Unprofessional BBC Match Report

Just a quickie.

I try not to be much of a whinger and have a persecution complex but I thought this was a bit out of order;

Aston Villa slipped into the bottom three in controversial circumstances as Jay Rodriguez's blatant first-half dive helped Southampton to a valuable win.

Is that not a bit strong, or do I detect some ill-feeling in the comment?

Ashley Young dives everyweek, do they call his dives blatant?

definitely unprofessional imo, something along the lines of 'Aston Villa slipped into the bottom three in controversial circumstances as Lambert scored from the spot despite hints of a dive from Rodriguez' would have sufficed. So much for impartiality

Ashley Young dives everyweek, do they call his dives blatant?

As does Gareth Bale, in their eyes he's unfairly treated

I suppose Luis Suarez is "controversial" most weeks :-/

I hate the BBC - they are whinging, leftie, communist leaning pessimists determined to bring the country down.

Which would make them Villa fans, I suppose...

They were debating it for ages on final score . After the darts finished early . One of the pundits was clearly a villa fan or ex villa player .

Maybe Steve Grant should sent an email of complaint on behalf of the MB about this?

Just the typical BBC anti-Saints bias shining through again.

Did the ref not say that he gave it for the first foul? ie - by the keeper!

I'd assume they have seen the replays and know better than anyone if it was blatant. No problem with it. Call a spade a spade.

really poor coverage, they also made more out of Rodriguez announcing he was frustrated at not getting starts the day before on the website.

606 coverage is no better, fair play to the Saints fan having a go at that sarcastic pair, (Savage and that other Muppet) on there just now about the bias towards ref's decision.

I knew this would be the case if we didn't score a 2nd. It will be all about the dive, and nothing about the fact we got a massive win.

I hate the BBC - they are whinging, leftie, communist leaning pessimists determined to bring the country down.

 

Which would make them Villa fans, I suppose...

Love it, ha ha

I hate the BBC - they are whinging, leftie, communist leaning pessimists determined to bring the country down.

 

Which would make them Villa fans, I suppose...

I love this...........spot on by the way ....

Just the typical BBC anti-Saints bias shining through again.

But it was a blatant dive.....apparently, so they were only reporting the facts....weren't they?

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If all you have to worry about is this, can I have your life as it is clearly better than mine?

Even my Villa supporting mate agreed, it was not a dive. Rodriguez loses his footing under a challenge and did not make ANY attempt to appeal or claim it as a penalty. I don't think it was a penalty either but today, unlike other days, we got the rub of the green so I figure we should take it with good grace and accept that next week it may well be us who are on the end of a dodgy decision (Turnbull's handball in the Chelsea game anybody?) ...

Even my Villa supporting mate agreed, it was not a dive. Rodriguez loses his footing under a challenge and did not make ANY attempt to appeal or claim it as a penalty. I don't think it was a penalty either but today, unlike other days, we got the rub of the green so I figure we should take it with good grace and accept that next week it may well be us who are on the end of a dodgy decision (Turnbull's handball in the Chelsea game anybody?) ...

Ramirez goal against Arsenal disallowed for nothing for example.

I'm waiting for the replay on MOTD. Everyone around me at Villa Park today was mystified by the call for the penalty... yet delighted!

I'm waiting for the replay on MOTD. Everyone around me at Villa Park today was mystified by the call for the penalty... yet delighted!

There is a link on the post match relation thread. No contact at all. Not a pen. Adkins is right though, if he didn't move his leg then there wold have been.

reply here:

http://www.footytube.com/video/aston-villa-southampton-jan12-151696?ref=hp_latestvideos

Watched Garth Crooks and Martin Keown throw there toys out of the pram about it on Final Score while watching the match

The BBC just hate us for some reason.

fact is there was intent by the Villa player to foul Jay and he moved his leg to avoid injury and Halsey gave it for that reason end of story.

to say he dived is just ludicrous i'm sure Garth Crooks and Martin Keown have done some questionable thinks in the game before and got away with it. and we deserve a bit of luck from refs for a change too

The pen was for the first offence by the keeper who clattered Rickie, ref played on, jay Rod went down, Gaston put over the bar, ref realised no advantage gained and gave the pen for the first offence. End of.

I really don't like Darren Fletcher or whatever his name is on 5 Live. A complete wally.

I thought it was given for a foul by the keeper on someone. Couldn't see from where I was

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If you're referring to me, I take exception to your comments.

 

Read again... and for clarification, I don't believe any media outlet has it in for us but I thought the opening gambit for the report is massively skewed. It's as if a fuming Villa fan had wrote it on their blog. The rest of the article isn't too bad, but I don't think it's a particularly professional way to start a match report. That's all. I think I'll get over it...!

wonder if the press will be as vindictive with Mata after Chelseas pen today...

Ashley Young dives everyweek, do they call his dives blatant?

BBC report when Ashley Young dived to win a penalty vs Villa last season:

Manchester United re-established a five-point lead over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League but their victory over Aston Villa was aided by another controversial penalty.

Ashley Young, who won a spot-kick last week against QPR, was involved again, adjudged to be tripped by Ciaran Clark.

