Should have been booked. Reason he wasn't is

because he plays for Arsenal, and all referees in the Premier League are paid extra to not book Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool or Man Utd players, not award penalties against them, and to give those teams 20 minutes injury time when they are losing.

Thought you knew that.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on March 1st 2010 at 12:07:43

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question - why is it only Arsenal players that keep having their legs broken in half? (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 1, 11:42:58
- Spindly little legs (n/m) (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 1, 12:41:13
- twice? (n/m) (Other Football) - Charles21, Mar 1, 12:32:10
  - 3 - Diaby, Eduardo and Ramsey (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 1, 14:00:12
- I wonder if they wear longer studs. With a couple of these the leg that's broken seems to (Other Football) - megson, Mar 1, 11:53:34
  - Not just the arse ones, others too. (n/m) (Other Football) - megson, Mar 1, 11:56:42
  - It's only two of them, isn't it ? (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 11:55:50
    - 3 (n/m) (Other Football) - jamesward, Mar 1, 11:56:53
- It's the type of players they buy who get injured (Other Football) - pants, Mar 1, 11:49:26
  - I think that is fairly accurate, chuck in what SCC said and there's the complete answer! (n/m) (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 11:55:10
    - though david busst wasn't overly fleet of foot (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 11:58:55
      - Larsson's was pretty nasty too: (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:00:23
        
        and he also didn't play for arsenal (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:02:24
        
        Remember Norwich's spate of ACL and other knee injuries ? (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:05:54
        
        and also, perhaps arsenal employ people called sports scientists (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:13:01
    - He moulded Troare into a kind of wing back/winger, and then he got injured (Other Football) - pants, Mar 1, 11:57:05
      - Yeah, they've not had any big strong players since the likes of Viera, Adams, Keown, etc (n/m) (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 12:00:22
        
        Did you see the game? Why wasn't Fabregas booked at the end? (Other Football) - pants, Mar 1, 12:03:51
        
        I didn't see it to be honest as I was on the home from Oldham, (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 12:10:19
        
        i don't think ncfc4life was reffing it (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:09:28
        
        Should have been booked. Reason he wasn't is (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:07:43
        
        Yeah, big strong players don't break bones. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:02:14
        
        Thats not really what I'm getting at, (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 12:09:34
        
        yep. so question is - should refs give them more protection than they currently do? (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 1, 12:10:27
        
        well thats the thing isn't it, (Other Football) - NCFC4life, Mar 1, 12:15:39
        
        guess you'd give *all* teams greater protection (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 1, 12:22:31
        
        or, just ban tackling in the league cup for example (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:30:40
        
        No, they should give them less. Make the skinny fuckers build up some muscle (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:11:19
        
        they could wear kevlar leg guards? make boots out of sponge? (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:17:39
        
        Perhaps spike shin-guards. That would put people off kicking them. (n/m) (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:18:49
        
        I might invent laserleg force fields (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 12:20:16
  - have you told him that? (Other Football) - Tombs, Mar 1, 11:53:37
    - They're all hypocrits. So are the fa. Wolves get fined for fielding a weaker team (Other Football) - pants, Mar 1, 11:55:49
      - *suspended fine* (n/m) (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 1, 12:00:50
        
        Incase they repeat offend? (Other Football) - pants, Mar 1, 12:02:11
        
        yep, in case they repeat offend (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 1, 12:07:22
        
        I'd imagine it is quite understandably different when your second string is (Other Football) - Steve in Holland, Mar 1, 12:08:39
        
        shouldn't be (Other Football) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 1, 12:22:30
- cos they play pretty football (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 1, 11:44:11

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