The Yellow was correctBecause he touched the ball. In matches involving big teams that is all that is required apparently. If that was any other team, that's a penalty all day long. Walker got away with a studs up challenge on Salah earlier as he touched the ball and Ederson only got a yellow for a full on assault nowhere near the ball.
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[Albion] Premier League 9-11/3/24
- Thread starter Bozza
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Seemed to me a classic case of what the generally pointless monitor should be used for. VAR not sure enough/too scared (probably the latter in this case) to make the call but there must have been enough doubt to merit the ref having a second look. Not so he could go through the usual farce of simply agreeing with VAR but to be able to make a proper decision one way or the other with the benefit of some pretty clear replays.
Ridiculous challenge by McGinn. Glad it was a red. Very different from the Moder one. One is a genuine attempt to win the ball the other is a player lashing out. Horrible, nasty team Villa. Spurs actually try and play football. Hopefully they’ll finish above Villa in the champions league spots.
- May 8, 2018
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I’ve taken quite an unhealthy obsession in the downfall of Aston Villa, I can’t lie!
Free-kick anywhere else on the pitch.
London Irish
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Didn’t know where to put this but Igor’s old boys have just gone one up against Roma
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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Because he touched the ball. In matches involving big teams that is all that is required apparently. If that was any other team, that's a penalty all day long. Walker got away with a studs up challenge on Salah earlier as he touched the ball and Ederson only got a yellow for a full on assault nowhere near the ball.
This old chestnut
it was Big Team v Big Team, so how does that work!?And we should've gone down to 10 today - are we part of the big team bias!?
KZNSeagull
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Don't give one side an advantage thereby keeping the title race "exciting" and Sky happy.This old chestnut
I agree.
I haven't seen it, but Villa are a nasty team, with a premeditated sh!thouse cant-ologist as manager fuelling them.
I have an as yet un defined dislike of SPuds . . . .I'm extremely pleased they won today. . . They have a decent manager who wants to play football.
Exactly this.
BN41Albion
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- Oct 1, 2017
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Agree……Moder was desperately trying to make the secondary challenge and went in too hard (still more of a red than a yellow)…..McGinn was tying to kick Udogie into the stands.
Worried Man Blues
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McGinn is a thug
And certain free kicks
KZNSeagull
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Do I really believe that? No, not really but when you have companies paying enormous sums of money for a product they are bound to want to influence that product somehow if it becomes predictable and their subscriptions (or advertising) start to suffer - dodgy refereeing/VAR decisions is the most obvious area. It's a better conspiracy theory than the Princess of Wales photo anyway.Right, OK
You really believe that? Madness
- Nov 15, 2006
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Quite. I dislike Villa more than any other club in the PL. Really hope their season implodes, especially after the pundit wankfest about them earlier this season. I am desperate for us to beat them at the Amex. Nasty shitehousers
