Aston Villa (H) 30/11 - Match Thread

OldCastleSwift

It was one of our fitness coaches, I think.

OldCastleSwift

ASLEFshrugged

Dave Billows, fitness coach, was with Moyes at Everton and Real Sociedad

Lukerz

Anybody else think Masuaku got cleared out just before Villa’s goal?

IronHerb

Yep.

PrestonHammer

I'm pretty sure if the ref saw it, he wasn't going to give the free kick. He was an appalling ref.

alderz

Lukerz said:

Anybody else think Masuaku got cleared out just before Villa’s goal?

I angrily texted my dad the same thing at the time.

Cuz1

I know I’m/ we are biased but seemed every challenge went against us poor ref but excellent var on the night move on nothing else here 😂😂

Yeoldhammer

https://twitter.com/WestHamClips/status/1334089917706678272

Strong Language Caution Warning !

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

Brilliant. It's nearly killed me.

Hamstew

These are brilliant. I look forward to seeing these every week. The sheff utd one was incredible.

Cuz1

That was hilarious

Pearces_Left_Foot

https://www.football365.com/news/kelleher-liverpool-global-renown-grealish-sir-alex-mailbox

Sent into f365 about gealish today was in this mornings mailbox and this afternoon a Leeds fans agreed with me

Cuz1

Villa manager says today to lay off calling grealish a cheat and concentrate on his talent , he says does he go down to easily? His reply tell me some of the top forwards that don’t, so that’s that then he his a cheat

BubblesNeverDies

The worst of all was Haller getting flattened by Mings, and a free kick awarded AGAINST him, compared with the fake Trezeguet (can't be bothered to spell his real name ) having his shirt tugged then diving FORWARDS! and getting a penalty.
Referee should never ref a PL game again, and let's not forget the VAR Stuart Atwell who advised that Fornals should get a yellow card that prompted the Grealish, and I quote Alan Smith, "bit of a delayed reaction there"
Don't think I've ever been so angry at a ref's performance and an opposing team's diving.
One other thing, why doesn't the FA, or whoever decides on these matters, charge Grealish with bringing the game into disrepute?
Not happy (nor any of the other dwarves before anyone makes that joke )

IronHerb

If you're referring to the incident in the Villa box then I thought Haller pushed the defender standing in front of prior to Mings mauling him.

yoyo

Still, never mind Villa......what was the score again!!??

Fortuneseeker

https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2020/12/02/vile-didnt-see-this-west-ham-fans-discuss-what-grealish-did-to-benrahma-in-88th-minute/

Just in case we needed any more evidence to pass onto Dean Smith.

OutcastLondoner

I think he's looking at the ball as well and probably jumps when he sees Benrahma out of the corner of the eye at the last moment.

I think when Fornals got booked he swung his elbow out a bit. That looked to me more a Grealish foul than Fornals.

IronHerb

Thing is he looked to the lino looking for a free kick.

Fortuneseeker

Outcast, he was also holding onto the wrong knee when he fell to the ground.

BubblesNeverDies

IronHerb said:

If you're referring to the incident in the Villa box then I thought Haller pushed the defender standing in front of prior to Mings mauling him.

Herb, I've watched it several times and Haller was sandwiched between Mings and Konsa when Mings forced Haller down and forwards and, at that moment or just before, Haller put his arm out to protect himself and of course that instant of contact was enough excuse for Konsa to hit the deck.

BubblesNeverDies

OutcastLondoner said:

I think he's looking at the ball as well and probably jumps when he sees Benrahma out of the corner of the eye at the last moment.

Sorry, don't buy that at all. There's no way Grealish couldn't have been aware of Benrahma well before crashing into him.

Pearces_Left_Foot

https://www.football365.com/news/jack-grealish-diving-utter-failure-law

BubblesNeverDies

PLF that's a good article.
More insight into the kind of person Grealish is.

https://www.football365.com/news/grealish-aston-villa-smelt-intoxicating-liquor-car-crash?utm_source=Recirculation&utm_medium=WP_Related_Articles_Unit&utm_campaign=Benchmark

IronHerb

Don't worry. He's probably off to United in the summer and that will give us greater opportunity to dislike him, and United, even more.

steve

Not sure i could dislike him more ,

Pearces_Left_Foot

steve said:

Not sure i could dislike him more ,

He could play for Spurs that would do it :-)

baracks_a_hammer

If Dicks and Moncur were playing in that fixture, we’d have ended the game with nine men and Grealish would have left on crutches.

Hamstew

It's annoying as I really like Grealish as a player.