As we're unlikely to see terraces again at football, this is the virtual equivalent where you can chat to your hearts content about all football matters and, obviously, Arsenal in particular. This forum encourages all Gooners to visit and contribute so please keep it respectful, clean and topical.
All the refs are awful and all the VAR officials are on an official FA sponsored mission to keep fucking it up as badly as possible so we eventually concede to the cretins and go back to dumbed down sport. Wouldn't matter who was selected for this or any of our games. Antony Taylor is probably the only one I've got a modicum of respect for but even he wouldn't he spared by the FA saboteurs
I actually think we will probably end up having some decent spells in the game like we did in the cup. But ultimately we don't have the players with the right levels of composure and belief to win or draw the game.
Oh SteveO SteveO muddafuckah....
We have had this conversation two million times and we are having it again mate!
VAR cannot work because it is not fit for purpose. There is no sabotage. It just does not work. And the reason it does not work is because it relies on a human being to make the decision. And indeed the same human beings that get the decisions wrong on the pitch: referees!
It's not an anti technology Luddite thing. There is a limited role for technology in football. A microchip in a football can tell a referee if the ball crossed the line. That is superb use of technology. It takes out the fallible human being and is instant. It works.
But some fuckwit sitting in a room miles away watching video replays and making the game slow and boring like poxy rugby does not work. It has sucked the joy out of goal celebrations and it still gets half the decisions wrong!
I believe, like myself, you work in project management. Am I right? If you do, and you were to run an honest cost-benefit analysis on VAR, you'd drop it tomorrow.
We will have to respectfully disagree Scary Irish Man
When someone apologises because "they forgot to draw the lines on", do you honestly expect me to believe that's someone applying VAR honestly and that it's just human interpretation. The bloke had one job and forgot to draw the lines on
That's like working for an airline and saying we forgot to bring the pilot today. Knew there was something....silly me...oops I forgot to do the one job i had
Nobody is searching for 100 pc perfection. The silly drawing of lines to determine if someone's toenail is 2mm offside is crass.
However, watch the way VAR is applied in European competitions, World Cups etc and try to find a fraction of the controversies that our own wonderful FA governed PL manage to come up with
The FA never wanted it to work and have done an amazing job convincing people that it can't. Literally no other leagues in the world spend as much time bemoaning it like we do. Nobody else spends 5 minutes looking at 26 different angles.
It's pathetic, deliberate and more precise technology exists in other less rich sports where decisions can be made at 100mph and within a matter of seconds, with margins measured in millimetres. English football has never wanted it. We prefer a middle aged fat man with two duffers on the touchline trying to keep up with professional athletes half their age and who can run twice as quickly with zero assistance.
And on top of all this you have the word “interpretation”,which is basically like the word “allegedly” where you have carte Blanche to do/say what the fuck you like as it don’t have to be fact,or even correct,it’s just not fit for purpose
Like you said,you’d rather be robbed by a fat oaf of a ref than a fat oaf with the backing of a supposed infallible system
The last 2 games we've allowed them back in I'm afraid The dropped points at the *victims was one thing, but the way we fucked away those points on Sunday past was criminal.Its been said lads there's blood in the water Citeh aren't going to give up this chance with the squad,the mentality and the manager that they have.I can see this being a mauling I hope I'm wrong but I can see us getting a proper todgering here
It's going to be difficult to get a win, but it is possible, a draw would still be a good result and would lift our confidence, whilst shiteh might feel they've missed an opportunity to put it to bed.
If Saliba is back and Zinchenko plays, then I will have hope.
If we do just fall short then I hope it's not down to var.
It's going to be difficult to get a win, but it is possible, a draw would still be a good result and would lift our confidence, whilst shiteh might feel they've missed an opportunity to put it to bed.
If Saliba is back and Zinchenko plays, then I will have hope.
If we do just fall short then I hope it's not down to var.
Lets be honest - a draw would be a f+++ing fantastic result and if that was on offer right now, I'd 100% take it
We are Arsenal, We are top of the league. We won the league at Anfield, Old Toilet and White Hart Lane (twice) in my lifetime. We beat dirty Leeds to the title. We beat one of the greatest Liverpool teams ever to the title. Twice. We denied the great Manchester United (three times). We won the league without losing, And won it losing just once. We won the league with our captain in jail. We won the league even after we had 2 points taken away.
We are Arsenal, We are top of the league. We won the league at Anfield, Old Toilet and White Hart Lane (twice) in my lifetime. We beat dirty Leeds to the title. We beat one of the greatest Liverpool teams ever to the title. Twice. We denied the great Manchester United (three times). We won the league without losing, And won it losing just once. We won the league with our captain in jail. We won the league even after we had 2 points taken away.
Why is everyone wetting their pants?
This season is the tortoise and the hare. Read about that story and understand what happens when the hare wakes up.
We are Arsenal, We are top of the league. We won the league at Anfield, Old Toilet and White Hart Lane (twice) in my lifetime. We beat dirty Leeds to the title. We beat one of the greatest Liverpool teams ever to the title. Twice. We denied the great Manchester United (three times). We won the league without losing, And won it losing just once. We won the league with our captain in jail. We won the league even after we had 2 points taken away.
Why is everyone wetting their pants?
thats the spirit - win this and we might be going 10 points clear next Wednesday!
We are Arsenal, We are top of the league. We won the league at Anfield, Old Toilet and White Hart Lane (twice) in my lifetime. We beat dirty Leeds to the title. We beat one of the greatest Liverpool teams ever to the title. Twice. We denied the great Manchester United (three times). We won the league without losing, And won it losing just once. We won the league with our captain in jail. We won the league even after we had 2 points taken away.
Why is everyone wetting their pants?
This season is the tortoise and the hare. Read about that story and understand what happens when the hare wakes up.
He lost the race? Im confused now (it happens easily)
As much as I'd love to beat them I can't see it happening at this time. We have Southampton to beat convincingly first so let's see how that goes.
City are experienced at the title run in and have a deeper squad. We can't afford to be without any of our first XI.
I wonder what ESR has to do to get a game. Let's hope whoever plays plays to their best and gives us a win.
If you do, and you were to run an honest cost-benefit analysis on VAR, you'd drop it tomorrow.
The dropped points at the *victims was one thing, but the way we fucked away those points on Sunday past was criminal.Its been said lads there's blood in the water 
