Morning all.
Another shocker all round. Martin Atkinson wasn’t at fault although some of his decisions were bizarre but VAR had a stinker, or rather the blokes operating it.
Xhaka had another day to forget. When he was subbed he spat his dummy out his mouth. The Arsenal fans cheered when his number came up, booed as he walked off. He reacted badly, apparently telling fans to f**k off as he walked off the pitch and headed straight down the tunnel after removing his shirt. Pathetic reaction by any player but from a club captain is about as disrespectful as it gets.
It’s horrid to see/hear your own players getting booed and it’s not something I’d condone but it’s football and it’s not going to change anytime soon. The reality is he’s not been been good enough since he came to the club and Arsenal should have sold him. Emery has continued to play him, give him the armband and let him carry on. Ultimately, the blame sits with him, just as it does with every other decision he makes on a daily basis. Decisions which have over a relatively short period time have seen frustration, anger and now ridicule/abuse into the stands.
Had decisions gone the right way Emery would have got his much needed victory but even so, I’m afraid he has to reap what he sows when we concede goals in the fashion we did when Palace equalised. He’s had eighteen months to realise that Granit Xhaka will more often let the team down. Yet still he plays him in preference to Torreira. He’s happy to freeze Ozil out yet our midfielder is allowed to drift on making mistake after mistake. Yesterday was his biggest and never again should he play for the club.
As for the match itself? I’m afraid VAR ruined it.
Regardless of the pathetic attempt at defending by Xhaka and Luiz, we were robbed of three points. No, cheated out of three points.
Palace should not have been awarded a penalty, a decision VAR overturned after Atkinson had booked Zaha for diving. As for the Sokratis goal which Atkinson signalled as being legitimate, when the pundits say it should have stood, you kind of know it should. We know it should.
I’m right behind our head coach as he discusses VAR. Technology is a great tool but it’s only as good as the people who operate it and the consistency in when it’s used.
On the result…
Good evening. It’s 90 minutes and a lot of matters to talk about. We can speak about two directions. We can speak about our performance and also the referee’s decision with VAR. We deserved to win. We started very well with our two goals and we didn’t concede a lot of chances in the first half. Maybe we could have also controlled the possession better and got into the box with more chances after 2-0, but usually when you get two goals ahead the opposition want to push more against you. They scored the goal with VAR, and maybe it was a penalty, so we need to respect the decision. It was amazing to check that penalty. OK, that’s fair enough, but the last match here against Bournemouth, we deserved a very clear penalty, more clear than this evening, but they didn’t check. OK, it wasn’t important in the final result because we won 1-0. Last week in Sheffield, we had a very clear penalty on Sokratis at 0-0. It was a very important moment but they didn’t check. We respected it and we lost, OK. Today, I was thinking it was a penalty but the referee decided no. The referee also said Zaha’s was simulation, and I thought OK but then VAR said penalty. OK, perfect, we respect that. In the second half we deserved another goal and our idea was to keep our game plan and take more advantage in our resolve to achieve the three points in a more comfortable way. They equalised and in that moment it was difficult but our reaction was a very good reaction with the supporters and the players. We started creating chances again, getting dead balls, taking offensive corners – and we scored a third goal. VAR said it was a foul but I checked it after and it’s a goal. OK, I don’t know who the person is on VAR deciding that. I think this evening is the first time… I mean, for me VAR is positive and we need VAR. But we need to manage that in the right way. At the moment, to us it’s not working well. I think the team deserved to win this evening. We played with speed when they equalised. I can only be a little bit disappointed that we didn’t control the match better at 2-0, to make sure that we could get a good result
On whether VAR needs to be changed…
For example, we can make mistakes: the players, the coach… That’s our responsibility. VAR is very important, above all for the referees because it’s very important to reduce their mistakes. VAR has come in and we’ve decided to have it for this reason. When the referees use that in the right way, I think it’s going to be amazing because it will reduce the referees’ mistakes. Now, we have started not checking a lot of actions because we don’t want to stop the rhythm or the pace of the match. OK, but we also need to check the important ones. For example, against Bournemouth the penalty on Pepe. Last week, the penalty on Sokratis. They were very clear and in the match, it’s a penalty. OK, they didn’t check because the referee didn’t watch it and decided he didn’t want to check it. This evening, maybe this week, they are starting to check more because they are thinking they need to check more actions because a lot of difficult decisions for the referee are coming, and they want to take more time to check that. Also, for me the penalty was perfect because they decided it was a penalty. It’s perfect because it helped the referee in this action. But our goal, the third goal, he is not fouled. That is not a foul. Who is the person who checked that? If the referee watched that action on the TV, I am sure he would not decide that it was a foul. In the office with the TV, I don’t know who the person is who decides this.
