Wolves vs Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[PeterWithesShin]

Only if you smoke enough crack to think a 22 goal difference had any chance of being overturned.

[cdbearsfan]

You're not relegated until it's mathematically impossible to stay up. They were relegated at Villa Park. That's how it works.

[PeterWithesShin]

Life's too short. Crack on if you think a 22 GD had any chance of being wiped out.

[jon collett]

Life's too short. Crack on if you think a 22 GD had any chance of being wiped out.

I sometime think people argue on here just for something to do!

[cdbearsfan]

I don't. I do think they were relegated at Villa Park, because they were.

If Liverpool are three points clear with a game to go and a goal difference 22 better than the team in second place, they still wouldn't be awarded the trophy, because they wouldn't have won the league yet. Coventry wouldn't have had an (R) next to their name in the table if they'd won at Villa Park, until the week after. Because they wouldn't have been relegated yet.

[RamboandBruno]

I don't. I do think they were relegated at Villa Park, because they were.

If Liverpool are three points clear with a game to go and a goal difference 22 better than the team in second place, they still wouldn't be awarded the trophy, because they wouldn't have won the league yet. Coventry wouldn't have had an (R) next to their name in the table if they'd won at Villa Park, until the week after. Because they wouldn't have been relegated yet.

I agree and more importantly i got very drunk after attending that match, on the basis we’d regelated them and now does not feel like the right time to start doubting my own personal history and motivations

[Walmley_Villa]

I've seen the clip of the Wolves fan gobbing on the Villa fans below - classy fans, obviously take us seriously as local rivals!

[jon collett]

I don't. I do think they were relegated at Villa Park, because they were.

If Liverpool are three points clear with a game to go and a goal difference 22 better than the team in second place, they still wouldn't be awarded the trophy, because they wouldn't have won the league yet. Coventry wouldn't have had an (R) next to their name in the table if they'd won at Villa Park, until the week after. Because they wouldn't have been relegated yet.

And the exact moment they were relegated was when the final whistle blew at Villa Park (because they had to win to have any chance of staying up and they were still playing at Okd Trafford) which is why I said Villa sent them down and this absolutely pointless argument followed

[Monty]

I still think our goal should've stood, and that it's pretty obvious that they ruled out the goal because they thought Digne or (more likely) Malen offside, and upon finding that they were wrong cast about for something to cover their arses with, however flimsy. Lovely system we've got going.

[cdbearsfan]

Tbf it was a soft free kick in the first place. The main reason we lost was because we went into the game with only one central defender due to incompetence.

[LeeB]

I still think our goal should've stood, and that it's pretty obvious that they ruled out the goal because they thought Digne or (more likely) Malen offside, and upon finding that they were wrong cast about for something to cover their arses with, however flimsy. Lovely system we've got going.

Not the first time that's happened to us, and I'm struggling to think of another club where it has.

[Somniloquism]

I still think our goal should've stood, and that it's pretty obvious that they ruled out the goal because they thought Digne or (more likely) Malen offside, and upon finding that they were wrong cast about for something to cover their arses with, however flimsy. Lovely system we've got going.

Not the first time that's happened to us, and I'm struggling to think of another club where it has.

Well the main call is offside when interfering with play without touching the ball, which gets called a few times a season. I think there might have been an Archer for Southampton where it came to him via the defender who had to play it because the offside striker was right next to him.

[Monty]

I mean, I really don't want to say 'all we're asking for is consistency' but...this is one of those that they decide entirely ad hoc if it is or is not a foul.

[PeterWithesShin]

Jamie Redknapp on it being disallowed

https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1885779089933373911

[LeeB]

I mean, I really don't want to say 'all we're asking for is consistency' but...this is one of those that they decide entirely ad hoc if it is or is not a foul.

The thresholds of what consitutes a foul vary wildly, between games and during them, and dependent on the teams involved.

I would also ask why there is even the need to the lino to put their flag up in that situation as the ball had gone in and would be subsequently checked for that event.

By incorrectly giving the decision on sight, the threshold is raised to reverse it and any neglible contact will be grasped at to support it.