Arsenal POST Match Thread

[DannyMan2006]

Do you not think Newcastle United was his chance though?

Royally ****ed that up.

Newcastle used to think they're better than they are, and still do to an extent.

They had a **** side and expected Ginola, Beardsley, Asprilla type football. Get real.

Allardyce had one thing right. His rep went before him and they wanted him out before he ever got going. Had they given him time he may have got it right.

He may be a bit of a cock, but he's not the worst manager going.

[DannyMan2006]

I strongly disagree, because it would be false, If Wenger has no respect for Allardyce why shake his hand in some lame show for the cameras and public.

Allardyce calls it 'courtesy' to do so, apparently it's what we do over here, well what utter crap that is coming from him, he's as crooked and sly as they come imo, and while Wenger does have his faults, not shaking Allardyces hand imo is not one of them, he moans about someone not shaking hands yet stands and defends a player that spits in anothers face, the mans not worthy of Wengers or Rafa's handshake, he's a total tool.

Wenger is a nob for not shaking soneones hand. Childish stuff. Bad example etc.

[CJ]

i get the individual thing of not shaking ****s hand.

however wenger has form on this.

[Zapater]

Moving away from that topic, is anyone else genuinely disappointed that Reina didn't come anywhere near to saving the penalty and hasn't come close to saving one in god knows how long.

[little dave hedgehog]

Moving away from that topic, is anyone else genuinely disappointed that Reina didn't come anywhere near to saving the penalty and hasn't come close to saving one in god knows how long.

me. i knew as soon as they blew for it he wouldn't save it. he hasn't looked like saving one in a while.

[Chris]

Moving away from that topic, is anyone else genuinely disappointed that Reina didn't come anywhere near to saving the penalty and hasn't come close to saving one in god knows how long.

He saved one last season. And got ridiculously close to saving Bent's and Adam's this season.

Think its wrong to expect anything of a goalie when facing a teams best penalty taker. Shoot outs are a different story though.

[Craig_H]

Moving away from that topic, is anyone else genuinely disappointed that Reina didn't come anywhere near to saving the penalty and hasn't come close to saving one in god knows how long.

He saved one at Old Trafford in March 2010.

[Mostar]

There is so much more to Pepe's game than saving the penalty kicks. I personally don't see it as a big weakness.

[SB]

There is so much more to Pepe's game than saving the penalty kicks. I personally don't see it as a big weakness.

No but it was a big strength in the past

[Rowan]

Newcastle used to think they're better than they are, and still do to an extent.

They had a **** side and expected Ginola, Beardsley, Asprilla type football. Get real.

Allardyce had one thing right. His rep went before him and they wanted him out before he ever got going. Had they given him time he may have got it right.

He may be a bit of a cock, but he's not the worst manager going.

My mates constantly and consistently tell me that Newcastle's standard of football under Allerdyce was the worst they've ever seen. Apparently it was ****ing garbage.

[DannyMan2006]

My mates constantly and consistently tell me that Newcastle's standard of football under Allerdyce was the worst they've ever seen. Apparently it was ****ing garbage.

They likely had already made their minds up before they saw Newcastle play. So nothing short of Barca football would have changed their minds.

[Shaggy]

They likely had already made their minds up before they saw Newcastle play. So nothing short of Barca football would have changed their minds.

Everybody outside LFC thinks we did the same with Hodgson, and we all know that's bollocks. Well, some of us knew he'd be a disaster before he signed the contract, but still he got a chance and we judged him on the the results and football, which were wank. So I'd be reluctant to make the same judgement about other sets of supporters.

[Neil Young]

Everybody outside LFC thinks we did the same with Hodgson, and we all know that's bollocks. Well, some of us knew he'd be a disaster before he signed the contract, but still he got a chance and we judged him on the the results and football, which were wank. So I'd be reluctant to make the same judgement about other sets of supporters.

[Roboklopp]

****ing hell how pathetic ate Scum fans? And they say we have a victim mentality ffs!

As for Fat Sam, he is an epic cunt and I wouldn't piss on him if he'd been set on fire by a flare in his opening game in the Bernabeu.

[Shaggy]

Mancs still crying about Kenny and poor little Wayne.

Boo ****ing hoo

http://therepublikofmancunia.com/fa-contract-themselves-with-dalgishs-swearing/

On April 5th, the FA charged Wayne Rooney with breaking Law 12 after he swore following scoring his third goal.

A Sky Sports camera came on to the field of play and Rooney shouted “what? ****ing what?” at it.

“The FA has today charged Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney for the use of offensive, insulting and/or abusive language relating to an incident during his side’s fixture with West Ham United,” the FA statement read. “Rooney has until 6pm on April 5 to respond to the charge.”

The FA’s charge doesn’t mention a television camera and neither does Law 12.
Nobody is denying that swearing directly at a camera is a worse offence than just being caught swearing after say missing an attempt at goal or falling over. However, Law 12 doesn’t account for this difference.

With the Respect campaign in full flow, you could argue that telling the referee to “**** off” is a worse offence than swearing at a camera, particularly if the viewing public see the player do this. Law 12 specifies that “using offensive, insulting and/or abusive language” is worthy of a red card.

Referee Lee Mason claimed he would have sent Rooney off if he heard him swearing.

We’re now confronted with a disgraceful set of double standards, as Rooney could only be charged because of what Mason said in his match report, which was a retrospective comment using video footage. The FA opened up a can of worms. Would referees now send players off for directing “offensive, insulting and/or abusive language” at them, like Mason claimed? Would the FA now use video footage to retrospectively punish players guilty of using “offensive, insulting and/or abusive language”?

RoM has encouraged people to write to the FA to highlight these double standards every time a player is guilty of breaking Law 12. We have all received more or less a similar response, which talks of how Rooney’s case is different because his language was directed at the camera lens. When we reply reminding them that Law 12 and their charge did not mention a camera lens, they do not respond, which has lead us to get in touch with the Independent Football Ombdusman.

After Joey Barton repeatedly told referee Stuart Attwell to “**** off” last weekend and no punishment was given by the referee or retrospectively by the FA, we contacted them. In their copied and pasted response, they said: The clear distinction to be made in the Wayne Rooney case is that the language used was directed specifically at a television camera lens, whilst clearly audible to the viewing public.

Again, Law 12 doesn’t account for this distinction, it is a distinction they have created to justify punishing Rooney, but the most interesting part of this reply are the words “clearly audible“.

Kenny Dalglish was guilty of using “offensive, insulting and/or abusive language” when he told fellow manager, Arsene Wenger to “piss off” at the end of their 1-1 draw on Sunday. This “offensive, insulting and/or abusive language” was “clearly audible”. After walking away from Wenger, he was seen saying “**** off”.

However, the FA have confirmed that they will be taking no action against Dalglish.

An FA spokesman said last night: “We are quite clear that the context of the Rooney incident was wholly different to the other recent incidents cited.”
It’s fairly easy to invent your own rules to punish Rooney. It appears the FA also find it easy to ignore these rules they have invented to allow others to go unpunished.

One rule for us, one rule for everyone else.