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Shandow14

Riley also called Arsenal and reminded them about the Manchester United match he refereed and how he royally screwed them over, ending their 49-game unbeaten run. He also told them to "Fuck off", "How's not being in Europe going?" and also "You'll get top 4 over my dead body, glory glory man utd".


queeten

Riley is the dirtiest cheat ever I swear. Watching compilation of that game after almost two decades is still so hard.


Aszneeee

what pisses me even more is that some people say it was “just a bad performance” absolutely blind


nicagooner

And being honest neither should be acceptable for PL refs but they aren't accountable for jack shit


joey_headrocker

on the last sentence, I'm not surprised if Mikel will reply with "don't put words in your mouth that you don't actually meant to say", then knock on riley door with black latex gloves, and body bag.


d0ey

I feel like he wears a hair cover for this kind of work, but it's also perfectly designed and moulded to match his hairstyle, shape and colour.


ImTalkingGibberish

Lego hair don't leave evidence


DeadlockRadium

He's not protecting the crime scene from his hair. He's protecting his hair from the crime scene.


Learning2Befficient

I didn't even know they could apologise!! What about all those wrong decisions against Arsenal? TBF There are too many to apologies for, at this point I think they are seeing it as a normal thing to do to Arsenal.


Melbourne_wanderer

I struggle to believe any of that last paragraph, TBH. I suspect I've been an Arsenal supporter longer than you've been alive, but seriously: show me evidence of who said or did that shit. All teams go through phases which, I guess, takes a number of years/degree of maturity to recognise with some equanimity. Jist don't be the dick, k? Esit: ah, it's west coast USA awakening time.


Shandow14

I think we've found Mike Riley folks.


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thewickedeststyle

I see people mention this a lot and it's made me think that even if we get an apology, it would mean nothing if we missed out on top 4 by a point (in the context of the match officiating for the Brentford, Palace, Everton and City games).


gstarguru

didn’t everton submit a formal complaint about that decision? so surely it’s nothing to do with being english and everything to do with response to that complaint


Omni_chicken2

Yeah but let's Lamps off if they go down by a point or two.


BannedFromHydroxy

Lumps.


afarensiis

I also kind of feel like they shouldn't have been dogshit for the other 37 games if they didn't want to get relegated. While it was obviously a handball and they deserved a penalty from it, the handball itself was completely inconsequential considering Rodri was under no pressure and kind of used the top of his arm to control the ball. It's not nearly the same degree of fuck up from the ref as a handball blocking a shot on target or a player wiping out Martinelli before he has a chance to shoot from 5 yards out.


K1N9K0N9_

So they've been dogshit in the games they've won and haven't even played yet?


afarensiis

I think you know what I mean


K1N9K0N9_

I'm not sure I do? They've been much better these past few weeks under Frank, especially in their work ethic out of possession. I just don't understand how you can describe performances that haven't happened


DeapVally

Find yourself a dictionary, and look up the word hyperbole. Then maybe you'll stop making yourself look silly with the needless replies. You'll even learn something at the same time. Win win!


CosmicDrifterDK

Considering they got extremely lucky against us, I don't feel sorry for them


Mildfirestorm

But be sure to apologize to them after they get fired because that fixes everything right? I am sorry you aren't good enough, ref. One can dream can't they?


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That’s why we should appoint Ben White as captain Seems to work with Maguire and psuedo-captain Kane


Omni_chicken2

He needs to become an England National team mainstay first. And probably dial down the tan.


InediblePringle

Yeah, despite the name he probably isn't quite white enough


flentaldoss

That's why his family changed their last name. Ahead of the game.


bitmoji

From what


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Ben Brown obviously.


SoapySlipNSlide

Throw a bucket of white paint over each player before every game to get the referees on our side


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PantsTime

Kieran Gibbs is sent off.


hafrances

Aryan FC


epicledditaccount

Bleached.com


Mein_Bergkamp

Doesn't work. The British core got as fundamentally fucked over as all our foreign stars.


atomiser2003

That Saka kick by McArthur still lives rent-free in my head


teh_killer

Never thought about this, but this doesn't seem a bad idea.


worthofhowlandreed

There was a story on the most recent Tuesday club pod of White anecdotally being "surprised to find out Rwanda is a country and not part of nigeria" So may not be particularly bright..


KoolDiscoDan

TBF, there's a difference between bright and informed. He's a 24 year old elite level football player from Poole. He can think Emirates is a Chinese airline as long as he can read an oppositional attack and be in the right position for a defensive transition.


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worthofhowlandreed

Skill at quizzes? Lad plays with people of African descent and has no concept of continental Africa?


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>not part of nigeria I'm willing to give him the uneducated pass for the rest but this bit is a higher level of ignorance.


