Arsenal v Fulham, 13:30 BST (18/04, SS Main Event)

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Arsenal: Ryan, Bellerin, Holding, Gabriel, Xhaka, Elneny, Ceballos, Saka, Smith Rowe, Martinelli, Lacazette.
Subs: Leno, Cedric, Chambers, Pablo Mari, Partey, Willian, Pepe, Nelson, Nketiah.

[GP]

3-0

Martinelli, Xhaka x2

[Mac76]

Happy with the lienup, some good rotation there and much happier with Xhaka not in MF

But anyway, 0-3 Lookman hatter

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Martinelli just hooks it wide.

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Areola saves from Martinelli.

[Mac76]

nice lively start, be good to get an early goal and then just roll them over

it would be great to help send down that spud Parker

[Mac76]

Maja just wide :faint:

[Mac76]

ESR hits it over

[dazthegooner]

Thought we had a set piece coach :unsure:

[Mac76]

Elneny :lol:

[Mac76]

Daniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

[GP]

CEBALLOS!!!

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CEBALLOS!!!

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Will be given as offside. :rolleyes:

[Mac76]

half an inch of Saka's toe offside...

VAR :angry:

[GP]

Oh come on.

[Letters]

half an inch of Saka's toe offside...

VAR :angry:
Complete bullshit as usual.
When you have to zoom in that much to see the tiniest part of someone’s body offside it’s complete nonsense to rule out the goal.

[Mac76]

Complete bullshit as usual.
When you have to zoom in that much to see the tiniest part of someone’s body offside it’s complete nonsense to rule out the goal.

totally, it's the opposite of 'clear and obvious'

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Another disallowed goal.

[Mac76]

0-0 half time...

played fairly well but not clinical in front of goal - too many misplaced passes and offsides

[Letters]

It’s basically 1-0. VAR can do one.

Back in the day no Fulham fan would have been complaining about that goal.
Now VAR makes it a “talking point”.
The exact opposite of what VAR is supposed to do.

[Mac76]

got to say it, Parker's such a tosser

[Mac76]

Laca just wide

[dazthegooner]

All he need is a pipe to complete the pedo look.

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Laca drags it wide.

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Watching it on my phone so a bit behind, not quite a full minute though. Was eating.

[Mac76]

Watching it on my phone so a bit behind, not quite a full minute though. Was eating.

tsk, excuses excuses ;)

[Mac76]

Xhaka goes crazy then pretends he was injured... gets Foolham a booking though...

[Letters]

Looking forward to next season when they’ll be using an electron microscope to check whether any molecule of the attacker is offside :rolleyes:

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Andersen booked for Xhackling Xhaka,

[Mac76]

Looking forward to next season when they’ll be using an electron microscope to check whether any molecule of the attacker is offside :rolleyes:

shhhhhhhhhh :doh:

[Mac76]

Xhaka's totally lost it - obviously thinks it's yellow card time

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Xhaka returns from the dead.

[Mac76]

c'mon Arsenal get a goal FFS

[Mac76]

poor choice from Saka there, we had four in the box

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Saka hits the woodwork! Not that it was likely to go in from that angle.

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Pelanty to Fulham. :lol:

[Mac76]

looks like a dive to me

[Mac76]

the pass was offside surely

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Don't think Gabriel touches him.

VAR are looking for an offside anyway. :lol:

[Mac76]

o sh*t it's a pel

[Letters]

c'mon Arsenal get a goal FFS

That’s a good idea Mac76 4 manager.

[Mac76]

0-1 :rolleyes:

[Letters]

0-1

I don’t think I can watch this any more.
The whole game is gone.
Perfectly good goal for us ruled out then a bullshit penalty for them.

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Anguissa booked earlier.

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Decordova-Reid booked now.

[GP]

If it stays like this, VAR has changed the result

[Mac76]

i'd like to see Pepe come on soon - Martinelli's been a bit disappointing IMO, a lot of what he's tried hasn't come off

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Bellerin header, just wide.

[Mac76]

If it stays like this, VAR has changed the result

well we ought to have been a couple of goals up by then, we've been a bit off in front of goal

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Elneny hauled off, Partey on.

Bellerin off, Pepe on.

