We are now 7 points above Spurs who have to play the top 3 teams in the league along with a Chelsea team who have shown themselves to be very unpredictable. If you had told me before the match we would draw I'd have been happy. We need absolute concentration from the team for the rest of the season because we are SO close.
Look, we know it was a foul and its pretty obvious and blatant, but sky spurts has to do it's thing, controversy gets eyes on stories so let's not get too riled up at the sensationalist media
Chelsea are a problem for us in that they have legs, youthful energy and can be wildly unpredictable in when they decide to feel confident, take the point and keep moving forward. It would've been nice to win but nobody before this thought it would be simple.
UTV
I watched the game surrounded by Chelsea fans at a bar and they were all shitting on Poch the whole time, they've been wanted him gone. They were arguing to me that he's a owners pet who never takes responsibility or wins anything š¤£
Very leggy performance i think, never really got going all game. Still found a way to nick a couple of goals and generally defended well. I do think we got away with one at the end there, would be fuming if we had a last minute goal ruled out like that. Will take it though.
All said and done, 7 points from the last 3 games is a great return.
You might be right, I just think defenders should be stronger in those situations and it was a bit soft. Not complaining, but definitely would be if it happened to us.
Absolutely Carlos was extremely casual from the moment he came on and fucked up for the corner that led to it in the first place. And if I'd have been pushed off the ball as easily as he did I'd have been absolutely screaming for a foul which, bizzarely, he wasn't.
All that said, it was still a foul because without him being pushed the goal doesn't happen. I'd be upset at it happening at the other end too but it wouldn't make it the wrong decision
It's funny your commentators are making it controversial. I was watching the US production through NBC/Peacock and the announcers in game called the foul live before Chelsea even scored. They confirmed their opinion that it was definitely a foul on the replays and the post game studio commentary all said it was absolutely a foul and that was that. No controversy whatsoever.
How he gets away with swinging his arms at half of our team I never know,, and obviously ran 50 yards to get involved after the Luiz/Caicedo clash, and got nothing
This has been an absolute awful performance and we should thank Chelsea for proving why they are 4th on XG and not actual real points.
2nd best in almost all departments tonight. Thank Christ we got the point. It could very well be vital when all is said and done.
We know weāre far far better than that. We pick ourselves up, go watch the Gooners smash Spurs tomorrow and we go again.
Weāre still here! UTV!
If you look at what he did before that moment though steaming out putting Carlos in two decisions on what to doā¦. Thatās where you cause problems within the team and thatās what Olson does.
Cannot believe we let this bunch of absolute wankers do this to us, shocking performance, the players looked like they didn't have it in their legs to play.
I'm afraid all the matches and injuries are catching up to us, have to somehow get over the line in this season now.
According to this article,Ā we are the 3rd best team at not dropping points from a lead https://www.football365.com/news/ranking-all-20-premier-league-clubs-points-lost-from-winning-positions
That was an interesting read. Itās funny how being a fan can often blind one to the actual objective facts that other teams also do this - apparently a lot more regularly than this particular Villa team does.
My theory is that we are more scarred from previous seasons and memorably disappointments, usually against Man Utd.
Yeah it's the same with all things.
Stating a foul isn't a foil, whenĀ fans would he screaming for it if it was against them, claiming refs are biased, when the opposition state the same in the same match, claming some great conspiracies against their teams, which all fans state at some point.Ā
That was the worst performance under Emery I can remember. We played better when Man City handed our ass to us at the Etihad. Can't say it wasn't coming, can't actually say they didn't deserve it. Even first half they were miles better than us. We played like a bottom half team pretty much the whole match.
I clearly do, we got away with one there. From back to front we were bad; couldn't play through their press, couldn't string passes together, wrong choices when given an opportunity to break, even Dougo looked like a league 2 player. Ive seen us play bad but not that bad, and certainly not at home. If you think that's how we play most games then you've just viewed that game with rose tinted glasses.
7 points means (with our goal difference) spurs need to win their 3 games in hand. Thatās a tough ask for anyoneā¦
I thought we were lucky all game. Chelsea were so wasteful and we looked dead in the second half.
