Always tricky going to Selhurst Park but a welcome 3 points.
Considering Palace are everyone's bogey team you would expect them to win more games
You owe the ref a decent Christmas present, dismal performance!! Palace should have had two penalties but the ref let the VAR dude persuade him the first wasn't a penalty, which is not what VAR is there for. Ayew's two yellows were ridiculous, softest sending off of the season.
Arsenal also mugged by the officials/VAR, Jesus clearly kicked but apparently "not hard enough", then right at the end the disallowed goal, Cash is allowed to accidentally handle the ball but Havertz isn't, what a ridiculous rule!! Also Arteta though, every game he takes Martinelli off after an hour, it's baffling, yesterday he was our most dangerous forward but he was taken off, Saka again had a poor game but was left on. Martinelli runs flat out for the full 90 (plus the half hour injury time) every game, Saka looks knackered.
Always tricky going to Selhurst Park but a welcome 3 points.
Considering Palace are everyone's bogey team you would expect them to win more games
You owe the ref a decent Christmas present, dismal performance!! Palace should have had two penalties but the ref let the VAR dude persuade him the first wasn't a penalty, which is not what VAR is there for. Ayew's two yellows were ridiculous, softest sending off of the season.
Arsenal also mugged by the officials/VAR, Jesus clearly kicked but apparently "not hard enough", then right at the end the disallowed goal, Cash is allowed to accidentally handle the ball but Havertz isn't, what a ridiculous rule!! Also Arteta though, every game he takes Martinelli off after an hour, it's baffling, yesterday he was our most dangerous forward but he was taken off, Saka again had a poor game but was left on. Martinelli runs flat out for the full 90 (plus the half hour injury time) every game, Saka looks knackered.
In the Palace match there was almost a 2 minute delay between the foul & the ref stopping play. If either team had scored in those 2 minutes ithe goal would have been disallowed! Farcical.
The Arsenal goal should have stood as should Bournemouth's 4th as the guy was completely off balance when the ball hit him.
Saka needs a rest. Been a great player for you & England over the last 2 years but nobody should be an automatic choice
Sean Dyche is such a whiny cry baby who needs to read the FA's law 12 on serious foul play. There may not have been a lot of contact but serious foul play is what it is regardless of contact.
Post by sandgrounder on Jan 15, 2024 20:05:42 GMT 1
What a mess at Reading. I've got no affiliation with the club and neither has the owner! There has to be tighter controls by the relevant bodies as to who can actually buy a football club