Premier League Gameweek 7

You can see where the ref is from the camera far out.. If the hand doesn't touch the ball, it goes wide..
 
Arsenal got away with two pens against Leicester, that bogus pen they got against Soton and now this handball/offside hybrid goal.

That's 5 points they're better off thanks to the refs. Compared to us being screwed against City and Watford.
 
So Arsenal have gained four points now this season because of a shit referee decision.

Just fecking implement video refereeing, there's no need to test it, we all know it's going to fecking work.
 
Arsenal got away with two pens against Leicester, that bogus pen they got against Soton and now this handball/offside hybrid goal.

That's 5 points they're better off thanks to the refs. Compared to us being screwed against City and Watford.

London clubs always get help from refs
 
So how many decisions have gone in their favour so far... I mean no 50/50's, but clear cut penalties and handballs....
It's ridiculous - I have watched at least 3 matches where they have won it in overtime due to a referee mistake. Pisses me off.
 
Not just me then... :lol:

Those offsides never get given though do they?

Handball looked pretty obvious, mind.
 
So how many decisions have gone in their favour so far... I mean no 50/50's, but clear cut penalties and handballs....
They have been lucky so far, but even if some favorable decisions you can say the ref didn't see it or something but this one? From one of the replays you could see the ref having a clear view and did nothing. State of English refs nowadays..
 
That's 3 games decided by luck for arsenal. 3 times they are saved by refs this season.
 
And how exactly would it bring disrepute (wtf does that even mean) to the game having a panel of semi-intelligent humans revising that decision ex-post, correcting a blatant wrong in the process?
 
How the feck did that goal stand? Couldn't be more obvious that it was a handball and offside
 
How do you miss that arm ffs. It's not like you need years of veteran refereeing experience, you just need a pair of eyes!

feck off.
 
Look at the replay again. When Walcott heads the ball Ox and and Kos were both onside. A defender was playing them on on the near side.

That's not the point. Oxlade's shot strikes Koscielny who is in offside position. Even if you don't think it's a deliberate handball it's clearly offside.
 
Both players were onside after Walcott's header. Look at the replay again. A Burnley defender was playing Ox and Kos on.
At the header sure, but Koscielny was clearly offside as Chamberlain was behind him and kicked the ball at Koscielny's hand which was offside.
 
Love all the bitterness.

Big diddums to all you bottom-lip tremblers.
Not much to be bitter about with Arsenal to be fair. A club that ranks somewhere between PSG and Olympiakos in achievements.
Its Liverpool we should be worried about.
 
It was not offside, about as clear as a handball gets though..

Edit: I only looked at the first situation, didn't think about Koscielny being offside later. So yeah, double feck up by the refs...
 
That's not the point. Oxlade's shot strikes Koscielny who is in offside position. Even if you don't think it's a deliberate handball it's clearly offside.
I don't think Ox touched the ball. Kos hit it into his hand.
 
Exactly, its easy to say it but your pace that really allowed you to pull it off imho. Wanyama instead of Dier was a great decision as it the former is quicker, Sissoko and Lamela too. Never realised Lamela was so quick. Alli too, 4 of your midfield 5 were really fast, add in the workrate you displayed and it was a complete performance, as complete as I've seen from any side this season. Son too is strong and quick. All around the pitch you were first to the second/breaking ball. Most teams won't be able to harass us at that pace and even under that kind of pressure we made at least 5 shooting chances in your box second half which you again closed down well.

Against most the other PL teams we'll cut them apart if they employ that kind of high press with the odd silly goal conceded.

You guys aren't in top 4 race, your in a title race along with City, United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea if United and Chelsea can find their form. If not its still 4 teams imho and you guys look the most settled along with Liverpool and ourselves but of those 3 your defence is rock solid. Am I right that you still haven't conceded from open play this season? Your CB's are so good together and I really can't see Kompany displacing either if he ever regains fitness for Belgium (although Martinez....). Most complete team performance of the season.

We've let just the 3 in so far, a penalty, a fortunate free kick from Barkley which wasn't a shot and a header from a free kick at Middlesboro. We have a very solid base but the team defends willingly from front to back and let's be honest Alderweireld is exceptional.

Re the title it's not on the agenda for us, our target has to be a top 4 finish, we need to maintain that status. If we are still in the mix cone Feb/March then the target maybe changes.

City regardless of today are the outstanding team in the league and I will be surprised if they don't win it and even with room to spare. And as time goes by and Pep gets what he wants from them and the more teams have a go at them like we did today the more they will learn to cope with it and deal with it, it was handy for us to play you fairly early on.
 
Difference between ourselves and Arsenal summed up today.

They had three shots on target and won via a dubious handball.

In terms of piling it on at the end, we did the exact same at Hull.

Arsenal are hardly known for their bottle, what is the point you're making?