This is the link I posted in another thread, I'm fairly certain it's genuine. I'm utterly gobsmacked http://blog.emiratesstadium.info/archives/20999 Just... Shocking My personal favourite is a quote from a user under the main article. I've read some stupid things in my years on here and 606. Mainly from Ipswich and colchester fans, but I think this has topped the lot. I'm gobsmacked at the level of stupidity. Delusional isn't the word, it's beyond that... zdzis May 6, 2012 at 9:17 am Iâm watching the game again, and thereâs several things I can say. 1) Norwich penalties? The first one wasnât there, Coquelin got the ball and gave only the slightest touch to the guy. The second is more tricky. Yes, Koscielny tugged the guyâs shirt, but you can clearly see the guy holding his arm somewhere near Koscielnyâs tummy. My bet is both held one another. A penalty there would have been a disgrace. It wouldnât even be âsoft.â 2) Benayoun red? My problem with this is the comparison commentators made to the Beckham/Simeone situation. Did anything like this ever happen in the EPL? Did any ref hand out a red card for a slight trip out of play? You couldnât even call it a kick. Still, the ref was right to whistle it out. 3) Vermaelen yellow? Very debatable. He definitely got the ball, the other guy tripped over his leg. Itâs not Kompany on Nani, itâs Johnson on Lescott. Shouldnât have been booked, no foul. 4) Sagna stamp? I think it might have been deliberate. Didnât see a close-up replay, but itâs strange to get a stamp in this kind of a situation. Iâm almost sure it was deliberate. Yellow card, if so. 5) Norwich players throwing the ball away? In each case, the player should have been booked or told not to that again. 6) Holt red? He kept Koscielny on ground by clearly pushing him down (penalty?). Clear-cut situation, but it wouldâve been a âsoftâ one. He was on top of Norwichâs physical game â pushes, shoves, trips, etc. His play up until that point warranted at least a yellow. Could anyone explain to me why the ref gave Holt two free kicks after supposed Koscielny fouls, one around 35th(?) minute mark, the second at 52nd minute? Both looked like Holt fouls to me. 6) Ramsey red? No, sir. Yes, the second foul was ugly and shouldâve earned him a booking. But the first was purely accidental. I was shocked by the commentary, which suggested the two situations looked more or less the same. No, they didnât. In the first case, Ramsey caught the guy with his trailing back leg, which he couldnât control in any way. In the second, he caught the guy advancing, studs to the foot. Completely different case. Perhaps the ref knew the first yellow was too much. 7) 54th minute, Naughton holding off Benayoun. Shouldâve been a free kick to Arsenal. He used his hands to push Benayoun away. Howson yellow? 62nd minute, pulled Benayoun (?) back. Right after that, Howson fell after an apparent push from Song. Canât say much about that. Was the push so much? Hard to judge. 9) Hoolahan, 64th minute â clear yellow for a foul on Benayoun, wouldâve been red. 10) Morison yellow for tugging Vermaelen when he was about to bring the ball back into play. Holt was involved there, and a couple of minutes before he also fouled Song in the Arsenal box. Again, why wasnât he booked? 11) 73rd, penalty for Arsenal? Handball by Howson, couldâve been booked as well. The only reason why this might not have been called was that he was raising his arm level with his face, so the ball would have supposedly hit his face otherwise. Not sure about that, but I think it wouldâve been a whiff too soft. 12) 76th minute, Holt definitely shouldâve seen red by now. A clear foul on Song, kicked in the Achilles (nasty stuff), then kept him away from the ball with his body. Clear yellow, so it wouldâve been red by that point. 13) Morison yellow for putting the ball away. Another red by that point. 14) Arsenal penalty, 88th minute? It could only happen if we assumed some ref mistakes are ok. They missed Gervinho offside before RVP was pushed. But Iâm mighty curious about how Taylor explained his decision after the game. However, even if it wasnât a penalty, and no offside was given, it shouldâve been a corner. Even Naughton claimed to have gone for the ball, and it changed direction. What else do you need to rule for a corner? A prize, or what? 15) 91st minute, just before Songâs failed flick at the goal: handball in the penalty area. This time, it did affect the way the ball went. 16) 92nd minute, Morison couldâve gotten red-carded twice in one game knocking about violently, tugging at the shirts, pushing about. So, in sum: if a penalty for Norwich, two penalties for Arsenal. If a red card against Arsenal, two (or three) red cards against Norwich (Holt, Morison, Hoolahan). The refâs performance obviously affected the outcome, and it did it against Arsenal. Again, I wouldnât go as far as to say itâs a conspiracy, thatâs too far-fetched. But, despite appearances, this was a one-sided performance from the ref, who obviously went against Arsenal far too often. It was worse than usual. As for the players, Iâd say the whole team played poorly in the 1st half, and I think Ramsey was one of the poorer players then. But they rallied in the 2nd, and then he started to shine, even. Hell, did you see Chamakh? He was also better than usual. I think what did us in was lack of communication at the back and stupid errors ammassed. Song and Vermaelen also had a poor game IMHO. Iâm waiting impatiently for RefReview coverage
I'm reading through the comments and it's incredible. Theres talk of conspiracies with roman abrahmovich, JFK the lot. Seriously deluisional, dangerously so.
Haha this was gold dust! Slightly blinkered view. Enjoyed the comment about Wes been a thug! You could not make some of that stuff up!
Its actually really funny I think he should make a film about conspiracies against Arsenal FC. Would be a great comedy
I think Norwich should ask for clarification of Wengers and Sagnas comments. Not suing them or shooting them as Arsenal fans have levelled at our players/staff but this is a very serious slander on our player and when McNally hears about this, he's guna Hulk out big time!
Let´s hope our egos never ever get even remotely close to some of those Arsenal supporters, for that really is seeing things through unbelievably red-tinted glasses. Outrageous and ridiculously laughable, some of the comments.
There's even a comment about Johnson being prosecuted for GBH! He's going to spending a long time with his lawyers this summer what with also being sued by Barton!
.....and they could lose 4th place as well which will send them completely over the edge. Justice after all those years when they started a brawl and we got the heavier fine.
Paul Lambert had a part to play in fixing the match because he went up to the ref to shake his hand after the game! Conclusive evidence if ever I've seen it!
i just hope that he takes those blinkers off before he tries to eat his next meal. what a totally biased rant.
facking cockneys lol Wenger called Holt "Graham Holt" in his presser yesterday Completely disrespectful, and they got burned for it.
I was desperately trying to not bring that subject up I was seething after that game, I think we all were. The referee that day, Tyson, was disqualified for his inept performance that day, if I recall correctly
