re: Arsenal 2014/15 Season Long Thread

The Fabregas one was a foul no question about it. Yes he was looking for contact and yes he went down easy but it doesn't change the fact Santi obliged him by sticking his leg out wrecklessly. I'm fine with it not being called a penalty because of my view on penalties but more times than not it is given and outside the box it's a foul everytime.

Oscar's may not have been a foul and I've said multiple times it shouldn't be a pen but it's not a dive when contact, incidental or not, causes you to fall down.

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The yellows Ivanovic and Coquelin earned were doing the same exact thing, trying to impose physicality on the opposition's best player, a tactic I'm surprised anyone actually has a problem with,

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Agreed, which is why it was surprising to read here that some people thought Ivanovic should be sent off.

Anyway good post overall.