1. Log in now to remove adverts - no adverts at all to registered members!

Closing in on Spurs in 3rd

Discussion in 'Arsenal' started by PINKIE, Dec 11, 2011.

  1. PINKIE

    PINKIE Wurzel Gummidge

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    123,809
    Likes Received:
    71,936
    Despite Spurs' best start to a season in the same time frame that we've had our worst, we find ourselves 2 pts behind them.

    NLD in February is going to be a massive game <ok>
     
    #1
  2. Jamrag

    Jamrag Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2011
    Messages:
    4,549
    Likes Received:
    167
    By February, VDV can score from 5 hand balls and Moderate can con the ref for 5 penalties. It still won't be enough to get them above us in the league come the end of the season.
     
    #2
  3. Jamrag

    Jamrag Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Sep 16, 2011
    Messages:
    4,549
    Likes Received:
    167
    Shock horror!!!! The spuds are crying that the match was fixed by the referee <doh> . How many times do we hear that old chestnut from the shadow dwellers every season? Virtually every time they lose, that's when. Happy days <party>
     
    #3
  4. superal

    superal Active Member

    Joined:
    Aug 30, 2011
    Messages:
    1,256
    Likes Received:
    5
    You will find most real football fans can see the ref was awful today. I know you are blinded by hatred so I'm not surprised <ok>
     
    #4
  5. ALTBOULI

    ALTBOULI New Member

    Joined:
    Oct 29, 2011
    Messages:
    545
    Likes Received:
    1
    Spurs deserved the win but that&#8217;s football, we have had so many decisions against us in the past but at the end of the day you also didn&#8217;t take all of your chances so you cant solely blame the ref. I think the penalty that you got in the first place was a dodgy decision considering that Modric jumped to ground so you also got some decisions your way.
     
    #5
  6. PINKIE

    PINKIE Wurzel Gummidge

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    123,809
    Likes Received:
    71,936
    I think the ref made some mistakes, including awarding a penalty to spurs.

    The defender pulled out of the challenge and made no contact with Modric.
    Watch the video again http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/emmanuel-adebayor-v-stoke/
    It's fast, but there is no contact. Modric realises this and then decides to go down, hence the delay, hence why it looks like he's dived - because he has.

    The Huth elbow off the line was hard to call because again it happened so quickly. Technically the ref can only give a pen if he is absolutely sure it was one, so if he didn't see it, he can't give it. So technically he got that right.
     
    #6

  7. Murray

    Murray Active Member

    Joined:
    Feb 28, 2011
    Messages:
    1,405
    Likes Received:
    14
    I didn't think Crouch deliberately handballed, arms were at the sides best he could. And I don't really understand the Spurs penalty ... I couldn't see any contact between the defender and Modric, and if there's no contact, there's no penalty.

    But then, Adebayor was onside and had that goal disallowed, so it evened out. Probably a fair result at the end of the day.
     
    #7
  8. superal

    superal Active Member

    Joined:
    Aug 30, 2011
    Messages:
    1,256
    Likes Received:
    5
    In the end we lost because we defended poorly in first half. Every team will suffer poor refs. Foy seems to be making a name for himself with the London clubs you have been warned <laugh>
     
    #8
  9. PINKIE

    PINKIE Wurzel Gummidge

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    123,809
    Likes Received:
    71,936
    If you watch it again, whilst it looks like a kick to the shin, he didn't make contact, he pulled out in time. It's very fast, but there's no contact.

    Modric he realises that there's no actual contact, so that's why there's a delay in him going to ground.
     
    #9
  10. PINKIE

    PINKIE Wurzel Gummidge

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    123,809
    Likes Received:
    71,936
    If there's contact, it's a pen. There wasn't so it shouldn't have been awarded <ok>
     
    #10
  11. PINKIE

    PINKIE Wurzel Gummidge

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    123,809
    Likes Received:
    71,936
    Maybe you should be posting that on the Spuds board? <whistle> I didn't think there was contact, so the above is not relevant to that argument.
     
    #11
  12. ALTBOULI

    ALTBOULI New Member

    Joined:
    Oct 29, 2011
    Messages:
    545
    Likes Received:
    1
    Cant we just agree that Modric dived and therefore it wasn't a penalty <doh>
     
    #12
  13. PINKIE

    PINKIE Wurzel Gummidge

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    123,809
    Likes Received:
    71,936
    <ok> That's what I was saying
     
    #13
  14. Not PC enough

    Not PC enough New Member

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2011
    Messages:
    7,036
    Likes Received:
    45
    i agree the ref was a pleb today but , no more than when RVP was sent off for kicking the ball half a second after the whistle was blown , and all you spuds thought that was hilarious so ...........................

    Thats footie, sometimes its a cruel mistress.
     
    #14
  15. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    May 31, 2011
    Messages:
    96,286
    Likes Received:
    55,774
    please log in to view this image
     
    #15
  16. goonercymraeg

    goonercymraeg Amnesia Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    18,041
    Likes Received:
    1,100
    Looking at that clip i would say Modric dived <ok>
     
    #16
  17. PleaseNotPoll

    PleaseNotPoll Well-Known Member Forum Moderator

    Joined:
    May 31, 2011
    Messages:
    96,286
    Likes Received:
    55,774
    That's irrelevant.
    Whelan clearly kicks him.
    It's a foul.
     
    #17
  18. Drogs

    Drogs Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 3, 2011
    Messages:
    17,870
    Likes Received:
    356
    <doh> You are very blind if you think there's any contact there.
     
    #18
  19. SupaMcGooner

    SupaMcGooner Active Member

    Joined:
    Jan 25, 2011
    Messages:
    1,319
    Likes Received:
    8
    Good grief, can you just once agree to disagree <doh>
     
    #19
  20. Drogs

    Drogs Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 3, 2011
    Messages:
    17,870
    Likes Received:
    356
    I'll have a look at those too, they should be on MOTD. From the angle PNP has shown, it looks like a dive with no contact.
     
    #20

Share This Page