Wenger gets four game ban

[ClaretTony]

Wenger banned from touchline for four games following last week

[kaptin1]

Bet he didn't see that coming...

[Goobs]

What a load of rubbish. Should have been a stadium ban for sure and a lot more games too IMO. Sends out completely the wrong message about conduct to referees as well.

[FactualFrank]

What I found amusing was his post match interview. Just because they ended up winning he was very apologetic and smiley. Had they not got the penalty he would have either got the assistant to speak to the cameras or banged on about how everything went against him. A good manager, but zero class.

[IanMcL]

Should have been a sea on ban.

[conyoviejo]

One game for each point that he stole off us..

[2 Bee Holed]

conyoviejo:
I am still scratching my head at that comment.
So they stole 4 points off us?
Can you explain how? Surely it was two?

[Wexford_Claret]

conyoviejo:
I am still scratching my head at that comment.
So they stole 4 points off us?
Can you explain how? Surely it was two?

Overall this season, they've nicked four.

[Buxtonclaret]

conyoviejo:
I am still scratching my head at that comment.
So they stole 4 points off us?
Can you explain how? Surely it was two?

Home and away?

Think Wenger has got off lightly.

[Paul Waine]

Wenger banned from touchline for four games following last week

That's great news for Burnley.

If Wenger gets 4 match ban for physically pushing a match official 3(?) times - if Joey Barton has been found to be breaking football betting rules (and we shouldn't assume he has broken any rules, until decided otherwise) any punishment has got to be less than a 4 match ban. No one was harmed if Joey placed any "illegal" bets. Football authority was challenged by Wenger pushing the official - and the "respect" campaign ignored.

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[Tall Paul]

That's great news for Burnley.

If Wenger gets 4 match ban for physically pushing a match official 3(?) times - if Joey Barton has been found to be breaking football betting rules (and we shouldn't assume he has broken any rules, until decided otherwise) any punishment has got to be less than a 4 match ban. No one was harmed if Joey placed any "illegal" bets. Football authority was challenged by Wenger pushing the official - and the "respect" campaign ignored.

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That erroneously assumes that the FA use logic and reason.

[2 Bee Holed]

Now I am totally confused.
At the Turf wasn't it 0-0 until that offside handball, 2 minutes overtime goal, (Lost 1 point here)
Then at the Emirates wasn't it 1-1 until the last minute off side goal, (Lost 1 point)
Overall haven't we therefore lost 2 points? Or am I missing something?

[2 Bee Holed]

Oh I see, they have gained 4 points...my apologies.

[2 Bee Holed]

But haven't they nicked two points off us?
Oh I give up.

[Croydon Claret]

Now I am totally confused.
At the Turf wasn't it 0-0 until that offside handball, 2 minutes overtime goal, (Lost 1 point here)
Then at the Emirates wasn't it 1-1 until the last minute off side goal, (Lost 1 point)
Overall haven't we therefore lost 2 points? Or am I missing something?

We lost 2 points but they gained 4 by converting 2 draws into 2 wins

[ClaretTony]

And just to complicate it even more - if both games had ended in draws they would have been two places lower in the league and we'd have been two places higher which means we'd have been four places closer to them.

[conyoviejo]

Oh dear,I've started something now..

[Paul Waine]

That erroneously assumes that the FA use logic and reason.

Of course the FA use logic and reason....

don't they


Always wanted to use that run of 3 emoticons...

[Darthlaw]

Sure the ref's association are chuffed to bits that such a punishment has been set at the highest echelons of the game, to dissuade people from laying hands on officials.


(Sarcasm smiley)

[Cirrus_Minor]

And a pathetic £25,000 fine. That's a bit like stopping a factory worker from taking his Jaffa cakes in for couple of weeks.

[2 Bee Holed]

Right:
The original sentence was;
"One game for each point that he stole off us.."

But you are correct Croydon,
They stole 2 points off us, and two from the F.A.
Making them 4 points better off than they would have been.
They didn't steal 4 points from us.
Now my brain is satisfied and I'll be able to sleep.
CT don't confuse my little brain anymore by telling me how many places
closer to Arsenal we would have been, this has been difficult enough for me!

[Buxtonclaret]

Sleep easy, 2 Bee Holed.

[Sidney1st]

And a pathetic £25,000 fine. That's a bit like stopping a factory worker from taking his Jaffa cakes in for couple of weeks.

Not even close in comparison, stopping someone taking Jaffa cakes to work is far more serious.

[2 Bee Holed]

It's not as serious as saying you've had £4 nicked off you,
when in actual fact it was £2.
You've increased the theft by 100%.
That's fraud!

[Silkyskills1]

And a pathetic £25,000 fine. That's a bit like stopping a factory worker from taking his Jaffa cakes in for couple of weeks.

Think his personal wealth stands at something like £50 million so that'll teach him won't it?

[Bordeauxclaret]

At what point will he grow up I wonder.

[FactualFrank]

Think his personal wealth stands at something like £50 million so that'll teach him won't it?

No, that's Dollars. Only around a poultry £38 million I think

[Croydon Claret]

No, that's Dollars. Only around a poultry £38 million I think

That's still a lot of chickens

[ontario claret]

Wenger thinks that he's the most clever manager in England, when, in fact, he's by far the stupidest.

[ontario claret]

What would Wenger be without all of those billions behind him?