[Letters]

If it stays like this, VAR has changed the result

There are goals we’ve scored over the years which clearly we shouldn’t have.
I remember one at Stamford Bridge when someone (van Persie, I think) was miles offside.
All very amusing but had VAR been a thing that goal wouldn’t have stood.
And fair enough, it wasn’t close.
But when they’re looking at millimetres here and there it’s just pathetic.
We would have won this game. VAR has robbed us.
Complete farce.

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Lacazette's hamstring. :rose:

Martinelli up front. :pray:

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Lookman off, Reed on.

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Lacazette off, Nketiah on.

[Mac76]

Lacazette's hamstring. :rose:



Arteta shouldn't have played him in this game, we need him for the EL

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How did that one stay out?

Martinelli. :bow:

[Mac76]

Saka puts it into row Z

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Maja off, Loftus-Cheek on.

[Mac76]

Martinelli kicks a Foolham player in the knackers :lol:

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Nketiah puts it over.

[Mac76]

Nketiah reminds us why he's just not good enough...

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Cavaleiro off, Bryan on.

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Control it Eddie FFS.

[Mac76]

Nketiah gives Foolham a goal kick

[Mac76]

Control it Eddie FFS.

bring back Welbz, all is forgiven...

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Unlucky Saka.

[Mac76]

Saka just wide, good effort

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Areola saves from Martinelli.

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Seven added minutes.

[Mac76]

7 mins ET :popcorn:

[Letters]

Obviously I hope we equalise but a point isn’t good enough and we’ve been cheated anyway.
Sure, we should be able to beat Fulham regardless but when it’s all rigged against you then it doesn’t help.

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NKETIAH!!!

:haha:

[Mac76]

Yes!!!!

Eddie !!!! :lol:

Parker :haha:

spuds :haha:

Foolham :haha:

[GP]

Nketiah reminds us why he's just not good enough...

:haha:

[Mac76]

oh, not VAR again... :(

[Mac76]

:haha:

ok, ok... :)

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VAR wasting everyone's time there.

[Mac76]

ONSIDE!!!

parker :haha:

spuds :haha:

foolham :haha:

al fayed :haha:

eddie :bow:

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1-1 FT.

We were shit but oh well.

[Letters]

The cunts still tried to take it away from us but couldn’t find a bullshit reason to this time
1-1 full time.

But actually it was 2-0 to us.

[dazthegooner]

Parker still moaning :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

Oh

[Mac76]

The cunts still tried to take it away from us but couldn’t find a bullshit reason to this time
1-1 full time.

But actually it was 2-0 to us.

you think their pel wasn't right?

i did think Gabriel stepped on the fulham player tbh i'd have wanted a pel if it had been the other way around

[GP]

you think their pel wasn't right?

i did think Gabriel stepped on the fulham player tbh i'd have wanted a pel if it had been the other way around

Definite dive

[Letters]

you think their pel wasn't right?

i did think Gabriel stepped on the fulham player tbh i'd have wanted a pel if it had been the other way around
It probably was a pel.
But it all stems from the bullshit decision to rule out our first goal.
I saw a still from it and it’s almost impossible to see anything offside from that.
They have to stop this nonsense where any pixel is deemed offside. If it’s clear then fine, otherwise just let it go. Had we conceded that first goal I wouldn’t have been claiming offside. No one would have. They’re making issues where there isn’t one.

[Letters]

Definite dive

That was my original thought but having seen it a few times I do think he stepped on his toe.
He certainly made the most of it because he knew he’d get a penalty.

[Mac76]

the only downside about this is that it helps Dyke and Bumley stay up...

[Marc Overmars]

Couldn’t even beat a shite team that will be relegated at home.

Trash.

[Letters]

Couldn’t even beat a shite team that will be relegated at home.

Trash.

We would have been 1-0 up at half time had VAR not cheated us.
We’d have won but for that.
:shrug:

[Marc Overmars]

Oh right.

Didn’t even know we were playing tbh.

[Letters]

:haha:

[Letters]

Oh right.

Didn’t even know we were playing tbh.

We weren’t very good today but we did get shafted by VAR.
Perfectly good goal rules out because Saka’s toenail was offside.
It’s complete bollox.
We should have been good enough to win anyway but...well, Arsenal.