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Wolves will not appeal Henry red
Tuesday 6th April 2010, 10:30AM BST.
Wolves are not going to appeal captain Karl Henry’s red card against Arsenal because of their fear his ban could have been increased.
The club firmly believe the decision was wrong, but at the heart of their reasoning not to appeal is having to prove referee Andrew Marriner made a “serious and obvious” error, which could put their word against the official, therefore risking further punishment.
The grim news means the captain will be suspended for the next three games. Henry misses the chance to make his 150th League appearance for Wolves against his former club Stoke on Sunday, plus the matches against Fulham and Blackburn.
Boss Mick McCarthy said: “Having spoken to a lot of different people over the weekend, including a number of former referees, I haven’t found anyone yet who thinks that Karl should have been sent off.
“That seems to be a view shared by those who have seen the incident on television as well. But having also sought advice in terms of the appeal process, we have decided to accept the punishment as it stands.
“The FA’s Regulatory Commission will only uphold a claim for wrongful dismissal if they judge that the referee has committed a “serious and obvious error.” Under that wording, I have been advised that any appeal would be very unlikely to succeed.
“If the Commission also have the right to lengthen any suspension to twice the initial ruling if they believe an appeal was made which didn’t have any chance of success.
“Despite our frustration and disappointment at losing Karl for three games, we can’t run the risk of that ban being extended and so unfortunately we have to take our medicine.”
Privately, club officials are disappointed at the way Marriner appeared to be duped by the hysterical reaction of Arsenal’s players amid a perception that has emerged under manager Arsene Wenger that the Gunners are hard done by.
A frustrated Henry has now bore the brunt of that, as the captain faces up to a spell on the sidelines.
He said: “I can understand the decision not to appeal because we don’t want to risk having the ban extended. I feel really harshly done by and am just so disappointed.
“It’s my first sending off in over 300 games. I’ve always liked to tackle and but I’ve never been malicious – I’m not one to try to ‘do’ players or go in off the ball.
“It’s the sort of challenge I’ve made a lot this season and I’ve seen tackles over the weekend that were worse than mine but didn’t even get a yellow card.”
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Sorry mate, you’re dead wrong.
Tackling from behind with 100 mph is a red card even if he takes the ball cleanly. You have to eliminate these tackles that players cannot defend themselves against.
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Its a joke that you can’t easily appeal for mistakes by the referees and for the fact you can be punished further if you do.
The decisions they make can cost clubs millions of pounds if it means a team is relegated. This can then put a number of jobs at the clubs or surroundings areas at risk when these teams eventually go into administration.
Imagine if your wrongly arrested for something but you are already guilty for it unless you appeal. Then if you do your sentence is doubled. Absolute joke.
They say the little clubs get nothing. Well there are more of the little clubs in the league now that the big ones, why don’t they get together and do something about it.
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Really bad luck for Karl Henry. Let us all get behind the team for the final 5 games and for the 3 games our captain is missing I am sure all our players will be playing for Karl. Good luck to everyone at the wolves.
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I’d like to see Milijas get a start now. Either in the holding role or alongside Jones.
I think it’s likely though that Mick’ll play Mancienne, Edwards and Jones instead.
I feel for Milijas, he’s got undoubted quality and potential. He deserves another chance now that Henry is suspended.
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Mariner is a local lad from Sheldon i believe, obviously a bluenose or even worse a follower of that lot down the road. One dodgy card is a mistake but this second one smacks of a personal vendetta!!!!
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Can understand why we’re not going to appeal but should never have been given in the first place. But a chance hopefully for Dave Edwards to show what he’s made of against the Potties! Beat Stoke on Saturday and we’re surely safe! UTW
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1,
Should’t you be watching Arsene’s little boys in Spain????
Since when has a tackle from behind been a red card offence???
Learn the rules, clown
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all tackles should be outlawed in any case, then there would be no arguments, my point is, the Arses v barca last week was a joy to watch and not one tackle, just free flowing football
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Mr Dane,go back to making bacon,footballs a physical game, we invented it, not to be played by mamby pamby europeans, who cry foul, when you blow on them. if you take the physical side out of it, you might as well
wear handbags. Sorry i forgot you do over there.
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Once again the need for television replays is the only answer particulary in instances such as this one and also for penalty decisions which are not clear cut.
The advantages would outnumber the disadvantages and games would only be disrupted for the odd minute or 2!
