[Albion] 11 vs 15 today

[A1X]

Only way the ref could have bought anything more from them was if he’d done a trolley dash in their club shop

 

[A1X]

Naylor is a conartist stealing money from the Athletic by pretending to be a reporter. The good thing about him being at The Athletic is that now all his pieces are behind a pay wall. No one will accidentally stumble a cross his shit like they used to when he worked at The Arsegas and all was visible.

He mistakes engagement through trolling for genuine engagement.

 

[dadams2k11]

Bad day at the office and we move on.

 

[lizard]

Big team bias, we should all be used to this by now.

At least we don't have to watch Villa every week.

 

[Sheebo]

Absolutely pathetic from start to finish. Fell for all their time wasting tricks. It’s a shame Villa resorted to anti football as they were decent in spells. We played well once we were chasing the game and changed formation - one of those. And to make matters worse, it seems we had a clear pen not given too. But look, above Chelski and the scum for Christmas - 3 wins in a row before todays shambles of a game from the officials and Aston Villa - plenty to be cheery about.

 

[Sheebo]

I can't see how he lost control of the game. The players were losing control of their own composure. And Villa players were happy to take 'one for the team'. It was frustrating. It's just one of those (annoying) things.

For comparison I thought he totally lost the game - although never had control. Some of them are so THICK not to see all the timewasting tricks that everyone else can see…

 

[studio150]

Martiez alone could have been booked about seven times for timewasting

Seems Villa have a time wasting coach. The guy with the long blond hair was holding his arms up, and indicating to Martinez when to take the goal or free kick. Seems they have worked out the optimum time they can waste before the keeper gets a yellow card.

Loke their fouling and becoming injured all too cynical for my taste.

 

[Bodian]

Never in my lifetime have I seen a player red carded for timewasting. The yellow is usually brandished too late for a 2nd one to come out.

It'll never happen. Which is why players do it with impunity.

 

[Oh_aye]

I thought they were alright for a while, but Villa started time-wasting with like 35 minutes left. With some of the most comical stuff I've ever seen. Massive grocks hitting the deck and their keeper* was outrageous. The problem was the ref only seemed to cotton on to it about 10 mons from the end and started dishing out yellows then.

*I'm still absolutely furious about Trossard giving them the ball back. Half an hour of shithousing we'd endured by that point. It was barely even a game of football, before their keeper kicks the ball out and throws himself on to the floor after a routine save. Only to miraculously recover a minute later. It needed a strong captain with some balls to give Tross rhe nod and accept the consequences.

 

[Jeremiah]

At the game I thought Villa were appalling at time wasting and committing niggling fouls - however the ref booked a lot of them and added 8 minutes extra time . However, I have just seen the foul on Solly and that is a blatant penalty - shocking that it wasn't given.

 

[Dorset Seagull]

Yes. I’ve also watched enough football in my life to know successful teams generally have strikers that can manage 1 goal before Christmas between them.

I’d call 7th in the Premier League pretty successful

 

[Springal]

I’d call 7th in the Premier League pretty successful

Excellent - I’ll start booking my European flights for next season

 

[Oh_aye]

there you go. clear as f***ing day

Hmm. It didn't look like a pen live but that's mad.

 

[tigertim68]

They were not great and Solly should obviously get that penalty.

But the main problem today was Brighton not being good enough.

I agree

 

[Swansman]

Hmm. It didn't look like a pen live but that's mad.

Was difficult to see when it happened, can't blame the ref for missing it, but VAR really should have dealt with it.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Feels like another defeat so another referee thread. Seven Villa players were booked. None met the red card mark.

We should have had a penalty, but that was a VAR issue if the ref was unsighted.

Albion lost today because they failed to break down a team playing attritional football. We were poor.

It was a very cynical game at times with a lot of annoying fouls on both sides. I found it really frustrating. But I had no problem with the ref.

not really happy to call out the ref no matter what result ..the officials were poor (I count VAR as a ref)…cynical is not the half of it as regards to Villa and seven yellows ….plus the falling to the ground ….fracas re substitutions …it’s not the football I like to watch …beaten by a side playing ‘football’ I can take

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

Absolutely pathetic from start to finish. Fell for all their time wasting tricks. It’s a shame Villa resorted to anti football as they were decent in spells. We played well once we were chasing the game and changed formation - one of those. And to make matters worse, it seems we had a clear pen not given too. But look, above Chelski and the scum for Christmas - 3 wins in a row before todays shambles of a game from the officials and Aston Villa - plenty to be cheery about.

As for Martinez feigning injury, when he dived…… I mean FFS!

Anyone else think Trossard was trying to put them back in the corner and missed?

 

[Commander]

Yes. I’ve also watched enough football in my life to know successful teams generally have strikers that can manage 1 goal before Christmas between them.

We’re in 7th at Christmas. Would you say that isn’t successful for a club in our position?

Strikers went out of fashion years ago, good ones are so hard to find that teams found a way to play without them. I struggle to see why so many fans can’t grasp this. Stick a great striker like Glenn Murray in this team, how do you think he’d get on?

 

[zefarelly]

The officials in the PL are well below par on a good day, nothing new.

VAR is basically part of a dark International betting syndicate. . . . Nothing to do with sport.

today was very bad . . . . We played poorly and sadly got what we deserved.

 

[Sea Cider]

The cheating by Martinez in particular was disgusting. Villa have gone right up there on my list of teams I want to beat next season (although seem to remember saying that last year too!)