Arsenal V West Ham

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Surprised no match thread already, come on lads :P

Arsenal team in full: Almunia, Eboue, Campbell, Vermaelen, Clichy, Song, Denilson, Fabregas, Nasri, Arshavin, Bendtner
Substitutes: Fabianski, Silvestre, Sagna, Diaby, Rosicky, Walcott, Eduardo

GLaDOS

Arsenal 1 up through Denilson

Frisbee

OPENROAD wrote: »

Surprised no match thread already, come on lads :P

Arsenal team in full: Almunia, Eboue, Campbell, Vermaelen, Clichy, Song, Denilson, Fabregas, Nasri, Arshavin, Bendtner
Substitutes: Fabianski, Silvestre, Sagna, Diaby, Rosicky, Walcott, Eduardo

It's all in the EPL Thread.

How is Sol still on the pitch?

OPENROAD

Frisbee wrote: »

It's all in the EPL Thread.

How is Sol still on the pitch?

Just had to pop out to shops what happened?

mike65

Whoops!

Frisbee

OPENROAD wrote: »

Just had to pop out to shops what happened?

2 footed lunge on the edge of our box. He got the ball but if he didn't it was a definite red.

Then about a minute later he clears one of their players out of it in their box with a similair tackle.

Xavi6

Vermaelen gonski!

Frisbee

Red for Vermaelen and peno to West Ham

/facepalm

Headshot

they may be trouble ahead


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what ever happened to refs flagging if the goalie is off the line ?

OPENROAD

Almunia you legend

Pacifico

Madness

JUSTICE

OPENROAD

Headshot wrote: »

they may be trouble ahead

what ever happened to refs flagging if the goalie is off the line ?

Happens all the time

Frisbee

Great save Almunia.

Campbell won't make it through this game imo.

Nasri/Shava off and Silvestre on and go 4-4-2.

Or drop Song into defence?

Redzer7

Never a red card.

Royale with Cheese

That's a dreadful decision. Cannot believe that.

Paleface

Very harsh on Vermaelen to get sent off there.

Nice to see Almunia make a penalty save.

JPA

Ridiculous red, unbelievably harsh.

Johner

Headshot wrote: »

they may be trouble ahead


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what ever happened to refs flagging if the goalie is off the line ?

Doesn't get flagged ever.

Pacifico

Song to drop back i'd imagine

Helix

Frisbee wrote: »

Great save Almunia.

Campbell won't make it through this game imo.

Nasri/Shava off and Silvestre on and go 4-4-2.

Or drop Song into defence?

i think thatd be against the rules

everdead.ie

Frisbee wrote: »

Great save Almunia.

Campbell won't make it through this game imo.

Nasri/Shava off and Silvestre on and go 4-4-2.

Or drop Song into defence?

You going to have a fly goalie?:pac:

Headshot

OPENROAD wrote: »

Happens all the time

I know that mate
im just saying what's the point of the lines man watching the goalie then

the mind boggles

OPENROAD

Hit him Arsene hit him

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Frisbee wrote: »

4-4-2.

4-4-1?

Minstrel27

Referee made an absolute balls of that decision. It was never a red card.

Johner

Campbell with a two footer although he got the ball, then got booked he looks angry at something.

Song has been world class for Arsenal.

OPENROAD

Headshot wrote: »

I know that mate
im just saying what's the point of the lines man watching the goalie then

the mind boggles

Agree, they should crack down on it

Frisbee

4-4-1*

MagicMarker

That was a stupid red imo.

leninbenjamin

Verm had his hand on the back, it was a dive imo, but it was stupid from Verm, any time you raise your hands to the other players it's liable to be given as a foul. I don't think there's much of an argument there tbh.

everdead.ie

I just realised that means you'll have to start with a center back pairing of sol and silvestre for the next few games:eek:

Xavi6

It was a red card in the context of the rules.

Did he deny a goalscoring opportunity? Yes.

