EPL | Arsenal vs Swansea City | Saturday 15th October 15:00

[Uncle Good-Advice]

Just few minutes ago some random dude from Boro did a Xhaka while being already on a yellow. Guess what? No card shown at all.

 

[samshere]

They just cleared up the red on TV. This is a NEW RULE this season. Ox said on TV he was totally unaware of it.

If you foul someone with no intention of getting the ball (aka tactical foul/dark arts etc...) its a red.

All right, now the red makes sense. I'm pretty happy with that rule, as we've been at the receiving end of those fouls ourselves. And I'm glad that the red which makes the rule widely known didn't cost us.

 

[A_G]

Just few minutes ago some random dude from Boro did a Xhaka while being already on a yellow. Guess what? No card shown at all.

He didn't dive in like Xhaka.

 

[Uncle Good-Advice]

He didn't dive in like Xhaka.

Yeah, he threw him to the ground but I was referring to using excessive force and lack of intention of getting the ball which was quoted above as a reason for Xhaka's red.

 

[Makingtrax]

Isn't a calorie a calorie? The problem being that fat has 9x the calorie density of carbohydrates which is why they're so bad when it comes to weight gain?

I love biology but didn't want to pursue it at university. I planned to be a doctor for a while then realised it wasn't for me.

Except fat's a lot more difficult to breakdown.

Ended up doing a PhD in Chemistry. My mates are always teasing me I'm not a proper doctor like Ross in friends.

 

[freeglennhelder2]

Going by @freeglennhelder2 s post if someone pulls a shirt it's a red card as there is no intention of getting the ball. I find that too strange to be true. Games would be abandoned week in week out. Shirt pulling in the box, red card, a trip red card, there are endless amounts of fouls committed in a game where there is no intention of getting the ball.

Chris Kamara said it this morning on "Goals On Sunday" on SKY. OX was a guest and looked completely bemused and said he hadn't been briefed on any such rule. I've done a quick google and cant see anything on it at all.

 

[Mrs Bergkamp]

Chris Kamara said it this morning on "Goals On Sunday" on SKY. OX was a guest and looked completely bemused and said he hadn't been briefed on any such rule. I've done a quick google and cant see anything on it at all.

Im sure Ox said that they were told of the rule change at the beginning of the season.

 

[A_G]

Going by @freeglennhelder2 s post if someone pulls a shirt it's a red card as there is no intention of getting the ball. I find that too strange to be true. Games would be abandoned week in week out. Shirt pulling in the box, red card, a trip red card, there are endless amounts of fouls committed in a game where there is no intention of getting the ball.

I thought that only applied in the box:

 

[Trilly]

? Arsenal + Finsbury Park + Highbury & Islington = 3

Highbury and Islington is an overground station. I think he was referring to Arsenal and Holloway Road.

 

[Trilly]

Calorie is a unit for energy. I'm done now before I get banned!

So, I guess no one ever taught you not to use the word your defining in the definition. - Slevin Kevara in Lucky number slevin!

Yeah exactly.

A calorie from fat provides the body with the same amount of energy as a calorie from carbohydrates/protein. The problem with fat is that one gram of fat has around nine times the calories of one gram of carbohydrates.

Means you can eat excessive amounts of calories from a surprisingly small amount of fatty food. I know my science mate.

Anyway Arsenal, Swansea football yeah!

 

[bingobob]

I thought that only applied in the box:

They got rid of the double jeopardy ruling this season. So if you're last man and foul in the box it's a yellow* and a penalty. If it's outside the box it's a straight red and freekick.

*the only exception is if it's deemed a dangerous tackle

 

[yybecause]

Xhaka's red was as clear as it comes. Love him, but that was stupid and he got a well deserved red.

 

[Doom]

Chris Kamara said it this morning on "Goals On Sunday" on SKY. OX was a guest and looked completely bemused and said he hadn't been briefed on any such rule. I've done a quick google and cant see anything on it at all.

In 2002 there was a big controversy at the start of the season on MOTD and football phone-ins etc. about a new interpretation of the offside rule introduced by the FA that meant the linesman was to only call offside if he could "see air" between the attacker and last defender.

A highlight for me was when Mick McCarthy offered the oddly sage contribution to the debate when he asked "How can you see air"?

Eventually, after a couple of weeks of the "see-air-athon" some journalist lifted the phone to the FA to ask them for a quote and was told there had been no such see-air rule change, or reinterpretation of offside.

Literally the football experts had spent a month debating a figment of their collective imaginations.

I think they tipped Arsenal to finish sixth that season too.

3 August 2002 - fans are bemused by new rule - http://www.footballforums.net/threads/new-offside-rule-opinions.18144/

21 August 2002 - someone finally decided to fact check - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/3033085/FA-dismiss-offside-rule-change.html

 

[carlito'sway]

xGplot & Pass map.

 

[carlito'sway]

I think in about 2006 there was a big controversy at the start of the season on MOTD and football phone-ins etc. about a new interpretation of the offside rule introduced by the FA that meant the linesman was to only call offside if he could "see air" between the attacker and last defender.

A highlight for me was when Mick McCarthy offered the oddly sage contribution to the debate when he asked "How can you see air"?

Eventually, after a couple of weeks of the "see-air-athon" some journalist lifted the phone to the FA to ask them for a quote and was told there had been no such see-air rule change, or reinterpretation of offside.

Literally the football experts had spent a month debating a figment of their collective imaginations.

I think they tipped Arsenal to finish sixth that season too.

That is just plain laziness. These guys should at least do their homework before. Too many ex players are hired as pundits when they don't bring anything to the table. That Michael Owen still has a punditry job says it all.
Anybody who predicted Arsenal to finish 6th is a *****. AFC never finished out of the top 4 under Wenger and have added quality to their squad from a second place finish last year. That only should give one's pause.

 

[Arsenio Venger]

It was def a red. And now opposing players will know the dude can take them out at any moment which is both a good and bad thing. Intimidation move

 

[krackpot]

Arsenal on the ascendancy... Playing really well...referee starts to panic and starts going through the more obscure rules to eff us over

 

[Mark Tobias]

Rules are rules. I for one appreciate victory this way. I don't want any opposition fans having anything to say about luck when it comes to our triumphs. Hope to see more discipline from Granit. Not his best game for us. Still enjoy him.

 

[Makingtrax]

xGplot & Pass map.

We seem a bit lop-sided on our passing network.

 

[samshere]

Rules are rules. I for one appreciate victory this way. I don't want any opposition fans having anything to say about luck when it comes to our triumphs. Hope to see more discipline from Granit. Not his best game for us. Still enjoy him.

Exactly, we've received the benefits of the rule changes when we got the penalty for Giroud's shirt being tug. Why bemoan a rule change which goes against us for a change, especially since it didn't really cost us.