Arsenal are "dark arts" Masters

zocoss SG · 2007-12-22T02:59:39+00:00

WENGER DEFENDS EBOUE TACKLE Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has defended the tackle that has left John Terry sidelined for up to six weeks by insisting it was...

zocoss SG

MARK HUGHES has warned refs to clamp down on Arsenals bullies after accusing them of using the dark arts. The Blackburn boss insists a number of dirty challenges went unpunished in the Gunners 1-0 win over Chelsea on Sunday, claiming officials are too scared to send off Arsene Wengers players.

Emmanuel Eboues late tackle on John Terry left the Blues skipper out for six weeks yet the Ivory Coast star landed just a yellow card. Fellow midfielder Cesc Fabregas was also involved in a nasty clash with Ashley Cole that could have earned him more than a caution.

Now, ahead of tonights Carling Cup quarter-final at Ewood, Hughes says it is time the officials started taking action on Arsenals bad-boy tactics.

Straight reds

He said: I looked at the game on Sunday and some of the challenges could have been straight reds. The referees were asking the players to come over and have a chat to calm it down. "They tend to give them the benefit of the doubt but I dont see that where Blackburn are concerned. I just see yellow cards coming out too readily and, as a consequence, were always on a tightrope for sendings-off. We have had four in our last seven games now.

Thats too hard to take and we do feel that there is a perception from referees that they have to referee us in a certain way and it's wrong. In the high-profile games, because of the reaction that would be prompted if a high-profile player was sent off, referees tend to err away from making those decisions. They are more inclined to make the decisions to book players in our games, though. Arsenal dont pick up yellows and reds for the challenges that we get penalised for.

Referees will say, by the letter of the law, incidents are either red or yellow cards. We dont complain about that but we just want to see the games refereed in a fair way.

kramnave SG

How about crucifying the guru of dark art Robbie Savage.

T.Ryousuke SG

They themself r not a good team either. Look at yourself b4 saying others.

stellazio SG

mind games.. Twisted Evil

F.raon.I.R SG

juz look at how fabregas escaped for his challenge on ashley cole the “hugging” incident.The pic hogged the headlines of newpaper…i believe most of u all have seen it..

zocoss SG

But what he says does have a point leh i feel... Smile

LazerLordz SG

Let's see Robbie Savage cry like a little girl tonight. Twisted Evil

felirox SG

Emmanuel Eboue’s tackle on terry wasnt on purpose…Joe cole made a hard tackle on eboue and he didnt get sent off? Obi mikel tackle..lotsa more. Both teams were rough tt night. Those who didnt watch dont just assume things anyhow. And for mark hughes…that ankle spanker …its like the pot calling the kettle black.

iceFatboy SG

As a neutral, I feel this statement means that you are truly blind.

these are highly trained soccer players, not some backstreet, and they know how to take care and injure someone.

And what eboue did, undeniable..

RaTtY8l SG

why mus all the attention focus on blackburn being a physical team? is it wrong to be physical when playing football? and isint there a ref there in the match? and all of u are focusing on robbie’s physical approach to the game. wats wrong with his playing style??? too rough???

zocoss SG

Chelsea boss Grant urges FA to protect players

Avram Grant last night told the FA to get their priorities straight after Emmanuel Eboue's horrific tackle on John Terry last weekend went unpunished. The Chelsea manager has consistently claimed that his club are being victimised by referees and he told Soho Square chiefs to clamp down on opposition players.

John Obi Mikel, Didier Drogba and Michael Essien have all been sent off during Grant's 19-game spell in charge of the club and he claims Chelsea are being singled out for special treatment.

Avram said: "If you look at Arsenal's players on Sunday, who ran up to the referee to complain more ours or theirs? It's part of the game. "If players do that it is not important. The right message would be how we can protect players better. There were bad fouls on Sunday, including the one on John Terry. "They need to prioritise. I have a feeling that it's easy to punish Chelsea, but there are bad challenges against us that are not punished. "At the moment, I believe there are too many incidents, but I cannot tell you why. I just don't know."

Terry fears he will be out for three months after breaking three bones in his foot, but Grant is planning to bring in reinforcements in January. Chelsea sporting director Frank Arnesen has held preliminary discussions with Chilean side Audax Italiano over the possible £3.4million transfer of 18-yearold Argentine striker Franco Matias Di Santo.

The 6ft 4ins Di Santo, who holds an Italian passport, has told his club he wants to leave during the transfer window, but Chelsea have yet to decide whether to follow up their interest. Audax president Valentin Cantergiani seemed confident they would. He said: "Everything is nearly agreed, there are only a few details to be resolved but there will not be any problems."

Full back Ashley Cole is likely to find out today if he faces an FA charge over allegations he made a gesture towards Arsenal fans at the weekend.

T.Ryousuke SG

Do u play soccer?

RaTtY8l SG

of cos

gunner77 SG

so wats the score ?

zocoss SG

The "dark arts" Masters won in ET after having one of theirs send off for showing his "dark arts"... A dangerous two-footed challenge on David Dunn which triggered a melee between both teams... Result a direct Red... Mr. Green

felirox SG

u are the blind rat. If u watch the game u saw eboue was going for the ball but his leg accidentally hit terry's leg. too bad terry was on the wrong place at the wrong time

zocoss SG

Terry's blast at Eboue

JOHN TERRY has accused Emmanuel Eboue of deliberately injuring him. Chelsea defender Terry broke his foot following a late challenge by the Arsenal full-back in Sundays London derby. And the England skipper insists Eboue, who was booked, should have been sent off.

Terry, on crutches last night as he watched the Blues beat Liverpool, said: Ive broken the third metatarsal in my foot and reckon Ill be out for four to six weeks. Tackles have to be made in this game and I had to make the tackle on Eboue. I felt he left his studs in there and it should have been a sending-off. I thought straight away I had broken something. Thats how it felt. Even when the X-ray didnt show up anything on the day, I was convinced there was a break. So now I will just get on with working hard to get fit again.

felirox SG

Originally posted by zocoss:

[b]Terry's blast at Eboue

JOHN TERRY has accused Emmanuel Eboue of deliberately injuring him. Chelsea defender Terry broke his foot following a late challenge by the Arsenal full-back in Sundays London derby. And the England skipper insists Eboue, who was booked, should have been sent off.

Terry, on crutches last night as he watched the Blues beat Liverpool, said: Ive broken the third metatarsal in my foot and reckon Ill be out for four to six weeks. Tackles have to be made in this game and I had to make the tackle on Eboue. I felt he left his studs in there and it should have been a sending-off. I thought straight away I had broken something. Thats how it felt. Even when the X-ray didnt show up anything on the day, I was convinced there was a break. So now I will just get on with working hard to get fit again. [/b]

ppl say sorry already still wanna make a mountain out of a molehill.

glacer SG

extrinsic SG

if the one being injured is rvp or fab, u mite not have the above.
wenger will say even more things.