Who rattled your cage?

I agree I’d much rather stop the cheating and the soft penalties, but I can’t see that happening anytime soon. So what is the point being the only choirboys amongst all the naughty kids when the naughty kids aren’t being punished? If no one is enforcing the rules then

...... we need to adapt and give ourselves a better advantage.

" we need to adapt and give ourselves a better advantage " ..... wonderful blousy prose for CHEAT .

http://dailycannon.com/2018/01/eden-hazard-admits-to-diving-against-arsenal/

At least he's admitted it.

He also said a penalty was the right decision. Even if he went down theatrically to make sure he got a penalty, it doesn't mean he wasn't fouled.

He also said a penalty was the right decision. Even if he went down theatrically to make sure he got a penalty, it doesn't mean he wasn't fouled.

Exactly Bernard ........ the little coot from Northern Ireland missed that small detail .

No, I had seen that earlier and knew someone would treat it as a lifeline....money was on Daz but with Bernard bouncing in I'm afraid this one still has years to run!!

£142m Coutinho to Barca has been agreed.
Transfer fees have gone mental, what exactly has Coutinho won?

I remember when Ronaldo went to Real for £85m, having just dominated the prem, won a few titles, cups and the champions league.

Liverpool have recouped £320m from the sales of Torres, Suarez, sterling and now Coutinho.....and are no closer to winning anything....but at least they seem to be showing some ambition. I expect them to go big for Lemar and/or Mahrez now.

Who pulled your chain? :)
No, I had seen that earlier and knew someone would treat it as a lifeline....money was on Daz but with Bernard bouncing in I'm afraid this one still has years to run!!

Gee shucks Niall I didn't see you lurking in the background ....... no disrespect intended especially to an administrator .... touches his forlock furiously .....

Of the current 18 Premiership referees seven came up through Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester football, and four through Yorkshire. The remaining seven come from Birmingham (2), Wiltshire (2), and one each from Northumberland, Leicestershire and Berkshire/Bucks. So, not one of them came up through the London FA or the adjoining county FAs, and not one was born in or very near to London - Graham Scott of Oxford being the closest. A remarkably unbalanced state of affairs in the running of the game.

Even assuming they do their best to exercise professional judgement in as honest a way as possible, refs are only too human, and will surely have from their backgrounds personal likes and dislikes of certain football clubs, probably developed in childhood? We all know how London is not beloved by people from the midlands and north, so it is quite possible there is some institutional bias against the capital's teams. When you consider the age of most of the Premiership men in black, Arsenal was the predominant London team in their formative years, so it is feasible our club attracts a disproportionate level of wrong decisions, even compared to other London sides. In years to come Chelsea may have that honour!

Taylor shocks the comms yet again. Gives a red for a trip when it should have been a yellow.

Why always him?

47 degrees C here today. A record temperature ...

He didn't shock the comms against Chelsea though. Everybody in the studio felt it was OK to award a penalty including the notoriously anti-Arsenal Thierry Henry. As did Dermot Gallagher (Irish so hates all English clubs equally) with the benefit of several slo-mo replays. As did the commentators for the Times, the Telegraph and the Guardian...

It wasn't that long ago you were going to do your centennial flounce. Why don't you sod off and support another team or chat on their forum.

Back to Arsenal matters......................

Papers say we are close to signing Jonny Evans for 25 million. I know we are desperate for defensive reinforcements but that doesn't seem very forward thinking signing given he's 30 and hasn't set the world alight. It's probably arsene trying to wind up that new scout.

Oh did you see the comments Arsene made about that new Sven bloke By the way? He didn't come across as bitter at all did he. Pretty much said the appointment was needless as we know all the players in Europe anyway.

Harsh when I’ve learned so much from you like Schrodinger’s Hazard which can be simultaneously seen and not seen by refs.

In the movie after this cute meet they’d learn to love each other and lead us to glory overcoming hurdles like northern refs on their incredible journey.

If you can't understand that, in that situation, the dramatic collapse to the floor would obscure whether the kick was soft or not, even if he did see it, then more fool you.

You hate AW, you apparently hate the Arsenal, why do you come on here?

Craig Joubert...a Saffer in love with NZ ...

If you can't understand that, in that situation, the dramatic collapse to the floor would obscure whether the kick was soft or not, even if he did see it, then more fool you.

You hate AW, you apparently hate the Arsenal, why do you come on here?

47 degrees C here today. A record temperature ...

Hope he signs a new contract with us soon. Think he can do the Cazorla role well but won't be too bad at the Özil role either.