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LOL

The "shirt pull" giroud didn't even appeal for and that has been widely described as controversial, wrong and undeserved. ;)

Still, just have to accept that another mong ref screwed up.

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Giroud did appeal throwing his arms in the air. Refs have been clamping down on shirt pulling. Definitely a penalty, no bias. controversial only if the foul isn't called up across the board, wrong if its not in the rule book and undeserved doesn't come into it I'm afraid. I could say Southamptons goal was undeserved which leaves it 1-0 to Arsenal.

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the referee's today. Must have read the papers then about Refs scared to punish players in case the Head Ref will force them to change there minds

The inf came from an ex ref

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So the refs are taking pre-match advice from the papers? Do you know of any pre-season meets with refs where pulling of the shirt was highlighted as being clamped down on during the season?

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Referees have been told to clamp dowin this. But they are not

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They are also supposed to stop the game immediately in the event of a head injury.......:rolleyes:

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It's just the shocking inconsistency that is the biggest problem, yesterday that two footed lunge on Rooney by Bravo didn't even get a card and yet the 50/50 tussle between Forte and Giroud gets a card and a penalty, both dreadful decisions. :(

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Inconsistencies die hard l am afraid Julian and iadom.

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They have been.

They assess the situation.

1 footed studs showing.

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1 footed studs showing but both feet off the ground at the moment of impact.

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Both feet were not directional towards player. Yellow card.

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Yup that's it.

TBF if the boot was on the other foot and my team had spent 90m on players* and only managed 1 shot on goal, I would take any bad refereeing if it meant my team won too :)

* Hell will freeze over before that happens(unless we sold 200m worth first) :D

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l want Southampton to stay up but if l was a Southampton supporter there would certainly be having a few concerns as for starters l ain't that impressed with their new manager.

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Southampton didn't score yesterday, an og for all the crappy Arsenal that was on show. Be careful what you wish for. Efficiency doesn't hurt. Arsenal played some drooling football not soo long ago and got naff all for it. Also I'd say Perez was the only newly signed player that was off the pace. It wasn't as bad as some say or Southampton would have been at least a couple goals up. Long didn't finish for one.

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But did he get a yellow card for it?