On whether the referee should have watched it pitchside…
I think he needed to watch it again. He needed to do that. VAR is positive and it will be better, but only when them and us can manage it better with the rhythm and the decisions. I checked in the dressing room after we finished the match.
On the next step for VAR…
That is the next step. We lost two points to that tonight. The next step is that they will check. We have cameras on the pitch, but here I don’t remember a single referee going to check on the touchline. I don’t remember that. The next step will be that. VAR is to help the referees, but also to watch or to take the best decision with your own eyes.
Things are far from being great at the club, we can see that. Whether Unai Emery is the right man for the job or not is one thing only the board can resolve and as each games passes, the evidence to suggest he isn’t grows stronger. The Ozil debacle, the Xhaka captaincy, the football.
His bias towards the Swiss midfielder suggests he’s not the one to decide his fate after yesterday’s behaviour and he won’t. The club, meaning the board, will be the ones to decide Xhaka’s fate said Emery after the game. Xhaka should be told to pack his bags and leave the club with immediate effect in my option. Terminate his contract as I’m sure they’d be fully entitled and right to do so.
Overnight I read this:
‘A club can terminate a fixed-term employment contract only for a particularly weighty reason. Such a reason could be such a serious breach or neglect of the obligations arising from the employee’s employment contract or law with material effects on the employment relationship that the club cannot be reasonably expected to continue the contractual relationship.’
Not even an apology would right the wrong he did. Personally, I think Unai Emery should go too, today but with all the decisions not going our way, he’ll probably be spared. In all the fury over VAR, our defending for their equaliser will be lost.
Emery is right about VAR not being used for us yet quickly called for when it’s against us. It’s so bloody obvious yet there is nothing being done about it.
I’m sure someone will suggest we shouldn’t be relying on things like VAR to decide a result but these decisions add up and they cost us points. Sport should be fair, but the PL isn’t fair at all because Riley and co aren’t allowing it to be.
Managers get sacked for continually making mistakes, it’s about time the FA did the same to Riley and some of the blokes who clearly sing to his tune.
Finally, here’s the view of the much respected Mark Clattenburg:
Watching England in the Rugby World Cup semi-final, I did not agree with the decisions of TMO but at least I understood them. Everyone at home could hear referee Nigel Owens explaining certain calls.
By comparison, VAR left me puzzled at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday. I’m still lost as to why they got involved to award Crystal Palace a penalty against Arsenal when, in my opinion, Wilfried Zaha clearly dived.
Referee Martin Atkinson was right to book the Palace man for simulation. He was in a perfect position to make the call, too. Calum Chambers’ leg was planted and Zaha threw himself to the ground. Atkinson spotted his ploy and produced a yellow card. Then VAR got involved. They told their man on the ground to overturn his original decision and award a spot-kick instead. It was a gift for Palace.
Then in the last 10 minutes, Sokratis scored to make it 3-2, only for VAR to chalk it off. Meanwhile, those at home and inside the stadium were left trying to work out why.
Australian Jarred Gillett was the video official at Stockley Park and I would love to have heard his reasoning.
As would we all. No wonder he left the Premier League…..
Catch up in the comments guys….
Thanks Rico, Morning everyone,
We are 3 games into our winnable run of league games,WLD so far and no reason to think things will be any more consistent in the future.OK we should have won yesterday if not for VAR but when we went 2-0 up none of us honestly thought we would go on and score4/5 other teams would,it seems impossible with the present manager.
I just hope Josh/Raul/Edu act decisively and ruthlessly,to delay will cost us more anyway.
Emery out ! (and sell Xhaka in January)
COYG
“Play for the name on the front…………….”
Great intro Rico.
2-0 up and we should have been cruising, and, with our forward line, possibly another 2 might have followed.
But no, the VAR interpretation of the penalty was outrageous. The defenders right leg was already planted and ‘Mr Diver extraordinaire’ made a meal of that episode. No penalty for me. Our ‘winner’ was, imo, by contrast definitely a winner.
We are not the only team that is losing out to highly controversial decisions by the VAR ref though.
I agree with you, Xhaka should be stripped of his captaincy and his contract annulled.
A “F-ck you” to the crowd and removing his shirt in full view of the crowd is rightly reason enough.
UE can pack his bags too.