Referees are only human and cannot see everything and although their assistants should in most cases see what the referee has not, they can also (and do) make mistakes as per Drogba’s goal against Man. United last week.
Andre Marriner has made a load of mistakes this season and you only have to replay the matches he has officiated to prove that and in my book is a poor referee but that obviously is no help for Karl Henry!
Arsenal, as always, complain about every little thing and other clubs must be very wary of even breathing upon their players for fear of breaking a leg! I always thought it was a man’s game and not for ballerinas!
Never mind Karl, keep your chin up, there will be next season all being well for you and your teammates to show Arsenal exactly how hard tackles can be. I’m sure they will look forward to playing us again?
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Like to see nenad in there .The best attacking and creative option.One win should do itso why not go for it now.
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Propper tackle – nothing more and nothing less. When Rosicky goes down squeeling like he’s been shot (only to get up an participate in the next attack) and the rest of his team mates immediately surround the ref demanding a red card then sadly the ref is influenced.
Move on – we’ll miss the skipper but Jody has done the job well before and we have plenty of cover in Milijas, Guediore, Mancienne and Edwards.
UTW!
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Pattaya wolf!!
Where in Pattaya you live? Ive been living here 7 years.We should meet us somewhere and talk about our shared passion for the lads.
Totally agree its wrong that refs can make these mistakes that could cost clubs a lot of money.They need to be big enough to admit mistakes and have cards rescinded if they are wrong.
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i really hope milijas gets a start at stoke. he has bags of quality and the potetial to be a match winner. For these reasons he deserves one last chance because hes clearly said if he dosent play again this season he will go. which i think will be a real shame.
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It was ridiculous how much moaning Henry and McCarthy have done since the weekend.
At first Wenger called the tackle a dark orange but we have since seen Rosicky’s leg and Arsenal FC are certain that the red was justified. Also. It is the rules. Simple.
But please stop the moaning. It is very tiresome. Although I suppose the only way someone like Henry will get into the papers is to have a pop at Arsenal.
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A definate red, and Henry’s responce ” I got the ball and the other players got me sent off”
Two feet off the ground endangering another player is classed as RECKLESS.
The question to the Wolves Captain should be .
Why did you go into a lungeing challenge on the half way line when a player was going accross the pitch and you had 11 men behind the ball the situation would not have lead to a goal or was you just trying to act like the division 2 clogger that you are.
He should not try and blame the reaction or the referees interpretation for an act of stupidity on his part.
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15. Pot kettle black syndrome I think, all wenger ever does is moan!
Seriously getting sick of the clown, hope Barca stuff ya!
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If that tackle is a straight red as some of you insist…….
a, lets see how many Stoke players are left on the pitch after 90 minutes this weekend
and
b, we may as well all pack up, switch the light off and go and watch netball.
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Billythefish
Dead right mate – let’s all have a disco tonight – only question is whether Wenger will blame the ref or the rough tackling of Barca!! It certainly will be one or the other!
Or at an outside chance it could be Karl Henry’s fault for damaging Rosizky’s nail varnish!
UTW
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All Wolves players are good for is Championship at best, maybe even League 1 where they appreciate butchers.
Just like Hull, you’re delaying the inevitable as you’re going to get 2nd season syndrome and get trashed out of the league, Good Riddance, you were a disgrace when you were at the Bridge.
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16.
It was a poor tackle but both feet were on the ground and it wasn’t reckless. Arsenal boys are just scared of getting hit, you might play the attractive footy but once the game gets physical you moan. If teams like wolves can’t always play attractivr football then we’re going to go in hard to stop you from playing. It’s all part of the game.
UTW
COME ON BARCA!
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MM and Wolves have obviously looked at the replay and seen the same thing as the referee and decided not to appeal. Going in hard from behind with BOTH FEET off the ground is dangerous play even if you do get the ball. End of story. (Although Arsenal did make a meal of it)
As stated by 16, why engage in this type of challenge on the half way line when there’s no real danger? What were you thinking?
Ah well, put it down to experience. This maybe a blessing in disguise, we may be forced to play some attacking football with Milijas or Guediore getting the start.
UTW
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All tackling will be outlawed and the game will become unisex.
No hang on a minute I have seen those ladies tackle! Arsene Whinger wouldn’t like it.
Hope thet don’t try to take the ball from senor Messi tonight!!
