Ben Smith

Aston Villa can confirm the club has written to the PGMOL to raise concerns over the selection process of match officials following today’s game with Manchester United at Old Trafford. With such high stakes surrounding today’s fixture, the club believe a more experienced referee should have been appointed. Of the 10 referees to officiate across the Premier League today, Mr. Bramall was the 2nd least experienced. The decision to disallow Morgan Rogers' goal, which would have given the club a 1-0 lead with 17 minutes remaining in the match, was a major contributing factor to the club not qualifying for the Champions League. As per the standards that have been established over the course of the season, a decision to whistle early is clearly inconsistent with current refereeing guidelines. VAR exists to ensure that these types of situations receive the scrutiny they deserve. Unfortunately, the technology was not allowed to serve its purpose. Ultimately, we acknowledge that the outcome for us will not change, but we believe that it is important to address the selection methodology to ensure that high stakes matches are treated as such with regards to officiating and to ensure that the implemented VAR technology is allowed to be effective.

@DeanBrett62 @SamDurrant1 our humour this

Got beat at nots and crossed the day gutted man

@SkyBetLeagueOne @ntfc @joepower37 I see you 😂😂

👞 SCENES in that @ntfc away end! #EFL | #SkyBetLeagueOne

@AlternativeMUFC This ref would have booked Eriksen for time wasting in the Euros.

Only 3 October but already Man United's season mirroring the abject collapses of the 13/14 Moyes, 18/19 Mourinho and 21/22 Solskjaer-Rangnick. A decade of flickering between comparative mediocrity of 3-4th then falling apart like a cheap suit. Glazers value this at £10billion!

@sjlegend @AlternativeMUFC 6 too late 😂

@AlternativeMUFC 29th

Correctly guess the minute Zaha will inevitably score and I'll pick one of you who hits the nail on the head and you can have absolutely anything off our site for free. Go:

@billywhiffen Uniteds tough right now 😩 Hopefully we’ll be better at yours and we’re on TV to catch it?

@been1992 Haha I doubted I’d replied myself when I came to write this tbf so no worries I said I’d prefer the cup too but then saw you drew Newcastle so will take the 3 pts thanks 🙏

@billywhiffen let’s find a pub between us

@billywhiffen I was about to say you ghosted me but I missed your reply sorry! We’re a cup team 😂

@been1992 Shame we didn’t get to watch this after all @been1992 😏

@billywhiffen Where is the line drawn though, have a shot and get clattered half a second later normally not given either or either spoken about. Onana’s case was GBH though to be honest…. not that I’m complaining 😂

@been1992 Yeah can see why they wouldn’t want to overturn it but somethings got to change if those aren’t being given. Thought I was watching WWE

Just watched the United v Wolves highlights… - Cunha is a baller - How have Wolves not scored? - United goal was class - Penalty?!?!

@StoolFootball @SamDurrant1

On today’s episode of how f*cking dare you do that on a Football pitch.

Full-time.

@joepower37 @UnitedStandMUFC @iPaperSport They don’t care as long as it doesn’t hurt sponsors

@been1992 @UnitedStandMUFC @iPaperSport Carnage if they stay though 🤷🏼‍♂️

🚨 Joel and Avram Glazer believe that new TV deals being negotiated, the growth of football worldwide, and the new Champions League format will add value to #mufc in the coming years. [@iPaperSport]

This guy has summed up Arctic Monkeys perfectly 😂

@proshopcountygc 15th

Come on then, what’s your favourite hole at Northamptonshire County Golf Club? ⛳

UNBELIEVABLE! MICHAEL BLOCK JUST DUNKED A HOLE-IN-ONE!

Also the A6 is defiently blue tonight 💙💙💙

gary neville, a 8 time PL winner told everybody arsenal would bottle the league but their fans wanted his head on a stick 😂😂