We see it against us all the time, normally in the big games. Those times the commentators normally say it's "cynical" but very "clever" and breaks up the play and stops our attack.
We see it against us all the time, normally in the big games. Those times the commentators normally say it's "cynical" but very "clever" and breaks up the play and stops our attack.
That's where he did himself no favours though, there wasn't anything sly about it. He got done and made what in real time must have looked like a fairly dangerous tackle from behind.Originally Posted by Douglas Reynholm
Just grab the blokes shirt next time and you'll be fine Granit.
Last edited by Marc Overmars; 15-10-2016 at 08:31 PM.
Maybe the next time it happens to us; the opposing team's player will be sent off? We shall see from now on how consistent the refs are.
That's the thing, for me. Consistency. And I don't think there's any anti-Arsenal witch hunt. But you'll see plenty of similar tackles this season which won't earn a red card.
I doubt it will ever change, what still irritates me the most and has for years now is how the officials let other team's players, often in some sort of fouling rotation, get away with niggly/cynical fouls against us over and over again until the ref may only end up producing a yellow card to one player a midway through the 2nd half. In contrast there's been so many times where one of our players receive a yellow for their first tackle/foul.
I don't think there is an anti Arsenal witch hunt but I think there is a tendency to allow our oponents more scope to be physical than us.
Something which harks back to round about The Invincibles time, when allowing our opponents more leeway against us was a way of "levelling the field" as teams were never able to compete against us on a technical level so allow them to kick us off the park was seen as a fair way of doing that.
LOL. No.
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You'd hope for consistency but I doubt it. "Professional fouls" happen all the time, I just think Xhaka unnecessarily made it look worse than it was and in that moment the ref perceived it as something more serious. I'm sure we will be on the end of far worse decisions than this.
I think WUMger described it well as a "dark yellow" card.
Last edited by Marc Overmars; 15-10-2016 at 10:15 PM.
Whatever opinions pundits, Wenger or anyone else has there are still rules to the game. And the ref made up a new rule today. Unless he's trying to say that was a violent and dangerous tackle, in which case he's a blind retard. More likely it's a lot simpler than that, he's a cheat.
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