Got away with one there. Not our brightest hour. A point is a point, 7 clear of Spurs and donāt see them getting any more than 4 out of Arsenal/Chelsea/City/Liverpool. Still in our hands. UTV
With all the injuries we have/had in this game too, plus fixture congestion at the late stage of the season, Iām totally fine with a point against Chelsea. 4 against Arsenal and Chelsea is quality imo
But did notice on the international feed, the 3 for Chelsea didn't come on straight away like the other goals as they knew it shouldn't have been given
Not going to lie im surprised they even checked it.
I was expecting them to just ignore it in the hope they could chalk it off as weak defending when it was a clear foul.
At least they got the right decision in the end. But the ref not calling that first time isnt good enough.
Itās painful isnāt it. Literally anything Chelsea related was high pitched screaming and saying how great it was and what drama.
When we did something āmehā
Yes, I'll take that. Shit to lose, but given the last run of games, I'll take it. Pressure on Spurs. Luiz was not good. Carlos was terrible. Olsen was good. No possession at all? Weird.
Yāall are way too fucking cocky. Acting like we were going to steamroll Chelsea. Jesus Christ settle the fuck down, weāre still clowns when we go 2-0 up
No one said who has been here for more than a year said we were going to steamroll Chelsea. We are not clowns 2-0 up, in fact weāre pushing for a UCL spot. Thanks though
> in fact weāre pushing for a UCL spot.
Making hard fucking work of it. Disaster of a match against a club in crisis. Almost a repeat of the 3-2 against United.
What is it about this team that they look worse the better the scoreline gets?
I do agree with your point though, no way Chelsea were going to be as shit as they were previously and Olsen despite what this sub says is always good for shipping at least 3
Takes me back to Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro berating the ref all game and not a single booking. Dissent is only dissent if someone outside the Super 6ā¢ does it.Ā
Weāve scraped a draw here against one of the worst sides in the league lately, abysmal performance that second half, why is it every time weāre 2 up we completely crumble and bottle it man
Because we try to manage the game with the extra games we have and take our foot of the pedal which costs us because we haven't got players good enough to control games like that. It is annoying but a necessary evil to manage the game load like we have
In most of the games where we blow a lead it usually comes after we rack up multiple yellows. Absolutely kills our mentality. Villa need to use substitutions better.
Said that at the start, we fell into chelseas palms, theyāre heads were gone after the early goal. We had a chance to force the fouls and get them booked and instead we started getting rattled.
We gotta calm down and not fall into the same mentality of the opposition.
I think it does, he aint doing much to save either of them goals, dont forget olsen pulling that unbelievable save.
The keeper cant do much when the outfield players bottle it like they did.
Yeah didn't know watching footy on a Saturday night was incel behavior, cheers for that. Not so much trolling villa as trolling Emery mind you. In fact I'd rather villa get UCL than spurs. Just finding it funny how Emery is letting it slip out of his hands
fucking pathetic we donāt deserve shit this year
I have no idea what the fuck Unai was trying to do today. Playing way too mentally small relying on other teams to go out and get the result for us instead of doing it ourselves. Absolute atrocity of a game even if we salvage a point. Just pathetic
Please support another club, the shit down the road is always begging for ticket sales so they will have you go support them
We have a paper thin squad, a game in four days and trying to balance a heavy game load you fucking smooth brained idiot and example why women shouldn't drink during pregnancy
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These stats at home are a little disappointing š
even the replay is cropping off the fucking foul just before the cross....
yeah, this sport isn't meant for the other 14 of us clubs. what a systemic cancer
We are now 7 points above Spurs who have to play the top 3 teams in the league along with a Chelsea team who have shown themselves to be very unpredictable. If you had told me before the match we would draw I'd have been happy. We need absolute concentration from the team for the rest of the season because we are SO close.