We are just throwing games away.
Thanks Andorra.
A captains armband seems to matter little these days.
I know Sokratis has been hit and miss of late but his reaction after scoring what should have been our winner was an absolute picture…
Limey, I’d send them both packing. Today.
Morning Rico and all.
Internet problems for me this morning so it’s all a bit uncertain right now. Multiple postings and all that.
VAR seems to have substituted one man’s opinions for another. Anyone who has ever watched Crystal Palace knows that, if there’s an extended leg in the penalty area Zaha will go over it. Atkinson knows this and his initial decision was right. Clattenburg knows it to hence his “planted leg” comment. The second decision stinks and I sense the fetid, slimy hand of Mike Riley somewhere in this one.
As for Xhaka. What he did was wrong but so was the abuse he has and still is getting. There’s been a huge turnover of new fans at the Emirates over the last 6 or 7 years and it’s a toxic place now. The fan base has changed and I don’t enjoy the atmosphere anymore. This feeling that “I’ve paid my money so I’ll abuse who I want” isn’t for me.
Emery has had his turn and failed. It has become quite awful how badly he has done and I can’t see any future for him, or Xhaka, at the club. If the board and owners want to stick with him then they will be throwing this season away and that will have deep repercussions. Disillusioned players wanting to move. A huge rebuilding job etc. I can’t see any reason why he should stay. Is he going to magically come up with something new? I seriously doubt that.
Who should replace him will be an interesting debate. Perhaps someone until the end of the season and then a new man? Who knows. But, it’s surely evident that this nonsense cannot go on.
Morning Adam.
Probably because the same people making them on the pitch are the ones now making them with VAR. The only way it’ll be fair imo is when Riley has been removed and with is, his biases.
Booing has always been around though hasn’t it? The level of it has increased perhaps as it’s extended to threats away from the pitch but look at today’s society and the crime we hear about daily, is it any surprise? Not to me.
It’s not right, far from it, but it’s where we are as a nation sadly…
Rico. Yes, except the bloke who made those calls has never reffed a PL game in his life.
Putty in Riley’s hands I imagine.
Adam, exactly why Riley should be removed.
Good Eberning, thanks for a superb post, Rico.
The Count should stand up and be counted, only an “o” stops him from being a c…
Even if we had what would probably be the fans ideal team sheet, that of no Luiz, no Sok and no Xhaka, does anyone confidently think we would win with Count Emery`s tactics ?
Our best team on paper looks good enough to compete with anyone even down to the bench, but I seriously do not think we would be favourites to win against any team in this league with this manager. This is a top 4 squad who I have no doubt at the moment will finish mid table and it`s all down to team selections and tactics from a Transylvanian Pub Manager.
From Manager to Ozil to Xhaka to tactics the whole situation at The Arsenal has become VARsical !
Thanks Lc.
I don’t think Emery’s tactics would have lost us that game yesterday because we won it fair and square. VAR cost us the game imo, no one else. Not even Xhaka or Luiz.
On this occasion I think blaming Emery would be wrong.
“Jarred Gillett was the VAR official for Arsenal’s clash with Palace. A 32-year-old Australian, Gillett has never taken charge of a Premier League game, with his refereeing experience in England limited to nine Football League fixtures.”
It`s not about yesterdays one off game Rico imo, it`s about more than a season of terrible performances with the occasional decent game.
VAR did not cost us the game, the person interpretating it did, you know, Scotts mate !
🙂
You know what I meant Lc. Lol
When you asked the question about winning I assumed you meant yesterday.
Guys, I did warn you about video ref, VAR etc for years.
It STILL comes down to interpretation and that takes all the benefits out of the technology but everyone wanted it.
The more I’ve looked at things today/last night, the more I hold Emery accountable and in a very short period of time, I’ve gone from
Wanting him to see out his contract to wanting the man gone ASAP!!
What kind of manager makes an unpopular player Captain and then, when players should be looking towards the skipper for leadership, takes him off the pitch????
Utterly pathetic and Emery deserves to lose his job for this alone!!!
He made the call against all odds to make Xhaka captain.
He then throws the man under the boss???
Piss weak, feeble little bastard!
And people wonder why Xhaka blew up?
That combined with the death threats he and his wife have allegedly received-its been confirmed by a few various sources but nothing official-and I can see exactly why he went off!
Sooner he goes the better and maybe we will see a few of our other better players getting game time and I don’t just mean Ozil!
Should it make a difference though Lee? He either qualified or he’s not. In some ways he should have been ideal really.
