Quote Originally Posted by Syn View Post
Exactly. Costa's brainy as fuck. Never gets caught during the game, always gets a retrospective ban after when the damage is done. Scratch someone on the back of the neck, it's not an obvious foul. A push or a slap in the face is. We need cleverer players or players that don't take pride in being saints. Our best players are Kos, Ramsey, Sanchez. And they're all are idiots - they never know when to go down, when to have a sly kick, when to wind opposition players up. Cazorla is fucking useless under any criteria. Fabregas was superb at it. Wilshere can do it (ask Gary Neville) but he's always injured.

Moan about the ref all we like, nothing will change. Realising what you can get away with is a new art of this pathetic sport. If players want the best career possible in the sport, being educated by Wenger is not what they needed. Sanchez was a fool for joining us - he could've had a top career. Ozil's more talented but a bigger pussy so Wenger suits him fine.
Pretty much. Justice has been served (surprisingly) after the event, but frankly I found our whingeing embarassing. I would far rather we handled ourselves with some bollocks and guile on the pitch rather than bleat when the result has long since passed us by.

A major problem, I think, is that whether or not Wenger has a point when he laments refereeing decisions (as happens almost every time we drop points these days) - there is a cruel ring of truth to what that twat Maureen said after the match. It can seem as though its anyone's fault but Wenger's team's - and I honestly think that this attitude transmits itself to his players. I wish individuals in our team would hold themselves to account, not just for a tepid performance, but for naivity and lack of fight. Adams would have had Gabriel up against the wall of the changing room for getting sent off - whether or not the ref was incompetent.