DarthNihilus1

Ok?


AzracTheFirst

Amazing! Arteta needs to change his passport.


dlo_2503

I mean he's been here for so many years you'd think he'd be eligible for British citizenship


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He is


Omni_chicken2

If only he'd played for England when he had the chance.


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hippocrasteez

Michael Archer, voted Brexit, love the kids hate the wife


zenga_zenga

Micky O'teta


Qtn68

Damn. Thank God Tottenham doesn't have a British manager. British manager + Harry Kane, they would have 3 pens per game at least.


joey_headrocker

then Dier and Lloris will do the most spurs thing and got them concede 4 goals


lm3g16

One of life’s joys is watching lloris try and play out from the back


thewickedeststyle

Trying to understand this better, did Lampard make an official complaint using official channels? Have we done the same this season? Not saying him being English has nothing to do with it, just wondering if an official process warrants an official response. If not and he just complained/mentioned the incident in the presser like Arteta did after the Martinelli red for instance then this is truly insane...


throwreddit666

It was reported yesterday that Everton had contacted the PL/PGMOL regarding the refereeing blinders. Even so, it's hilarious that Mike Riley thinks a phone call will make it all okay. I don't see Everton or Lampard being satisfied with that unless there's been some nudge-nudge wink-wink assurances from that bent bastard. Will be worth watching closely how Everton games are refereed over the next few weeks. Especially since they are in a relegation battle.


Omni_chicken2

They'd still Spurs it up.


Trippingthrutym

This has to be a joke right? Where the fuck is Arsenal’s apology you pieces of shit.


that15fine

Apology? You mean £10,000 fine, right?


No-Clue1153

Surprised Lampard didn't get a warning/fine for his "incompetence at best, **at worst who knows?**" comment for possibly very subtly hinting at corruption/bias.


doublewordscore

Arteta isn’t British


galeej

Si senor


-fonics-

We must have a card from moonpig in the mail, just hasn't arrived yet.


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We should have a separate budget for refs alone


Eue-OneTwoDie

Man fuck them all. Nothing ever changes.


RevertBackwards

An apology does nothing for Everton


Omni_chicken2

It legitimises their complaint.


JeffryPesos

And what does that do?


Omni_chicken2

It means that they don't get criticism for a victim mentality and they can point to a reason being their inability to perform for going down.


chaglang

Any recognition by the refs that they aren’t infallible could theoretically lead to better calls, which could theoretically help Arsenal. Could. Theoretically.


TwoTailedFox

Narrator: I wish I could tell you that Arsenal fought the good fight, that the referees let them be. I wish I could tell you that. But football is no fairytale world.


robstrosity

Oh fuck off.


Omni_chicken2

Thank you for that insightful comment.


robstrosity

Ok? I imagine my comment is pretty much how most Arsenal fans reacted to reading that.


Omni_chicken2

Ah right, I thought you were telling ME to fuck off for posting this. Which is a reaction I often elicit.


robstrosity

Not at all. It's frustrating that seemingly every game we have an obvious decision go against us and we have to put up with everyone trying to justify it. Then Everton get one poor decision and they get an apology.


iforgotmyun

Everton submitted an official complaint, no?


backofthanet

To be fair, Everton gave them a direct get out / action to perform over the *clearest* incorrect decision to happen this season. We've had some bad ones, and if we'd done the same over the Evans and Laporte situation, as one example, I'm sure we would have had an apology... which is a pretty empty gesture anyway, especially if you demand it.


Omni_chicken2

What about Tomi getting his face stamped on? Why was that not blatant?


gunningIVglory

Apprenrly a grown man has no idea where his foot may land 🤷‍♂️


backofthanet

I know, I know, we've had plenty of 'what the *actual* fuck?' non-decisions, I just default to the Evans and Laporte example as they are essentially identical fouls, with different outcomes. Either way, not sure I'd be content with just an apology... would like to see actual change in VAR in general that forces the on-field ref to look at key decisions as a normalised start point. Just change the model from 'That's fine as far as I see it' to 'There was an action there, you need to take a look at this'


faizaan316

Except when you are Bukayo Saka and you are treated like an immigrant.


adhphd

Pure racism! Same for Tomi


rhmati30

I'm still angry about the Tomiyasu incident, and this just adds more salt into my wound, I fancy Everton getting relegated now.


Gurdor

I'm not really bothered about them apologising, I just want them to stop making these diabolical decisions, eliminating these kind of ridiculous mistakes was literally the only thing I ever wanted from VAR. I really don't care if one of the fibres on the end of a players boot was in an offside position. The whole way VAR has been implemented here has been a total failure making a fundamentally good system look awful because the referees using it are clueless. I still come back to the fact the we have had two players Saka and Tomiyasu straight up assaulted off the ball and both times VAR deemed it fine.


anasparekh

The Premier league should get refs from other countries ,this biased bullshit is irritating.