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Robbie,
The ball played to Rosicky was a hospital ball. As a gooner you may not know what that is, ask a yid. Henry is paid a lot of money and has a responsibilty to lead his team by example, if he sees a loose ball it is his duty to put his foot in and try to win it. I’m sure you are aware how valuable to a team it is to win the ball back high up the field of play.
bloody cockneys
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Talk is cheap, and Henry is full of it. All the moaning and bleating neither him or his club are going to appeal. Their inaction speaks volumes.
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What I saw wsa a hard tackle that deserved a yellow card at the most,definitely not a red.Wenger wants to keep his stupid mouth shut.Since he`s been manager at Arsenal all we`ve had is mouth mouth mouth from him every single week.As for the ref Wolves might not be allowd to say but I can,In my opinion you are a Blue nose cheat and should never be allowed to referee any match involving a Westmidlands side,and you should have definitely gone to Spec-savers.And now Mick,surely your going to find a place for Milijas.Good luck at the weekend lads,UP THE WOLVES.
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No No No No! Not Milijas. Look I dont dislike the bloke, and its apparent to see he has talent but as I have repeated over these last few weeks and are probably boring you all by now, does he have the stomach for a relegation fight – I personally think not.
Against a physical side like Stoke we have to go for strength and players who are not scared of a tackle. I would personally opt for Jones and Gueddiora with Mancienne covering the back four.
Id love to be wrong about Milijas but could he be trusted to play 100% for relegation fight????
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Lads its time to turn off the light, and think the Cockneys know everything about football. Because they used and brainwashed to
watching foreign,s who are whimps ie Drogba,Rosicky,. Obviously these Cockney,s coming on have never played football of any
standard. Sorry on their PC,s or X BOX.s
Get a life and stop watching Soccer AM,and listening to The Birks on Cockney Talk Sport.
Wait till next year when we have four West Midland Teams who hopefully will kick some
sense into your southern wimps.
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NO 15 GOOD TO BE A GOONER- YOU ARE HAVING A LAUGH NOBODY MOANS MORE THAN YOUR MANAGER ALONG WITH PIERS MORGAN. YOU SEEM TO THINK YOU ARE THE ONLY TEAM WHO SHOULD NOT BE TACKLED. WELL I SAY GET REAL. THERE IS A VAST MAJORITY, INCLUDING SOME ARSENAL FANS WHO HAVE STATED THAT IT WAS NOT A RED CARD INCIDENT.MR MARINER HAS DONE US TWICE THIS SEASON.
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A sliding tackle from behind is a serious foul – no question. Whether it’s bad enough for a straight red card isn’t so obvious. It depends on whether – in the referee’s judgement – it was malicious, studs were up, it was two-footed etc.
The reason Wolves can’t appeal is that there are no objective criteria on which to claim an obvious error by the Ref. The fact that a majority of fair-minded observers wouldn’t have sent Henry off doesn’t matter. But.
Henry’s feet weren’t raised, it wasn’t two-footed, and he appeared to touch the ball first. No question that the Ref was influenced by Arsenal – by Wenger’s media campaign, by the exaggerated writhing of Rosicky, and by the players who surrounded the Ref. Would he have sent off Henry against any other team, in any other stadium ? I sincerely doubt it.
And that’s the point for those who think the red card was deserved. OK, fine. Now let’s see the same judgement applied everywhere, consistently. No game would finish with 22 players.
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Bobby D
well said mate – I think the gooners will be spending a lot of time bleating on the E&S bulletin boards next season!! Lol!
UTW and UT Barca!
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15, Can I ask why it is good to be a Gooner because for me, I dont see how you can relate to any of the indiviuals that play or manage you.
City have signed your best defender and striker. You havent won anything in years. None of your team represent England, unless Walcott gets bribed into the squad by Wenger again. When you played and lost in the Champions league final there was not one British player on the pitch, an insult to the history of Arsenal and 120 years of the FA.
Your ticket prices are double everyone else north of you, Chelsea have eclipsed you, your in a boat load of debt, which may be lightened once Fabregas decides his new club for next season.
Also, could you please tell me why it took your little girly foriegners 94 mins to score a goal against a newly promoted 10 man Wolves?
