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kenada_woo -> RE: Everton (1/1/2008 2:16:05 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Your Funny Uncle
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But a straight red? I dont think he should've been sent off, yellow at most. He had his arm raised but he did nothing malicious. Fabregas goes down like he just recived a right hook from Mike Tyson - and that was his contribution all game, he did fuck all for 90 minutes. And if the Ref is playing by the book then Lescott should've been sent off for a similar thing in the 2nd half - but most of the Arsenal players were going down holding their faces in any challenge anyway.
It was never a red. Arteta well miss 3 games now but Bentner's challenge on Johnson that could've broken his leg only gets a yellow and he gets 1 game. It doesnt make sense if the Ref is playing it "by the book". We had one red card, no yellows, while they had 5 players booked and one sending off - goes to show who frustrated who more.
It was clearly a straight red, he elbowed Cesc in the face. That is a sending off offence. Clearly it wasn't an Alan Shearer style elbow but it was an elbow never the less and he deserved his red card. Cesc did however disgracefully make a meal of it when he shouldn't have as it was under the Refs nose anyway.
Bendtner deserved a straight red for his challenge on Johnson, it was just plain malicious in my opinion, the ref knew he had already got a yellow so took the easy route issueing a yellow when it should have been red.
You had us on the ropes on Saturday and I thought we were going to go down for the count but we stuck at it and after a seriously lacklustre first half we pulled it together in the second and just shaded it. In the end we just deserved the three points, for your utter lack of ability to deal with the fundemental basics of the long ball if for nothing else. You stopped us playing our usual game, our passing was awful but we found another alternative that worked in the end.
But like I pointed out Lescott did a similar thing to Gallas early in the 2nd half and didnt get anything. Fabregas was getting in front of Arteta and had his arm across his upper chest. Arteta put his arm over his and caught him with his forearm trying to keep the ball. Nothing mallicous, nothing intentional, he didnt even throw the arm out agressivly. The Ref took a while to wait and give the red card, which I believe was swayed by Fabregas rolling about and the melee that happened. Arteta hasnt had 1 yellow card all season, he's not that kind of player, so to just elbow a player/friend in the face intentionally just isnt him.
As for the goals. We gave them through basic mistakes, gifted them you in fact. You took your chances and scored, but throughout the game there was never a time when I felt any build up play by Arsenal threatened our goal. Arsenal didnt even cause Howard to make a save minus the goals.
In that respect, you should've won cos you took your chances. Everything else, Arsenal were 2nd rate and as pointed out, if they play like against any of the top 4 they're in serious trouble.
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