22 Sep 2024 22:52:25
How does Haaland not get a yellow for bouncing the ball off an arsenal player's head? Then barging a player straight after when Trossard got a yellow for the same thing? Baffling. Cesspit of a game when you see Akanji hands in the air celebrating Trossard 2nd yellow. Had Bruno did that, the pundits would be discussing the rest of the season.
Dalot can get 2 yellows at Anfield for one show of dissent. On another note, what has happened to yellow cards for dissent?
23 Sep 2024 00:01:28
There is no appetite to stoo dissemt from football.
If they wanted to tackle it they would, quite simply if you carded any dissent and backed up continuous dissent with a second yellow then in two weeks it would stop. The players do it because they can.
You don't see dissemt in rugby or the NFL, games where the participants are super hyped up. They smash out of each other but because they know the punishment will happen they know not to do it.
23 Sep 2024 02:05:11
Imagine the headlines if bruno smashed the ball off haalands head, or ran into a player and took a dive after 7 seconds like rodri.
Arsenal 'masters of the dark arts', never a word mentioned about pep's use of rotational fouling to break up all opposition attacks.
Crocodile tears.
23 Sep 2024 03:52:32
Bernardo Silva was at the ref all game, yet only got booked late on! Even sky sports didn't make a issue abt haaland bouncing the ball off a player's head, it's comical what they get away with.
23 Sep 2024 09:24:26
What did Roy keane get away with when we were on top?
23 Sep 2024 11:21:21
So now every game you can score a goal and celebrate by bouncing the ball off the back of an opponents head?
Could be Haaland's trade mark celebration now, he seems to be able to do what he likes.
23 Sep 2024 11:22:59
I don't know tumbleweed what did Roy Keane get away with when we were on top? Bit off topic as I thought we were in the here and now.
23 Sep 2024 12:13:58
Bounced a ball off his head?
Straight to prison.
23 Sep 2024 12:48:11
Haalands reaction was done in the heat of the moment and silly and immature not a shooting offence.
With regard to dissent totally agree that it is up to the refs to impose the law. If they all act immediately there is dissent then within a few weeks it will stop.
BUT the refs also need to use common sense and communicate better with the players. A quiet word to a captain to explain a particularly contentious decision might help lessen the problem. Also rather than brandashing a yellow card immediately take ten seconds to think about whether a yellow card is warranted.
23 Sep 2024 12:56:04
I thought it was pretty funny, by the time Gabriel lifted his shirt to see who it was Haaland was long gone lol
Haaland showed an unsporting side of his game on a few occasions, had a bit of a swipe at Arteta after the game too.
23 Sep 2024 13:00:39
The ref lost all control of that game yesterday. Both sides were pretty bad with a lot of the stuff that was going on.
The 2nd goal from arsenal is blocking and gets called 95% of the time. They did the same to us with that late rice winner last year, blocked Maguire and long to the back post. In general prem refs are really poor and very few games no matter who is playing were the ref has a good game.
Last year everything that touched our hand was called a pen now its almost impossible to get a handball pen in the box.
23 Sep 2024 13:33:05
Some of you have such short memories and moaning about that sorry of behaviour while cheering hinted on as we did the same thing years ago.
Sorry woo is me supasub. Dalot last season is here and now I see???.
23 Sep 2024 14:01:15
I think over the years Arsenal have lost that nastiness that they had in invincibles era but is back in full force again, I like it.
As an aside, it's been fascinating watching the art of blatant blocking from corners develop in the last few seasons. It's at a pretty stupid level now, corners have become a warzone in themselves.
23 Sep 2024 14:28:25
Wish we had more of it.
23 Sep 2024 15:52:19
Well Dalot is still playing tumbleweed, and that was in relation to dissent and yellow cards.
Anyway what did Keane used to get away with as you brought it up?
23 Sep 2024 16:29:00
Look for the videos.
23 Sep 2024 20:11:46
Keano was reckless i think he should be dropped for the next game.
23 Sep 2024 23:27:29
I don't have a video player and footage archived of all of Keano's misdemeanours. It would take far less effort to give an example in your posts Ken seeing.
24 Sep 2024 03:29:17
Nothing wrong with that arsenal corner. Quality set piece. awful defending from the most over rated defender in the league, kyle walker.
City were very lucky to nick a point. Terrible performance where they had no game plan and gave most of the possession to their centrebacks in non dangerous areas.
From the very start city created an atmosphere of injustice and the crowd and pep were moaning at everything. They should have been more worried about how they were playing against 10 men.
I found myself hoping arsenal could hold out, even though they showed zero ambition all second half. Reminded me a little of some of the old classic ding songs we had with arsenal.
24 Sep 2024 07:07:24
Why are people worrying what Haaland does. I thought it was funny. We have developed a bit of a victim mentality too, it seems.
24 Sep 2024 08:53:25
Spot on banjoe.
24 Sep 2024 09:39:54
Not a victim mentality as much as double standards. Haaland telling arteta to stay humble? He will have no sympathy from me if he gets what happened to rodri, maybe he will learn humility.
24 Sep 2024 09:46:20
Yep. The bogan has gone out of the game. I would not last 5 minutes on the park these days.
24 Sep 2024 12:27:43
So in it's generally acceptable to have that as a goal celebration all the time then, kids and adults bouncing footballs off the opponents heads after scoring a goal (it would be funny! so it's acceptable. ) How much is too much purchase on throwing it at someones head for it to merit a mention from the ref? Overarm or under arm? What about about a half volley? Is it confined to just using your hands?
24 Sep 2024 12:46:55
Haalands trash can't stand the guy and he isn't as good as people think he is. he's got the trashest personality ever no matter how good the guy is.
24 Sep 2024 14:06:21
Could have killed him it's a real shocker.
24 Sep 2024 15:18:24
Acceptable up and down the country in matches from kids to adults then Ken? I detect the sarcasm from my usual stalker who somehow manages to take an opposite view without any explanation.
If you want to see more of it, how about just half volleys into opponents after scoring goals?
In fact why not to waste time take throw ins by launching them at an opponents head enough to make the ball go back out of play and get another throw in then creep up the line to same opponent or a different one?
24 Sep 2024 18:50:37
It was a moment in time players have thrown the ball at other players since the game began.
You will see it in most leagues a couple of times a year. You will see it at grass roots more often than that.
It's nothing new not a big deal I'm not quite sure what your point is other than it shouldn't be allowed.
I agree and it's not allowed.
It wasn't dangerous and there was no danger of damage. It was a dumb move but its not a shocker or anything that unusual.
He should have been booked for it I take it from your reaction that he wasn't. Again regs make bad calls in every game and have done since it started.
So I'm not disagreeing with you at all I just think it's a non story.
Martinez should have got a red card and didn't. Again a mad moment in time another non story as there was no damage.
24 Sep 2024 21:05:57
Roy Keane was sent off at Newcastle on shearer for doing to exact same thing. plus a swiped a punch at him ? but he went. Personally I thought it was funny.
25 Sep 2024 10:25:26
All so serious. Lighten up.