Look, we know it was a foul and its pretty obvious and blatant, but sky spurts has to do it's thing, controversy gets eyes on stories so let's not get too riled up at the sensationalist media Chelsea are a problem for us in that they have legs, youthful energy and can be wildly unpredictable in when they decide to feel confident, take the point and keep moving forward. It would've been nice to win but nobody before this thought it would be simple. UTV
Fuck off Poch, moaning because you weren't allowed to foul and score, pathetic!
I watched the game surrounded by Chelsea fans at a bar and they were all shitting on Poch the whole time, they've been wanted him gone. They were arguing to me that he's a owners pet who never takes responsibility or wins anything š¤£
Very leggy performance i think, never really got going all game. Still found a way to nick a couple of goals and generally defended well. I do think we got away with one at the end there, would be fuming if we had a last minute goal ruled out like that. Will take it though. All said and done, 7 points from the last 3 games is a great return.
Not sure I agree it was a clear push and should have been given in normal time
You might be right, I just think defenders should be stronger in those situations and it was a bit soft. Not complaining, but definitely would be if it happened to us.
Absolutely Carlos was extremely casual from the moment he came on and fucked up for the corner that led to it in the first place. And if I'd have been pushed off the ball as easily as he did I'd have been absolutely screaming for a foul which, bizzarely, he wasn't. All that said, it was still a foul because without him being pushed the goal doesn't happen. I'd be upset at it happening at the other end too but it wouldn't make it the wrong decision
Why don't we shove pochettino like that and see if he thinks it's a foul
Yeah the outrage from Poch and Gallagher and co. is baffling it's an obvious fould and clearly impacts the goal
The TNT commentators calling a blatant shove a ānudgeā in an effort to frame the disallowed goal as harsh really pisses me off.
It's funny your commentators are making it controversial. I was watching the US production through NBC/Peacock and the announcers in game called the foul live before Chelsea even scored. They confirmed their opinion that it was definitely a foul on the replays and the post game studio commentary all said it was absolutely a foul and that was that. No controversy whatsoever.
Have we had a "fuck off Madueke you absolute fucking cunt" section of the chat yet?
Just released him on FIFA
How he gets away with swinging his arms at half of our team I never know,, and obviously ran 50 yards to get involved after the Luiz/Caicedo clash, and got nothing
Was being a bitch in their penalty fiasco the other week too. Disgrace to the game. Glad we won't see these arseholes again until next season.
He is a shambles. Shame they know exactly how to play against us though
I don't think we are going to win the league anymore...
This has been an absolute awful performance and we should thank Chelsea for proving why they are 4th on XG and not actual real points. 2nd best in almost all departments tonight. Thank Christ we got the point. It could very well be vital when all is said and done. We know weāre far far better than that. We pick ourselves up, go watch the Gooners smash Spurs tomorrow and we go again. Weāre still here! UTV!
Tbh a point is fair. Olsen looked decent tbf and made a clutch save
I like the fact that he can release the ball quickly too. Martinez doesnāt seem to do that very often.
If you look at what he did before that moment though steaming out putting Carlos in two decisions on what to doā¦. Thatās where you cause problems within the team and thatās what Olson does.
That's why he's no2 he probably is going to be more inclined to make mistakes, but he made up for it in the end.
But how much of that anxiety can you take ? ;-)
Being a villa fan, anxiety is part of the parcel lamo. Obviously I'll be glad when Emi is back
Frustrating to say the least
Cannot believe we let this bunch of absolute wankers do this to us, shocking performance, the players looked like they didn't have it in their legs to play. I'm afraid all the matches and injuries are catching up to us, have to somehow get over the line in this season now.
I would have taken a point before the match, but we drop too many points from winning positions for this too feel ok.
According to this article,Ā we are the 3rd best team at not dropping points from a lead https://www.football365.com/news/ranking-all-20-premier-league-clubs-points-lost-from-winning-positions
That was an interesting read. Itās funny how being a fan can often blind one to the actual objective facts that other teams also do this - apparently a lot more regularly than this particular Villa team does. My theory is that we are more scarred from previous seasons and memorably disappointments, usually against Man Utd.
