Aston Villa v Leicester City - Match Thread - Sunday 5th December

[sirdennis]

Can he gain control of the ball in a 10th of a second ?

I don't think so.

 

[Gordonsleftboot]

He needs a rocket up his arse to get moving though. Not sure I’ve seen a lazier youngster, usually at that age they’re raring to go and want to chase everything down. Maybe it shows he’s more composed but he has a long way to go before he’s good enough to get away with that style

Its not a style its the way he is. Doubtful he can or will change it. Love it or hate it, its likely to be there for the long term

 

[Gordonsleftboot]

He’s at Ipswich on loan, not sure if he got a game on Saturday though.

Ipswich manager Paul Cook now sacked.

 

[sirdennis]

What a horrible bastard he is. To be fair he’s not on his own in that team.

we need to Nick Barnes in the summer.

Any info on Nick Barnes ? Can't say I have heard of him.

 

[Villan57]

This wasn't under control apparently

https://twitter.com/x/status/1467548861380112390

 

[Villan57]

Good to see that one of our "elite" referees doesn't know the rules.

What must Mike Riley be teaching them at reffing school ?

Anyway irrespective of that the notion that the goalie had the ball under control in what was a fraction of a second is ridiculous.

No doubt if it was Rugby it would be a try or a touch down but football has to be more than just touching the ball.
I'm just glad we won despite the cheating twat and a yet another ref that only got one decision right and that was to stop play for the minute of applause for little Arther

 

[ironside]

Chukwemaeka, Philogene-Bidace and Iroegobunum on the bench. Is this a sign that Gerrard believes these young players are ready to stake a claim in the squad or is it a sign of our first squad's weakness?
I hope to see more of them but I wonder if they'll still figure when we, (if we) , strengthen in January.

 

[colavfc]

Konsa has been great for us, never lets us down, future captain i have no doubts

Future England captain for me. I genuinely think he is that good.

 

[Mutt_Man]

No doubt if it was Rugby it would be a try or a touch down but football has to be more than just touching the ball.
I'm just glad we won despite the cheating twat and a yet another ref that only got one decision right and that was to stop play for the minute of applause for little Arther

I was going to mention that the sky reporter on the game said and i quote " if this was a rugby game that would have been a try " and merson agreed with him !!! WTF has that got to do with a football game ! ( recon he is back on the sauce )

 

[AV Dave]

Future England captain for me. I genuinely think he is that good.

Southgate must have been impressed with him yesterday surely

 

[colavfc]

I was going to mention that the sky reporter on the game said and i quote " if this was a rugby game that would have been a try " and merson agreed with him !!! WTF has that got to do with a football game ! ( recon he is back on the sauce )

Cant wait for there to be a similar incident with the untouchable 6. But it will be swept under the carpet and not highlighted no doubt.

 

[BringbakMON]

Chukwemaeka, Philogene-Bidace and Iroegobunum on the bench. Is this a sign that Gerrard believes these young players are ready to stake a claim in the squad or is it a sign of our first squad's weakness?
I hope to see more of them but I wonder if they'll still figure when we, (if we) , strengthen in January.

No-one else fit to choose from atm - be good if they get some time when some of the others are available.
I guess if we're actually putting more effort in these days we'll need to rotate a few anyway.
Still need to strengthen mind and should do so whenever there's a chance to do that

 

[Bonker]

Shocking from Villa Twitter admin - they've done this before - obviously Cash should be nowhere near the list but excluding Nakamba is outrageous, most people seem to think the same too, Marv is definitely catching people's eye these days.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1467571253288574988

 

[garygaryshaw]

What a horrible bastard he is. To be fair he’s not on his own in that team.

we need to Nick Barnes in the summer.

I'd rather take Tielemans, think he'll only have 1 year left on his contract in the Summer as well.

 

[garygaryshaw]

Watched MOTD and Luiz making that tackle again in our penalty area in the second half.
It was rash but was it a penalty shout?

Clear dive, the lad was turning round to look at the ref while he was falling to the floor.

 

[Villan57]

Southgate must have been impressed with him yesterday surely

Southgate impressed with a Villa player

 

[Villan57]

Clear dive, the lad was turning round to look at the ref while he was falling to the floor.

we've seen them given by VAR after 2 mins of looking

 

[garygaryshaw]

we've seen them given by VAR after 2 mins of looking

Yeah I agree, but that's because the twat in the VAR van doesn't usually know what he's doing. He should have been boo0ked for the dive IMO. El Ghazi had one last season for similar
There was another incident late on when Schmeichel just ran into Mings while he was jumping and fell over him. Seen a few people trying to claim that should have been a penalty as well

 

[Villan57]

Yeah I agree, but that's because the twat in the VAR van doesn't usually know what he's doing. He should have been boo0ked for the dive IMO. El Ghazi had one last season for similar
There was another incident late on when Schmeichel just ran into Mings while he was jumping and fell over him. Seen a few people trying to claim that should have been a penalty as well

Yes saw that last night while watching the game back on Sky, it's getting stupid again

 

[Thomas Holte]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1467809011563380739

https://twitter.com/x/status/1467617903373660169