StokeFan wrote:Myrmedus wrote:StokeFan wrote:Raid wrote:No but seriously, MANY people in football - including pundits as evidenced on MotD2 - don't seem to fully understand the rules when it comes to fouling, they really don't, they're unable to interpret the more subtle situations.
If that is how we're going with this, then it's funny how few people understand rules when it comes to 'fouling' on here. I had a quick through last seasons 1-0 win and the amount of people who believe refs have a problem with you because of that penalty... a blatant penalty against Koscielny.
Are Arsenal becoming the new Liverpool? Always the victim and all that....
I can't and don't speak for others just as they don't speak for me. The last person I point the finger at usually is the ref unless it's an absolutely blatant f**k up (Lampard's "goal" vs. Germany, for example)
When I said "MANY people", yes, that actually includes many of my fellow Arsenal supporters.
Lots of people on here point the finger at the ref the first chance they get IMO rather than just admitting we sucked ass. I'm personally the complete opposite. I look at us first and then the ref. Why? Because we can't control what the ref does but we can control what we do.
I still remember the 4-4 draw against Newcastle where we were 4-0 up and people started blaming the ref. I don't care, even if the ref f***ked up that accounted for 1 maybe 2 goals not 4 - the reason we drew that game, just the same as why we've dropped so many points this season, is because we lacked professionalism.
But it swings both ways. I'm often criticial of my own team but if someone fouls our player I'll call it out and that was a foul.