’t rely on his own view first time round, maybe he’s in the wrong job.

[Chris_Jephcott]

Fuck the fuckers harder on Saturday

[LeonW]

Doesn't make any different If Canvani isn't getting to the ball,it shows he being blocked,we have got to learn quickly, like them fouling, instead of discussing it with the referees and opposition players take the free kick quickly

I'll think you will find it does make a difference is if he getting to ball or not it was explained after the match. He wasn't blocked Ramsey just stood his ground and Cavani ran into him because it was easier to do that than get back.

It doesn't matter what we do if the officials blatantly cheat and that is the only way I can put it, as it was cheating.

If Ramsey had been onside when the kick was taken, it would have been ok as he is entitled to stand his ground, but he gained an advantage by being offside when the kick was taken. I agree it’s pretty obscure (like the excuse for the Man City goal last season).

Just to be clear; you're saying that if Ramsey was onside and Cavani ran into him and hits the deck, the goal would have stood?

Yes, pretty sure it would have. Players block players at corners and free kicks all the time. Ramsey was yards off so it did look a bit odd. I thought it was ok as Ramsey had not moved into cavani’s path. Cavani just ran into him.

But Cavani can't play or challenge for the ball (unless he's got go go gadget limbs)? So, at what point can a player be considered 'challenging' for the ball? And even putting that aside, how does that interpretation work when an attacking player is offside but is not directly interfering with play, but a defender has to move round him to get closer where the ball is? The amount of times such goals are given are numerous.

[Legion]

https://www.skysports.com/football/man-utd-vs-a-villa/report/461013

[CT Villan]

The officials are so far beyond incompetent it has to be premeditated corruption. I don't know any other profession that can get things so wrong and still have a job (other than politicians).

I've spat so many feathers over the last three hours I'm starting a duvet business.

We were Jekyll and Hyde for the entire game, some great stuff followed pretty quickly by needlessly gifting the ball back to Utd. I said it at half-time and I'll say it again - Utd were there for the taking.

Fernandes and Shaw are utter twats.

[TopDeck113]

Just got home (Bury).  Decent performance but ultimately fuming about a VAR check that has robbed us. Equalize then and we go on and win.

Man Utd are piss poor. So you just know that they're now going to win the trophy.

[astonvilla82]

Liverpool were the same when they dominated in the  seventies and eighties, officials kissed there arses then,

[trinityoap]

Those VAR bastards are probably holding a meeting right now to see who can come up with the most outrageous reason for disallowing a Villa goal on Saturday (or for giving Manure a penalty as they didn't get one tonight).

[Ads]

Shaw has a sense of humour at least. When we were signing he's a fat Matt Targett, he was laughing. Fernandes is somebody I wouldn't tire of seeing kicked in the groin.