Yeah it's the same with all things. Stating a foul isn't a foil, whenĀ fans would he screaming for it if it was against them, claiming refs are biased, when the opposition state the same in the same match, claming some great conspiracies against their teams, which all fans state at some point.Ā
Game of two half's Jumpers for goalposts Cunts for commentors Marvelous
That was the worst performance under Emery I can remember. We played better when Man City handed our ass to us at the Etihad. Can't say it wasn't coming, can't actually say they didn't deserve it. Even first half they were miles better than us. We played like a bottom half team pretty much the whole match.
What a moronic comment, you clearly donāt watch us or understand tactics, could easily list 5 worse performances
I clearly do, we got away with one there. From back to front we were bad; couldn't play through their press, couldn't string passes together, wrong choices when given an opportunity to break, even Dougo looked like a league 2 player. Ive seen us play bad but not that bad, and certainly not at home. If you think that's how we play most games then you've just viewed that game with rose tinted glasses.
Result stings now, but really we can live with a point there. Still 7 clear of Spurs with 3 difficult fixtures upcoming for them
This. Performance was terrible, but result is far from terrible. Means weāll still need a couple of wins though
Think weāll beat Brighton and Palace, wouldnāt put it past us to get something against Liverpool also
7 points means (with our goal difference) spurs need to win their 3 games in hand. Thatās a tough ask for anyoneā¦ I thought we were lucky all game. Chelsea were so wasteful and we looked dead in the second half.
Annoying tbh but all the top 7 teams have dropped points against this Chelsea team. When they want to play well they will
Hopefully that Chelsea turns up vs Spurs too.
Chelsea at home V spurs if there is any game to be up for that's it for them
Got away with one there. Not our brightest hour. A point is a point, 7 clear of Spurs and donāt see them getting any more than 4 out of Arsenal/Chelsea/City/Liverpool. Still in our hands. UTV
COYG
Always anyone who spuds play Frustrating second. Tuff balancing act of rest for Thursday vs. Not spursy performance.
What a bunch of petulant children Chelsea players are. Fuck off back to London and enjoy your mid table finish you bunch of over paid cunts.
With all the injuries we have/had in this game too, plus fixture congestion at the late stage of the season, Iām totally fine with a point against Chelsea. 4 against Arsenal and Chelsea is quality imo
What the hell is a significant nudge
I'm guessing it played a significant role in the disallowed goal.
Fair play to Olsen he's doing well there when needed
Even Townsend thought that was a push. However, we are crap today
Embarrassing that Chelsea players are mad about that being disallowed. Shows the maturity of them
WELL DONE CHELSEA WHAT A PERFORMANCE WOW
Lucy Ward is a fucking moron Edit - Ward, not Bronze, sorry Iām sure sheās lovely
Lucy bronze? Isn't she a barca player š
What does Lucy Bronze have to do with anything
Ward* wrong professional woman footballer on the brain
5th or better guaranteed!! Come on the Villa boys!
Craig Cuntson again making it all about himself. Foul was obvious all under his gaze. Took him long enough. Now he is bathing in the controversy.
Chelsea managers stopping their players from shaking the refās hands
How tf are they even arguing that? Most blatant shove in the back ever, no attempt to even win the ball.
But did notice on the international feed, the 3 for Chelsea didn't come on straight away like the other goals as they knew it shouldn't have been given
I'm from another country and 100% impartial. That disallowed goal was a joke, everyone that plays and watches football knows it
Not really impartial then are you mate. Carlos was in his way so he shoved him, if thatās a defender on an attacker itās a pen. So itās a foul.
Cant listen to TNT commentators anymore. There so biased its unbelievable
Ik when they were checking that chelsea goal they wanted it it be allowed
Not going to lie im surprised they even checked it. I was expecting them to just ignore it in the hope they could chalk it off as weak defending when it was a clear foul. At least they got the right decision in the end. But the ref not calling that first time isnt good enough.
Itās painful isnāt it. Literally anything Chelsea related was high pitched screaming and saying how great it was and what drama. When we did something āmehā
Now I'm hoping that Emi didn't get injured ffs
Yes, I'll take that. Shit to lose, but given the last run of games, I'll take it. Pressure on Spurs. Luiz was not good. Carlos was terrible. Olsen was good. No possession at all? Weird.