You may scoff at the fact our ferocious tackling captain (not) is from Willenhall, our winger cost £40000 from Grays and our forward is the centre forward for the Irish, whom were robbed of a place in the World Cup because of your ex-cheating French mercenary, and i dont mean Anelka! your snobbery will smooth over the fact Wolves are not in debt, we are building a new stadium with our own cash, a stadium which will remain on site in Wolverhampton and still be called Molineux, not the Emirates in Cannock. You can ignore that an adult early bird season ticket starts at £16. You may sneer at our manager, owner and chief executive whom are all english, and your blinding tabloid opinions will ensure that you think you are a great team, and the pinnacle of Premiership football, but im afraid the truth is your not.
So its not really good to be a gooner….its embarassing.
So trot on Cockney and leave the real football to the real clubs and real fans.
Ps. Has a London club ever won the European Cup?? erm….no. So your not even as big as Forest or Villa in my book, your still playing catch up mate.
See you next season.
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To all you Cockney ‘fans’ who have nothing else to do but look at a Wolves newspaper website, take a good look at your own team before chastising Wolves players!
There is an old saying, ‘people in glass houses should not throw stones’ and most of your teams have players who commit fouls way over the top and GET AWAY WITH IT!
In answer to ‘TA6′, Wolves have not appealed because the referee will not change his mind about the red card – why? Because referees do not change their minds as it would make them look incompetent – which many of them are!
And why would Wolves risk doubling Henry’s suspension when the referee stands by his original decision? – A 3 match suspension is bad enough but 6? – TOTAL LUNACY!
As for no.20 Eric Martin, if that is your real name which I doubt, we will be seeing you next season in the PL! We will NOT be going down, which obviously you would like but rest assured though, that for our next meetings your lads had better be wearing something stronger than the cotton wool pads they were wearing last time. Football is a man’s game, a contact game, not a game for cissies!
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32. Sir Lupi
Hail Sir Lupi – best post for a very very long time! Excellent stuff and oh so true!
UTW
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32. great post but think Campbell played in the champions league final so they did have at least 1 British player, still nothing to write home about!
Plus the fact that now Albion will come up, next year there will be Wolves, Albion, Bham , Villa and Stoke in the Premier. If Leicester or Forest come up and West Ham go it is safe to say the Midlands will have more teams than those Cockney scummers and prove our footy is the best!
Jog onto your own boards cockneys about jellied eels etc and dont talk to us about football because we are more passionate, fact
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I think that Wolves being in the premier league next season will be great. Another easy six points!
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number 27
if you remember when we played stoke last time we were 2-0 down at half time. Milijas came on, set up both goals and nearly scored the winner. against a team like stoke his quality could make the difference.
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Nice one Sir Lupi!
Going back to the incident; if “the club firmly believes the decision was wrong” but is too worried about the consequences of an appeal being turned down, then how can the FA claim to have an appeals process in place?
The FA should introduce instant video replays to help referees and linesmen to make the right decision – even if it takes minutes – rather than making the wrong decision on the spur of the moment, which seems to happen an awful, awful lot, considering these people are paid professionals. Why not have a second, equally ranked referee, in front of a video monitor, and have him/her communicate with the on-pitch referee before game (and potentially season) changing decsisinos are made? Look what technology did for tennis once the stuffy, oak-panelled boardrooms of those who regulate the game took the brave decision to rely more on technology i.e. the Cyclops machine took away some of the built-in human error that all of us possess, and reassures players and fans alike that the sporting contest will be officiated with consistency, accuracy and without bias. That’s all any sports fan wants FGS!
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Sir Lupi, Magnificent post,so factual and correct. Can everybody understand that the Cockneys are the only people who live on this
planet. They have bled off the Industrial North for 200 Years. Parasite,s of our great past. When Billy Wright,Jimmy Mullen, Stan Cullis. Were winning Championships and the first to play in Europe. Before these nomarks
were born. Election Broadcast Over
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No.37 I am well aware of that and I know he did the sme at home to Bolton. But this time of the season now its about guts, consistency and being prepared to cover that pitch.
Dont get me wrong, Im not dismissing Milijas altogether but I personally would prefer to see players who will show the qualities that I previously stated.
Also David Jones is in very good form and deserves his place, he also works back to help at the back. Obviously you cant play Jones and Milijas together to similar, apart from the work ethic, so Jones all the way with Guediorra and Mancienne behind.
UTW!!
