Match Reaction vs Swansea (home).

[Power n Glory]

Sigh.

That's a trip, not a tackle. You won't see a red given for a challenge like that again this season. Unless it's Moss reffing us perhaps. Yes, cynical. Yes, a trip. Yes, yellow.

But when it's a red it means the ref has created a new rule and as I understand it he's not permitted to do that. So either he's utterly incompetent or he's a cheat. I would say both in this instance.

I'll have to watch that again, but he jumps in and lunges at the player to try get contact on the player and not the ball.

[Herbert_Chapman's_Zombie]

Will the dismissal be for violent conduct or a professional foul I wonder

[Niall_Quinn]

It's typical on here. If Coquelin had done what Xhaka had done, I'm sure the same people would criticize his performance and rightly so. It should have been a comfortable game.

The linesmen made a couple of bad calls. They really need to introduce some sort of tech to make these sort of calls. How these guys supposed to keep up with players like Walcott and Bellerin?

Good showing from Ox. Good to see him playing with that sort of confidence. May it continue. We need a strong bench.

Iwobi looked sharp today as well. Didn't have many big moments but could see he wanted to make something happen when he had the ball. That dribble run was amazing.

Theo deserves stick for his performance, as well as praise. It's high time he introduced some consistency to his game. He's had a decade to do it. It's just not good enough that he can't put in a decent 90 minutes on a consistent basis. And it's basic, basic stuff he's getting wrong. Okay so he screwed the final shot high and wide, but before that he was in front of goal and could pick the side he wanted to slot it into. He hit the post. It's not good enough.

[Niall_Quinn]

Will the dismissal be for violent conduct or a professional foul I wonder

Could be anything now that new rules are being created on the fly. I expect it to be overturned if they are going to review it and apply the actual rules. I doubt they'll do that though.

[Niall_Quinn]

I'll have to watch that again, but he jumps in and lunges at the player to try get contact on the player and not the ball.

There's no lunge. It would be impossible for him to lunge in that body position. It was a stretch and a clip, the sort of stuff Swansea were doing to Alexis and Theo all match and getting away with because they were sly about it. Xhaka was idiotically blatant about it and had two bites at the trip, the first one maybe accidental. So a yellow, no doubt. A red? Fantasy island plot.

[Goonermerree]

I'll have to watch that again, but he jumps in and lunges at the player to try get contact on the player and not the ball.

I don't think he did jump, he cynically tripped him. Yellow and FK yes, red, I don't think so. It will be interesting to hear what the pundits say who know about the game. (Taking the whotsit with the last bit) And what about that foul on Ozil as he was about to run into the box, no card at all for that. Shocking! Plus at least two on Theo that went without fouls given. Just shows the refs bias to me.

[Globalgunner]

I'll have to watch that again, but he jumps in and lunges at the player to try get contact on the player and not the ball.

No need to watch it again. Watch any other match that involves any other team except Arsenal. i promise you in any 2 of 5, the same trip will be repeated, it wont result in a red.

[Power n Glory]

I don't think he did jump, he cynically tripped him. Yellow and FK yes, red, I don't think so. It will be interesting to hear what the pundits say who know about the game. (Taking the whotsit with the last bit) And what about that foul on Ozil as he was about to run into the box, no card at all for that. Shocking! Plus at least two on Theo that went without fouls given. Just shows the refs bias to me.

It looked like a lunge to me. If he were running along side him, pulled him back or stepped on his heels he'd have picked up a yellow but it's the fact that he was outpaced and knew it so he dived in. I think the ref has a case if he thinks that foul had enough force to cause an injury. It looked like a kick and not a trip.

[Power n Glory]

Theo deserves stick for his performance, as well as praise. It's high time he introduced some consistency to his game. He's had a decade to do it. It's just not good enough that he can't put in a decent 90 minutes on a consistent basis. And it's basic, basic stuff he's getting wrong. Okay so he screwed the final shot high and wide, but before that he was in front of goal and could pick the side he wanted to slot it into. He hit the post. It's not good enough.

Top goal scorer for us this season. He scored 2 today and 7 already this season. I think it's 6 goals in his last 5 games. So far he's been consistent so relax a little.

[Marc Overmars]

Didn't see the game. Sounded a bit sketchy on the radio but it keeps the winning run going so good stuff. Well done to Walnut for continuing to rack up the goals.