Can we all remember the Home game. Livermore sent off. Then I see the most biased set of officiating in my life. Have we ever been the benefactors of that many decisions in a season in this league let alone one game?
First goal, obvious handball but Robbo should have cleared his line before that. Should have been a red card. Second goal Jak shouldn't have left his line and I thought Clucas knew what he was doing with the handball. Deserved a point though. Walcott's a little twat.
Clearly as no one appealed, I'm wrong but I thought they changed the rule so that the penalty award was deemed to be sufficient, so the player isn't sent off. That was unlucky. If we'd got to half time at 0-0, the crowd would have got on there backs
It's hard not to blame him for it, he came storming out without really knowing what he was going to do, he wasn't even remotely close to getting the ball or putting off an attack, he left us wide open with an open goal for them to aim at. It was a ridiculously stupid thing to do and the reason he's never in a million years a worthy #1.
I'm ****ing livid about that. As always every decision goes their way and then for good measure he couldn't ****ing wait to send Clucas off. Absolutely no hesitation. He lets them off the clearest professional foul you'll see and also a goal with a handball, then sends one of ours off at the first opportunity for a much less clear handball and yet again it's that stupid ****ing archaic double punishment rule of a penalty and a red card. Third time we've been done by that season and the second against Arsenal. On top of that Jak might even have bloody saved it, he was right next to Clucas. Absolute pisstake.
Thought we made them look very average. They didn't really test jak. Chuffed with 2nd half kept pressing, there's no shame about the result. Just the dodgy decisions. I just detest arsenal
Both calls were the right calls, if the first had been against my team I wouldn't be happy about it, but there didn't seem any intent to me, unlike the 2nd. Maybe gibbs should've gone, but on the other hand you got a way with a lot of fouling, especially on Sanchez (who was clipped when he dived, but as Sterling showed a few weeks against spurs, if you don't go down you don't get the free-kick). It was a decent game and you look like you should be safe. But: you're an unlucky side, you played us off the park at West Ham (we still don't know how we actually won), and if your luck doesn't turn, you'll go down.
Would it be harsh to say he should have been a bit more brave on the first goal anarl? Should have been in there head first.
Only no longer sent off if it's a genuinely me attempt to get the ball and not a deliberate attempt to prevent a goal/attack.
So last 4 games we have had a couple of shocking decisions go against us but we have still come away with a lot more then we expected. I think more importantly though is we haven't gone and luckily got 4 points against these teams like some do (think us against Tottenham with myhill in goal) we have gone out there and fully deserved those 4 points on the back of very promising and much improved performances. Now comes the hard work! Replicating those performances against teams who will sit deep and invite us onto them. Now we really need the likes of Grosiki and Markovic to step up and give us that cutting edge chance creation against the likes of Burnley, Leicester etc.
Did anyone expect him to give it? It's so predictable every time. Smaller club playing away at Arsenal, of course he gets away with it. Our players were all moaning at him before he even produced a card cos they knew he would bottle it. Took him a nanosecond to produce the red card for Clucas though of course. Ridiculous that he has to miss a game for the appalling conduct of being hit on the shoulder by a ball without actually moving a muscle towards it.