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Oh well, looks like we’ll have to console ourselves with the fact that the only way they could beat us was by cheating in order to establish an extra player advantage.
I hope Barcelona give it to ‘em good and proper.
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Sir Lupi – nice one !
But you got one thing wrong. Karl Henry is from Ashmore Park, Wednesfield (and so, Wolverhampton). Willenhall is in Walsall.
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There’s a few cockneys and I suspect Tesco invading our air space. Some of the exaggerations are pitiful. “Tackled at 100 mph” “two foot off the ground” ….get real !
To the Tesco see you next season. Enjoy your away day in your Ra Ra skirts.
To the Gooners. You shouldn’t still be competing for European or Premiership honours. It’s a travesty, your team of playactors isn’t good enough or skilful enough.
This Play-football-the-Arsenal-way is a myth put round by an old french master that’s past his sell by date.
Walcott is the fastest headless chicken in the Premeiership and shouldn’t get anywhere near the South African squad and Fabregas will be playing at the Nou Camp next season. You lot will be fighting Spurs and Villa for fourth spot.
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In my opinion it’s now time to move on from the debate of Henry, this sending off has been comimg for a long time, and he has been lucky on several occassions.
I think it’s time for a change in tactics to a more attacking formation as we need to win some of the next few games, if we are not careful we will be out thought as the opposition will know how to combat us. I also think that Doyle has been looking jaded and cannot continue in this one up role for much longer, we need someone along side him (not keogh), to give him space to score goals that’s after all why we bought him. I also think losing Henry will show different play in the midfield, with much more forward play as opposed to the constant square and back passing he has been doing, he also puts players under pressure with this square passing which usually means more back passing. I aslo would like to see Jones play in his position, and I still think Foley should be at right back.
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Interesting to see all the Arsenal fans on here maintaing the red was justified. I guess they have to, cos the other option is that their player rolled around screaming in fake agony to get a player unjustly sent off. So what is the truth? Let’s leave out what us Wolves fans and them Arsenal fans say, lets face it we’re both biased. The fact is EVERY independent TV pundit has said that it was a ridiculous decision and nowhere near a red. Arsenal fans are in a very small minority-even the manager didn’t think a red was justified for heaven’s sake! Now what will happen if a Gooner catches a Barca player tonight and gets sent off when the Barca player pretends to be mortally wounded? I’d pay to see that….
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I do feel that Henry’s sending off was a bit harsh but I think thta you have to question the lad’s intelligence a little bit.
Andre Marriner (or “the worst ref in England” as the rest of the premiership call him) is renowned for dishing out red cards – the stats are something ridiculous like he has sent off twice as many people as the next “most harsh” ref. Surely Henry and the other players should have known this and should have been more careful not to dive into tackles in this manner – teams prepare to play inm certain styles to win games against other teams so why aren’t the players also factoring in incompetent referees?
People moan that some things are not fair…..well life isn’t fair – suck it up and move on
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I was at the Emirates on Saturday and it was never a sending off. On the other hand, every cloud has a silver lining and the good news is that Henry will not play for 3 consecutive games. On the evidence of the Arsenal game, Mancienne is superb as the holding midfielder. Foley would be my second choice ahead of Henry, who (in my opinion) is a very one dimensional player. Mancienne, Jones and Edwards would be a great trio in central midfield with a little bit of added flair that we need when going forward. If only we had a natural wide right player to deputise for Kightly.
My prediction is that Foley will move infield (which I wouldn’t object to) so that Stephen Ward can start wide right (oh dear).
Having said that, it’s just an opinion. I don’t want to knock Mick. He got us up as champions on a shoestring and if he keeps us in the Premier League he’ll be undesputedly the best manager we’ve had in my 39 years as a Wolves fan.
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Whay are all these plastic Gooners on here shouldn’t you be in spain????
Instaed of defending your cheap foreign imports
Oh dear< messi has just equalised…..lol,lol
Awesome, great fans.
Back to your bedsits, in the big city.
Priceless!!
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48. Grace, there all boggies trying 2 wind us up
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Messi 4 International Cockney’s of N London 1….HA Ha Haaaaa
Rosicky looked like a dead duck for 90 minutes…if he’s been served stuffed on a plate he have looked more lively.
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4-2 rofl!!!
