i understand the point of the study and its validity in a greater context. however Wenger for me, is deflecting the performance of the team rather than making a point about officiating in football in general. if there was a history of this effecting arsenal the most year after year i would agree with his comments. im sure there were a few years where it could have been different for many teams. funny enough he brings up that Pires dive, wasnt that during the unbeaten run? if that was called properly than we may not have accomplished that. but he has a track record of making excuses and this is the same stuff that he comes out with all the time.

i do recognize that we have had some difficult decisions that have gone against us. The 4-4 against Newcastle sticks out the most. however he needs to concentrate more on what he can control rather than the things he cannot.