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Ridiculous bias by the Daily Shitsmear as usual, but I really do wish the players would cut this shit right out. It would be a lot better if they were banned from having Twatter accounts.
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Ridiculous bias by the Daily Shitsmear as usual, but I really do wish the players would cut this shit right out. It would be a lot better if they were banned from having Twatter accounts.
I don't care much for all the social media crap either but it doesn't offend me that much. The players have every right to celebrate that win.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
It does amuse me how much this selfie taking and perceived over celebrating offends people. Who gives a shit, the culture is reflection on society these days
Its not as if they posted pictures of their £140k cars after getting spanked 0-6.
Doesnt seem to be much mention of the Drinkwater leg breaker in the post match media..
That is really shameful. What was he thinking?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bob Loblaw
It doesn't offend me at all. I just wonder why it's necessary to keep feeding the dumbarses who frequent the twatter and facetube idiot zones. Focus on the football, make sure the next game is won because how fucking silly will this look if we go and blow today's work against van Genius' plodders? Big celebration if we win it, until then keep the powder dry and the wins coming.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
That's because it never happened. But if you want some in depth analysis of disgraceful tackles then pop back a week and you'll be able to watch them taking Flamini to town for his tackle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
he was about averageQuote:
Originally Posted by Kano
Gave the ball away in dribbling but created 6 chances which is above his normal 4 a game.
Ramsey was excellent today in the middle but needs to find his shooting boots.
Having Coquelin back in there makes a huge difference
http://www.skysports.com/football/ne...amie-carragher
When will it end?
To be fair....it is pretty impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
I've heard.
I don't have an issue with what is being said about Leicester right now - even if it is at our expense. They have been written off almost all season, then the media went into a patronising overdrive, so now they are getting their moment where they are being treated with respect by everyone but Michael Owen who reckons they'll get relegated next season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Static
I don't begrudge them their moment in the sun.
Welbeck is well good. Great result and I think having options from the bench makes a big difference and with players returning to fitness think this could be decisive as the season goes into the final stages.
We still have some really tough away games United, Spurs, Everton, West Ham, Sunderland and City. I see us winning all our home games though. Win 3 of those games on our travels and I expect us to do it.
What a result. Welbeck and Walcott coming off the bench to make a difference.... credit to Wenger for the subs.
Wasn't a great performance but the determination got us over the line. Something to be proud of.
The controversial moments....handball...wasn't a penalty. Ball kicked at you so close, would have been harsh and would have been pissed if a ref gave that against us. Only way to judge. Same goes for the penalty. If the ref waved play on, I'd be pissed. We've had them given and had them denied. I've been pissed when denied and agreed when we've won them.
The red was harsh but the yellow on Coquelin was harsh and the ref looked to be awarding cards for cynical fouls. But that Drinkwater tackle was disgusting and should have been a red.
All that aside.. .well done for Walcott for getting us back into the game. Fantastic head back from Giroud for the assist. We saw the best and worst of Giroud in that game. Ineffective when the game is stretched. Better when teams park the bus but that doesn't really bode well for the team on a whole when having to work in tight spaces. Great to see Welbeck get a goal as well. Would be nice if we could work out a two man strike partnership. We need the best of both worlds.
City I'm not fussed about because that's the penultimate game. If that still means anything when it comes around then we have done well. United, Spurs and Everton away as 3 of the next 5 will probably define our chances for the run in. Though I think these big away games will bring about some light relief, I think the players struggle under the weight of expectation at the Emirates. I was there yesterday and it can be a very suffocating atmosphere at times.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bumble
On MOTD2 they brushed it off as "he's not that kind of guy" type challenge. TBF, Danny Murphy and Tim Sherwood were being quite complimentary about us, they both tipped us to challenge to the end, they even complimented us on mixing up our play and using Giroud's aerial strength.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gooner23
Yeah he was very good 2nd half, probably our best player, he took on a lot of responsibility and drove the team forward.Quote:
Originally Posted by mastermind84
Thought the atmosphere after the 1st goal was pretty encouraging, tbf.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marc Overmars
It was an excellent result. I thought we were sunk and had no idea what to think. But the sheer determination. We just started bombing their goal. Chance after chance then finally we got one in. Again, credit to Theo Walcott for getting us in that position. Big game player and worth remembering that. Welbeck also. First game back and nods it in. Fantastic.
