Arteta has been stinking the place out for the past few weeks.

[chicoazul]

I reckon this will be his last season, he isn't the same player and will be largely average for most of the season, perhaps apart from a couple of games if we put him out on the left again.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him leave at the end of next summer's transfer window to a footballing side, like Arsenal for example. We have to accept that his time with us is coming to an end.

 

[Neiler]

From what I've read in the El Classico, the Madrid players went to break Messi's legs and was on the end of an elbow or 2 in the face...

How did Messi react? Played out of his skin.

That's how you repay thuggery in football. You humiliate them with skill.

Arteta and Cahill didnt.

Well neither are Messi to be fair, lets be honest its a form of protection unless you stick up for yourself teams think your an easy touch and will put the boot in, Jara was struggleing with Baines and said to himself right ill do you son, you cant have it or allow your team mates to be exposed to serious injury, its frustrateing because he was sent of, but you ccant let teams bully your team mates, simples for me. the ref should have stepped in originaly and didnt, i fully understand Arteta reaction. It wasnt just Baines Jara tacle on Arteta could have easily broken his leg. If looking at the whole context of the situation and recogniseing that bullying, intimadation goes on in football earns me a kopite comment, then so be it, football is played on the field on not in the studio with the politicaly correct, "should bes" in Sky or Talksport trying to create a debate to take your hard earned sheckles.

Like i keep saying Cahills challenge on Jara was worse, but there isnt a thread about him letting the side down, people are frustrated that Mikel left the feild of play and is suspended not really about what he did. Lets be honest here.

 

[micknick]

It looked accidental from Arteta to me.

It was bloody soft- the way people were talking about it he stamped all over his body, he hardly touched him and was the slightest movement of his feet that meant he actually landed on him.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

That's not the point, you said a stamp is a stamp, and I'm arguing that that's not the case. They aren't always clear cut red cards, especially when the players who's diving in is doing do dangerously and putting himself in a position where he's vulnerable. How do you separate a deliberate stamp from a heavy, accident fall. Should they both be sent off?

Fellaini, for example, didn't get sent off during the Liverpool game last season, why? I think the ref saw that Kyriakos put him in a position where his feet could land anywhere. That incident as a proper stamp, much worse than Arteta's. I think his decision could have gone either way depending on the referee, and that's the way I'd view it really. Not overly bothered by the ref's decision, it happens, but hardly thuggery either.

Well of course if it's accidental, but not so sure it was. If you look at the context of the incident. Retribution? Retaliation?

 

[Neiler]

In other news the FA take no action against Jara, apparently because the ref saw the incident. They do encourage violent play really when you see decisons like this.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

I just got a blue card for this thread. What the hell is that?

 

[ToffeeDan]

In other news the FA take no action against Jara, apparently because the ref saw the incident. They do encourage violent play really when you see decisons like this.

The REFEREE SAW THE INCIDENT - clear evidence that Mason is a total F**KWIT then

 

[Warzycha's Caterpillar]

This needed digging up. Lolsies x x x

 

[orchard]

Yes it did thanks. Good luck and best wishes though.

 

[bourneblue]

So sad to see him go,on his day one of the finest midfielders in the premiership.
Good bye mikel ,and thanks for the memories.

 

[neonleon]

Arteta has left us for another man (football club but its a metaphor innit)

Some of us will need to drag up all the bad times, and look for reasons. He's just a s l a g isn't he? Swanning off at the first whiff of something better. Put in a last minute transfer request - it was nothing to do with the club. Remember that time he did a bad tackle, remember when he got sent off.

Others will only remember the good times, champagne in the park and then a trip across the boating lake when he gave us an al fresco blow job or that free kick against fiorentina, that score against united, all the fancy tricks and cultured touches.

I'm not gonna blame him, or hate him or get jealous when he's standing their with his new fella.

After all that time together I just hope he's happy and I'm sure he thinks the same about us fans and the club.

Apologies if the metaphor got confusingly muddled with my own homosexual tendencies towards our mikel. (sniff...their mikel)

 

[Summerskin]

Lets not get past the fact that when I made this thread he was awful.

 

[orchard]

Arteta has left us for another man (football club but its a metaphor innit)

Some of us will need to drag up all the bad times, and look for reasons. He's just a s l a g isn't he? Swanning off at the first whiff of something better. Put in a last minute transfer request - it was nothing to do with the club. Remember that time he did a bad tackle, remember when he got sent off.

Others will only remember the good times, champagne in the park and then a trip across the boating lake when he gave us an al fresco blow job or that free kick against fiorentina, that score against united, all the fancy tricks and cultured touches.

I'm not gonna blame him, or hate him or get jealous when he's standing their with his new fella.

After all that time together I just hope he's happy and I'm sure he thinks the same about us fans and the club.

Apologies if the metaphor got confusingly muddled with my own homosexual tendencies towards our mikel. (sniff...their mikel)

-erm, we sold our Mrs....
Don't think it was bitterness that raised the thread,just a reminder of how frustrated we've been at times that didn't regain his fantastic form.

 

[paulbefc]

I reckon this will be his last season, he isn't the same player and will be largely average for most of the season, perhaps apart from a couple of games if we put him out on the left again.

I wouldn't be surprised to see him leave at the end of next summer's transfer window to a footballing side, like Arsenal for example. We have to accept that his time with us is coming to an end.

hmmmm

 

[Tubey]

hmmmm

We all know Chico is sauced. This is no surprise!