Bullying?

[olaftab]

Remember martin Keown treating Van Nistelrooy with respect!

[eastie]

Who was it that  keown wound up and when the guy stepped towards him keown shit himself and screamed ? Was that keown or winter burn I'm thinking of?

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Wenger also seems to forgotten all the fouls committed by his own side prior to our first penalty. After that, they were simply a shambles.

Spot on, Pete.

Arsenal set the tone for the game in those first 20 minutes, where they bullied our midfield. I was really concerned at the aggressive approach from Arsenal and the fact the referee was letting them get away with it. It was strange to see an Arsenal side revert to that type of play as their strength is to play with the ball. What Wenger had said to them before kick off we can only guess but they certainly came out kicking and fouling.

Once we matched them the game got very ragged and it was no surprise 10 yellow cards were dished out. If they'd sticked to what they're best at they probably would have comfortably beaten us. They weren't bullied, they were out fought, out thought and we were out of there with a deserved 3 points.

[Damo70]

Remember martin Keown treating Van Nistelrooy with respect!

He gave a car load of us the finger when he was driving behind us on the way to the Everton game on the last day of the '89-'90 season. Although it is possible that we provoked him a tad.

[Olneythelonely]

Who was it that  keown wound up and when the guy stepped towards him keown shit himself and screamed ? Was that keown or winter burn I'm thinking of?

It was Winterburn and Di Canio after the ref pushing incident.

[eastie]

Who was it that  keown wound up and when the guy stepped towards him keown shit himself and screamed ? Was that keown or winter burn I'm thinking of?

It was Winterburn and Di Canio after the ref pushing incident.

Thanks - yes that was it - classic!

[Chris Smith]

Wenger also seems to forgotten all the fouls committed by his own side prior to our first penalty. After that, they were simply a shambles.

Spot on, Pete.

Arsenal set the tone for the game in those first 20 minutes, where they bullied our midfield. I was really concerned at the aggressive approach from Arsenal and the fact the referee was letting them get away with it. It was strange to see an Arsenal side revert to that type of play as their strength is to play with the ball. What Wenger had said to them before kick off we can only guess but they certainly came out kicking and fouling.

Once we matched them the game got very ragged and it was no surprise 10 yellow cards were dished out. If they'd sticked to what they're best at they probably would have comfortably beaten us. They weren't bullied, they were out fought, out thought and we were out of there with a deserved 3 points.

I heard one of the pundits over the weekend say that refs had agreed with the clubs to be a little less fussy with aggressive, but fair, challenges. It seems we were just better at it than they were.

[cheltenhamlion]

An odd place to put it, but as we are talking Arsenal, I detest Wilshire.

Diving, cheating, whining little bitch that he is.

[charlie659]

Wenger is a massive bellend on borrowed time, a lot of Arsenal fans think the same.

[Rigadon]

An odd place to put it, but as we are talking Arsenal, I detest Wilshire.

Diving, cheating, whining little bitch that he is.

Fully agreed. 

[curiousorange]

I've written a piece on exactly this subject, which can be found here (plug while we're waiting for the football to start!):

"There was nothing to suggest the improved Villa won because of brutality. They have simply learned the art of standing up for themselves..."

Read more: http://pickourteam.com/premierleague/news/19-08-2013/aston-villa-add-bite-to-their-premier-league-start/842992#ixzz2cd2XbLPD

[Chris87]

Wenger is talking rubbish, of course. It strikes me though that he and Arsenal have been moaning about sides being 'too physical' for years. Surely he would be better off coming up with a plan B, rather than just moaning all the time.

[Legion]

I've written a piece on exactly this subject, which can be found here (plug while we're waiting for the football to start!):

"There was nothing to suggest the improved Villa won because of brutality. They have simply learned the art of standing up for themselves..."

Read more: http://pickourteam.com/premierleague/news/19-08-2013/aston-villa-add-bite-to-their-premier-league-start/842992#ixzz2cd2XbLPD

Could you please not post links to exterior articles until the request by Sean has been dealt with. Thank you.

[joe_c]

Arsenal are increasingly irritating I find. Their whole stance these days seems to be that they are the keepers of the sacred flame when in reality they are more like Tesco trying to make out that they're Holland and Barrett.