Chavs v Arsenal Match Reaction

[Marc Overmars]

The media are mad over Costa so there is a good chance he may get a three match ban himself.

I guess I will mention it again since it hasn't been acknowledged by anyone else, why wasn't Ivanovic attacked? Sanchez is just a thick footballer and it is frustrating to see him cutting into the middle of the pitch to run into 2 or 3 players when the entire premiership have been isolating their wingers against Ivanovic. Poor from Sanchez and from Wenger.

I think the lack of goals are probably bogging him down, he's playing like he's got the blinkers on at the moment. Though having a said that he's always been very effective at cutting in, the problem is he hasn't been getting the rub of the green in the final third, when everything he hit this time last year was flying in.

[Power n Glory]

I can't even fault the attacking players too much on that game. They were feeding off scraps. The passing was awful and we were guilty of giving the ball away cheaply. Our best bet was to hit them on a counter attack.

We had a man sent off at 0-0 so the game wasn't lost. But the defending on that set piece was atrocious. We should have defended that better regardless. I'm not sure why we went all gung-ho and tried attacking them instead of solid defending. We could have still got a draw from that game. Chelsea had jack shit coming forward.

[Injury Time]

I can't even fault the attacking players too much on that game. They were feeding off scraps. The passing was awful and we were guilty of giving the ball away cheaply. Our best bet was to hit them on a counter attack.

We had a man sent off at 0-0 so the game wasn't lost. But the defending on that set piece was atrocious. We should have defended that better regardless. I'm not sure why we went all gung-ho and tried attacking them instead of solid defending. We could have still got a draw from that game. Chelsea had jack shit coming forward.

Is this ANOTHER new signing we missed out on...or is that bloke who appears on our shirt promos?

Can't recall when I've been this disinterested...I'm sure that will be topped by going to Manure at home

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

Must admit I'm surprised at the reaction of the footballing public, at first I thought we were going to be slaughtered but it seems like most people have acknowledged how much of a cunt Diego Costa is. I guess this kind of gamesmanship will always be frowned upon in this country, even my Chav mate said he'd probably despise him if he played for another club.

You've got to be all kinds of myopic not to admit that!

[Ernesto]

As far as Mike Dean goes, didnt nigel pearson call him "one of thé most arrogant people" he'd ever met?

It takes one to know one. Refs should be held accountable for crappy, inconsistent décisions. Can't keep hiding behind thé FA.

[Blink 1nce Quince 2wice]

In the mean time Wenger needs to control what he can control....and that includes getting his players to not fall for the antics of chumps like Costa.

As has been said many times already, Adams/Keown would have smiled graciously at Costa and the ref, his assistants/officials/linesman, his wife and kids, anybody they needed to and then 'done him' later in the game when every person in the stadium didn't have 100% attention on them.

If you must be cynical and get it out your system, that's the way to do it.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

[Heisenberg]

Yesterday was probably the angriest I've been with a refereeing decision for a long time. I try not to get too hung up on it because 1) mistakes get made and 2) I'm probably biased so it's not worth making a hue and cry over every call. Still, yesterday was just extreme because Costa's behaviour was so appalling. People say "Gabriel took the bait", but so did the referee and it's more significant that he fell for it. Watching it, even live, it was so obvious what Costa's antics were and it's incredible that the referee let him get away with it. A nasty character.

[GP]

In the mean time Wenger needs to control what he can control....and that includes getting his players to not fall for the antics of chumps like Costa.

As has been said many times already, Adams/Keown would have smiled graciously at Costa and the ref, his assistants/officials/linesman, his wife and kids, anybody they needed to and then 'done him' later in the game when every person in the stadium didn't have 100% attention on them.

If you must be cynical and get it out your system, that's the way to do it.

No they wouldn't.

[Letters]

Yesterday was probably the angriest I've been with a refereeing decision for a long time. I try not to get too hung up on it because 1) mistakes get made and 2) I'm probably biased so it's not worth making a hue and cry over every call. Still, yesterday was just extreme because Costa's behaviour was so appalling. People say "Gabriel took the bait", but so did the referee and it's more significant that he fell for it. Watching it, even live, it was so obvious what Costa's antics were and it's incredible that the referee let him get away with it. A nasty character.

"Mistakes"

Yeah, I used to think that. But it's just too blatant, too often. They're not mistakes, they can't be. No-one at that level could be that incompetent and keep their job.