Did they say United has missed penalties in three straight games? So that's four in a row with a PK? I didn't see the others but that's pretty odd, no?

[Edited on September 23, 2012 at 10:28 AM. Reason : some mad united haters on the fox soccer postgame]

9/23/2012 10:26:45 AM

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"good refereeing..."

9/23/2012 10:40:07 AM

wouldn't have mattered who the ref was, that penalty would have been given by anyone.

9/23/2012 10:49:30 AM

oh my god...

9/23/2012 11:16:06 AM

God damn it. City was better last 10 minutes or so but Arsenal have been on the run of it.

Oh well.

9/23/2012 11:41:08 AM

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"wouldn't have mattered who the ref was, that penalty would have been given by anyone."

well yeah, United was struggling to take advantage of having one more player so of course a pen or any other major decision was coming their way. Webb would've sent Johnson off too.

9/23/2012 12:00:05 PM

KOSCIELNY

9/23/2012 12:40:04 PM

holy shit Kompany

9/23/2012 12:42:28 PM

I just wanted to pop in with my weekly "Gervinho is garbage" statement.

9/23/2012 12:50:15 PM

If Arsenal can grab a point (or hopefully 3) against Chelsea next week they'd come out of the opening stretch really well against a very difficult schedule.

Tottenham looked good second half but wow has their schedule been soft to open the season. Should be sitting at more than 8 points with that opening slate. Gonna be tough for them to get near Top Four IMO...

[Edited on September 23, 2012 at 1:01 PM. Reason : ^ today he sure was around goal]

9/23/2012 1:01:25 PM

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"well yeah, United was struggling to take advantage of having one more player so of course a pen or any other major decision was coming their way. Webb would've sent Johnson off too."

i'm not saying it was a great decision, but from the ref's angle and the way johnson ran in there full speed, putting the arm on valencia's lower back, and everybody falling over it was always going to be a penalty.


btw, can we start a petition to get eric wynalda the fuck off television? the dude is a hack. thinks everything is a dive and nothing short of a rugby tackle is a foul.

[Edited on September 23, 2012 at 1:13 PM. Reason : .]

9/23/2012 1:11:13 PM

^so your contention is that it was a shit decision but the EPL refs are too shitty to expect any better?

9/23/2012 2:58:15 PM

calm down, princess.

9/23/2012 4:36:53 PM

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"btw, can we start a petition to get eric wynalda the fuck off television? the dude is a hack. thinks everything is a dive and nothing short of a rugby tackle is a foul."

most of 50/50 decisions ARE dives now. You said it yourself, those decisions are "always going to be penalties" because refereeing is shitty and players can fall over and get calls (except Suarez because he's a racist)

Wynalda is only tolerable person on that FSC coverage

he was right about Shelvey's red card too. It's a dumb challenge but it's not as if Evans wasn't going in with both feet too. Making that red card decision in a game that had very few bad challenges up to that point wasn't very good refereeing, and then the inconsistency when you let RVP walk with his horseshit later in the game was absolutely terrible.



[Edited on September 23, 2012 at 4:57 PM. Reason : yes, i'm mad before anybody asks.]

9/23/2012 4:54:35 PM

i just saw the challenge, and that's borderline yellow at best. Total shit refereeing.

9/23/2012 5:14:13 PM

Seriously. I hate both those teams, but Liverpool got hosed.

9/23/2012 6:43:58 PM

9/23/2012 8:03:09 PM

Cazorla is ripped.

9/23/2012 8:10:38 PM

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"calm down, princess."

haha, i only translated your response, buddy, my post was 0% pissy. sounds like you have approval issues.

9/23/2012 9:03:28 PM

no, what you did was take what i said about one instance and try to turn it into a blanket statement about all refs giving bad penalties in all kinds of situations.

[Edited on September 23, 2012 at 11:22 PM. Reason : .]

9/23/2012 11:21:24 PM

This kid is living the dream, and it's even better now that he doesn't suck (in fact he's been pretty damn awesome).

9/25/2012 10:22:52 AM

Vidic out for two months

9/25/2012 1:21:54 PM

^^ it'll be an even sweeter photo when they sell him to a rival

9/25/2012 2:56:35 PM

i've got a man crush on santi cazorla

9/25/2012 3:01:09 PM

9/25/2012 5:34:14 PM

lolsenal

9/29/2012 8:57:56 AM

Did anybody else see a NC State sweatshirt in the Arsenal crowd? I don't have DVR so I can't rewind to check it out

9/29/2012 9:28:29 AM

all you can do is laugh at Giroud. fucking A that was an awful miss.

9/29/2012 9:34:40 AM

#OurEngland

9/29/2012 9:38:54 AM

Haha I was trying to get a picture of that as well

9/29/2012 9:39:20 AM

I got it off Facebook. It was posted by Craig Sutherland, a former State player, who is with Blackpool FC.

9/29/2012 9:52:53 AM

lol that's random as hell

9/29/2012 9:54:31 AM

Craig's from Scotland, but best part is Ian Holloway's wife looked at Craig's tape and told Ian to take a look at him. He did and signed him.

9/29/2012 10:09:29 AM

oh we back

9/29/2012 11:32:22 AM

nice assist Riise

9/29/2012 11:46:29 AM

Suarez loves playing Norwich, two hat tricks in two games

9/29/2012 12:30:53 PM

JJJJJJAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

9/29/2012 12:32:37 PM

if losing this game means that SAF finally learns that a midfield of Scholes/Carrick is fucking dumb then i won't feel so bad.

seriously, what is he thinking? Scholes has no legs and Carrick has hardly any mobility. Cleverley scores midweek and has been looking good for England but he can't start? Anderson has looked good too; he's not fit enough to play 90, but that's where Scholes could come in.

9/29/2012 12:45:52 PM

BBBBBBBAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

9/29/2012 1:01:48 PM

lol fuck off Nani

9/29/2012 1:14:06 PM

Unfortunately for Man U, that's what happens when you get a well-deserved reputation for diving.

9/29/2012 1:19:19 PM

That was, without a doubt, the most agonizing half of football I have ever watched.

9/29/2012 2:24:36 PM

Loss for Arsenal and a win for Spurs at Old Trafford. Great day for football!

9/29/2012 2:50:28 PM

How bout that Tottenham Hotspur!

I played in a golf tourney all day yesterday and missed the match. Luckily, there is a replay in 5 min



[Edited on September 30, 2012 at 8:30 AM. Reason : COYS]

9/30/2012 8:28:01 AM

Johnny Verts was a steal this summer. I love his game.

9/30/2012 9:14:50 AM

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"That was, without a doubt, the most agonizing half of football I have ever watched."

I completely understand this statement now. That shit made me nervous and I knew the outcome.

9/30/2012 10:30:24 AM

Yeah, and you know with Spurs tendency to give up late goals and Man U's late game scoring I was absolutely sure they would score with at 90+3

9/30/2012 2:17:23 PM

Props to Brad Friedel, he stopped two or three really powerful shots towards the end. Nail biter of a game though, especially when there were three goals within 2 mins of each other.

10/1/2012 9:00:27 AM

so suarez got 7 games and terry gets 4 games

racism is right

10/1/2012 10:52:56 PM

One man team up there at United, huh?

Great, great goal scorer. He's on pace for far more in all comps this year than last..

10/2/2012 4:20:42 PM