Match Reaction: Arsenal v Man City

[Niall_Quinn]

I don't get it either, people seem to point at the referee in almost every match we lose....don't think it happened when we were winning.

To be fair, I point at the referee in matches we win and draw too. In fact I point at the ref in games we aren't even playing in and have even been known to point at the ref when he's not reffing a game.

[Ollie the Optimist]

Well no because that's a foul and the tackle is clearly a foul and a yellow, but a red card....debateable.

if it is debatable then it proves the fa were wrong to recind it. the fa can recind or charge people if there are obvious errors. however, if there is debate about it then its not a clear obvious error therefore they cant recind it

[Niall_Quinn]

if it is debatable then it proves the fa were wrong to recind it. the fa can recind or charge people if there are obvious errors. however, if there is debate about it then its not a clear obvious error therefore they cant recind it

Well they can rescind it (as we have just seen), but they have to break their own rules to do so.

[Ollie the Optimist]

also, leading on from my question, why can the FA recind debatable red cards yet cant do anything with yellow cards unless mistaken identity? surely it should be, you can recind/charge anything or not at all

[fakeyank]

Is this the conspiracy theory against Arsenal again? You don't think we drop points because we're sh*t rather than because of the referee?

Why would anyone give a sh*t about us, we're not exactly flying high and winning anything. Sometimes we have a real persecution complex.

Every club does tbh.. I hear Chavs saying they are targeted. Ditto for Utd, City or the small clubs.

Bottom line, like you said, is that we are shit. We didnt deserve anything out of the City game. We are where we are in the table because of our manager and players. To blame it on FA, Fifa, the queen etc is just nonsense.

[Niall_Quinn]

I wonder if we'll be punished for our fans trying to chat Lesbo up? Anyway, I'm not so sure they weren't having a pop at Chamakh. In fact I think that was me in the video.

[Kano]

this clearly shows, two feet off the ground lunging in. thats a red. i cant believe the fa recinded it. if jack doesnt slip or was half a second quicker, he could have an injury now or even worse a broken bone

ollie 'ave a word with yourself. there is no lunge there. his other leg comes up and heads straight into the floor to support his other leg, nowhere near jack and there was no chance of him breaking any bone. the ref was under pressure and being the prick that he is, decided to even things up, hoping it would get the crowd off his back. rescinding was the right decision.

[Power n Glory]

ollie 'ave a word with yourself. there is no lunge there. his other leg comes up and heads straight into the floor to support his other leg, nowhere near jack and there was no chance of him breaking any bone. the ref was under pressure and being the prick that he is, decided to even things up, hoping it would get the crowd off his back. rescinding was the right decision.

You City supporting scumbag! It was a clear red card and anyone that disagrees with that can't be an Arsenal supporter.

[Özil's Panoramic View]

Wonder what folks on here would have been saying were it Vermaelen and not Kompany?

I still maintain that it was an excellent challenge; no lunge, no mal-intent, no follow through with the trailing leg, he got all ball and caused no harm. Our dross would do well to emulate this top quality defender.

Futhermore, I'm glad the FA made a mug of Mike Dean, even though the Shiek's money was the influencing factor.

[GP]

Blatant red all day and night.