Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa Post-Match Thread

[Toronto Villa]

Sorry if this was posted earlier. Rare you hear Unai being so scathing about any officiating but he was livid at VAR for not reviewing the foul on Ollie

https://xcancel.com/footballontnt/status/2049965814975955165?s=46

[PeterWithe]

Unai was right in the sight line and didn’t react, he immediately looked away and gave someone else a bollocking

[Bent Neilsens Screamer]

First time I can remember Emery being very vocal about the decision not to send off Anderson. He's not very happy at all.

Long overdue really. We might not like it and hate it when others do it but we’ve been far too passive about past poor decisions that have gone against us in the past and we’ve had to tolerate some absolute whoppers.

[Max Villan]

Fucking, I just hate Villa.

I was born in 1990, I don't really remember the 90s League Cups. However - I remember the worst FA Cup final in history, I remember the Vidic-Terry diumverate of fuck in 2010, I remember the Bradford debacle, the Arsenal debacle, the Olympiakos debacle, the Crystal Palace debacle.

And now this fucking shit. It's always something. I suppose the atrocious Anderson decision (reminded me irresistibly of Gerrard's red on Boateng some 25 years ago) makes a bit of a triumvirate of fuck, albeit from an absolute homer of a ref rather than a craven sycophant. But it's also a shiteshow. What in the fuck Digne, a reliable and experienced player, was thinking...We managed turn a 0-0 into a 0-1 with that shit.

I'm just sick of it. I'm sick of our biggest games being always our worst performances. I'm sick of our bad form whenever the business end happens, whether our coach is one of the best in the business or Tim actual Sherwood (sorry Unai, your Europa League magic is no match for The Curse). I'm sick of it always being fucking something, we never just have a nice, good day. And I wouldn't mind as much if we never got close, it's the endless fandancing that annoys me. Like, for Christ's sake Salome, either take it off or put it all away and stop bothering me.

No problem with Forest, proper club, not their fault they got that ref, I'm sure we'd be happy as anything with the roles reversed and I can't blame them. It's not like they're Chelsea.

At least there's the second leg. Lol.

I'm the same age mate. Seen Bolton, Palace, Bradford and countless other shithouse teams confidently dispatch us when it matters.

Starting to become a bit numb to it tbh, it's almost more painful to get so so close and fail so often than to never get anywhere near.

[Monty]

Sorry if this was posted earlier. Rare you hear Unai being so scathing about any officiating but he was livid at VAR for not reviewing the foul on Ollie

https://xcancel.com/footballontnt/status/2049965814975955165?s=46

Yep, tells its own story. Still goes out of his way to praise the ref, to say it wasn't his fault, to be a gent about it all, but yeah. Insane that the VAR hasn't sent the ref to the monitor over that.

I think it's the outrage over player safety that's sent him over the edge tbh. Like, reds for hairpulling but not for possible ankle-breakers? It's not right.

[stevo_st]

Back in the day that would have prompted a brawl with a couple of players sent off, usually one from each side to keep the game an even contest.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

These ****** think they've won it. Fireworks the lot, the 6 fingered fucking slags.

I do enjoy you when you're angry.

To be fair to them, the fireworks are from a local restaurant who set them off when they win, it's not the club. As you were with the slag stuff.

[Brend'Watkins]

We’re 1-0 down with 90 Minutes to go. I think we will prevail.

[Somniloquism]

Would have been interesting, if Digne had realised he was playing Football and not Handball, if the lino would have flagged for it crossing the line before any chance on goal from the cross. I know they hold back on offsides but not sure on balls crossing lines.

[olaftab]

C-

What about attendance and good attitude to learning?

[tomd2103]

Would have been interesting, if Digne had realised he was playing Football and not Handball, if the lino would have flagged for it crossing the line before any chance on goal from the cross. I know they hold back on offsides but not sure on balls crossing lines.

The ref clearly gave a goal kick, so the lino must have flagged.  The VAR official then intervened and the award of the goal kick was overturned despite there being no real definitive proof that an error was made.  Brentford at home all over again. 

[olaftab]

Onana calf.

Calf or Veal?

[olaftab]

These ****** think they've won it. Fireworks the lot, the 6 fingered fucking slags.

I do enjoy you when you're angry.

Its a common sex fettish. 

[Somniloquism]

Would have been interesting, if Digne had realised he was playing Football and not Handball, if the lino would have flagged for it crossing the line before any chance on goal from the cross. I know they hold back on offsides but not sure on balls crossing lines.

The ref clearly gave a goal kick, so the lino must have flagged.  The VAR official then intervened and the award of the goal kick was overturned despite there being no real definitive proof that an error was made.  Brentford at home all over again.

Unlike the Brentford one, there was a camera pretty much in line with the goal line and goal posts are the same width as goal lines so with the ball not clearing the post, I would state it was in. If he blew straight after the cross hit the arm, then I suspect it was after the hit on the hand but before any goal would have been scored.

[tomd2103]

Would have been interesting, if Digne had realised he was playing Football and not Handball, if the lino would have flagged for it crossing the line before any chance on goal from the cross. I know they hold back on offsides but not sure on balls crossing lines.

The ref clearly gave a goal kick, so the lino must have flagged.  The VAR official then intervened and the award of the goal kick was overturned despite there being no real definitive proof that an error was made.  Brentford at home all over again.

Unlike the Brentford one, there was a camera pretty much in line with the goal line and goal posts are the same width as goal lines so with the ball not clearing the post, I would state it was in. If he blew straight after the cross hit the arm, then I suspect it was after the hit on the hand but before any goal would have been scored.

In the still that you mention, the ball has either already left the player's foot or hasn't got there yet.  Either way, it doesn't capture the precise moment of contact so can't be accurate.  It might be arguing semantics, but you've got officials basically making their own processes up at critical points in massive games.