I did realise that, my comments were aimed at the Arsenal fans and lazy journalistsI think that was @HWT’s point
. Sorry if that didn't come across.
Maybe they need to just listen to Rice, who has accepted it was the right decision……….I listened to the Arsenal podcast "Handbrake Off" yesterday. It's one of The Athletic's club-specific podcasts, this one with Amy Lawrence (very well-respected journo), Adrian Clarke (Arsenal player from the 90s and long-time pundit/journo), and Ian Stone (comedian, mate of Alan Davies). Three very sensible individuals, one might have thought!
Their take on the whole Rice-gate incident included the following:
- The ref should have used "common sense" (nb: but they want consistency)....
- The authorities should be able to review red cards in cases where the sanction is the result of a second yellow (and in this case, if such a process was in place, Rice's second yellow would obviously be over-turned)
- The further one match ban in THIS case is disproportionate....in particular because it will cause Rice to miss the North London Derby (which is not fair!)....AND because Arsenal are already suffering from an injury to the obvious Declan Rice replacement, namely Merino, which makes it DOUBLY UNFAIR!!
It was difficult at times to know whether they were deliberately parodying themselves, so ludicrous were their arguments!!!
I'm not sure how we'd react if the roles were reversed, but I'd like to hope that there would be at least ONE Brighton fan who understood the rules and the way they were applied. Anyway, the rest of the podcast is actually quite interesting in that they are pretty critical of the way Arsenal reacted after going down to ten men.
My Dad was born in north London and grew up an Arsenal fan. He passed his love of the Gunners on to my brother (but obvs not me - phew). Despite these family links, I really, really hope Arsenal do NOT win the title. The events of Saturday have made me realise how unbearable it would be to see Arteta and his crew of over-priviliged players (not mentioning the fans) parading through Islington! In fact, it would be wonderful if they missed out by 2 points again
On a football funnies post I suggested its easier for Haaland to score a lot of goals as he has the worlds best players feeding him. Nt to say he's not good anyway . . . A response was that I was upset because 'he dunked our pathetic washed club' . . .I looked him up, the clot comes from Cornwall and lives under a rock near Lands end!
The same Souness who criticised Brighton for hiring De Zerbi as he had no experience managing an English club blah! blah! Where did we finish? Oh, yes, sixth.
I fear I may have whooshed you here. Have a look at the other thread.
Well, when you consider that half the electorate still think that Brexit was correct and necessary, a few entitled fans thinking their birthright has been stolen by a national conspiracy every time they drop points isn't quite so hard to understand.
This sounds just a little tiny bit like NSC...
Two completely different situations shoehorned into a very poor argument. Congratulations you’ll fit in well on nsc.
Both from Sussex/the Home Counties?
The 'totting up' process that referees used to acknowledge but now hotly deny exists.
I have heard it said that the ball was out of play when JP hoofed it. If this is true then he didn't disrupt play by kicking the ball away.
Or mad homophobic Africans.
Persistent offending is cautionable under the laws of the game. Though exactly how this differs from totting up someone else will need to explain.
