MOTD

[N'ZMAV]

if you will watch rubbish like MOTD and get surprised that they talk utter crap.....manage your expectations....

[Risso]

Lineker banging on about VAR, when other than taking too a bit too long, both decisions had very little to do with VAR. The referee didn't give the penalty (correctly) and chalked the goal off for handball (again correctly). All VAR did was not overturn them as they weren't clear and obvious errors which is a rare case of it doing exactly what it's meant to.

And to pour more scorn on the BBC's football reporting, the post match interviewer had his tongue so far up Arteta's arse I bet he could taste his liver. Practically begging him to moan about the decisions given against him, as if the BBC bloke himself had decided they were wrong.

[dicedlam]

Watching the MOTD highlights back this morning, at the very end Jenas gets the last word in and disagrees that it was a penalty. You can then see Ian Wright clearly muttering to himself when the camera pans away. Jenas seemed clearly to be on a windup with a slight smirk on his face.

As for Lineker, he should watch his back, because I reckon the BBC have Jenas lined up to replace him at some point.

[Ian.]

Our goal was outstanding, I’m not sure how many passes and how many different players were involved but they only showed part of that goal and not the full passage of play. They could have discussed this in more detail. That’s my only bugbear.

I like Ian Wright, he loves Arsenal and that’s ok with me. I’m glad he was was pissed off though. It meant we won!

[PaulWinch again]

The other thing I chuckle a bit about is the pundits on Sky and BBC arguing that the handball rule is stupid because we want the game to be more of a “spectacle”. In what way does that goal being given add to the spectacle?

[RamboandBruno]

Our goal was outstanding, I’m not sure how many passes and how many different players were involved but they only showed part of that goal and not the full passage of play. They could have discussed this in more detail. That’s my only bugbear.

I like Ian Wright, he loves Arsenal and that’s ok with me. I’m glad he was was pissed off though. It meant we won!

Yea i don’t really have a problem with Ian Wright or his love for Arsenal, he’s normally fairly even handed. He’s got more credibility for me than Jenas who talks a lot of shite, like the arrogance of the Spurs comments a couple of weeks ago.
Saying that i thought the coverage wasn't great last night, focusing on correct decisions and undermining them. 

[Risso]

The pundits can support who they like, it shouldn't mean though that one team gets virtually ignored. If I wanted to see an idiot spouting shite about Arsenal I'd watch that Arsenal Fan TV nonsense on Youtube.

Honestly, when they're having the production meeting for the key points to take from our game, how on earth did they decide that Lineker's views on VAR would be the thing to focus on? Not us winning 15 home games in a row, or beating the league leaders in the same week as last year's champions? Or that there's a new team potentially disrupting the usual top clubs for the first time since Leicester? It's just lazy, piss poor TV.

[LeeB]

The pundits can support who they like, it shouldn't mean though that one team gets virtually ignored. If I wanted to see an idiot spouting shite about Arsenal I'd watch that Arsenal Fan TV nonsense on Youtube.

Honestly, when they're having the production meeting for the key points to take from our game, how on earth did they decide that Lineker's views on VAR would be the thing to focus on? Not us winning 15 home games in a row, or beating the league leaders in the same week as last year's champions? Or that there's a new team potentially disrupting the usual top clubs for the first time since Leicester? It's just lazy, piss poor TV.

It is, but then I think ‘great, we’re under their skin’. We get pats on the back until we start turning their favourites over.

[Somniloquism]

My thoughts as well LeeB. We were praised midweek as there was literally nothing else that happened in the match because we dominated so much. Even if there was a city player on the panel, they couldn't have said anything in their teams favour.

This week, and against Spurs, both times the opposition had good chances to win, and potentially decisions that have had decisions which could have turned the match go against them, so of course those were the topics. The main mistakes for me were Linekar deciding to have his VAR should be removed rant when neither decision was given by VAR but the on-field referee, and Wrights crap spouted at the very end.

For the penalty claim, I actually agreed with Linekar that if the ref had given it VAR wouldn't have over turned it, that it wasn't clear and obvious one way or the other to override the refs call. However as MOTD is deleted after a week, I can't find his takes on the multiple decisions against Wolves this season that were given. These even led to Webb stating some were wrong and reminding VAR that they can overrule the on field ref decision of penalty if the contact is minor / accidental.

[VillaTim]

10 players involved in our goal, a scintillating move and it wasn't even analysed on MOTD. The narrative was all about Arsenal being hard done by. Anyway I'm glad we ruined their script.

[PaulWinch again]

Worth noting commentator said Havertz pretty much caught it.

[Chap]

Worth noting commentator said Havertz pretty much caught it.

The only one on MOTD last night that wasn’t watching though rose tinted/agenda based spectacles.

[Somniloquism]

10 players involved in our goal, a scintillating move and it wasn't even analysed on MOTD. The narrative was all about Arsenal being hard done by. Anyway I'm glad we ruined their script.

They their analysis of us on the role of McGinn in attack, defence and scoring, they then did the analysis of Arsenal on their failures in attack, then finally discussed the potential VAR issues. Seemed a normal layout for MOTD, but for the couple of over the top statements at the end which I mentioned.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/67673647

[Dave]

And to pour more scorn on the BBC's football reporting, the post match interviewer had his tongue so far up Arteta's arse I bet he could taste his liver. Practically begging him to moan about the decisions given against him, as if the BBC bloke himself had decided they were wrong.

I thought he was trying to Bill Grundy him.

[Pete3206]

Arteta "clear and obvious" about Jesus.

It was a clear and obvious dive you massive wanker.