[Albion] Guendouzi cleared

[penny's harmonica]

Gwen Doozy's got away with one there.
Sadly it won't stop the gooners from crying into microphones and targeting Maupay, Shawcross style, for the next 10 years.

Agreed. I have no idea why no further action is being taken.

Maupay will be the pantomime villain for a few seasons. I get the suspicion he will relish the prospect.

 

[timbha]

At least we know what level of after match throat grabbing is permitted now

 

[Icy Gull]

Losing in the last minute to teams like Brighton is punishment enough surely

 

[Thunder Bolt]

Agreed. I have no idea why no further action is being taken.

Maupay will be the pantomime villain for a few seasons. I get the suspicion he will relish the prospect.

I'm already looking forward to booing Guenouzi next season if he's still at Arsenal.

 

[HCxUK]

Not bothered in the slightest but seems a bit odd, guess it's okay for players to throttle each other now? We've seen players get 3+ game bans for more...

 

[GT49er]

At least we know what level of after match throat grabbing is permitted now

No, we now know what level of after match throat grabbing is permitted for big clubs when scandalously beaten by teams like [enter smaller club name here].

 

[The Wizard]

Cool so footballers can grab each other round the throat now, interesting precedent

 

[LamieRobertson]

Equally our fault apparently. What a load of tosh

An FA statement confirmed: "Brighton and Hove Albion FC and Arsenal FC have been warned and reminded of their responsibilities following a mass confrontation between their players at the end of the Premier League fixture on Saturday.

"In addition, Matteo Guendouzi’s conduct during this incident was not seen by the match officials at the time, but it was subsequently reviewed by the VAR, so he will face no further action."

WTF oh ye our players should just stand there and let them get on with it ..more like they separated NM from the Arsenal mob

 

[dazzer6666]

I'm already looking forward to booing Guenouzi next season if he's still at Arsenal.

Better than that, imagine Maupay scoring against them again next season and running the length of the touchline at The Emirates shhhhing the crowd (however unnecessary that might be)

 

[fleet]

You would have thought that in an age of social distancing, grabbing someone violently by the throat would have been seen as a negative.

 

[WilburySeagull]

Whenever there is an on-pitch brawl after the final whistle those involved will be able to point to the lack of intervention by VAT and today's decision as a precedent.

I didnt realise HMRC were involved in this!

 

[zeemeeuw]

I guess the Premier League must have reviewed the BT Sport analysis of the incident.

 

[jcdenton08]

Means he wont be banned for their games vs Southampton and Norwich,

Hopefully Arsenal bounce back and take 6 points from those fixtures

Exactly this! Come on Arsenal!

 

[Hotchilidog]

Well that is complete and utter bulls**t.

 

[Seasider78]

Must have felt sorry for him that’s the closest he got to one of our players all afternoon

 

[JBizzle]

To be honest, I'm not sure if his availability makes any difference to how effective Arsenal are as a side...

 

[Mackenzie]

The FA is answerable to no one, so probably best just to forget it. A waste of energy.

Walks off shaking head.

 

[Marshy]

Not bothered in the slightest.

 

[blue'n'white]

The thing is though is it really so great that Guendouzi can play against our rivals - he's not exactly Arsenal's best player. He's just a thug.

 

[rippleman]

Not bothered in the slightest.

......until one of our players does similar and gets a three game ban.

We are a "small club" and the FA clearly wants to ensure we know our place.

Just another dent in football's increasingly tarnished reputation.