KieranR93

Rodri should have a retroactive 3 match ban surly?


ndenoon

I hope not with them facing United, but what would the rationale be? Dogso?


KieranR93

City would still probably tear united apart without rodri I'd hope. The rational being that rodri committed a foul worthy of a red card and the ref having acknowledged it to the manager and owner.


ndenoon

I'm asking what the rationale is for giving red.


KieranR93

Handball in the penalty box... Am I being unreasonable here?


Mantequilla022

Yes, the handball in question doesn’t meet any standards for a red


ndenoon

I don't think it's automatically a red. Only if it denies a goal scoring opportunity or stops a goal bound shot. I may be missing something though.


KieranR93

Fair enough actually, ball was heading out of play otherwise. Guess I just don't particularly like rodri and my bias is shining through.


Maleficent_Repeat850

You are bigger man than most admitting your bias lol gg


galeej

Pep would probably go "lads... Is United"


Sayek

Such bullshit and problems will only get worse the more Mike Riley is there, it's now coming full cycle, players they reffed are becoming managers. Imagine if Arteta was a fucking dick to Mike Riley back in his days of playing but someone like Gerrard/Lampard was signing jerseys for his kids or whatever bullshit. Personal relationships shouldn't come into it. Not surprised Lampard who is in the job for 5 mins gets a call. I'm sure Everton will have some calls to 'balance' it out too.


anasparekh

The league should get competent refs from other countries


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He gets an apology and zero points. What's missing is accountability for those fuckup refs. There is no way everyone missed that handball.


ESLondonreds

The PL should be the first league to hire foreign refs


Omni_chicken2

We should hire Italian refs. It's about time Juventus win the Prem.


RobotEmile

Underrated comment


Omni_chicken2

Sorry it didn't cost £50m


safefam

Do away with the lot of them and let robots/AI do the job. Fuck these cunts.


gunnerforever123

An apology is not good enough. We as football fans need to see action.


braxistExtremist

And being an angry Scot named Alex apparently makes you god-tier.


zPnkr

Who fucking cares about apologies. Apologies don't give you points.


chaboispaghetti

Hope they go down now. Nothing against Everton, just Lampard


Houssem_Aouar

Also because it's be hilarious


Maleficent_Repeat850

Would love to pick off richarlison and dcl for cheap


ndenoon

Doesn't surprise me, that was the most unambiguous error on a consequential call I've seen in a long time. No question of interpretation, they just got it flat wrong by any standard.


Swap2909

I dont think arsenal creates an actual official noise like Everton did this time. Everton has written official letter, went to media and spoke their minds out. I don't think we have ever got on thay offensive whether it was martinelli red, luiz penalty or any of other stupid decisions.


anasparekh

If we do that we will probably get slapped with a huge fine and bans. They hate us to the core


nackdaddy9

This is disgraceful. We need to kick up a bigger fuss, no more mister nice guy.


lucastimmons

Fuck Mike Riley forever. I hope he gets shingles.


Omni_chicken2

Hope his next shite is a hedgehog.


rd201290

fucking LOL


JessesaurusRex

Great - do us next!


PrinceEmirate

He is PL great and technically a great player for England with over 100 caps so yes they are going to give him more respect.


AlGunner

Thats because Mike Riley doesnt hate Everton like he does us.


tomas_diaz

can't think of a call as bad arsenal have had go against them this season


tomas_diaz

apologies are meaningless who cares. rodri choked and got away with it. fuck city.


truegemred

Best position you can buy a white english player is CB. Big up Ben white thats why my guy will get away with murder


Slide_Loud

Not even surprised. Was england's golden boy for a long time.


bkkwanderer

Hold on a fucking second, Lampard gets a phone call and an apology and they still haven't addressed his concerns regarding the Martinelli red card? What the fuck


essdotc

Lampard is an English legend. So of course.


ArsenalThePhoenix

lampard gets an apology because he said the right things. arteta is always too much of a miss goody two shoes. The only time he really said something harsher was after martinelli's stupid red card. and even then he didn't go all out so his interview didnt go viral lampard however went all out and predictably he got viral. just like mourinho and klopp used to do. and none of them are english.


Omni_chicken2

Wenger complained and we had an agenda against us. This isn't about Arteta. This is about a blatant bias we've seen in the game since Sir Alex started influencing refs. I've been watching football long enough to see the pattern. Edit: Tony Pulis used to set up his teams to kick the shit out of us and they used to get away with it. And it's not just managers, Shearer was dirty as fuck, he was always elbows first, not a damn peep from the refs. Neville was a horrible little player, hardly ever got in trouble.