Lee ya miserable bastard hahahaha
Good to see you back mate.
Yeah not a decision to be proud of that one.
Truly dismal.
LC, I believe he’s an English citizen now-that’s my story lol
Great post rico.
Ive said for years that the FA are corrupt, and I saw nothing to change my mind this week end.
Mick “slimy” Riley hates Arsenal, as shown when he refereed our game at Old Toilet when our unbeaten run came to an end.
If you cannot remember it, You tube the game and you will see exactly what I mean.
I have been listening to talk sport this morning and no one, pundits or officials or the most important one TMO ref? has explained why our third goal was ruled out.
In fact if you watch the replay, it was Chambers himself who was pushed blatantly in the chest first.
Unlike rugby, Why has Mr Jarred Gillett not been asked why he disallowed Arsenal third goal????
I believe this was one of the very, very worst calls I’ve seen in football.
Such a shame, though that Gillett, who really is a bloody good official, will be tarnished forever over this and probably never be given the chance he deserves because watching him for years tells me he’s a damn sight better than plenty I’ve seen officiate League games over the years.
An explanation would be great, VCC.
Even if he threw his hands up and said “I stuffed up”-it’d be something, at least.
Thanks Vcc.
I remember that game very well and nothing has changed since that day.
I’m not miserable Scott not after our showing in Japan….
There’s nothing wrong with VAR itself though Scott, technology is needed and everything is in place to make football a better and fairer game. It’s the idiots in control of it.
Should be a cracking final, Lee!!
Rico, rules and interpretations are all part of it.
How much time is spent talking about it and how much of it is positive, though?
Probably no more than we spent on discussing officials before it was brought in, but now, we get to sit around while the games out on pause a few times every 90 minutes.
It was bound to be like this though Scott, it’s the first season. Rugby, cricket etc had its teething problems I’m sure.
Everywhee else it seems that VAR is used to let the referee re examine his decisions and is notified that he needs to look again . Whereas here it seems that the ref is now subservient to the guy in the studio .
Every club has a screen on the touchline all it needs in the two minute and a half that Atkinson waited is for him to look at the screen . Not difficult and at least the fans would know what was happening.
As for the Xhaka spat , I reckon that there is more to it than just being booed . Kev said yesterday that there are suggestions of social media threats against his family . There is little you can do about Twitter and Instagram and the airheads that populate them they are hidden behind their smartphones and until they are identified and bought up before the beak they will ride the wave that is sadly a black mark on the whole of this society.
I only go to the ground occasionally now . It’s not the same and people appear to come to grumble rather than see the positives.
Also Scott, the media attention the mistakes are getting is a big positive imo because Riley has become accountable whereas before, Wenger was just considered to be a moaner who hid behind referee decisions.
Rico, League and cricket still haven’t got it right.
They tweak the rules every year and have had it for a long time now.
Keep it simple, imo.
Rico, the media attention should’ve been there before VAR, but yes, that’s a positive.
Maybe Scott but in cricket, decisions don’t get overused unless there is clear and precise evidence to justify doing so. Eg, a catch or bump ball etc.
There was no evidence to overturn the penalty or our goal imo and that’s where the system is failing imo, as is not allowing the ref to view the screen because Riley doesn’t want them too.
Rico, it’s never been an issue with the technology.
The theory is great, and the benefits should be there but still, human intervention is the issue.
It makes the entire system redundant.
Let the technology do its job I reckon, and get rid of Riley hahahaha
With such a clear cut and obvious mistake ( I use the term generously) I sincerely hope that this referee is removed immediately. I haven’t heard one sensible person defend his atrocious decision.
Great post Rico, thanks for that…
The Antipodean referee should be put on the next packet steamer and transported back to whence he came, never to cast his shadow on these shores again…
Why don’t we get some ex-professionals involved in Stockley Park (it’s situated north of Heathrow if you fancy going out there to have a punch up)…?
They have a different feel for the game that might be beneficial, also Riley must go…
We agree on Riley. Lol
Thanks Kev.
Employ all the female officials I say. In general they/we make the right decision and quickly too. 😜
If we condemn all officials based on one Clanger, we will have none left hahahahah
Adam, he’s seriously been a bloody good ref, but I can’t even begin to explain this call-absolute mystery to me lol
Did anyone see the penalty Utd received v Norwich?
Every bit as bad and VAR again was the culprit.
Potter, it was actually Scott who commented about the online abuse aimed at Xhaka and his family.
