Aston Villa (home) 2.00pm Sunday 17th March

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  • alderzalderz
    I get that the call is right based on the rule, but once again the handball rule is awful and not fit for purpose
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Looked to be top of arm to me, so shoulda counted imo.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Soucek has played a couple of lovely balls out to Coufal today.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited March 17
    alderz said:

    I get that the call is right based on the rule, but once again the handball rule is awful and not fit for purpose

    I'll be honest, I don't think scoring directly off the arm should ever be acceptable regardless of whether it was deliberate or the position of the arm, so I've no issue with that particular part of the handball rule, but I felt it was high enough up the arm (ie the sleeve) to have counted.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Bailey worries me.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    It wouldn’t be so bad if there weren’t different rules for different days of the week or different VAR officials.
    The handball law needs a serious look at.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Ref bottled that decision of Cash on Antonio.
  • Expat_HammerExpat_Hammer
    thornburyiron said:

    It wouldn’t be so bad if there weren’t different rules for different days of the week or different VAR officials.
    The handball law needs a serious look at.

    Except when it benefits a sky six team
  • MIAHammerMIAHammer
    We're starting to sit back and let them come at us. We need to get back on the front foot.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Imo, because the current refs are so bad, they've tried to make the handball rule a "play by numbers" to try to get a degree of consistency. This means that all commonsense has been removed from handball decisions, and, worst of all, there's still inconsistency as well so it's lose lose.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Johnson coming on for Antonio.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    MIA I don’t think we’re sitting back but it’s more a case of they know they dodged one with the handball and think they’re in with a chance of something here.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Emerson did well to cut that out from Cash.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Villa looking threatening.

    Kudus relieves the pressure for a moment with a great drive up the pitch, winning a free-kick just outside their box.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    edited March 17
    Paqueta worked Martinez, West Ham corner.

    Kudus fires over.
  • alderzalderz
    The momentum is certainly with them at the moment. I’d rather see Johnson in the middle than wide right
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    I really struggle when we seem to set ourselves up to defend a single goal lead
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Not sure how we survived there.
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Konsa moving gingerly after getting injured, he still looks way more mobile than Zouma imo.
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    We are certainly living dangerously
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    And then it happens
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    1-1.
  • LukerzLukerz
    We all knew it was coming.
  • thornburyironthornburyiron
    Villa in the ascendency now. We need to respect the point as I thought the disallowed goal would give them impetus.
  • alderzalderz
    This is what happens when you invite pressure in the way we have. We’ve dropped deeper and deeper, and since Antonio’s gone off we’ve not been able to hold the ball up top at all.
  • chicagohammerchicagohammer
    I am fearful for this one now, we have lost momentum
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    I don't see why Moyes likes the low block so much given we keep so few clean sheets when we use it in the PL.
  • LukerzLukerz
    Alvarez now banned for next PL game too
  • LukerzLukerz
    Two games
  • buffybegoodbuffybegood
    Alvarez booked, that means he's banned for 2 matches.
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