by ndroman21 (2016-12-21 16:53:31)
Edited on 2016-12-21 16:54:42
In reply to: Pretty clearly posted by HTownND
The first one is a tough call, but it's there to be made. I've stipulated that it's not easy, but that's why you're the in the Premier league.
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If you're really expecting Wenger (or any manager for that matter) to not be upset by that, I think your expectations are frankly ridiculous.
The 2nd one is really just a judgement call and I think you're technically correct on reviewing the reverse angle. I just don't like the rule as a former goalkeeper.
I guarantee Cech knew Silva was there, whether his vision was affected or not. To me, that's gaining an advantage, but FIFA disagrees. Oh well.
Yes, I do think he should STFU. How many of those calls has Arsene benefited from in his career? Those type of bang bang calls tend to balance out when it's all said and done. It wasn't an egregious miscarriage of justice. I think he was offside, but not so egregiously so that it's an obvious call or that I'd call him clearly offsides. It was a bang bang judgement call.
I'm not saying he should be happy about it, but most managers chalk those things up to the bang bang nature of it, and don't waste precious time and energy bitching about it.
You have different standards for incidents involving your teams than you do for incidents involving their rivals.
But there's a difference between a bang bang offside call and a missed foul call no?
Managers, including Arsene, always bitch about the latter. But the former, you don't see a ton of bitching about, because that tends to even out.
...as they often and, in this case, lead directly to goals. A foul call outside of the area leads to a goal what? 5% of the time? 10%?
The foul call can be just as controversial and bang/bang as an offsides call. I would think that most managers would bitch about either circumstance, but I rarely pay attention to managers' postgame comments, even Wenger's.
Edit: There was also a similar bang/bang offsides call against Arsenal in the 1st half. So part of the problem was that it didn't even out.