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PL: Burnley v Arsenal | Sunday February, 2 | KO: 14:00 GMT | Sky Sports

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Players do not fall over for the sake of it. If they do then it's likely because they are feeling pain, even if temporary. Just because some people have this cultural attitude of needing to be brave to play through pain doesn't mean everyone else should. In football there is likely to be pain in every instance of contact and players need a breather.
As opposed to rugby where players get tackled and get up and carry on as if nothing has happened?
 

moha05

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Arsenal started so well but they fell away very quickly - they were poor. A more dominant display from Burnley who showed great character and good strenght.
 

DanDare

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As opposed to rugby where players get tackled and get up and carry on as if nothing has happened?

Rugby players sh*t in pints of Guiness and play Russian roulette to see who will get it as an initiation
 

CaseUteinberger

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There were 9 times in the game that play had to be held up for players being "injured". How are we supposed to know which ones are genuinely hurt and which ones are crying like two-year-olds falling over on the hard pitch?

(Ben Mee, when kicked in the face, was not one of the injury delays. Anyone of your players would be crying yet.)
Mod Edit: stop the generalisations and personal attacks
 
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Marjorie

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"In the opening stages, they looked in danger of being overwhelmed, but gradually outfought a Gunners side who were rarely without a player complaining, limping, or rolling around on the floor."

What is this nonsense coming from the BBC?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51253150

It was this sort of attitude from the likes of BBC that led to heavy tackles on us being tolerated and ammo for banter, in the buildup to the Eduardo and Ramsey leg breaks. They're at it again.
 

MikeVinna

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Dont know if Dyche is a racist but he’s without a doubt a massive thundercvnt.

Ever since the invincibles fell apart and Wenger started using smaller, more technical players there’s always been this strange agenda against us from opposing clubs and pundits. The one where when we get kicked/challenged and go to ground or get injured it’s simply our own fault because we’re a bunch of weak foreigners. And now refs simply allow clubs to kick our players out of a match. Most clubs get a lot of protection from the refs but we never do. The Saka challenge on his knee is a prime example. Should be a yellow without doubt. Knee on knee knocks can really cause a lot of damage.

All the VAR sh1thousery just adds a whole new dimension to it because the situations they should be looking at that could favor us are simply ignored. Like the Laca(?) offside. Why not keep playing and check after? It seems like a small moment but if we score it could just as well be game over in a tight match like this one.
 

MikeVinna

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It was this sort of attitude from the likes of BBC that led to heavy tackles on us being tolerated and ammo for banter, in the buildup to the Eduardo and Ramsey leg breaks. They're at it again.

The fact that those Stoke butchers were allowed to harass Ramsey for getting his leg broken by one of their neanderthals makes it clear enough theres a huge agenda against us. VAR has only made that more clear. I for one cant understand the club isnt making serious work of the VAR system. Or perhaps they are and it’s just not made public.
 

roz

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Dont know if Dyche is a racist but he’s without a doubt a massive thundercvnt.

Ever since the invincibles fell apart and Wenger started using smaller, more technical players there’s always been this strange agenda against us from opposing clubs and pundits. The one where when we get kicked/challenged and go to ground or get injured it’s simply our own fault because we’re a bunch of weak foreigners. And now refs simply allow clubs to kick our players out of a match. Most clubs get a lot of protection from the refs but we never do. The Saka challenge on his knee is a prime example. Should be a yellow without doubt. Knee on knee knocks can really cause a lot of damage.

All the VAR sh1thousery just adds a whole new dimension to it because the situations they should be looking at that could favor us are simply ignored. Like the Laca(?) offside. Why not keep playing and check after? It seems like a small moment but if we score it could just as well be game over in a tight match like this one.
Exactly this.
VAR also goes against us as people believe that if VAR dont look at it then it was never a foul in the first place. Also VAR can make a bad decision (most probably against us) to take the heat off other moments in the match which allows people to forget other issues which dont get shown.

I remember Saka being booked for a a “dive” earlier this season after being scythed down. Its blatant and yet never gets mentioned.

VAR has only enhanced this consistent agenda against us. If Im wrong (which i really hope i am) then we should be making top4 as we are due at least half a season of VAR/penalty shouts going in our favour to even out all the bad/costly decisions.

Didn’t we have some crazy stat about how we win the least penalties over the course of a season?
 

Mrs Bergkamp

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But he is also very disingenuous in his complaints about how other teams cheat and he and his team are the only honest ones. How he himself is the only one speaking up about some perceived cheating scandal.

It does work though. His team does get away with cutting down other teams players and fouling to stop attacks and intimidate opponents.

I think he does what he think is needed but his constant ranting about other teams’ players diving is just so old. Yesterday they managed to injure Saka and get away with it without a yellow even. So the tactic works. Guess that is all Dyche is asking for.
Dyche's tactic is working which is why after the repeated fouls by Utd, someone in our club should have spoken up. The time to rightly complain after a win cant be called sour grapes. There's no brain power anywhere in the club it seems.
 

CaseUteinberger

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Mod Edit: no personal attacks

PS. Don’t bother answering as you are going on ignore anyhow.

Mods, can’t you block this guy?
To whoever was the mod doing this:

You might not be far of from a spot as VAR ref. Good work protecting a Burnley troll who comes to the forum to talk some trash straight after an undeserved, referee aided draw for them.

Nothing I wrote that doesn’t apply to that whole Burnley lot! I know they are a bunch of snowflakes though so might be best to not attack them.
 
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Mrs Bergkamp

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Dont know if Dyche is a racist but he’s without a doubt a massive thundercvnt.

Ever since the invincibles fell apart and Wenger started using smaller, more technical players there’s always been this strange agenda against us from opposing clubs and pundits. The one where when we get kicked/challenged and go to ground or get injured it’s simply our own fault because we’re a bunch of weak foreigners. And now refs simply allow clubs to kick our players out of a match. Most clubs get a lot of protection from the refs but we never do. The Saka challenge on his knee is a prime example. Should be a yellow without doubt. Knee on knee knocks can really cause a lot of damage.

All the VAR sh1thousery just adds a whole new dimension to it because the situations they should be looking at that could favor us are simply ignored. Like the Laca(?) offside. Why not keep playing and check after? It seems like a small moment but if we score it could just as well be game over in a tight match like this one.
All this excess physicality was started by Fergie. Post Invincibles, we were still unstoppable and Fergie in an interview said "can't someone kick them...". His good friend Allardyce did just that. He kicked us out of two title challenges iirc. The rest is history. We need to confront this properly.
 

Jasard

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Breaks in football on here are so weird. Everyone goes a bit mad. Much prefer transfer windows where its funny mad rather than depressing mad.
 

Manberg

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Players are on holiday. How can places have sun already? It's February and it's cold!

Torreira:

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Xhaka:
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Luiz:
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