Aston Villa vs Brentford Post-Match Thread

[Villa Lew]

Especially as, I believe, it was his first Premier League match, I thought the ref did ok, now where did I put my tin helmet.

[Exeter 77]

On the subject of penalties I thought we had a decent shout of a second one when Ollie was completely flattened with no attempt to get to the ball in the second half.

[LeeB]

On the subject of penalties I thought we had a decent shout of a second one when Ollie was completely flattened with no attempt to get to the ball in the second half.

Not a penalty, but a defender wiped out Bailey on the edge of the box in the 1st half and got given the free kick.

[simon ward 50]

I love football.




Today!

[simon ward 50]

Tyrone Mings, take a bow.  He inspires confidence throughout the team - strong leadership and some great clearances.  Great to see him back for a full PL 90 minutes.

Absolutely!

[Smithy]

On the subject of penalties I thought we had a decent shout of a second one when Ollie was completely flattened with no attempt to get to the ball in the second half.

Not a penalty, but a defender wiped out Bailey on the edge of the box in the 1st half and got given the free kick.

I thought that at the time, but to be fair, on the replay it showed the defender coming in from the side and getting in just ahead of Bailey, so although they both got knocked the ground, technically it was Bailey running into the defender rather than the other way round.  In real-time it just looked like he wiped Bailey out as he came from the side.

[Olneythelonely]

Especially as, I believe, it was his first Premier League match, I thought the ref did ok, now where did I put my tin helmet.

It wasn’t. His first match was our match with Fulham last season.

[LeeB]

On the subject of penalties I thought we had a decent shout of a second one when Ollie was completely flattened with no attempt to get to the ball in the second half.

Not a penalty, but a defender wiped out Bailey on the edge of the box in the 1st half and got given the free kick.

I thought that at the time, but to be fair, on the replay it showed the defender coming in from the side and getting in just ahead of Bailey, so although they both got knocked the ground, technically it was Bailey running into the defender rather than the other way round.  In real-time it just looked like he wiped Bailey out as he came from the side.

No, that's ok if he comes and touches the ball in some way but he was nowhere near it.

It used to be called 'obstruction' but fuck knows what's going through their heads these days.

[VillaTim]

Tyrone Mings, take a bow.  He inspires confidence throughout the team - strong leadership and some great clearances.  Great to see him back for a full PL 90 minutes.

Absolutely!

Some of his headed clearances were exactly what we have missed . You cannot beat a great Centre Half, it's something this club has done well overall down the years

[Olneythelonely]

There was a foul on Cash for their goal

[Flamingo Lane]

That barge into the back of Watkins was as clear a penalty as you're likely to see, but with some incidents it seems there is some kind of unwritten rule being applied by the referee and VAR officials - a kind of 'can't be arsed with that one.'

[wince]

I thought Kamara's twist & turn for the Rogers goal was orgasmic.
Is there something wrong with me?

I think there's something wrong with anybody who didn't at least have a mild semi from that.

I channeled my inner LeeB and ejaculated pompously

[paul_e]

That barge into the back of Watkins was as clear a penalty as you're likely to see, but with some incidents it seems there is some kind of unwritten rule being applied by the referee and VAR officials - a kind of 'can't be arsed with that one.'

As I said in the match thread, it's the sort of thing that is clearly intentional and done to obstruct the attacker but loads of refs take the view of "he got a shot away" and wave it on. Not giving things like that is a huge factor in the amount of diving in the game because if Watkins goes down it's given and no one complains.

[cdbearsfan]

There was a foul on Cash for their goal

Would have been very soft, IMO. Would have been disallowed if it was Villa scoring it against Man Utd, but that's about it.

[Risso]

There was a foul on Cash for their goal

Would have been very soft, IMO. Would have been disallowed if it was Villa scoring it against Man Utd, but that's about it.

The clear and obvious foul was the on McGinn as they started the attack. Rogers played a little pass, and the Brentford player seemed to kick through the back of SJM.