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"Predictions for Chelsea/Arsenal?"

Right, I'm going with 3-2 to Arsenal, simply because huge questions are being made of our defence and it isn't going to help being up against Hasselbaink and Zola...but it's looking like Henry, Wiltord and co can pretty much score at will.

§n][pe® wrote:
> omg stupid goddamn FA.

Damn right.

Andy Duh-so has refused to review the second yellow, and so the red card stands. Apparently the FA can do nothing about it.

Why is it that the FA can do nothing in these situations, yet if a ref sees nothing wrong in a challenge, they can step in and take action?

Bunch of fecking muppets.

omg stupid goddamn FA.

I went to that match :-)

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> lalakersrule wrote:
> However Vieria still hit him *minimal* or not
>
> No, he didn't - Gronkjaer kicked Vieira on the follow-through. There
> was no conrtact from Vieira on Gronkjaer, therefore it cannot be a
> foul.

Indeed. Viera stepped in but as he did, the ball was kicked away so he stopped the challenge. Gronkjaer's foot followed through and hit Viera's studs (I think), which were quite low and facing down as expected, which caused him to fall back. I'm sure the red will be wiped, but I'm not sure whether they'll take action against Wiltord, or maybe even Campbell.

Still, that Toure's a bit of a player eh?

Mr Ritze wrote:

> How good a view did the referee have of the incident? I didn't think
> of looking to see where he was.



i think the linesman was pretty close to the foul and brought the ref's attention to it.

§n][pe® wrote:
> his red card will not stand hopefully tho does anyone know who was
> captain after vieira went off?

Not sure, i'd have thought it would have been David Seaman though.

well he is gonna review the game.

WòókieeMøn§†€® wrote:
> lalakersrule wrote:
> However Vieria still hit him *minimal* or not
>
> No, he didn't - Gronkjaer kicked Vieira on the follow-through. There
> was no conrtact from Vieira on Gronkjaer, therefore it cannot be a
> foul.

I think that most people agree it wasn't a foul but I believe that Vieira's reputation part earned him that second yellow, and if you have a bad reputation for your discipline it will only work against you.

How good a view did the referee have of the incident? I didn't think of looking to see where he was.

lalakersrule wrote:
> However Vieria still hit him *minimal* or not

No, he didn't - Gronkjaer kicked Vieira on the follow-through. There was no conrtact from Vieira on Gronkjaer, therefore it cannot be a foul.

his red card will not stand hopefully tho does anyone know who was captain after vieira went off?