Was he last man? Yes.

Red card then.

Frisbee

It was a harsh red yeah, but Verm should know better than to have his hand on his back.

By the letter of the law it was red.

G1032

3 match ban for Vermaelen
Out for Birmingham away, Wolves home and Spuds away.
Is that the end of title charge with no Gallas and no Vermaelen??
Un fu€kin real.

Headshot

ronaldochokes wrote: »

3 match ban for Vermaelen
Out for Birmingham away, Wolves home and Spuds away.
Is that the end of title charge with no Gallas and no Vermaelen??
Un fu€kin real.

and double agent silvestre will fill in :pac:

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ronaldochokes wrote: »

3 match ban for Vermaelen
Out for Birmingham away, Wolves home and Spuds away.
Is that the end of title charge with no Gallas and no Vermaelen??
Un fu€kin real.

Is it not a one match ban?

Hammer Archer

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

That's a dreadful decision. Cannot believe that.

Even worse decision is that Sol Campbell is still on the pitch. But I don't think Wenger will have seen that.

G1032

OPENROAD wrote: »

Is it not a one match ban?

straight red is 3 match ban afaik

Frisbee

Just on the game itself we've been very poor.

Plenty of pretty stuff in the middle of the pitch and the corners but absolutely no incisiveness in the final third. Same old story really and we'll be made pay for it now I'd imagine.

OPENROAD

ronaldochokes wrote: »

straight red is 3 match ban afaik

Is it not three if violent conduct otherwise just one?

Hammer Archer

ronaldochokes wrote: »

straight red is 3 match ban afaik

Nah I think a professional foul is a one match ban. If it was violent conduct or dangerous play it would be three games.

paul150

if its a 3 match ban god help us

L'prof

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Even worse decision is that Sol Campbell is still on the pitch. But I don't think Wenger will have seen that.

I see what you did there, you thought you'd be "cool" and use that boring old cliché that everyone's heard a million times.

Out of interest, when was the last time Zola publicly criticised one of his players???

Johner

1 game ban for professional foul.

G1032

OPENROAD wrote: »

Is it not three if violent conduct otherwise just one?

you could be right. hope you are.

JPA

Xavi6 wrote: »

It was a red card in the context of the rules.

Did he deny a goalscoring opportunity? Yes.

Was he last man? Yes.

Red card then.

There is no last man rule. And the west ham player went down way too easy.

Hammer Archer

jasonorr wrote: »

I see what you did there, you thought you'd be "cool" and use that boring old cliché that everyone's heard a million times.

Out of interest, when was the last time Zola publicly criticised one of his players???

Eh what has that got to do with anything exactly? What a stupid comment. When was the last time Zola publically criticised other teams/players for deliberately trying to injure his players?
Wenger defended Campbell last week when he injured Zayatte and now he's had two shocking tackles, one which got the ball and one that was nowhere near the ball and somehow he's only on a yellow.
Do you not agree Campbell should be off?

Xavi6

JPA wrote: »

There is no last man rule.

Ok well it was still a professional foul, and denied a goalscoring opportunity.

And the west ham player went down way too easy.

Of course he did. The centre half had just put hands on his back stupidly in and around the area.

It was a foul that came about because Vermaelen let the ball bounce instead of getting a head on it.

L'prof

Hammer Archer wrote: »

Eh what has that got to do with anything exactly? What a stupid comment. When was the last time Zola publically criticised other teams/players for deliberately trying to injure his players?
Wenger defended Campbell last week when he injured Zayatte and now he's had two shocking tackles, one which got the ball and one that was nowhere near the ball and somehow he's only on a yellow.
Do you not agree Campbell should be off?

I didn't mention Campbell...

OPENROAD

We need a second one here

Hammer Archer

jasonorr wrote: »

I didn't mention Campbell...

But I did in my original post which you commented on.
So in your opinion, should Campbell have been sent off?