Originally Posted by
Niall_Quinn
It was a penalty, for shirt pulling. The only controversy here is that so few penalties are awarded for something that goes on all the time. But that doesn't make it a non-penalty, it just means refs are usually shite for not applying the rules, but in this case the ref did his job properly. After that it was a silly dive by Bif.
We were very lucky the ref didn't stop the game for a head injury though. And we were even luckier that Long is so shit.
3 points on the back of another embarrassingly poor performance, but that's pretty typical now. Ozil's performance was the most worrying aspect. He couldn't be arsed until Alexis came on. We haven't done nearly enough in the transfer window to keep these two, despite spending 90 mill, and the godawful tactics we use will further encourage them to look for the exit after we blow another title challenge this season, which is guaranteed to happen given the way we are playing and Wenger's inability to do anything about it.
LDG got it right, it's about a year since we looked like a team that has any clue what it's doing - October 2015 vs Utd. That game showed that with a bit of ambition and a willingness to get the ball forward quickly we can play effective and entertaining football. Even then, we shut that game down in the second half further underlining the fact that Wenger doesn't grasp the importance of momentum. He's the handbrake he goes on about so much, and as in the Soton game he's shown again that he's willing to pull that handbrake with increasing frequency. It would be nice to think we'll go and give PSG a proper game this week. However, it's very unlikely. More of Wenger's conservatism and negativity is on the cards I suppose.
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