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[Albion] Ben White







Mellotron

I've asked for soup
Jul 2, 2008
31,867
Brighton
Some tw*t on Talksport this morning advocating retrospective punishments for simulation - absolutely agree with that, BTW - but when asked if that would apply to Ben White if it was introduced, his answer was, "No, because you couldn't tell if that was simulation or not!"
Your error here was listening to TalkSport. Angries up the blood, don't do it!
 


British Bulldog

The great escape
Feb 6, 2006
10,897
We got £50m for a one season wonder, He's Arsenals problem now not ours.
 


bhafc99

Well-known member
Oct 14, 2003
7,096
Dubai
Luckily he'd already had his blood group tattooed on his arm incase something like this happened.
Ah, is that all it is?
I assumed it was a map to where and his fellow pirate crew had buried treasure or something.
 
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Seagull58

In the Algarve
Jan 31, 2012
7,327
Vilamoura, Portugal
Odd that officials don't seem to give yellows for simulation anymore, I don't recall seeing any this season.
They said they would clamp down on simulation a few seasons ago then, once VAR was introduced and it was easy to do so, they conveniently forgot about it. Quite amazing that Maddison managed to get sent off within 15 minutes at the AMEX for 2 dives.
 






herecomesaregular

We're in the pipe, 5 by 5
Oct 27, 2008
4,227
Still in Brighton
They said they would clamp down on simulation a few seasons ago then, once VAR was introduced and it was easy to do so, they conveniently forgot about it. Quite amazing that Maddison managed to get sent off within 15 minutes at the AMEX for 2 dives.
..but not for punching a player in the stomach yesterday...
 


Seagull58

In the Algarve
Jan 31, 2012
7,327
Vilamoura, Portugal
A worrying number of Arsenal fans underneath that video backing White and claiming it’s violent conduct by Estupinian

Just in case anyone fancied despairing at humanity some more
I've just spent an enjoyable 5 minutes calling them out on Fascist Twitter. One even claimed that ,although Tango went down easily, Estupinian did catch him in the throat🤣🤣
 






The Optimist

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Apr 6, 2008
2,615
Lewisham
What I don’t understand with play acting like that is if White managed to fool the ref and get Estupinan sent off then wouldn’t VAR just correct it? Or is the hope that the ref gives a yellow which VAR can’t intervene on?

I do think cheating is an area VAR could be a lot more effective. Every dive regardless of where on the pitch it occurs could be picked up by VAR and a yellow card issued.
 


dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
52,565
Burgess Hill
What I don’t understand with play acting like that is if White managed to fool the ref and get Estupinan sent off then wouldn’t VAR just correct it? Or is the hope that the ref gives a yellow which VAR can’t intervene on?

I do think cheating is an area VAR could be a lot more effective. Every dive regardless of where on the pitch it occurs could be picked up by VAR and a yellow card issued.
I suspect VAR did review as a potential violent conduct offence (and presumably immediately told Mr Magoo that the orange one was being a dickhead), but as there is no red card offence on his part they can't get involved in any punishment for White. Agree it's a bit daft - should be able to simply tell Magoo that White should get a yellow for simulation.
 




GT49er

Well-known member
Feb 1, 2009
46,793
Gloucester
Your error here was listening to TalkSport. Angries up the blood, don't do it!
Don't have a problem with it. Sometimes a bit tedious, but I have a need for background noise which isn't catered for by screeching vocals and drum machines on Radio1, 2 or Heart FM......and I can only take Radio3 and Classic FM in very short doses; Radio4 is now basically Mumsnet.
Jim White and Ally McCoist just have to do..........







.............would you rather I read the Daily Mail?
 


Machiavelli

Well-known member
Oct 11, 2013
16,675
Fiveways
Pretty sure Tango went down because Saka was also down. I hate Arteta, but you have to grant him that Pep has taught him so well in drilling his minions to control the game and to do so oh so innocently.
 


Bodian

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May 3, 2012
11,884
Cumbria
A worrying number of Arsenal fans underneath that video backing White and claiming it’s violent conduct by Estupinian

Just in case anyone fancied despairing at humanity some more
Surely these are just taking the piss and wind-up merchants?

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Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
59,659
The Fatherland
A worrying number of Arsenal fans underneath that video backing White and claiming it’s violent conduct by Estupinian

Just in case anyone fancied despairing at humanity some more
No different to Albion fans who still think that Lamptey pretty much missing the ball but hooking Jesus’ foot isn’t a penalty :lolol:
 


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