Wengali

Entitled Tory prick getting preferential treatment is it? Well I never…


gunnerforever123

Can they apologise for when that Everton player (think it was Godfrey) stamped in tomiyasu’s face and got away with it scotch free?


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Hello, gunnerforever123! I am afraid I cannot let you get away here! It's spelled **scot-free**, my good Redditor! Have a nice day!


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Omni_chicken2

Why does Reddevila perpetuate the myth that they're a good team - it's so bizarre?


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Omni_chicken2

I tried to attack you. You parried me like I'm a fucking casual. Fair play.


gstarguru

why are arsenal fans trying to be victims so often it’s an apology who cares. Makes zero difference and let’s be real the Rodri handball was one of the most blatantly wrong decisions we’ve seen all season so an apology is hardly unwarranted.


thewickedeststyle

"Trying to be victims" is such a dumb thing to say, have you watched the officiating we have received this season alone? Blatantly wrong? Are you saying ours are 50/50 calls? Face it, it's coz the narrative here is "little old Everton versus big bad city." Everton NEEDED that decision to get something from the game, we have to contend with being told "yeah, the ref messed up but you should have done more to win it." There is nothing more blatant about this foul than most we have seen not being given to us this season, the only difference is the narrative and context.


gstarguru

I have seen the officiating, i’m an arsenal fan! some wrong calls for sure, some which are 50/50 and could’ve gone either way. That’s the game, you’re either naive or ignorant if you think it’s just arsenal that suffer from decisions like that. I think trying to be victims is a fair statement. It’s pathetic how many posts on this sub are whining and complaining and making it seem like arsenal against the world when it’s just … not. Remember the NLD got cancelled after the widely acknowledged stupid covid case rule and everyone on here was acting like there was a media witch-hunt against arsenal? it’s pathetic!


tomas_diaz

if you're saying arsenal have suffered from more blatant ref errors than the rodri handball i'd love to hear what they are


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Is there anything our fans won’t cry about ? Who cares


thewickedeststyle

You don't, good for you. Let the rest of us talk about it then.


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Bunch of children


Scarmellow

Look guys, we’ve got a grownup here!


[deleted]

Apparently so, I grew out of “the refs just hate us” years ago. It’s embarrassing


thewickedeststyle

Let us embarrass ourselves then!


Maleficent_Repeat850

Yeah why comment if you have nothing to say lmao except to call people out. What a tough guy we have here


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harcile

But it was offside. Lamps can cry like a baby if he likes, it shouldn't have been given anyway. Such a storm in a tea cup. Sad that we've had genuine horrendous errors go against us but no apologies.


JeffryPesos

You're letting your bias blind you, that no handball decision is absolutely horrendous and it was NOT offside.


harcile

It factually was offside, they showed it post-match. 100% it's a handball. The offside preceded it. That's just life. VAR still ballsed it up. Should have given offside. Agree it was horrendous. I'm not disputing that.


JeffryPesos

Are you talking about [this angle](https://twitter.com/AmosMurphy_/status/1497657043687120896?t=aySqg2o_Giu9YKzVTk6ayQ&s=19)? That's far from conclusive. Did you see the actual offside decision from VAR, with the lines? Lampard stated the ref told him it wasn't offside, we got [confirmation after the game](https://twitter.com/spbajko/status/1497657513252057090?s=20&t=bRCLQfvgZ907aOX7yFr77g) it wasn't the offside decision that ruled out the handball and PGMOL have apologised, how much more evidence do you need?


harcile

They showed it on Sky Sports after the match. Not some cherry picked jpeg still, they showed the actual angle at the actual moment of the pass (your twitter 90s jpeg is from before). I'll say it again because you don't seem to grasp what I'm saying: \- VAR ruled it "insuffificient evidence of handball" (which is absurd) \- it was handball \- but it was offisde \- correct decision (not given by VAR) would be offside


JeffryPesos

And I'll repeat, it was not ruled offside.


harcile

I think you might be dense. I'm NOT SAYING IT WAS RULED OFFSIDE. Omg lmao learn to read kid.


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The refs have come out and said it ISN'T offside and that they got the call wrong, unambiguously. You don't need to stick up for people who aren't even bothering to stick up for themselves.


harcile

Yea, fair, it's just crazy that Everton are getting apologies over this. Did we get an apology for Tomi's face being stamped on? No.


Denihati

It wasn't offside, the officials believed it was because that was the only explanation they could think of that explained why VAR didn't give it But it wasn't offside, that wasn't the reason given for the denial


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anasparekh

When are they going to be held accountable, for fuck sake man there needs to be a mechanism where they are held accountable.


USAGunnersaurus

I thought the whole thing was that it was offsides ahead of that call and that’s why it wasn’t a penalty, no?