Personally I don’t think anyone come out of it untarnished, not Emery for his mishandling of the situation – almost as if he was trying to deflect attention away from himself, not Xhaka, who acted petulantly and certainly not as a captain of Arsenal should have, not the fans who are developing a nasty, poisonous mob mentality and certainly not Riley and his officials – I use that term lightly – who actually created strife where there was none to start with.
I wonder if Riley was standing over the shoulder of the Aussie ref, ‘guiding him’ in his decisions?
As many of us have said no matter the technology, if the implementation is wrong it would not work. In my opinion, I think Riley and his bunch don’t want it to work. It works in other sports; for an example, the NFL not only explains the decisions, but there are 3 coaches’ challenge and automatic review of all scores. There are many other examples in other sports that technology works.
On Xhaka, sure Emery made a mistake making Xhaka the captain, but Xhaka could have simply said, “coach not at the moment, l am struggling now, I need to work on my game”. So the blame is on both. But even more relevant irregardless of VAR decisions, when you decide to leave out your best assist man and chance creator and don’t replace him, the football will suffer. Additionally, hate him or like like him, the kids we replaced Ramsey with do not have the workrate or his ability. When you compound that with leaving out your best/ only tackler there’s going to be problem. As we all know, the engine room in football is the midfield. So with inadequate midfield and playing out of the back (which interestingly was absent on Thursday and yesterday) the defense will be in shambles.
Yes Rico, as that great song once said ‘Here come the girls’….
I’m all for a bit of female common sense. 😀
Also everything at Stockley Park will be nice and tidy…. 😁
I didn’t mind Ramsey, Obi hahahaha
Yes, We miss him but so be it.
A new captain is needed but really, we don’t have a single player who stands out as a top option.
Every one of them has genuine reasons not to hand them the job.
The one I see as a decent choice is Holding but even he is a risk atm after recently coming back from a major injury.
No leaders at the club-business as usual unfortunately.
I wondered that Kev, after all, he must be in his probationary period so someone will be monitoring him…
Morning Rico and everyone,
Great post again thanks Rico.
Well what a dismal evening that was.
As much as I don’t rate Xhaka, if it’s true about the threats he and his family have received, well I think he deserves a bit of slack. His mind can’t be right and with the viciousness of the crowd last night I can see why he snapped.
Football in general now to me is becoming a cheating nasty industry from top to bottom.
We need to call things how we see them and not be to frightened to hurt peoples feelings or upset anybody.
Zaha dived, everybody knows it, he could easily have stayed on his feet but he chose to cheat! So why do pundits not say it?
The other night Lacazette pretended to be head butted. He cheated. He should have been vilified and slaughtered to teach him a lesson, but nothing.
Pundits actually praise players for cheating.
Oh that was clever he felt a touch and went down. How many times have we heard that.
Nobody has any integrity anymore.
Football is starting to stink and so the stench is rubbing off on the fans at the moment.
Mike, people everywhere will tell you that diving is “part of the game” so it’s almost condoned.
This forcing contact is something many players have mastered and it’s at the stage where defenders seem genuinely scared to attempt a challenge, and who can blame them?
It’s never been harder to be a defender.
Scott. Yeah sure and Fred West was a good gardener. 😀
Ha ha Kev.
Apparently Xhaka left the ground before the game ended…
Morning Mike, thank you.
I think Lacazette was criticised by BT Sport commentators but yes, cheats do seem to often prosper in this game.
Talking of which, what a great rugby tackle by Guendouzi…. 😝
Absolutely right Scott . Diving is condoned !
You used to be cheating scum bag for diving, now you’re a bloody hero for winning a dubious free kick or getting somebody booked.
It’s so wrong.
Soon we won’t need defenders at all, it will be completely no contact.
Well Rico, the BT commentators said he didn’t make himself look very good, Not that he was a cheating git. which was how I saw it.
Yep Guendouzi could be out in Japan.
True Mike..
G’day to you all.
Plenty to talk about today, in all the furore from yesterday’s game two incidents stand out. In neither incident did the referee ask for the VAR’s input.
1) The Zaha dive / penalty decision. On the basis that if a player tripped over another player’s leg in the penalty box it would normally be considered a foul and a penalty awarded. I, along with others, suspect that Atkinson took into consideration Zaha’s track record and decided it was a dive, showed him a yellow card and disallowed the penalty. The question is did the referee make a clear and obvious error? Since Atkinson was in a good position to see the incident made a considered evaluation of the “foul”, took into account his knowledge of Zaha’s previous dives and decided on his course of action in calm manner I see no “clear and obvious error” so his original decision should have stood.
