Gronzag Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 So ref sent off Gibbs instead of Ox?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Oh my. Can't believe this is happening again - well, actually I can believe it, which is a problem. I'm just annoyed I didn't put a huge amount of money on Arsenal losing so that I would have some winnings to lessen my pain. Any other game that sending off of the wrong person would be a huge headline, but unless Ox scores a hat-trick now it's not going to matter. We just need to not get beaten by 6 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Do players really not own up to it? If you were Chamberlain, surely you'd be telling the ref it was you, not Gibbs? Edit: Maybe he did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Moff Mithrandir Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Andre Marriner you idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Do players really not own up to it? If you were Chamberlain, surely you'd be telling the ref it was you, not Gibbs? Edit: Maybe he did? He did. Just saw a vine of him walking up to the ref and saying it was him. The ref is a fucking idiot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 SM, Twitter and my commentary team are both saying that AOC might have indeed been saying 'it was me'. Not very reliable though.Still, we haven't shown up in another big away game, sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slick Mongoose Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 He did. Just saw a vine of him walking up to the ref and saying it was him. The ref is a fucking idiot. Yeah, fairly easy to lip read. Although it seems like (and is!) a terrible decision, it's probably not as bad as giving a penalty that shouldn't have been, in terms of effect on the game. And that happens all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Hippie Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Eurosport's minute by minute commentary is quite fun 25'Sagna chests the ball back to the 'keeper, and the ball doesn't go in the net!23'Podolski is sacrificed - not literally, for Vermaelen.22'Thomas Vermaelen is warming up, so you can expect more goals for Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Yeah, fairly easy to lip read. Although it seems like (and is!) a terrible decision, it's probably not as bad as giving a penalty that shouldn't have been, in terms of effect on the game. And that happens all the time. In this case, it doesn't matter. This Arsenal team is terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Not that it would have necessarily changed things (since I think Flamini was playing in the heavy defeat against City at the Etihad), but I note that both in the heavy defeat against Liverpool and the (soon to be) heavy defeat here, Flamini wasn't starting. A midfield of Rosicky, Cazorla, Arteta, Ox and Podolski just doesn't provide enough cover for the back four. At least one of those five needs to be dedicated to screening potential threats before they get through, and although that midfield is highly creative and very good at passing, they're a bit light on the defensive side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Arsenal will definately appeal the Gibbs red card and it will surely be overturned. Wonder whether retrospective action can be taken against Ox in this situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinker Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I guess this has shown why not many Managers get to a 1000 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Slightly disappointing the game is sort of already over. As a Liverpool fan i was hoping for a draw :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 We just keep giving the ball away in the midfield. Painfully clear we're missing our 4 best midfielders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Jesus Christ Arsenal, why? Hoping they'd give Liverpool some love and grab a point. And What the fuck is this ref doing? Gibbs' reaction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I've had to mute Owen and Darke. Jeor, it's not cover for the back four, it's giving the ball away in the middle of the park whilst pushing both your fullbacks high up the pitch. AOC has done it at least 3 times, Arteta twice. You don't do that against a counter attacking team like CFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I've had to mute Owen and Darke. Jeor, it's not cover for the back four, it's giving the ball away in the middle of the park whilst pushing both your fullbacks high up the pitch. AOC has done it at least 3 times, Arteta twice. You don't do that against a counter attacking team like CFC Cazorla has done it twice as well. It's been pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I can't watch, I couldn't bare to see mourhino and his stupid smug fucking face. regarding retrospective action against AOC, according the bbc when a similar incident happened earlier this year the person who should of been sent off took the 3 game ban. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeor Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 I must say, I wasn't expecting (or even really hoping for) a win, but thought we might have a reasonable chance of eking out a draw. So much for that! FA Cup here we come - you are our only trophy hope now. And to be honest, we don't deserve to be in the title race if we don't show up against the other top teams. We've now been soundly beaten by City, Liverpool and Chelsea away, and at home we've only managed one win (against Liverpool) and a very tame draw (Chelsea 0-0). Not to mention being beaten by Man United 1-0 as well. What bothers me is that we will never really know what this season could have been, if we had had Ramsey available the whole time I think we really would have been able to get some of those important results. Raja, Mexal - true. Flamini would not have necessarily prevented any of those goals from happening - but he's usually very good at organising people and getting bodies (including his own) behind the ball. Watch him during a match, and he's always shouting, pointing, covering, etc. I'm sure in any of those breaks he would have been an extra body in there. As it was, we only had Koscielny and Mertesacker to protect against a break, and that usually means it's two or three Chelsea players against Koscielny only, seeing as Mertesacker isn't really useful in a fast break situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consigliere Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 And another one. This has become embarrassing and could get even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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