But I think we need to change things up. Bif’s goal have dried up and it’s taken him ages to get shots on target these days. If it’s not a header, he hardly gets a real shooting opportunity. It was very open first half and when Ox broke down the wing and played in a cross, I couldn’t help but think if we only had a quicker player latching on to the end of it. Wenger needs to try and work out a two striker system so we have the best of both. Or he needs to bring Giroud on from the bench. Off days for Sanchez and Ozil. Ozil was terrible. But I hope they snap out of it. Ozil got an assist at least.
Yep.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
I think once Ozil and Sanchez hit form we'll see a big difference in the performance of the team, in fact I think we are still playing a few levels below our best. Our squad is in good shape too, we have some nice options on the bench now, game changing ones if yesterday's outcome is anything to go by.
The away games are going to be tough but this team is more than capable of winning anywhere in the league, the pressure will be immense but I'm starting to feel more positive about our chances now.
It was moment. Feels like a defining moment which is something I usually don't say or try to read too much into.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
This Arsenal team seem more capable of winning away than at home. United away is always a headfuck, Swansea at home should be easy but we'll probably sit back and let them play and struggle, purely because our manager is clueless, but it wouldn't surprise me if we went to Spurs and won.Quote:
Originally Posted by selassie
Aye, you could see what it meant to the players too after Welbz's winner. Think the players realise how big a chance they have.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Top stuff.
Funnily enough, I thought the penalty was a pen. I mean Vardy went looking for it, and he could have avoided it. But Monreal left his leg out there as an invite. I would have been screaming for a pen at the other end, so meh.
The irritation for me, is that we should have had two penalties. One for the very obvious handball, but also for the second one where Giroud did his acrobatic effort. The players arm stopped a potential goal, regardless of whether it was ball to hand.
Lucky we got the winner so late that the ref couldn't intervene again. Cunt.
Nice to have Welbz back.
Leicester are still in a pretty strong position when you look at what's to come. We have two away games against top 4 rivals plus the match we love to fuck up away to Utd. Leicester play nobody in the top 4. The cunts and the gypos both play us and both are are home. To win this I would think we need to go to both their dumps and get 6 points. And we absolutely cannot afford to fuck up against Utd again. The Barca matches are a pain in the arse now, all that effort just to be knocked out. And we have the FA Cup to deal with too. Some huge demands on the squad coming up and it's time for Wenger to get his rotation policy right and to take whatever sensible measures are required to ensure we don't enter a brand new injury crisis for the run-in. One ace up our sleeve is the possibility of hitting Villa for goal difference if we need to make that up come the last day. Villa should be gone by then and they'll be only playing for pride Mercedes Benz.
ARSENAL'S REMAINING GAMES
vs Manchester United (A)
vs Swansea (H)
vs Tottenham (A)
vs West Brom (H)
vs Everton (A)
vs Watford (H)
vs West Ham (A)
vs Crystal Palace (H)
vs Sunderland (A)
vs Norwich (H)
vs Manchester City (A)
vs Aston Villa (H)
LEICESTER'S REMAINING GAMES
vs Norwich (H)
vs West Brom (H)
vs Watford (A)
vs Newcastle (H)
vs Crystal Palace (A)
vs Southampton (H)
vs Sunderland (A)
vs West Ham (H)
vs Swansea (H)
vs Manchester United (A)
vs Everton (H)
vs Chelsea (A)
CUNT'S REMAINING GAMES
vs Swansea (H)
vs West Ham (A)
vs Arsenal (H)
vs Aston Villa (A)
vs Bournemouth (H)
vs Liverpool (A)
vs Manchester United (H)
vs Stoke (A)
vs West Brom (H)
vs Chelsea (A)
vs Southampton (H)
vs Newcastle (A)
GYPO'S REMAINING GAMES
vs Newcastle (A)
vs Liverpool (A)
vs Aston Villa (H)
vs Norwich (A)
vs Manchester United (H)
vs Bournemouth (A)
vs West Brom (H)
vs Chelsea (A)
vs Stoke (H)
vs Southampton (A)
vs Arsenal (H)
vs Swansea (A)
The truth is, it's pretty much wide open. Anyone who can put together a few wins on the bounce will find themselves in pole position. Conversely, any little drop off in results will see you out of it.
Tears will be shed come May tbh.
What? You’re no Arsenal fan! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by LDG
We all see things differently on this one but I thought it was a silly challenge from Monreal. Vardy doesn't have to get out of his way as Henry said.
Oh....Merts was ok in that game too.
He doesn't have to get out of the way, but that's irrelevant because he wasn't in the way, he jumped into Monreal.
:lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
If we'd have lost 0-1, then it was cheating pure and simple, and shouldn't have been given.