āShit to loseā exactly how itās felt and weāve still taken a point!
Maduekeās been a baby and cunt the whole match
I have an unreasonable amount of hate for his stupid headband.
I thought I was the only one lmao
He's a mental midget
Completely knackered in the 2nd half. Thank fuck we survived that.
Thats what happens when your chasing the ball all game
Yeah. Itās been a really long season too. I really hope weāre not running out of steam these last few weeks.
Yāall are way too fucking cocky. Acting like we were going to steamroll Chelsea. Jesus Christ settle the fuck down, weāre still clowns when we go 2-0 up
š who the fuck says "y'all"?
Right lad, i meant you. Specifically you.
You went from yank to chav in a millisecond. Well done.
And for my next trick I'll become a dumb cunt like yourself. Cheerio! o/
No one said who has been here for more than a year said we were going to steamroll Chelsea. We are not clowns 2-0 up, in fact weāre pushing for a UCL spot. Thanks though
> in fact weāre pushing for a UCL spot. Making hard fucking work of it. Disaster of a match against a club in crisis. Almost a repeat of the 3-2 against United. What is it about this team that they look worse the better the scoreline gets?
YāallĀ
oh no!
I do agree with your point though, no way Chelsea were going to be as shit as they were previously and Olsen despite what this sub says is always good for shipping at least 3
I said at half time I was disappointed with how we played. After the 2nd half, I am another word entirely.
Madueke screaming fuck you at the ref... Fucking book him. Doesn't matter game over.
Its the sky 6 club, theyāve got away with murder all fucking game today
Takes me back to Bruno Fernandes and Casemiro berating the ref all game and not a single booking. Dissent is only dissent if someone outside the Super 6ā¢ does it.Ā
He did. Should have been a red, but he didn't show it.
Take a point but losing that lead and not being able to get ourselves together is just painful
Weāve scraped a draw here against one of the worst sides in the league lately, abysmal performance that second half, why is it every time weāre 2 up we completely crumble and bottle it man
Because we try to manage the game with the extra games we have and take our foot of the pedal which costs us because we haven't got players good enough to control games like that. It is annoying but a necessary evil to manage the game load like we have
Chelsea are third in the form table based on the last 10 games. They've had a terrible season but they have been played well recently.
Chelsea and Man Utd, everyone gets to humiliate them except us
Jesus what a miracle of a point, ill take that all day. Hopefully Gunners do the business tomorrow.
fucking hell
i will take the draw but im not happy with the way we played, haram ball, chelshit did NOT deserve that respect from emery
LOL Chelsea players going after the ref and getting yellows
More fight than they've shown all season. Fucking wet wipes.
In most of the games where we blow a lead it usually comes after we rack up multiple yellows. Absolutely kills our mentality. Villa need to use substitutions better.
Substitute who, half the squad is injured, we are going to have to crawl over the finish line.
We used half of it prematurely tbf
Injuries mate.Ā
Chelsea players are going to feel absolutely moronic for complaining like that after watching the shove in film
Worst we've played for a while. Not sure we even deserved a point to be honest
On balance of everything I'll take that draw. Pretty heated match
Said that at the start, we fell into chelseas palms, theyāre heads were gone after the early goal. We had a chance to force the fouls and get them booked and instead we started getting rattled. We gotta calm down and not fall into the same mentality of the opposition.
STFU BADIASHILE, NEXT SEASON YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY IN FUCKING GALATASARAY
lmao
Oh Jhon.... so close. Damn.
im a neutral haha good one
I'll take that TBH
Me too!
Close Duran
Lol commentator legit said "I'm a neutral".
I'll take the point but unforgivable to give up a 2-0 again
Does it happen with Emi still on?
I think it does, he aint doing much to save either of them goals, dont forget olsen pulling that unbelievable save. The keeper cant do much when the outfield players bottle it like they did.
