The Arsenal News Show EP521: Man City and Chelsea Benefit from VAR calls, O’Neil makes City claim
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The Arsenal News Show EP521: Man City and Chelsea Benefit from VAR calls, O’Neil makes serious City claim
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0:00 Intro
3:10 Liverpool beat Chelsea
3:41 Red card controversy
7:10 Man City win late at Wolves
8:40 Bernardo Silva offside call
13:50 Gary O’Neil risks it all
17:32 Arsenal beat West Ham
19:53 Q&A
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Hey Tom did you see man city celebration after the game yesterday, not a word says
We already know it's all fixed.
They are so quick to send an arsenal player off
It's not the same standard for everyone.
Hi Tom.
I can’t wait the Martin to get back on the field. Too many brain-farts have happened since we lost him to injury.
I am not saying you're wrong Tom but you're showing a still image……Silva JUST got out of the way of Sah in the image you've shown, now….did Sah had enought time to get completely ready for what's coming after Silva's push on him(???) ( I'm thinking getting on the ball of his feet ready to react/jump to whatever direction the ball will take). We're taliking 10th of seconds here.Or less…But of course Arsenal would hardly ever score on corners if the refs were getting too picky in those scenarios.
It’s Artetas fault we are mis treated unfairly by the English officials /FA Because he spoke out against the establishment . They cannot and will not have players / managers speak I’ll of them.
As someone who watched the City vs Wolves game i think Gary has a huge point. There was points of fouls and yellows were quite unevenly given out. There was a free kick that was bizarre with Kovacic stopping Gomes from being able to run to the ball when the free kick was being taken. Even to an extent he rugby tackles the player and falling. Now blocking without the ball i dont think is allowed well to that extent but he does it and the wolves player bizarrely got booked? Weird. As well as the clear foul before the winner that wolves should have got at the other end of the pitch. I mean they are favoured for sure for years and its all the small decisions that arent too noticeable that then lead to them winning games.
Saka is the big miss he not only scores and creates goals he runs back and helps out in defence as well
City dark arts
Don't waste your money on arsenal to get title. Too man made barriers.
Put saliba in for the shaktar game just in case of injuries
At the end of the day we were rubbish we’ve got to improve this week very quickly we haven’t had a good game this season so far
Playing badly or not is not excuse enough to be refereed with bias and poorly
White had the benefit of the angle. Meaning he, at the very least, can force the player wide. The Chelsea player can only chase unless significantly faster than the attacker.
Honestly trying to chase the league we facing 20 teams for the title (PGMOL) as the 20th team
As an Arsenal fan I see a red card given to us, then saw same thing being waved away as yellow. It's incredible how Arsenal is fked everytime.
The problem with the Saliba red is that they have made the rules to subjective, so there is no consistency. The Tosin challenge should have also been a red. Where do you draw the line as to what is too close and too far away from the covering defender for it to be a yellow, as the Chelsea covering player was further behind (but closer) ben white was nearly inline but further out… but both covering defenders had the possibility of getting back.
IMO if theyre going to do the last man back rule for a red then they have to do it for all, to keep the consistency.
Both reds imo
Morning tom great show as always I think a big factor in the city goal was when it was scored the wolves keeper Jose sa didn't even appeal the offside so think that says it all
A blatant Arsenal Agenda is coming from PGMOL. How bad does it have to become before it is clear to everyone?
I thought Theo might chip in about the red/ yellow scandal on motd2. Maybe he was told not to??
We need to stop moaning about decisions in my opinion, even outside of those games some of the performances this season have been well under expectations, with the injuries the squad looks thin, no where near the quality a squad needs to win major honours.
Q. Tom you mentioned about Gary being in trouble according to his criticism of PGMOL. What do you actually think of his comments?? I think he has a point. IMO. Cheers from Oz.
And disagree Tom. It’s not clear and obvious in the case of Saliba. There is way too much to play out before it becomes a genuine goal scoring opportunity. Again just my opinion.
I think we got a goal chalked off from xhaka similar to this two years ago but it was a legit goal because the where the ball went and I meant the city goal was legit
Play Saliba Tom and give Timber White and co the extra time to be right for Sunday. Keep ‘pool guessing. Great chat today Tom.
Tom, I agree there was nothing wrong with the city goal. However, I don't feel that it was a foul when City won the ball back in the previous play that led to the corner.
Hey Tom just a talking point. City’s favourable decisions stem from their ability to control PR so well in comparison to others. In that regard they are a well oiled machine.
A lot of Arsenal fans feel like the officials do the learning, so to speak, against their club. And then implement the learning for other clubs benefit. There will be a camp of officials that, if given another shot at the Saliba call, will say a yellow card is sufficient. But you can’t learn and implement at the same time. It is what it is, obviously.
On another note, I think there is something to be said about the side’s resilience. It is obviously there, but there is this creeping thing of ANY MISTAKE having outsized impact on the performance of the team. That could be an officiating-based impact or a mistake from the players. So: there is resilience across an entire match but maybe in the moments the team needs to do a better job.
The game is on Sunday not Saturday
It's getting to the extent of blatant fraudulence now prior to ko of the weekend
Lets get 1k to the 8am show yesterday my guys! We can turn this around this week with a win, starting with 1k for our beloved TGT
Gary O'neils words seem very well worded, its rite on the edge of criticism and is asking a question not actually accusing them so wouldnt be surprised if its less of a punishment than artetas Disgracia moment (though that was the one he got away with rite?)
But why isnt citys goal offside Tom? WHY?? 😉
Great stuff Tom!! 👍 Very interesting to hear about the decisions going for & against the teams – is there a North / south devide, For / against??
I'd also love to see the stats on were the referees are from & who they support 🤔
I accept the City goal is fine, but i bet if it was arsenal, the goal would be called back , amidst calls it is a " clear and obvious" obstruction on the keeper
I know the mood is probably low, but here I go again.
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He is surely right
Any mention on ‘delaying the restart’ as 41 occurrences have happened unpunished by non arsenal teams. Just wondering what we did to be treated like this?