Match reaction vs Norwich

[Joker]

We can't blame the referee for failing to win today, it's our own incompetence that has cost us. Wenger may point to the RVP penalty decision at the end of the season and say that's cost us 3rd place, but it's the countless cockups against mediocre sides like Swansea, Blackburn, QPR, Wolves at home and now Norwich that will be to blame if we don't qualify for the Champions League. Focusing on the referee and complaining about corruption is just a smokescreen to distract attention from the fact that, after getting ourselves in pole position to finish 3rd, we've made an almighty screwup.

And this referee is known to be utterly shit, and in other games he has the tendency to try and "balance" things out when he makes mistakes in the first half in favour of one team. They should have had 2 penalties, we should have had two penalties. Let's focus on the team rather than the referee, because if we always try to blame the referee for all our failings, we'll never improve.

[jelgoon]

We obvioulsy had two but so did they (or at least one)

You mean We had two nailed on pels?

[jelgoon]

He plays Ramsey cos we dont have anyone else cos of injuries. Im sure Wenger has realised that Ramsey is shit by now. WHo realistically could we have played instead of him today?

Why Wenger persists in starting the awful Ramsey game after game is beyond me. He should have been sent off (if the ref wasn't such a pussy) and was just useless all game. I want him sold in the summer tbh, though there's about a 0.1% chance of that happening.

Overall the team just looked exhausted, which is the fault of injuries and Wenger not strengthening the squad enough.

Sigh, feels like we'd never have drawn that game if arteta was playing instead of ramsey.

Gotta say though, that was one of the most exciting games I've ever seen! Shame we couldn't nick it at the end. Cheers for that ref.

[Young Guns 11]

Exactly right.

[Niall_Quinn]

Well there was one when the guy had his shirt pulled blatently and i thought they had another one soon after but i may be wrong.

You are wrong on the second, it was a tackle. First was a pen but not a red. We had the handball that wasn't give, player actually raised his arms above his head to stop the ball so 100% pen. Our second pen everyone could see including the ref. That's a case of straightforward corruption, no other possible explanation. Ramsey should have been sent off and so should that **** who deliberately elbowed Kos. That was a hand picked ref to do get the desired result. Like Dowd in the Newcastle game. If I had to guess I;d say it was a betting syndicate, would be interesting to see the payout for a scoring draw.

[Joker]

We obvioulsy had two but so did they (or at least one)

tbh having seen the RVP incident again, Gervinho looks offside in the buildup (although the penalty was clear)

[Power n Glory]

It's out of hands now. Just have to wait to see what Spurs and Newcastle do. Any 'chefs' in the house?

[Power n Glory]

He plays Ramsey cos we dont have anyone else cos of injuries. Im sure Wenger has realised that Ramsey is shit by now. WHo realistically could we have played instead of him today?

Coquelin or Ox.

[fakeyank]

We can't blame the referee for failing to win today, it's our own incompetence that has cost us. Wenger may point to the RVP penalty decision at the end of the season and say that's cost us 3rd place, but it's the countless cockups against mediocre sides like Swansea, Blackburn, QPR, Wolves at home and now Norwich that will be to blame if we don't qualify for the Champions League. Focusing on the referee and complaining about corruption is just a smokescreen to distract attention from the fact that, after getting ourselves in pole position to finish 3rd, we've made an almighty screwup.

And this referee is known to be utterly shit, and in other games he has the tendency to try and "balance" things out when he makes mistakes in the first half in favour of one team. They should have had 2 penalties, we should have had two penalties. Let's focus on the team rather than the referee, because if we always try to blame the referee for all our failings, we'll never improve.

Tbf, Szczesny was gob shit along with his mate Ramsey.

And not to forget us missing easy 1 on 1 by RVP and Oxo in the end. Ref was equally bad for both teams. We shouldve done better in the last home game of the season against a side with nothing to play for. The players and manager should be ashamed.

[Niall_Quinn]

We can't blame the referee for failing to win today

Complete mystery as to why anyone would say something like this. When you deny as clear a pen as you'll ever see and in the last minute and as a result a win becomes a draw then how can you not blame the final result on the ref. Of course I guess we could have missed the 100% certain pen, but we never got the chance to test that. The ref had already set the scoreline. And that scoreline resulted in us failing to win.