2) Sokratis’ second goal. Again the referee was in a good position, awarded the goal and there it should have stood. However, The VAR drew his attention to a possible foul prior to the goal and decided, without the referee having made a “clear and obvious error” that the goal should be disallowed. The consensus among various pundits and journalists was that Chambers was himself fouled and as he fell lightly collided with a defender, but in no way impeded him or prevented him from stopping Sokratis.
In my opinion the first incident, was it a dive or a penalty, was fifty/fifty. The second incident, did Chambers commit a foul, most definitely not.
The Xhaka incident just illustrates the parlous state of the relationship between the Arsenal dressing room and the Head Coach. The boy Josh has until January to get this situation sorted. Xhaka must go, Emery is clinging on by his fingertips.
Lets bring some sense to the proceedings………………….I give you Orny ! 🙂
My take from my link is The Count will be gone before next season starts…………..unless he gets CL !
https://twitter.com/David_Ornstein/status/1188777480309628929
I’ve just had a quick glance on NewsNow and as is the case these days there’s absolutely nothing at all worth clicking on, but the present Arsenal crisis gives the usual suspects the chance to shit stir and the Express, Metro, Mirror and Star never miss a trick. It’s all bollocks of course but nobody hardly ever buys those newspapers anymore in their printed form so they’re hanging on as desperately as Unai Emery to their jobs – and doing it as badly.
Liverpool (a) this Wednesday isn’t just a visit to Anfield or a cup tie, it’s make or break for Emery because I think that a heavy defeat on Merseyside could see him given his cards.
I’d imagine that Josh and the boys are already making contingency plans in that dept as we blog…
As for Xhaka, I’m not sure?
A January transfer would lance the boil but we’d need to replace him and Ceballos isn’t the answer, so maybe he’ll stay, issue an apology to the fans and try and recover, but he shouldn’t retain the captaincy imo…
Hahahahahahahhahahahahahahaha…………all this lot and we got Emery !……………………….and pay him £6M !…………………………..hahahahahahahahahahahaha………………………….yes the laughter of a mad man !
https://readarsenal.com/2019/10/28/the-seven-managers-arsenal-interviewed-before-hiring-emery/
Dermott Gallagher says no foul for our third goal.
It all makes sense ……………………………………The Blood Sucker hypnotised the board with his fangs !………………..why on earth would they have chosen him against the others ?………………………if the f##ker comes knocking on my door on Halloween I`m well armed !
Cicero, what Zaha has done is the past should imo, have no influence on what happened yesterday and I’m not sure it did. Chambers plants his leg, stupidly I must add bearing in mind it was Zaha and Zaha made the most of it, making sure it looked good.
Atkinson saw it for what it was imo, a foul earned rather than one committed..
Right Im off to do some gardening and I have holy water, garlic and cross at the ready !
Seriously !…………………………..has anyone checked Josh Kroenke`s neck for puncture wounds ?
One thing that came out of yesterday for me:
I’m so pleased we didn’t waste 80-100 million on Zaha,
He isn’t that good anyway
He is a cheat.
I thought the VAR Official was at The Emirates? So where is Stockley Park? Is that the League HQ where Riley also resides?
Collusion on decisions?
VAR should ONLY be displayed at the match venue and the referee makes the decision as they can see views on the incident that were not available to him during the play.
You don’t need another official. Period!
I know it`s near to Halloween, but more scary than that is that there was a notion to extend Emery`s contract in the summer and we thought the board had wised up !
https://twitter.com/gunnerballz/status/1057592523420549121
Agree re Zaha Limey…
https://www.calciomercato.com/en/news/arsenal-lacazette-likes-instagram-post-calling-for-dismissal-of–82358
We are only warming up.
I think we should take a leaf out of The Arsenal history book and replicate what happened with Bruce Rioch in charge, one season sacked and the rest is history………………no, I`m not saying sack Emery and bring in Wenger, ! hahaha………………………just sack The Count now, do we want a wasted rest of the season with the board hoping he turns it around only to inevitably be disappointed ?…………..act now before he rises from his coffin !
I’m surprised only Lacazette has given it the thumbs up….
Adam,
Surely Fred West was a farmer with his output 🙂
Scott. Most likely 😃
Wasn’t Fred West the guy who played Batman?
Kev, that was another, Adam and you know what they’re like hahahaha
Has our lad been shipped back here yet 🙂 🙂
New post up now