Match Day Thread Southampton v Aston Villa Saturday 30/1/2021 8pm Sky Sports

[thereisonlyoneno7]

Calling it now. Not our day

 

[steve79]

Does it make a difference if the ball hit another part of the villa player before it hit his hand?

 

[tomw24]

Does it make a difference if the ball hit another part of the villa player before it hit his hand?

Yes.

 

[Saintmagic]

Calling it now. Not our day

On the wine yet? That might’ve tipped some over the edge

 

[Saints Fan4Life]

Stephens derending for the wrong team there, floored by a Saints shot

 

[thereisonlyoneno7]

Manure would have got a pen and a red!

And the game handed to them in some weird law

 

[Schad]

Does it make a difference if the ball hit another part of the villa player before it hit his hand?

Yes; under the current rule, if it deflected off his leg it wouldn't be a pen. But it didn't appear that was the case.

 

[thereisonlyoneno7]

On the wine yet? That might’ve tipped some over the edge

Yep had a glass. Not enjoying it surprisingly after a month.

 

[Shandy_top_89]

Not VAR - The people operating it.

Officials just make the rules up as they go along sometimes I swear, I haven’t seen anything as clear as that not given since VAR came in.

Pretty sure they have decided against because it hit his leg first so they deemed it accidental, but the tit had his arm right out, no defence against that. Was even lucky not to be sent off.

 

[Saintmagic]

Only thing I can think of is that he thought it came off his thigh, if it did then would’ve been the slightest touch but rules are rules innit @tomw24

 

[Paddy Podped]

Is there a worse combination? Lee Mason on the pitch, and desperate-to-be-involved Mike Dean in the VAR booth

Called it

 

[AshbySaint]

Yes; under the current rule, if it deflected off his leg it wouldn't be a pen. But it didn't appear that was the case.

No, but i think a Saints player had his hand on a Villa players shoulder just before. So was that they got a free kick?

 

[Saints Fan4Life]

Except the Vokins loan was happening regardless of Tuesdays performance, so shut the **** up

 

[fatletiss]

Only thing I can think of is that he thought it came off his thigh, if it did then would’ve been the slightest touch but rules are rules innit @tomw24

I wouldn’t mind that if he hadn’t reacted with his hand to “save” the shot. It wasn’t the ball hitting his hand, it was a save

 

[Saintmagic]

Yeah it came off his thigh, great decision

 

[tomw24]

Ah it came off his thigh before it hit his arm.

 

[thereisonlyoneno7]

With that VAR decision we are back to saying “oh well these things even themselves out over a season” like we did pre VAR.

So VAR is pointless.

 

[tomw24]

Fair enough, it's not a pen after all.

 

[fatletiss]

Ah it came off his thigh before it hit his arm.

Another ****ing ridiculous rule!!! ****ing joke. The hand stopped a goal.

bunch of fecking cnuts

 

[Saints Fan4Life]

Not a pen, that's still ridiculous