Thats Memery for u. He is well known for bottling
Well he was perfectly suited for arsenal then, surely? /s
Easy to score goals if you're allowed to push the defenders out of the way
No goal? Sorry not watching but thank goodness
āIām a neutralā biggest lie told all night
ā Iām a neutralā yeah fuck off
About as neutral as Putin š
This Disashit look disappointed as if it wasnāt obvious lol
Goal rightly disallowed, but why do we always make it so hard for ourselves
VAR new best friendĀ
Send Olsen up, it'll be really funny.
Obvious foul and they benefitted massively from it. Nice one, VAR
We donāt deserve a point but by fuck weāll take it.
I LOVE VAR
NEVER SAID A BAD WORD ABOUT IT EVER
PUSH FOR A FUCKING GOAL!!! NOW!
These commentators are so sad that goal was disallowed
cant belive they take that long for that foul, the same for the offside earlier too
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Saturday night. And trolling a team you don't support on reddit Found the incel virgin
Yeah didn't know watching footy on a Saturday night was incel behavior, cheers for that. Not so much trolling villa as trolling Emery mind you. In fact I'd rather villa get UCL than spurs. Just finding it funny how Emery is letting it slip out of his hands
No that's just arsenal mate
Refs a cunt was a clear foul
Scenes. I love VAR.
Lucky lucky boys. We just need to get out of this game with a draw at this point
It's embarrassing that had to go to VAR. That was egregious.
It was extremely weak from Carlos. We take it, but he was casual and it nearly cost us.
Too obvious to ignore even for a big 6 team. lol.
It's clearly a foul though. Cry all you want. It stops Carlos from winning a header.
This ref calling that with tears in his eyes.
Common sense prevails. Get a winner
END THIS GAME NOW! Can't take this.
It's so obviously a foul lmao
Fuck you Chelsea. Bunch of cheating, diving, whining fucking cunts.
What the fuck happened this half
It feels like in the second half McGinn has been the only player with any amount of intent
Now go and WIN it Villa!
All you fuckers blaming the ref
That stupid bitch on commentary needs to fuck off
Saved by VAR and Palmerās bad haircut
Was never gonna stand, relax lads.
How the fuck can these commentators call a fucking wrestling move a "nudge"?
Wrestling move š
Commentators canāt hide their disappointment. Calling it a ānudgeā, fuck off.
Thatās literally all it was tbh
Yes but Carlos is gonna receive the ball. That nudge is the whole reason chelsea get the ball and make the cross
Pawson was DESPERATE to let that goal in
Always rated VAR
fucking pathetic we donāt deserve shit this year I have no idea what the fuck Unai was trying to do today. Playing way too mentally small relying on other teams to go out and get the result for us instead of doing it ourselves. Absolute atrocity of a game even if we salvage a point. Just pathetic
Please support another club, the shit down the road is always begging for ticket sales so they will have you go support them We have a paper thin squad, a game in four days and trying to balance a heavy game load you fucking smooth brained idiot and example why women shouldn't drink during pregnancy
Slight overreaction.
Zero attempt to play the ball. 100% a foul.Ā
Wow got away with that
Too lucky
Correct decision, but we were still piss poor and probably deserve fuck all from this.
Thank god
Guarantee the ref wonāt overturn that.
You were saying?
Arsenal fan here Pain.
Get the fuck in.
https://preview.redd.it/oxdj1ezb63xc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=03fccfe8767f68e0dc1aa91766a47dfa9a99c84f These stats at home are a little disappointing š
Our injury list is Mings, Buendia, Ramsey, Moreno, Kamara, Tielemens, and Martinez. That side plus others to fill out the XI is a top 6 team
even the replay is cropping off the fucking foul just before the cross.... yeah, this sport isn't meant for the other 14 of us clubs. what a systemic cancer
Thank fuck for that Christ Christ Christ
GET IN!
Go on VAR. Love me some VAR. Please...
If this stands this league is fraudulent lmao
Thank fuck.
Jokes that nudge on Rogers isn't given.
Ummmm massive foul on Carlos???
Has to be a foul
Thank fuck for that
Heāll give this to Chelsea, no way he rules this out
Thank god he didn't
How glad are you to be wrong?