Aston Villa 3-3 Liverpool Post Match breather

[Proposition Joe]

The fact that Emery picked up as many yellow cards in the match as their entire team shows you how bad the ref was.

[Hillbilly]

We were awesome.

Some observations on Liverpool.
1. They are quite a dirty team on the sly. The foul count was overwhelmingly on them and that's just the ones the ref gave. I don't think there's an outfield Villa player without stud marks on their feet or ankles.
2. Salah looks a busted flush.
3. Why did that Elliott kid have a load of crispy fried noodles on his head?

[Bad English]

Apart from having Frankie Allen wearing black playing for them, this game once again showed that teams like 'The Mighty Reds YNWA' can no longer turn up and take the piss. That said, it is particularly galling that those red tossers just south of them managed to do so (see you next year you ******).

I have chosen to wear my Emi 'I'm a believer' T-shirt to work today, along with my claret and blue watch just to annoy those French people who just can't let it go.

UTV! FTF!

[Demitri_C]

Demitri_C you’re the worst poster on here by a million miles. You can’t wait for us to fail.

What a load of bollocks 😂😂😂

[LeonW]

Wow. Football, bloody hell. Nobody would have seen that coming, starting with the world’s number one making a couple of hugely uncharacteristic errors for their first two goals. Thought Konsa struggled with Diaz and Digne can’t defend. Carlos was ok but what on earth he was trying to do with that attempt near goal (won’t class it ‘on’) was weird. Thought apart from the assist, Ollie was a bit off it today. But McGinn. Wow. He was an absolute titan today. What a performance. He took on all comers. Tielemans really does ooze class when he’s on the ball. He really makes us tick. Apart from his finishing I thought Diaby was excellent and it was great to see him running at people again. Bailey, loved his fire with Watkins. And then there’s the chaos panda. Really, I thought he should have passed it to potentially 3 more experienced players around him for his first but that’s not the way this kid is built. What an introduction. You never know what he can do. Lots of passion and fire and it may be the point that gets us over the line because Spurs now have to win tomorrow. 

[Demitri_C]

If im unhappy at how a performance is going im not going to be fake and say oh yeh villa are doing well i am going to express my opinion

No one is asking you to be fake, what they're saying is to take a breath and thinkbefore you hit post. Honestly read back everything you've posted on match threads in the last few weeks and tell me it doesn't come across as both a little unhinged and massively hyperbolic. I totally get being frustrated but right now you can either accuse everyone of bullying you and act like you're doing nothing wrong or you can accept that what you're doing is annoying people and try to wind it down a little. It's your choice but if you go with the first option people are going to keep calling you out over it and I don't think anyone on here wants that.

So paul my final bit on this, as i think we need to wnjoy yesterday as that was fantastic for the club - the same way you condemn me why you not condeming those that call people names? I might come across negative when villa are losing as its a emotional  game but some fool ive never even engaged  with on here called me a clown etc etc. You excusing name calling because you dont like negative posts? There was alot of negativity in the match that in first half from a host of posters not just me.

And please dont call me unhinged again. Im not calling you anything or describing you any way. Lets be respecfful yeah?

I will try work on my posts in future on match days but i cant be all happy if we play crap thats just me.

[Demitri_C]

The day after what a night.

We just need city to do us a favour tonight. Come on you blue men!!

This game remind me so much of the sheff utd game in championship.

Proud of them that 2nd half we really showed alot of heart chatchter and desire to get a point.  What a huge point that could be

If spurs lose today just hope we rest players like bailey for palace. Guy needs a break.

With the bailey ollie argument i am ok with that. Squabbles happen you emotions are high and you desperately want to win. It happens to the best of us. Im sure they are pals again today

[ChicagoLion]

Really unclear to me how they were allowed to kick us to pieces all game without repercussion?

Indeed, even taking off our claret and blue-tinted glasses, they were wondering on KUMB how Diaz the 'ankle snapper' hadn't been booked.

The ref was truly shocking.

[sid1964]

McGinn was our MOTM - absolutely fantastic, we struggled in defence, but some of the passing from Pau into our midfield was a joy to watch.

Tielemans made a massive difference for us in midfield.

The guy who stands / sits behind me in Lower Holte - who wanted Diaby taken off after 20 mins and then said that if Diaby is not taken off at the first substitution he was "going to kick off" - must be feeling a bit of an idiot this morning

Hopefully City will do us a favour and beat Spurs tonight.

Agree about the Ref, he was very poor.

As Unai and the main heads at the club have stated that this is just the start, looking forward to see where Unai can take us over the next few seasons.

[Demitri_C]

Really unclear to me how they were allowed to kick us to pieces all game without repercussion?

Indeed, even taking off our claret and blue-tinted glasses, they were wondering on KUMB how Diaz the 'ankle snapper' hadn't been booked.

The ref was truly shocking.

Cant think of many refs that have been good for us this season tbh

[andyh]

The limbs for 3-3….wow !!!!!

[RamboandBruno]

Its all been so said, so will keep this short. Got home at 11ish last night after the lap of honour, full of adrenaline, couldn’t sleep for ages. Every single one of them footballing heroes, even the ones who struggled last night.
In my 40 odd years of going down they are easily one of my favourite teams. Love them, the heart, desire and no little skill.
Special mention to our leader SJM, Leon one leg Bailey, total hero, and of course the genius that is Emery. Nearly there.

[Nev]

What I was relived about last night was that the result gave everyone the opportunity to enjoy the lap of honour in a positive atmosphere. A defeat might've made it very different.

It's the least the manager and players deserved, and indeed, us fans.

[Mister E]

How the fuck did Luis Diaz not get booked the fouling little toe rag?!

How come Elliott (or was it MacAllister?!) didn't a yellow for taking McGinn out?! - he then went and got a yellow for kicking the ball away.

[Mister E]

What I don’t understand about this interpretation of the offside rule is how are defenders supposed to defend against or mark a player that is blatantly in an offside position and therefore has an advantage whilst holding a defensive line intended to catch players offside. You couldn’t get a more distinct and obvious “interfering with play” than a player that has been effectively goal hanging in an offside position with the advantage of being ahead of the defensive line to get an easy tap in and score a goal. It shouldn’t be a defenders responsibility to “drop back and mark” a player that is blatantly offside. No doubt we’d have benefited from this during the course of the season but that doesn’t change the fact that the current interpretation and application of the offside rules are broken and not fit for purpose as they are.

Yes, totally. I was utterly perplexed on their second, and I think I know the rules of the games and their interpretation!