The pen was for the first offence by the keeper who clattered Rickie, ref played on, jay Rod went down, Gaston put over the bar, ref realised no advantage gained and gave the pen for the first offence. End of.

You are describing the advantage rule as it applies to rugby, not to football. You don't even know the rules of the game!

reply here:

 

http://www.footytube.com/video/aston-villa-southampton-jan12-151696?ref=hp_latestvideos

First time I've seen it and yep, no contact on Jrod and the keeper got to the ball first in the earlier phase, so no foul there either. Lucky to get that, but I don't give a flying feck. There's been plenty of other teams that have had dodgy pens. I'd have been happy for us to run out 2 or 3-0 winners but I'll take 1-0.

If you're referring to me, I take exception to your comments.

 

Read again... and for clarification, I don't believe any media outlet has it in for us but I thought the opening gambit for the report is massively skewed. It's as if a fuming Villa fan had wrote it on their blog. The rest of the article isn't too bad, but I don't think it's a particularly professional way to start a match report. That's all. I think I'll get over it...!

Hopefully you will.

I thought it was given for a foul by the keeper on someone. Couldn't see from where I was

Just watched the link skint posted above, it looks like that to me as well, keeper dragging down Punch. J-Rod whipped his leg out of the way of a real lunge, whats he supposed to do, get his leg knackered to keep the villa crowd happy? You could even see him saying he wasn't fouled, and didn't make any sort of claim for a pen.

Just watched the link skint posted above, it looks like that to me as well, keeper dragging down Punch. J-Rod whipped his leg out of the way of a real lunge, whats he supposed to do, get his leg knackered to keep the villa crowd happy? You could even see him saying he wasn't fouled, and didn't make any sort of claim for a pen.

Spot on about Jrod. I think the ref thought there was contact and gave the pen for that. To be fair, it was a crap attempt at a tackle and as you say, would have done him some damage if contact was made.

Hopefully you will.

Great response. As is this.

Great response. As is this.

Still not over it yet then?

Blatant dive IMO and amazed if anyone really thinks differently. Not complaining at three points for a second but the dive was pretty embarrassing.

That said, the ref has (apparently) said that he gave pen for the first challenge so who gives a ****??!

Blatant dive IMO and amazed if anyone really thinks differently. Not complaining at three points for a second but the dive was pretty embarrassing.

 

That said, the ref has (apparently) said that he gave pen for the first challenge so who gives a ****??!

Don't be so bloody silly. It was not a dive and even if it was it was not blatant. It was cleverly done. But it wasn't!

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If benteke done that at our end and villa won 1-0.

Who would be saying it was not a dive??

Also, it will be old news tomorrow as Ashley young and Suarez are on the same pitch

Just watched that link. Had no idea about the Jrod challenge tbh!

Dive was embarrassing and you can see why te arguement is there that he moved out the way but not for me, blatant dive. If the oppo had done that we'd be going mental....BUT we should have had a couple of pens this season which we didnt get. It evens itself out so they say...

The pen was for the first offence by the keeper who clattered Rickie, ref played on, jay Rod went down, Gaston put over the bar, ref realised no advantage gained and gave the pen for the first offence. End of.

This is the only way it makes sense for me!

Just watched that link. Had no idea about the Jrod challenge tbh!

 

Dive was embarrassing and you can see why te arguement is there that he moved out the way but not for me, blatant dive. If the oppo had done that we'd be going mental....BUT we should have had a couple of pens this season which we didnt get. It evens itself out so they say...

The wording is: 'trip, or attempt to trip' so there does not have to be contact for it to be a foul.

Just the typical BBC anti-Saints bias shining through again.

There's no anti-Saints rhetoric on BBC Solent just Dave 'bigging-up' his favourite player of the day for 90 tiresome minutes. Jay got the treatment today, Jason last time away. Such clear bias is sickening to hear... BBC huh!

Don't be so bloody silly. It was not a dive and even if it was it was not blatant. It was cleverly done. But it wasn't!

 

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Oh, right, sorry.......ahem......it was never a dive and I am amazed no bones were broken with that dreadful tackle. Better? ;-)

Oh, right, sorry.......ahem......it was never a dive and I am amazed no bones were broken with that dreadful tackle. Better? ;-)

Are players allowed to try to avoid tackles? In doing so are they allowed to lose their balance?

Of course not. It was a blatant dive.

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It's possible for it to not be a foul, not be a dive, and for the ref to make a complete hash of it.

I don't personally think he was looking for a foul, just overbalanced getting out the way of the challenge coming in. He hasn't tried to claim anything.

BBC haven't been as impartial as they should have been in my opinion.

It's possible for it to not be a foul, not be a dive, and for the ref to make a complete hash of it.

 

I don't personally think he was looking for a foul, just overbalanced getting out the way of the challenge coming in.

 

BBC haven't been as impartial as they should have been in my opinion.

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Just the typical BBC anti-Saints bias shining through again.

No way, thats all in our heads, remember ?

Still not over it yet then?

On second thoughts, I might not be. This could take a while.

Are players allowed to try to avoid tackles? In doing so are they allowed to lose their balance?

Of course not. It was a blatant dive.

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Behave yourself. Blatant dive. Embarrassing. That's all.