I think we have the toughest run in, though the Cunts is very difficult too. If we are going to do it we're going to have to do it the hard way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn
Leicester's run in looks quite routine though their last 3 games could be quite brutal, can see them being right in contention and then collapsing at the final hurdle.
At the moment the team that is worrying me the most is the Cunts, they look pretty relentless at the moment and I wouldn't be surprised to see them go to places like West Ham, Liverpool and Chelsea and pick up wins.
As MO said it's still very wide open.
Not sure if everyone would be saying that if we were on the receiving end and didn't get the decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by WMUG
He's English. English players don't try to con refs for pens.Quote:
Originally Posted by WMUG
Or go over the ball into someone else's leg with any sort of malicious intent.
They're just not those type of players.
I agree, I think the likes of Walcott & Welbeck can play a big part in our away games, think we're going to need to play it smart at places like United, Spurs & West Ham are counter them. We need pace for these type of games.Quote:
Originally Posted by Slacker
Who would know? Last time we did it was 2003 and the whole world exploded. To this day, despite the hundreds of similar and far worse incidents including Rooney's career long antics, Pires is held up as the poster boy for that one isolated, never to be repeated incident.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
Paul Hayward on Vardy:
Paul Hayward on Pires:Quote:
With Leicester leading through a Jamie Vardy penalty, Arsenal’s manager was having doubts.
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The Daily Mirror called him "The best French diver since Jacques Cousteau" and Arsenal's Robert Pires really can't complain after adding a new dimension to football's increasingly popular art of simulation.
Cheating in the penalty area is now a highly-evolved science. Not content with merely falling over, players are now going one step further and kicking opponents to create the contact to "justify" the subsequent tumble. At Highbury on Saturday, Pires dashed into the Portsmouth box and flicked his right foot at the stationary leg of Dejan Stefanovic, thus creating the illusion of a foul, which Alan Wiley, the referee, bought hook, line and sinker.
In the courts, they call this entrapment. I call it despicable. If you think about it, one devious impulse determined the outcome of a multi-million pound event. More importantly, it deprived 38,000 spectators of the right to watch a 90-minute slice of sport. Instead they witnessed an elaborate exercise in manipulation. A lie.
The people who hold the power to eradicate synchronised cheating - players and managers - increasingly count only the gains. Top of the list of losses is faith in the game. Pires is not the first, of course. Diving has a long, dark history. The difference now is that it has become part of the culture, the mindset, striker's arsenal, if you'll forgive the pun.
Here is a list of the people and things that Pires damaged by his actions:
1) Portsmouth, who were deprived of all three points by the resulting penalty and so had to settle for a 1-1 draw.
If they are relegated by a single point, they will know who to thank, though Harry Redknapp, their manager, surrendered the sympathy vote when he confessed he wouldn't object if one of his own players conned a referee.
2) Stefanovic, who scrupulously withdrew his right leg as Pires advanced but still finished up with a yellow card.
3) Wiley, a good referee who will be docked 10 points by the assessor and will be thought of from now on as naive.
4) Pires himself. I'll close my ears if I ever hear this former Footballer of the Year emote about how much he loves the beautiful game.
Before the letters start coming, yes, Manchester United's Ruud van Nistlerooy can be equally Machiavellian. And Arsenal are plainly not alone. Two seasons ago, referees declared war on simulation but were accused of besmirching the integrity of players. They ought to be given a fresh mandate to resume the original campaign.
Wiley's error was to award a penalty to Pires when there was obvious room for doubt. Thanks to Pires and Co, overwhelming proof of guilt on the part of the defender should be required from now on.
Finally, wouldn't it be party time if managers took any diver to one side and told him: "Son, this will destroy the public's trust in the game that gives us our living. I don't want us to win or draw by cheating. There should be honour between us. In future you go down only if you're fouled."
Jacques Cousteau had to hold his breath, but don't hold yours.
Completely wrong logic there. Its Monreal who does not have to get out of Vardys way. After winning the dubious pen, Mahrez thought he would try the same trick and this time the Ref who probably saw the replay at HT was not buying it. Even crap refs dont like to be conned.Quote:
Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/vi...alty-at-wigan/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8MB5iuyms
It happens. Sometimes you get away with it, sometimes we don't. It's on the FA and governing bodies to bring in technology to cut it out.
Again, we'll see examples of our players doing this and still take the penalty or be pissed if we don't get one. I've got no time for the victim stuff, blaming Vardy or line after line of what the rules state. It's on the governing body to sort this out. It's only with the benefit of a replay and slow motion can people come up with half of this stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Globalgunner