Match reaction vs Norwich

47 conceded. :sick:

Horrible.

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Originally Posted by Thierrymon

Have you been spending too much time on Rawk?

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No I don't spend any time on RAWK. What I do is look at RvP on the goal line ready to score, then I look at him being bundled off the ball, then I look at the ref who has supposedly been trained and supposedly knows the rules of then game, then I look at his linesmen, then I look at the decision they make. After all these factors are taken into account I reach the inevitable and self evident conclusion the ref is corrupt.

What process have you gone through to decide otherwise? Averting your eyes and waiting for somebody else to decide for you what you had the chance to see with your own eyes?

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Originally Posted by McNamara That Ghost...

47 conceded. :sick:

Horrible.

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:blink:

Must be the biggest amount conceded under Wenger? Funny because we have all generally felt the defence hasn't been that bad this year.

When in reality we concede more and more every season. :doh:

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

They had penalty shouts as well plus Ramsey should have received a second yellow. Awful ref and needs to be shot but when you go a goal up in the first minute and then make it 3-2 with 5 minutes on the clock, you've got to start looking closer to home.

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Yup got to agree, just tired of the amount of lives Wenger seems to get, he's been f*cking up for years, last summer was a shocker and this season is a consequence of that.

We've paid the price for a manager who doesn't really know what he's doing, we've lost 10 games this season in the league and were out of everything by February that's says it all I think.

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

:blink:

Must be the biggest amount conceded under Wenger? Funny because we have all generally felt the defence hasn't been that bad this year.

When in reality we concede more and more every season. :doh:

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12 of those came from two awful games at the start of the season, makes a big difference.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

Complete mystery as to why anyone would say something like this. When you deny as clear a pen as you'll ever see and in the last minute and as a result a win becomes a draw then how can you not blame the final result on the ref. Of course I guess we could have missed the 100% certain pen, but we never got the chance to test that. The ref had already set the scoreline. And that scoreline resulted in us failing to win.

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Like I said, Gervinho was offside in the buildup to that move anyway. Even if we ignore that say it should have been a penalty, that doesn't detract from the fact that we were being outplayed by Norwich, a lower-mid table side at best. If we had performed professionally throughout 90 minutes, we wouldn't have needed to rely on a last minute penalty to bail us out.

Yes the referee was appalling and did everything he could to even things out in the second half, but there were dodgy decisions in favour of both teams. We could have had a penalty for the handball, while they could have had 2 penalties and potentially a two man advantage if the ref sent Ramsey and Benayoun off. At the same time one of their lot could have seen red for the elbow on Koscielny. It was simply an inept refereeing performance, but we should be able to rise above that a beat a side like Norwich at home.

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Originally Posted by Niall_Quinn

No I don't spend any time on RAWK. What I do is look at RvP on the goal line ready to score, then I look at him being bundled off the ball, then I look at the ref who has supposedly been trained and supposedly knows the rules of then game, then I look at his linesmen, then I look at the decision they make. After all these factors are taken into account I reach the inevitable and self evident conclusion the ref is corrupt.

What process have you gone through to decide otherwise? Averting your eyes and waiting for somebody else to decide for you what you had the chance to see with your own eyes?

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If he was corrupt, why not give them the penalty shouts they had earlier and send off Ramsey?

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Originally Posted by Marc Overmars

:blink:

Must be the biggest amount conceded under Wenger? Funny because we have all generally felt the defence hasn't been that bad this year.

When in reality we concede more and more every season. :doh:

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Too many goals conceded, an over reliance on RVP, a lack of creativity and lack of dept have cost us this season.

All in all the quality in the PL hasn't been very high this season and let's face it Spurs have bottled it almost as badly as we do and that's the only reason we're anyway near the top 4.

He wasnt corrupt. Just a total bottler.

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Originally Posted by Power_n_Glory

If he was corrupt, why not give them the penalty shouts they had earlier and send off Ramsey?

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Good question, maybe he did not see it :lol: