Arsenal wins Gabriel red card appeal

[blaze_of_glory]

I think Kos' ability to remain calm all the time is a positive to be honest. I think he'd make a good captain. Let someone else do the yelling, come over and calm things down, then go chat with the ref. You come out looking better that way.

I prefer cool customers to hot heads when it comes to leaders. You need firery players like Coq and Gabby, but they aren't always the best people to lead a team. Gotta have the good cop, bad cop thing going.

 

[blaze_of_glory]

Justice prevails in the end.

Well not really, as Costa's career is allowed to continue and he's not being hit with rocks.

 

[RandyMarsh]

Yep, things couldn't have gone any better since the game tbh. Obviously the match day was a massive f*ck up but at least the F.A have done the right thing with these bans.

 

[Clrnc]

Of course I can argue it.....

My whole point is, why blame Gabriel when its clearly the referee who screwed him and screwed us? Don't give me the crap that Gabriel is stupid, he didn't do anything to justify a sending off and never in his mind would he thought the ref would. This is a tough lesson for him to know that there are absolutely incompetent refs in the league.

Anyway Diego Costa is found guilty and banned, which not only add insults to wound because it should have been 10v11 the other way round, but further adds pressure on Mike Dean. FA basically admitted for him he made a complete mess out of every decision and yet did not punish him. I won't be surprised if he did not see the Gabriel incident too as shown by the post match analysis that his vision was blocked.

 

[redwhiteAustrian]

I think Kos is too calm and silent to be captian. Merte offers a decent balance in that regard.

 

[Fallout]

i feel like a certain psychological trend has developed in our fanbase over the last decade ... a lot of gooners are by now so accustomed to biased referees that we blame the players/manager for falling into situations where we're reliant on refs to make the correct call.

e.g. all the fans who've accused us for being too soft, when in reality our opponents would publicly admit to using rugby tactics that resulted in 3 leg breaks in 5 years (and of course zero protection from referees during that period).

e.g. all the fans who've said we weren't good enough to win game x, y, or z, when in reality one of our very legitimate goals was ruled offside and/or the opposing team was awarded a ghost PK or free kick (man utd would habitually "grind out" several tight games a season thanks to these decisions).

e.g. all the fans saying gabriel shouldnt have reacted to costa, when in reality dean should have carded costa for earlier transgressions. i find it interesting that giroud gets booked for having a moan at the referee, when barca and real routinely surround the ref to have a group moan session.

it's neither fair nor realistic to hold our players to a higher standard than everyone else just because we've been traumatized by years of poor referees and a biased FA. i'm not sure what the solution is or if there even is a real solution, but blaming the players isn't it.

 

[RandyMarsh]

Coquelin should be our captain next season. Puts in consistent performances, very vocal, doesn't shy away from confrontations, leads by example. Not sure if he's captain material off the pitch, but on it i can't see anyone more suited to it in our starting team right now.

 

[Jackie_Treehorn]

Can't see how anyone can get high and mighty the card was over turned the result still stands and the result is by far the most important.

I see your point, but it will be kind of sweet if Chelski drop points in their next couple of league games. (Not holding my breath from the fixture list, but still)

 

[blaze_of_glory]

I think Kos is too calm and silent to be captian. Merte offers a decent balance in that regard.

Yeah fair enough. I suppose he doesn't seem to communicate/organize the team enough. I do like his calm demeanor though.

 

[onetowatch]

Well there next game is at St James Park, graveyard for Mourinho iirc. Fingers crossed.

Great news all round. Well done the FA.

 

[redwhiteAustrian]

Yeah fair enough. I suppose he doesn't seem to communicate/organize the team enough. I do like his calm demeanor though.

I like that as well, makes him solid and prevents him from making more than one error per game unlike Senderos/Djourou.....

 

[RickyM]

Glad Gabriel got the ban lifted and more happier now that Costa has been banned

 

[Mitch]

I am still annoyed that Chelsea still got the 3 points which is the most important thing and that Dean doesn't get punished for his incompetence.

Trying to put a bright spin on things at least now Costa will have a suarez like reputation with the officials now and won't get away this his b*llshit anymore. Also despite Dean not getting directly punished I would be surprised if he was to ref an Arsenal match anytime soon.

 

[Tir Na Nog]

FA basically admitting Mike Dean screwed us by insinuating that he got two MAJOR decisions wrong. Two game changing decisions wrong.

 

[Mitch]

Plus Chelsea fans going into complete meltdown at the moment whinging about a campaign against them is an added bonus.

 

[TriniGunner]

I'm still pissed that we lost 3 points to that classless bunch of cnuts!

 

[Mastadon]

F*ck Mike Dean, he single handedly cost us the game. No-one cares about referees, probably not even their wives.

People pay good money to watch athletes play and they try to take over the f*cking game.

This is so true. It's amazing how in 2015 with all the technology we have so much power is still in the hands of 1 man. Refs should be forced to obtain instant replay confimation before making game changing decisions like issuing red cards or penalties. There is too much going on for 1 or 2 match officials to get every decision right. Nobody contests goal line decisions because there is nothing to argue anymore. Refs are supposed to be lubricant used to facilitate the act instead of dicks who run the show.

 

[rich 1990]

I bet Costa's glad not to have to play Walsall.

 

[Pat Rice]

Please got get this guy away from the same pitch as Arsenal. Absolutely bullied through childhood.

https://www.change.org/p/the-footba...&utm_term=mob-xs-no_src-no_msg&fb_ref=Default

 

[haha_arsenal]

Please got get this guy away from the same pitch as Arsenal. Absolutely bullied through childhood.

https://www.change.org/p/the-footba...&utm_term=mob-xs-no_src-no_msg&fb_ref=Default

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