Villa (a) Sunday 24th October 4:30pm Sky Sports

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Open game here

Would like to get in at half time now

PrestonHammer

Nice to hear Alan Smith has his Villa hat on, not.

MrsGrey

OldCastleSwift said:

claretandbluesky said:

VAR now set a precedent that shirt pulling is not a foul if in the box

Staggers me. On halfway, that's 100% given as a foul, and possibly even a booking.

But do Var look at that? Sorry, I was not watching. If ref let play go on and there was no goal decision following, Var don't have a remit, I think.

claretandbluesky

We need take a bit of pace out the match now to half time

thornburyiron

We need a big improvement on our play second half with more accurate passing and better decision making

OldCastleSwift

MrsGrey said:

OldCastleSwift said:

claretandbluesky said:

VAR now set a precedent that shirt pulling is not a foul if in the box

Staggers me. On halfway, that's 100% given as a foul, and possibly even a booking.

But do Var look at that? Sorry, I was not watching. If ref let play go on and there was no goal decision following, Var don't have a remit, I think.

I mean, it probably wasn't a clear and obvious error so VAR didn't intervene. But how the ref waved it away I just don't know.

But as C&BSky said, precedent set (until Ronaldo gets a slight tug next week)

Lukerz

Poor from Fornals & Fab on the goal

Other than that, good

Hamstew

I think we've been pretty pony today but if we get the job done I couldn't care less.

claretandbluesky

Lukerz said:

Poor from Fornals & Fab on the goal


Yes Fornals sold himself to the challenge which allowed the cross.

I am exhausted watching the pace that half was played at. That is a classic example of why not all players suit the Premiership, physical and super fast at times.

ScotHammer

Good first half. Benrahma, while great in flashes, still picks the wrong option at times and either runs into trouble or shoots wildly.

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

ScotHammer said:

Good first half. Benrahma, while great in flashes, still picks the wrong option at times and either runs into trouble or shoots wildly.

Tbf all of our front 4 are guilty of this

Yeoldhammer

being a good game overall, more goals to come in this i think.

thornburyiron

Could well be Yeold but it wouldn’t bother me if there aren’t.

Lukerz

Hamstew said:

I think we've been pretty pony today but if we get the job done I couldn't care less.

I think we’ve been brilliant with the exception of a sloppy period between 25 minutes & their goal.

This is not an easy game away from home.

OldCastleSwift

How is that not red then? Bowen through on the 'keeper?

alderz

I have no idea how he’s stayed on there

thornburyiron

How is the forearm smash on Fornals not a red

MrsGrey

And the straight arm on Fornals?

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

How's not a red?

Yeoldhammer

Should have been 2 red let alone none lol.

OldCastleSwift

VAR is so good when it works like this.
But it looked red initially, so bad refereeing. Again.

MrsGrey

Red, surely, on the slo mo?

PrestonHammer

The other challenge should be a red but at least one of them is off.

MrsGrey

Oh, apparently looking at your oncoming player, them doing a forearm smash across their face is ok.

eskimoking

I think it should be two reds. The guy is staring at fornals and has done that deliberately.

Dodger58

Konsa is a bit unlucky but Hause should have been off

WHU_Champo_league_in_7_years

Again easy red imo

Hes the last man and it wasn't a penalty, if it was a penno he may have got away with it

thornburyiron

Poor free kick

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

The smash in the face was more of a red.

claretandbluesky

I think they got that wrong The Fornals challenge was the red, a forearm smash in wrestling.