[Albion] Arsenal vs Brighton & Hove Albion *** Official Match Thread ***

[FCB]

 

[de la zouch]

Wtaf is Ally talking about

 

[ClemFandango]

Joel is our best master of the dark arts

 

[Shaktarman]

What are the comms watching?!?? Biased denying belief. Second yellow all day.

 

[LamieRobertson]

When did you start becoming unrealistically optimistic?

Dwayne has hacked his account…oh hang on that can’t be right

 

[chickens]

If that was given against us I’d be furious, but I love Joel Veltman. That was fantastic shithousery.

 

[razer]

I am thinking of proposing to Veltman.

 

[METALMICKY]

That's glorious on Rice. Slyly kicks ball away and rightfully gets second yellow. What's superb is Veltman knows he's there and might just connect when he swings his foot. And all the Arsenal mugs thinking decision will go to them

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Works both ways, Mitoma practically wiped him out earlier, not even a card.

Yep, like I said, I don’t like it. Making contact without genuinely attempting to win the ball should always be a foul no matter what level of force is used.

 

[The Fits]

Veltman is such a legend.

 

[Ethelwulf]

Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at the Emirates Stadium

In the stadium the red card for Rice was the last outcome that supporters thought was coming. They were calling for Veltman to be punished for kicking Rice and not the ball.

It's only on the replay you see that Rice nudged the ball and it looks as though the referee got that decision right. Two very needless yellow cards for Rice.

 

[Bodian]

Even funnier now I've just heard that it was Rice's first red card. For that!

Good chance we can keep it down to 2-0 now then.

 

[US Seagull]

Rice kicked it aside to stop the free kick being taken.
Caused Veltman to miss the ball trying to take a quick free kick.
Correct second yellow.

I get that. But Veltman absolutely knew what he was doing there.

 

[Triggaaar]

FFS Baleba, you had an easy pass, play it. Losing it unnecessarily.

 

[The Fits]

Let's just go for it now.

 

[DJ NOBO]

Hilarious…..and McCoist is a tit…Veltman tries to kick the ball u dick

Ps harsh on Rice

Why harsh? did you watch the replay? he kicked the ball away. yellow card.

 

[fruitnveg]

I would love to beat them now, but I think regardless, that sending off has made my day. Rice has always been a bit of a cart horse and is certainly not worth the £100 million he cost. Stunk the euros out too.

 

[METALMICKY]

If that was given against us I’d be furious, but I love Joel Veltman. That was fantastic shithousery.

It's another level and just so subtle

 

[RandyWanger]

Boss man fuming with that waste

 

[Triggaaar]

I get that. But Veltman absolutely knew what he was doing there.

He may have wanted to kick it into Rice, who was walking away, but he couldn't have predicted Rice kicking it first.