garygaryshaw
Vital Football Hero
Really?? Myself and several others by me were calling for a free kick as soon as it happened and that's from the opposite end of the pitch. How the ref couldn't see that from where he was standing is beyond me.
Aston Villa v Chelsea, Sat 27 April, 8pm
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The French Connection
Vital Squad Member
Fair enough, but how many times have we seen far worse than that and nothing is given.
southend_villan
Vital Reserves Team
I called it as soon as I saw it. Blatant foul, he just shoved Carlos in the back. Can’t believe the ref didn’t see it in the first place.
garygaryshaw
Vital Football Hero
Well nothing is guaranteed with VAR and the poor standard of refereeing in the PL, but it looked clear as day. Someone has posted a twitter clip of the incident on one of the threads and its shocking the ref hasn't awarded it there and then
"Merd"
Vital Football Hero
If it had happened in the Chelsea box, do you think VAR would have taken 5 minutes. Clear push on a player going for the ball. It’s cheating and a foul every time. The fact that refs don’t give pushes, nudges, holding etc in every situation doesn’t mean it’s not against the laws of the game.
The French Connection
Vital Squad Member
The referee did allow Chelsea to get away with a lot of stuff like that throughout the game admittedly.
tarzansbrother
Vital Football Hero
Squad player next season maybe?
JW1985
Vital Champions League
Can't see that. We've gone way beyond him. Should have sold him after his 10 goal lockdown season. It is nice that he still sees us as "his" club though, he still has a house in the Midlands i believe.
If I were him I'd be off to Turkey or Saudi as he's now massively popular there due to him getting the sack for speaking out about the goings on in Palestine.
Thomas Holte
Vital Football Legend
After both post match interviews from each manager last night, I'm so glad we have an honest manager in Emery who tells it like it without all the drama and hissy-fit's you get from Pochettino.
Classless Chelsea and Pochettino deserve each other, and it's rather satisfying to have them 19 points behind us in the league table.
Classless Chelsea and Pochettino deserve each other, and it's rather satisfying to have them 19 points behind us in the league table.
tarzansbrother
Vital Football Hero
I actually enjoyed seeing their fans and the players after their third goal was disallowed - horrible fans
tarzansbrother
Vital Football Hero
I said in the match thread - every time I’ve seen him he has looked decent - imagine Emery schooling him - looks to have a stinking attitude though. Gallagher, Palmer and him all look good - they can all sign for us if they want European football next year
BodyButter
Vital Football Legend
I love that we expect to win every game now. 
colavfc
Vital Football Hero
Absolutely not
JW1985
Vital Champions League
I love that we expect to win every game now.
It's very weird and I feel somewhat uncomfortable about it though.
tarzansbrother
Vital Football Hero
Another thing that’s strange is non supporting villa mates/work colleagues haven’t wanted to talk football for the last few months. I’m out with 2 wolves mates next week - I will just chill and wait for the current 21 point gap to come out in conversation
garygaryshaw
Vital Football Hero
It seemed to be one of their tactics in the 2nd half to try and isolate Digne against Madueke and it was causing us big problems. Talented lad but absolute knob end, similar to a young Zaha
tarzansbrother
Vital Football Hero
As usual the commentary last night was pants - the bloke who ever he was - bloody imbecile, was loving every minute of the Chelsea comeback - and he couldn’t accept the disallowed goal at the end - joker.
Stephen Jay Hawkings
Vital Football Legend
Yep, never seen him play like that, in fact the only time I've seen most of these Chelsea players play well was last night and the cup tie. What a surprise.
I hope they can put a performance in like that when they play Spurs and they don't just do it against the big clubs.
