Morning all.
So, did yesterday’s 2-2 draw between Liverpool and Man Utd depart you extra pissed off about our end result at Brighton? I can perceive if it did, a chance missed and so on, however I used to be extra relieved than anything. Particularly as I anticipated little or no from United, and so they truly performed fairly properly. Given we’ve an FA Cup tie in opposition to them on the weekend, that’s not splendid, however we badly wanted for Liverpool to not win and so they helped us out in that sense.
I feel I used to be extra pissed off by the incident when Rasmus Hojlund kicked the ball away, in clear view of referee Michael Oliver … who did nothing. This is similar referee who couldn’t wait to difficulty a second yellow card to Leandro Trossard after we performed Man Metropolis for kicking the ball lower than a second after he’d blown his whistle for a foul. That price us a participant for all the second half, and robbed us of an opportunity to construct on what was an excellent first 45 minutes.
It additionally meant the gamers we had on the market needed to work actually arduous, and I do marvel if we must always issue that in to among the health points we’ve skilled this season. We performed 55 minutes on the Etihad with 10 males; virtually all the second half in opposition to Brighton at residence; and properly over an hour when William Saliba was harshly red-carded in opposition to Bournemouth for an incident that wasn’t a pink card in one other recreation a day later. That takes loads of out the gamers who must work so much more durable to make up for the absence of a colleague.
It’s simply infuriating {that a} rule that was so harshly utilized to us earlier within the season, and which price us factors in each video games, is now apparently not price bothering with. Except it’s a 17 12 months outdated taking a nook, after all, by which case the strictest doable definition of delaying the restart – TIME-WASTING – is utilized. As I stated in yesterday’s weblog, we have to do extra concerning the issues we will management, however it’s inconceivable to not really feel we’ve been royally fucked over by a few of issues we will’t.
What else? Effectively, can somebody clarify to me why Darwin Nunez wasn’t despatched off for this? He had an excellent have a look at the opponent, then shouldered him proper within the face. Is that not violent conduct? There isn’t a try to problem for ball. The truth that in commentary on Sky – regardless of Gary Neville muttering one thing like ‘That’s not good’ – they fully glossed over it was wonderful to me. I’ve written right here too usually about PGMOL’s soft-touch strategy to on-pitch violence and harmful challenges beneath the auspices of Howard Webb, however it’s arduous to not suppose the broadcasters are additionally complicit when one thing like this occurs. Howard has his personal present now on Sky too, in order that they received’t say something that makes their mate look unhealthy.
It’s pathetic actually. Name it out for what it’s, don’t discuss out of the aspect of your mouth and transfer on. There have been far too many incidents when unhealthy challenges or snide assaults on gamers have been both ignored fully or handled too calmly with only a reserving. For me that makes it worse. They’re basically telling gamers there’s a low threshold for violent conduct, and we all know there can be some who enjoy that. Tomorrow evening’s opposition, for instance, are an especially bodily crew who’ve gamers who reside proper on the sting in that regard, as a result of they know there’s an excellent likelihood they received’t get punished to the complete extent.
Even in reference to our recreation on Saturday, the Pervis Estupinan problem on Declan Rice is no less than partly knowledgeable by the actual fact he was solely given a yellow card for a possible leg-breaker of their earlier recreation in opposition to West Ham. If you happen to’re that means inclined as a participant, why wouldn’t you check the bounds if you realize referees aren’t going to punish you? Anyway, I assume the purpose is that in a season when the one luck we’ve had is unhealthy luck, Liverpool had been lucky to get away with that.
Lastly, and I do realise this has been fairly mild on Arsenal, I loved how salty Jamie Carragher was in commentary about Trent Alexander-Arnold yesterday. Did he have an excellent recreation? No, clearly not, however the ‘I hope Actual Madrid aren’t watching!’ line was gold. As in the event that they’d change their minds at this level. They’ve clearly performed all the bottom work for a summer time freebie, and so they’re not signing him for his defending anyway. Enjoyable stuff.
Proper, there’s a press convention later forward of our Carabao Cup semi-final in opposition to Newcastle tomorrow night. Will we get an replace on the Ethan Nwaneri harm? We’ll have to attend and see, and we’ll carry you all of the updates and tales over on Arseblog Information.
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Pod needs to be out round midday. For now, have an excellent one.
