5 minutes ago, Carloseyebrow said:

Easy square for Casedei, but he’s bailed us out plenty of times.

True he has, but that's a glory situation  for him, pass or score. But in such situations, you should always square. The chances for the goal with a square ball are higher so that's your choice. Always. 

It was a push IMO but the 2 things that get me is...

1 - I'm sure the ref saw it, so essentially he was talked into disallowing it

2 - when a foul lead to a goal against us when we played Arsenal midweek it was dismissed quickly - no referee review at the monitor there.

 

We are generally on the wrong end of decisions by refs in this country as standard.

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So, it appears that the boys have some pride and fire in the bellies. Imagine what they could have achieved with a proper manager/tactician in place.

5 minutes ago, Remodez said:

Hard to be stronger when you get a shoulder to the back. 

It was a nudge, Badiashile caught him unprepared for the challenge which is the fault of the defender, not Badiashile. The defender was weak which is why he was beaten so easily from a tiny nudge.

1 minute ago, nonotnowjim said:

It was a clear and obvious error. Sorry, I know it's not a popular opinion, but with blue tinted glasses off, it was a clear foul. He literally barged him in his back, with such force that the defender was off balance and couldnt contest the ball.

I doubt it would have been given as a penalty to us.... but it should be if that happens to our striker.

Agreed. Still don't understand the farce of sending him to the booth. Just tell him in the ear. They don't call him over on every offside.

If we’d started the game like that we’d have won comfortably

10 minutes ago, timetowaste said:

f**k off you soft twat 

Eeeewww, stop acting like the fans on the Tottenham forum. 

3 minutes ago, Jangz said:

i also see players who are just confused in the defensive phase..and at times lazy or lose concentration 

Exactly. a lack of organisation.and discipline gives you just that

1 minute ago, abister1 said:

True he has, but that's a glory situation  for him, pass or score. But in such situations, you should always square. The chances for the goal with a square ball are higher so that's your choice. Always. 

I dont know, not much thinking time with that one to see the pass. He has literally gone past 2 players, is holding the 2nd one off still as the keeper is coming out.

What a shambles. This is an absolute disgrace. The level of refereeing in England is abysmal. No wonder England have as many refs for EURO 2024 as my country Romania. And the refs in Romania are absolute muppets.

Just before Villa's first goal, Madueke drives Digne out of play and instead of a Chelsea throw in, the ref awards a foul for Villa. That's insane.

In the 80 something minute when Chelsea were pressing so high up the pitch, Palmer dispossess the Villa player in Villa's box and once again the ref blows for an inexistent foul. Absolute madness.

Chelsea's third - How the f**k is that even a foul??? Truly unbelievable.

I love this sport, but I am absolutely tired of these incompetent and corrupt refs that always get protected by the higher ups. If they would get a three or four month suspension after ruining matches, they'd probably think twice when they choose to destroy matches with so much freedom. 

I checked in the team news early this evening 12 out injured almost half the squad.

I think a point away today is decent the stats show we should have won.

Match Stats

Home TeamAston VillaAway TeamChelsea

Possession

Home28%

Away72%

Shots

Home9

Away21

Shots on Target

Home4

Away5

Corners

Home2

Away4

Fouls

Home13

Away14

Just now, abister1 said:

Eeeewww, stop acting like the fans on the Tottenham forum. 

Eww? Jesus mate are you 13 or something 

Conor Gallagher saying after the game we were robbed. That will be a ban for implying the ref is biased then.

5 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

It was a clear and obvious error. Sorry, I know it's not a popular opinion, but with blue tinted glasses off, it was a clear foul. He literally barged him in his back, with such force that the defender was off balance and couldnt contest the ball.

I doubt it would have been given as a penalty to us.... but it should be if that happens to our striker.

Well if that was how it was seen then Harry Maguire should be giving away penalties each and every week....he does that each and every time but never a foul given.

1 minute ago, Scott Harris said:

It was a nudge, Badiashile caught him unprepared for the challenge which is the fault of the defender, not Badiashile. The defender was weak which is why he was beaten so easily from a tiny nudge.

We have seen thousands and thousands similar duels in the penalty box as a normal course of play. The ref correctly let it go, but then was bitched into changing his decision. Pathetic.

3 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Conor Gallagher saying after the game we were robbed. That will be a ban for implying the ref is biased then.

As long as he does not expand on that he will be ok.

So last week.when Arse and got away with an almost exactly the same challenge we were told it was weak defending. This week its definitely a foul, how very odd.

9 minutes ago, CFCCAN said:

Well if that was how it was seen then Harry Maguire should be giving away penalties each and every week....he does that each and every time but never a foul given.

Maguire goes one step further. The guy has you in headlocks, tries to rip your shirt, constantly pulls on your shoulder. He can't go a single second defending without pulling.

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18 minutes ago, WeatherMan said:

Ffs,  he wasn't even playing

Missed the joke.

It was a foul but the ref saw it and thought nothing of it so it should have stood.

VAR shouldnt intervene.

Tottenham next. We should batter them. Til then KTBFFH 👍

14 minutes ago, Stas1 said:

So, it appears that the boys have some pride and fire in the bellies. Imagine what they could have achieved with a proper manager/tactician in place.

No fan of Pochettino, but the lack of pride and fire in the belly 98% of the time can’t solely be down to the coach. If it’s solely down to the coach, why did he choose to tell them to fight tonight but only one or two of the previous forty odd fixtures?

 

5 minutes ago, Sheva said:

It was a foul but the ref saw it and thought nothing of it so it should have stood.

VAR shouldnt intervene.

Yup. It’s the human element that destroying VAR. 

Again, for the record I do think it was a foul.

Semi-automated offside being brought in will stop the Lukaku against Liverpool or Coventry against Man Utd corruption but unfortunately the subjective decisions are still open to corruption.

The Grealish handball, Gabriel's foul before the Arsenal's 3rd goal and today - all 3 went against us in one week.

Foul against us are obviously deemed soft to overturn yet when we do it different rules apply.

Like I said before I'm glad Nottingham Forest said what they said and called refs and PGMOL out - it's been going on too long and the clubs where it clearly doesn't even itself out over the course of a season need to stand up for themselves, because nobody else will look out for them.