I am an advocate of VAR. Even if some small decisions are missed, nearly all of the ones corrected would have been missed before it was brought in. Withstanding that, to get the most basic decisions wrong is astounding. It lends to biased underhand predjudiced decisions.
To put in context this convenient narrative of “ contact sport” we’ve been told by Referees during the summer that this season to go to unbalance or push the GK on purpose on the six hard box was not going to be allowed anymore. Lammens not even look at the ball, went straight to do a contact with the hip over Zion. Having said that we played good
Match and we must do better than last 6 minutes. We will do and we will improve. But the rules are the rules and must be respected. That is a fact.
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Has Gallagher ever gone against a decision made by his refereeing pals. Answers on a postcard.
The Ref Watch panel debate whether or not Manchester United's late equaliser against Aston Villa in their 4-4 draw should have been disallowed because of contact on Zion Suzuki 🗣️

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I wonder if all the Arsenal fans are happy, watching their team grind away to win games after taking a lead.
It may bring success, but its a hard watch.
Once Arsenal go 1-0 up, they attack less than any other title contender of the last 14 years. They create 1.11 non-penalty xG per 90, the lowest figure recorded by any Premier League champion or runner-up since 2012-13 🧵
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Oh my days, the latest news from PGMOL. I was just coming down from my rages and I am now firmly back to the final whistle yesterday
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My takes from todays game
Alysson livewire and improving
Boubas form has dipped
HB started well but fell away late
Tackle on Manzambi was red
Pau lynchpin for us
Uts 2nd goal was borderline interference
Suzuki needs to punch when needed
Need to retain better to kill games.
This is what happens when you dont keep going. Got them on the ropes at 4-2, you have to grind them out of the game. Utd heads were down, turn them and add another. Felt like a defeat, and I think Unais coat will get a hammering.
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You try and play a basketball game against a side who came back from 2 down in the week, your asking for trouble. Ball retention after the 2 goals a big difference. Need to be better on the ball second half.
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Man City fans see the international break and are finally realising, the sanctions could be on the way. Their form is also dipping alongside
the so called Big Six who are teetering on their lofty perch with only Arsenal justifying their status.
Times are a-changing.
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I seem to have opened a large can of Yanited worms in my timeline.
Carraghers reiteration that Man U are still bigger than us does more harm than good for his fragile reputation. It smacks of having the last word and prime rabbit hole syndrome without considering the full history of Association Football. Teams raise and fade, its cyclical.
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Carraghers reiteration that Man U are still bigger than us does more harm than good for his fragile reputation. It smacks of having the last word and prime rabbit hole syndrome without considering the full history of Association Football. Teams raise and fade, its cyclical.
When I read this, I thought back to Deano and the strategic road map of 2019, a five year plan for CL. So it is astounding now to see the Club plan so far ahead. An integrated vision of unified aspirations that will take us firmly into the next decade. In Unai we Trust #avfc
Aston Villa held an important working meeting today to plan the club's future and lay the foundations for its long-term sporting and institutional project.
The meeting brought together Nassef Sawiris, the club's Chairman and Unai Emery alongside President of Football Operations Roberto Olabe and Director of Football Operations Damián Vidagany.
The discussions focused on jointly planning the club's long-term strategic direction, with positive discussions establishing a clear commitment beyond 2029 for the joint development of the club under the sporting leadership of Unai Emery based on the shared ambitions and common goal to reach excellency and keep growing during the next years.
The objective is clear: to build an ambitious, competitive Aston Villa capable of taking on the biggest challenges and achievements.
They really do know how to soften the blow afer a defeat #avfc
Aston Villa held an important working meeting today to plan the club's future and lay the foundations for its long-term sporting and institutional project.
The meeting brought together Nassef Sawiris, the club's Chairman and Unai Emery alongside President of Football Operations Roberto Olabe and Director of Football Operations Damián Vidagany.
The discussions focused on jointly planning the club's long-term strategic direction, with positive discussions establishing a clear commitment beyond 2029 for the joint development of the club under the sporting leadership of Unai Emery based on the shared ambitions and common goal to reach excellency and keep growing during the next years.
The objective is clear: to build an ambitious, competitive Aston Villa capable of taking on the biggest challenges and achievements.
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Just imagine the same scenario at Utd and they have that group pic with Carrick, Wilcox and the Glazers. Nope I cant see it as well.
Aston Villa held an important working meeting today to plan the club's future and lay the foundations for its long-term sporting and institutional project.
The meeting brought together Nassef Sawiris, the club's Chairman and Unai Emery alongside President of Football Operations Roberto Olabe and Director of Football Operations Damián Vidagany.
The discussions focused on jointly planning the club's long-term strategic direction, with positive discussions establishing a clear commitment beyond 2029 for the joint development of the club under the sporting leadership of Unai Emery based on the shared ambitions and common goal to reach excellency and keep growing during the next years.
The objective is clear: to build an ambitious, competitive Aston Villa capable of taking on the biggest challenges and achievements.
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I cant help but feel that we could have got something out of that game. Scoring first half was key and we had chances aplenty without scoring. The game was also hard enough without mistakes, but chasing the game was asking too much against a very good side. Top 8 is not beyond us
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It would not be too generous to say that we should be level or even leading into HT. The error sprang us into life and we produced decent chances. Their high line needs to be exploited better, there are goals to be had in the second half.
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Kick off approaching, nervous anticipation for the game. One thing we all know is that they will leave everything out on that pitch tonight. Whatever the result, we win, draw and lose together. UTV
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What will this week bring. Barca and Yanited away. We are not far away from clicking although the second half on Sat Night was worrying. This team is capable of beating anybody on their day, Citeh showed that. A draw at Barca and beat Yanited before the break would be a good week
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Tonight highlighted not what we can do but what we cant do when put under pressure. It was surprising how flat we went second half after a great first. Part of the process is how to react to pressure, tonight was concerning how we lost our way. A point is a point tho.🦁
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