Match Reaction Vs Newcastle away

[AKBapologist]

What did Taylor do? I missed that.

Disgraceful dive by Gervinho, it has to be said. Looks like he's got the right sh!thead characteristics to play with the current crop.

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[GP]

Don't think Barton should have walked for picking up someone off the floor

Except that isn't what he did you and you know it.

[Joker]

What did Taylor do? I missed that.

Disgraceful dive by Gervinho, it has to be said. Looks like he's got the right sh!thead characteristics to play with the current crop.

Taylor indicated that Barton was "elbowed" by Gervinho, even though it was nothing more than a weak push in the face. Then he claimed he didn't see the incident in his post match interview.

[Ernesto]

Yeah, i'm sure you'd say the same thing if Barton did that to Song



Don't be a hypocrite.

Song was a cunt. Barton was a wind-up. Gervinho is a fucking moron who at 24 still hasn't worked out not to raise his hands to an opposition players face.

Exactly. What I don't get is why a player doesn't push Barton in the chest to get him away (at worst you'll get a red card but the ban should be rescinded given the circumstances) OR, if you are going to strike him in the face, wallop him and make sure he doesn't f*** with the Arsenal the next season (cos he's done this 2 seasons in a row now and Wenger isn't wise to it)

Instead, we get a pussy slap which makes a bitch fight look like UFC.

[The Realist]

Guy on Sky Sports 1 saying we should have signed Given

[Master Splinter]

If Song and Gervinho were sent off as well as Barton and other Newcastle cavemen, people wouldn't complain. They both deserved to.

It's the fact that Barton and other British players like him always get away with their antics. Gervinho wouldn't have had time to stroke him if the ref had done his job properly. He let the Newcastle players do what they wanted and waited until an Arsenal player reacted and when he did, he was instantly off!

And it was a penalty.

When the result is decided by cheating players and cheating refs and cheating authorities, there's no point to the 'sport' anymore.

[Özim]

Barton should have walked as well, because he did effectively what Diaby did to Barton last season. Yes, Gervinho was stupid and so was Song, but the referee handled the brawl in a poor way.

I don't disagree, but there seems to be a lot of hypocrisy on here as well.

[Niall_Quinn]

Taylor indicated that Barton was "elbowed" by Gervinho, even though it was nothing more than a weak push in the face. Then he claimed he didn't see the incident in his post match interview.

Looking at the replay I don't think he did see it. Which makes the elbow shit even worse. He almost crapped his pants during the post game interview.

[Özim]

If Song and Gervinho were sent off as well as Barton and other Newcastle cavemen, people wouldn't complain. They both deserved to.

It's the fact that Barton and other British players like him always get away with their antics. Gervinho wouldn't have had time to stroke him if the ref had done his job properly. He let the Newcastle players do what they wanted and waited until an Arsenal player reacted and when he did, he was instantly off!

And it was a penalty.

When the result is decided by cheating players and cheating refs and cheating authorities, there's no point to the 'sport' anymore.

Song didn't get sent off though.

[Joker]

If Song and Gervinho were sent off as well as Barton and other Newcastle cavemen, people wouldn't complain. They both deserved to.

It's the fact that Barton and other British players like him always get away with their antics. Gervinho wouldn't have had time to stroke him if the ref had done his job properly. He let the Newcastle players do what they wanted and waited until an Arsenal player reacted and when he did, he was instantly off!

And it was a penalty.

When the result is decided by cheating players and cheating refs and cheating authorities, there's no point to the 'sport' anymore.

And expect no criticism in the press tomorrow of Barton and Taylor's cheating. Remember how Wayne Rooney got a red card after some provocation against Portugal in the World Cup? The media were united in criticising the Portuguese players for trying to get a fellow professional sent off. That is exactly what these two scumbags did, and the fact that Barton is still trying to maintain he got punched is pathetic.

What Newcastle did today is exactly what the far right press claim foreign teams exclusively do. Well, it's clear that good, honest, white English professionals are as capable of this type of crude gamesmanship as more dusky, exotic foreigners.