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20 Apr 2024 07:39:24
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19 Apr 2024 21:01:32
Re:Martinez suspension, I find it quiet bizarre that UEFA have decided to punish Martinez for merely asking for a ball so his teammate can take his penalty, especially when the reason there was no ball was because the other player kicked it into the stands out of frustration, surely it should be the Lille player getting booked as he would if he done it during to game 🤷♂️ people may say "oh he wasn't innocent he was up to his antics" hmmm 🤔 his antics were merely a shush gesture to a crowd who were giving him nothing but stick and abuse all night, tell me this, does a striker get booked for a shush goal celebration? No he does not so I see no difference in the situation, the "shush" and "cup the ears" are 2 of the most common goal celebrations aimed at opposing fans and we see it in numerous games every weekend.
Add to this the fact that UEFA "decided" to give him a suspension for it tells me that it's not clearly stated in the rules, if it were a Madrid or Man City keeper you can bet they wouldn't be suspended for it.
UEFA need to man up and admit they made a mistake with that ref, he lost the plot there were so many ridiculous bookings in that game, without any bad tackles I might add, 13 yellow cards was a joke, same with the ref in the first Ajax game, another Sunday league ref who lost the plot and ruined a game.
another point, the other goal keeper wasted his fair share of time when they were 2 goals up on the night, and every one of our players that came to take a penalty he was out trying to get in their heads, the ref had to tell him every time to get back on his line so what's the difference there I ask 🤷♂️
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19 Apr 2024 16:09:05
If we are being honest we got away with one against Lille the better side over the two legs lost, however it highlights our durability as well as being able to grind out results when not playing well which is the sign of a good team. My concern is the match against Bournemouth we looked leggy against Lille and I am not sure we will have had sufficient time to recover from the rigours of the quarter final and unfortunately I can see us dropping points on Sunday I hope I am wrong but I must admit to feeling a tad nervous. Incidentally as it stands we play the home league against Olympiakos on the Thursday and Brighton on the Saturday!. Ligue 1 gave Lille the Saturday before quarter final off to prepare for the game I don't understand why the Premiership doesn't do the same. Hopefully the match with Brighton will be moved otherwise I can see the fixture pile up being the cause of us failing to reach the Champions League.
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19 Apr 2024 17:35:44
I believe the Brighton match is now on the Sunday at 2pm.
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19 Apr 2024 19:01:33
Lets be honest don't we want the trophy its been 26 years since we last won 1 and we close now i still want top4 but we can go again nxt season for top4/5 while trophys don't come around often to win, i think we should go all out to win it now.
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19 Apr 2024 22:20:47
LOTM your comment is almost word for word the same as Collymore on Talksport this afternoon 🤔
Either A) you are Stan or B) you heard him on the radio and have copied what he said. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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19 Apr 2024 13:41:00
No good for our blood pressure, but you have to admit Martinez was truly born, for the big game and big occasion. He loves it, he thrives on it . Be a massive shame if he is banned, for the semi, be it only first leg . He's at times frustrating, but what an excellent keeper he is, truly the best in the world .UTV
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19 Apr 2024 09:55:41
EMI banned for first leg of Semi.
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19 Apr 2024 10:46:48
No he's not mate been wiped out
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19 Apr 2024 12:00:45
Where did you see that villajonny. The report I have just seen AVFC confirm he is banned.
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19 Apr 2024 13:59:58
On sky sports news dinner time
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19 Apr 2024 14:02:12
All cards get wiped for semi finals aka
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19 Apr 2024 15:21:16
They normally are jonny but UEFA have decided to suspend him due to picking up 3 cards across the 2 legs.
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19 Apr 2024 16:08:13
I think we will appeal that mate its bs that is rk
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19 Apr 2024 16:11:03
RK, won't it be ironic if his antics last night cost us in the semi final, if Olsens performance hinders our progress to the final.
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19 Apr 2024 16:12:31
Yup. It’s on the BBC sports website at 15.54pm - Martinez suspended for first leg at VP for picking up 3 yellows 😠
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19 Apr 2024 17:22:40
It's better to be there and have the chance rather than not be there at all though.
I don't even know why he was carded in the shoot out, at least at the point he was. He wasn't dancing or gesturing when he turned towards the side of the pitch.
Unfortunately the rules say you can't appeal yellow cards, UEFA have balanced the books for the technicality stopping him getting sent off.
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19 Apr 2024 20:15:09
Just seen unai interview aswell villa are still talking to ueafa he said its all stupid lille fans can throw bottles and boo him whole game and he tells them too shush and gets booked its part of the game, hopefully he won't get banned
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19 Apr 2024 01:36:15
Nice headline on the back pages of the i paper today - a picture of Emi with the caption 'A Lille less conversation'
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18 Apr 2024 23:09:13
For those fortunate enough to get a ticket for the semi final, I bet they are grateful to be going to a suburb of the Athens region that is far, far safer than Istanbul. If we win we will then be back in Athens, plenty of air miles for the lucky fans able to get to both should we win the semi final.
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18 Apr 2024 22:56:46
OK. Olympiakos. I'd rather this as a semi-final draw than Fiorentina or Bruges. Mind you, 24 hours in Florence would have been nice 🇮🇹
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18 Apr 2024 22:12:56
Who would of thought villa would be the only premier league team left in Europe after all the quarter finals. I think you would of got great odds in the bookies.
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19 Apr 2024 12:36:56
As usual Sky and the rest of the press, gone overboard about it . Put Sky on this morning, all they where talking about was the teams that lost, typical .
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18 Apr 2024 21:57:14
Villa only team left in europe
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19 Apr 2024 22:22:40
Jonny, I think you meant to say only ‘English’ team left in European competition otherwise we have already won the Conference 🤣🤣🤣
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