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15 – are you serious. Wenger is the worst manager in the league for moaning and to make matters worst, hes got such a biased view its unbelievable. If a bad decision goes against you, its the opposition should be banned, if its a bad decision that goes for you its, erm… i did not see it. I used to have respect for wenger in the way he went about his business, but he has gradually become a joke.
If you think a few stud marks constitutes the red card being the correct decision, your one of the lunatics that want to ruin the beautiful game by making it a non contact sport and a laughing stock of the sporting world. Read Hahnemanns comments about Doyles first days training and you will see how real men play football.
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Hey Good to be a Goonah, how are you feeling now?
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The cheating arsenal got what they deserved tonight – hope this defeat has a bad effect on your upcoming league games as well!
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While I totally agree that it should not have been a red card (there were far worse tackles by both teams in the game that didn’t even get a yellow card never mind a red) I actually watched the game in the USA (while on holiday) on Fox Sports and they showed the back of the guys leg – it was bleeding from the stud marks with a gash near his achilles tendon. So he may have got the ball but he also got quite a bit of the guys leg as well. Having said that I still don’t think it was a red card.
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Grace,
You ask since when has a tackle from behind been a sending off offence?. Long before you were a twinkle in your fathers eye. Certainly before the fancy coloured cards. Mick-Mac knows going through the back door is a sending off offence,thats why he wont put his money where his mouth is. Never mind all this can’t beat the referee drivel. Can’t understand you dingles backing Barcelona tonight as they are totally the
opposite to Mick-Macs ethics?. I have to say I’ve
always had a liking for Barca going back to the days of Di Steffano and Gento, I saw that side down the custard bowl, Cowshed end. My half brother was a wolves fan and he bought me a ticket. Barca have always been a (no contact outfit) propper footballing side. You know,just the opposite to you HOOFBALLERS.
~~~~BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Messi 4 Arsenal International All Stars 1. I am sure Messi was offside for at least 2 goals. Arsenal whinge about the tackles, but they will not win anything of importance until they have someone who can do the same as Viera did for them. Come on You Wolves
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15. good to be a goonah. u aint going to win anything this season. your boys where an embarrasment last night. and Wenger hasnt stopped moaning for about 4 seasons now.get a life u sado.
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Sir Lupi, Genius mate genius
Jack the hat, Jeez mate you got back quick, did you bring Concorde out of retirement???
Or have you just staggered back from, your local dive of a pub after drowning your sorrows til the early hours, coz you can’t afford Sky in your bedsit.
Somehow you don’t seem so cocky this morning????
And for the record Di Steffano play for Real Madrid, give your rose tinted specs a wipe.
Boing Boing??? Thought your anthem was 1 – nil to the arsenal????
Or have you nicked something else from another club???
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15 – ‘the only way someone like Henry will get into the papers is to have a pop at Arsenal’
i cant really think of any other way wenger gets into the papers other than MOANING MOANING MOANING – and correct me if im wrong but i though they were footballers, not celeb gossip page fillers – PATHETIC. glad to see barca won so easliy last night.
heres to a proper game of football (used to be considered a contact sport) this wk end between 2 teams that dont swan dive every time they get tackled
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Back on topic.
I really wish that Wolves would appeal against this.
It may be a small risk but while teams like Wolves take bad referee decisions against sides with moaning managers on the chin, its the moaning managers and their teams that benefit.
Feel really sorry for Henry since everytime i have seen the tackle i only see a player taking the ball and doing everything possible to not hit the player.
The FA should also look at all the Arsenal players who surrounded the referee, no doubt influencing his decision.
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great performance by the lads at the emirates.glad arsenal were well beaten this morning.nice to see the arsenal getting spanked at home also.anyway down to business…at the start of the season if you had said to myself that WOLVERMANPTON WANDERERS only(i know its a big only;)have to beat stoke at home to ensure premiership survival i would have snatched your hands off and watch,come to think of it, your arm.good luck to the team on saturday.im going greek then watching wolves triumph.
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Stick Guedioura in, job’s a good un, no harm done, etc. Henry’s been a bit hot and cold anyway, although recently he’s tended towards the “hot” rather more.
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Sir Lupi, a second knighthood for you for that excellent piece. Absolutely, 100% spot on.
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CALLING ALL OF YOU GOONERS – your team took one hell of a beating!
What a Messi you made of your Champions League game last night – destroyed by ONE MAN!
Still there’s always next season – and another 2 encounters with our hard man Karl Henry!
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