Wolves vs Arsenal 25.01.2025 - KO 15:00

[21_GOONER_SALUTE]

Yeah, I mean we did alright BEFORE they had that serial fouling bastard with 12 get. out of jail cards sent off. After, it was poor, particlarly Martinelli and Havertz who were like headless chickens all match. And Party, what's left to be said about that bloke? Califiori and Tierney did okay though. And Rice kept plugging away which was actually vital on several occasions.

Rice had a good game and played a very important role in driving the attackers from what I saw.

Unfortunately that has been quite rare for someone we spent so much money on.

[Niall_Quinn]

Rice had a good game and played a very important role in driving the attackers from what I saw.

Unfortunately that has been quite rare for someone we spent so much money on.

Why'd he leave Jorginho on the bench? You'd think he would have been ideal in terms of keeping the ball when we were a man down and then using it it when all of Oliver's plans blew up.

[Niall_Quinn]

Somehow we've still only lost twice, despite the frenzied efforts by the totally fair and incorruptible officials since the season kicked off.

[HCZ_Reborn]

We’ve been terrible this season and plagued by injuries. Yet arguably we could be leading the way if not for the ridiculously harsh refereeing

4 points extra against Brighton
1 point extra against Bournemouth
2 points extra against Liverpool
2 points extra against Man City
2 points extra against Villa

[Niall_Quinn]

We’ve been terrible this season and plagued by injuries. Yet arguably we could be leading the way if not for the ridiculously harsh refereeing

4 points extra against Brighton
1 point extra against Bournemouth
2 points extra against Liverpool
2 points extra against Man City
2 points extra against Villa

Fair, but chop in half because I'm sure we had a few go our way too. Even so, the refs have had a big influence on the way the table looks. What I'd like to see is a comparison of gambling patterns and the table over the last few seasons. Has anyone ever done something like that, given we have stats for everything else these days. And surely it should be something the officials keep a careful eye on anyway?

[HCZ_Reborn]

Fair, but chop in half because I'm sure we had a few go our way too. Even so, the refs have had a big influence on the way the table looks. What I'd like to see is a comparison of gambling patterns and the table over the last few seasons. Has anyone ever done something like that, given we have stats for everything else these days. And surely it should be something the officials keep a careful eye on anyway?

At most the only decision I would say has gone our way was the non corner that we had at home to Spurs. If it all balanced out, or if we had anything approaching half the favourable decisions other teams get against us I might cut that in half.

[Niall_Quinn]

At most the only decision I would say has gone our way was the non corner that we had at home to Spurs. If it all balanced out, or if we had anything approaching half the favourable decisions other teams get against us I might cut that in half.

I mean even if you cut it half, there's the 6 point gap. And our recent form is similar, our defensive record similar, it's just that bloody obvious elephant stampeding and shitting around the place, the lack of a striker so our goals scored could be similar.

Not that anyone is going to do a damn thing about these refs, so we need to accept we'll always have to get more points than most other teams just to stay level.

[Niall_Quinn]

Seen elsewhere:

"At this point Arsenal need to break the bank and sign Michael Oliver. He is literally the game changer we need."

Doubt we could outbid his middle-eastern friends.