Chavs v Arsenal Match Reaction

[Niall_Quinn]

I'd ordinarily agree with this viewpoint. But the refereeing in this case led to a two player swing which fundamentally influenced the result in this case with little opportunity for us, particularly when down to nine men to have any influence over the result.

This genuinely was a case of 2 nil to the referee..

And this so-called justice appears to have whitewashed Dean's performance. Both clubs got charged, two players got charged, one banned (rightly so), and a player was warned. But Dean walks through the shit storm without any of it sticking. Added to that, only half of Costa's antics have been taken into account, so this is half-justice at best. If Dean thought Gabriel's harmless flick at that shitbag warranted a straight red for violent conduct then why has he let the same incident pass later in the game when Ox was the target? So many questions for Dean to answer but nobody in authority has asked them. In reality all we've had no real justice here. Lost the game, lost the points, because we lost 2 players and they lost none, Costa gets the minimum ban after scratching and gouging and clawing his way through the match, our compensation is we don't have Gabriel banned for 3 games. What sort of justice is that?

Time to get on now anyway, but I hope nobody has come away from this grateful to the football authorities. All they have done is cover their own arses as usual but covering their inept mate Dean.

[Kano]

Knew they'd get him on something. One match ban and fine for Gabriel.

Improper Conduct over a red card even they've agreed was wrongly dished out prime time fucking idiots.