I was in two minds about if I should start this one, but there’s hardly anything else to talk about and we know it’s going to dominate.
I have some very strong political views, but this is not the place and it’s a football site, simple. I’d like to think we can keep it Villa related, but that’s hardly going to happen, given our poor showing.
Let’s lay down a couple of rules, as much as it grieves me to dictate how anyone comments on here;
There can be no racism, as much as anyone might think the locals have called this wrong.
Likewise, there can be no talk of sex.
I’m massively annoyed about this WC, as it seems it’s been taken over by politics.
The fool who is in charge of that corrupt outfit that is FIFA has only made things worse, to my mind.
But I’d discourage any mention of him.
You can mention him if you want, but I’d be more interested to know what you think of Southgate’s squad.
FWIW, I think we’ll be knocked out at the quarters.
I just don’t think our players have the bottle to win anything.
And Argentina will win the cup.
Mainly because they just don’t do politically correct.
Shoot, I’m venturing into what’s not allowed, already.
I appreciate it’s tricky.
UTV.
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420 responses to “The world cup thread: We know how it is, so keep it footy only”
I think all clubs will be at 6s and 7s for a few weeks. The WC timing was abysmal. Idiotic and corrupt FIFA. I think we’ll see some mental results until everything settles down again.
Mid table and progression. I’ll be happy.
Not expecting anything against Liverpool. That 7-2 win was a freak lockdown result. It would require Liverpool to be really poor and Villa to be at their best for us to win. Maybe in terms of timing after the WC then it represents our best chance before they are up and running again. This season is a bit of a step back in our progress after another failed managerial appointment in SG. We will need to give Emery a couple of transfer windows before a fair evaluation. Until then I think we will have plenty of ups and downs and we need to be patient for the times we lose a few games in succession.
Been reported that two decisions made by VAR was wrong, luis and penalty was seen to be wrong . Never
Bill – all it proves is that VAR is fundamentally flawed – but every fan knows that.
No way are the powers to be going to eat humble pie.
It would be interesting to run a national poll of fans – keep VAR or dump it forever?
Which way would the vote go?
*powers that be – duh!
Dump.
You need 100,000 to sign a petition to raise a debate in parliament. I think that figure would be a conservative one if it was sign if you want to get rid of VAR! Don’t know whether it would gain momentum or change anything but everyone I know wants to get rid of VAR because it’s ruining the game. It’s not right when fans don’t know whether to celebrate a goal fully if it’s going to be chalked off.
Because of the money that’s been invested in VAR it feels like they are determined to make it a success rather than admit it is spoiling things.
More re; Martinez.
Apparently Emery is desperate to get rid of him;
https://www.sportbible.com/football/unai-emery-martinez-argentina-aston-villa-766780-20221224
It’s just laughable.
You heard it here first mate 😁
VAR will not be chucked out. Statistics have it as 94% accurate.
The part I dislike about it is Villa seem to be the team that are judged incorrectly by it and then a change is made:
* Man City – their player running in from an off side position to take the ball and score.
* Burnley – they went back about three different sets of play to rule out the goal we scored.
* Leicester – Ramsey’s goal chalked off.
In the meantime have a happy Christmas one and all. And here’s to a positive result against Liverpool.
Sid – it also takes far too long to make a decision. Football is a fast moving game and VAR has to be accurate as well as being quick and decisive. It fails miserably on the last two points which disrupts the momentum of the game.
The over riding maxim is ‘a clear and obvious error’ but VAR is being used far too often to re-referee decisions which were perfectly reasonable in the first place. The benefit of doubt must always be with the on field officials (the concept of ‘Umpire’s Call’ in cricket) not someone playing with a TV monitor.
But are the regulators prepared to accept that point of view?
I would bet that if! Yes if 50 thousand voted saying VAR is dysfunctional it would make the FA think again , we was robbed twice and that leads to the game being corrupt, yes refs are the one’s that are guilty, again referees are wanted from othe counties to stop a ref that from childhood supports a London or Midland or even clubs fron the north .
Happy Christmas to all – have a great day
Merry Christmas to everyone and UTMV!
Happy Christmas to all AVN&V dudes!!!!!
Here’s to a win tomorrow!!!!!
Merry Christmas to all on here and special thanks to Badger for the time and effort.🎅.
Come on you Lions!
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Spot on RSS. Just had the game flash up on my Amazon page!!!!!!
I’m going for a solid draw today. And maybe even a sneaky win…