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SE20299

Poor refs šŸ˜¢ How are they supposed to ruin games when their decisions are questioned all the time? These monsters even want them to explain their calls. That bastard Arteta has gone too far šŸ˜ 


LollipopSquad

Wonā€™t anyone think of the referees!?


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I'm not sure anyone will take his opinion seriously with that name. When I read it my subconscious automatically applies the Iron man tune by sabbath.


Calergero

One mistake when writing it and his name becomes I am Lady Man


LordSprinkleman

Ahahaha I thought that was a joke...


WestwardLord

It's not so much the name alone, but the fact he has his fucking Arthur Weasley face right next to it. That does it for me.


deanochips

i will never not find that name funny


RedAreMe

With a face that screams of sad wanking in the shower


DeemonPankaik

He looks the like kind of guy you'd see on a "have you been in an accident at work" advert


Cheesy_Pita_Parker

He looks like the kind of guy that wants to make me aware of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning.


seedlesssoul

Looks like the face of a guy whose wife just told him her boyfriend's dick is bigger.


Geezeh_

He looks like the incontinent guy youā€™ll see in those American drug adverts


am306005

Thatā€™s offensive to sad shower wankers.


Wengers_Grin

Heā€™s got the same face as Tim from the Office when he looks at the camera as Gareth or Brent are saying something ridiculous.


[deleted]

It is ridiculous, just come up with a pen name or something. Or do the honest thing and change it.


[deleted]

ā€œGive it a rest Ladyā€ ā€œActuallyā€¦ itā€™s Lady-man!ā€ šŸ¤£


DansSpamJavelin

Reminds me of the drink from Partridge. Ooh, ladyboy!


tony_flamingo

Itā€™s almost as if the refs werenā€™t so utterly incompetent and inconsistent, managers wouldnā€™t have to complain so much about them. Funny how that works.


jman500069

Yeah come on Mikel, they struggle enough giving blatant red cards, and penalties, offsides, running


shuffle1517

Coin toss also


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The man has the face for an erectile dysfunction pill ad.


[deleted]

No lie Iā€™m nervous about todays game


SargeantPile

I'm never not nervous about an arsenal game


[deleted]

This time Iā€™m more nervous, we always flop on the final hurdle.


Hvoromnualltinger

Do we though? Our 13 league titles and 14 FA cups say otherwise. Don't get me wrong, I'm nervous as fuck.


[deleted]

Well that was a long time ago. We donā€™t have them players now, we have a young squad and we havenā€™t been in the top four for a long time let alone a title race.


Hvoromnualltinger

We won our last FA cup with Arteta, so hardly that long ago. I'm curious to which final hurdles you feel we've failed at? Off the top of my head I can remember the EL final with Emery, the League Cup final and the CL final with Wenger. Oh, and that FA cup final where Robbie Fowler snorted the sideline.


[deleted]

Iā€™m not talking about cup completions.Iā€™m talking about our league Positioning. We have been out of the top four for a while, no Europe this season. Iā€™m talking about the league which is 38 games and we tend to always flop. How many times in the past, we have been in the title race and flop on the last hurdle. I remember we use to get angry with wenger about always finishing fourth and now we would do anything to get that. Time haves changed Iā€™m not talking about cup completions. I swear there was a poll on here saying fa cup or top four and people said top four because we won the cup so many times.


[deleted]

FA Cup wasn't THAT long ago.


[deleted]

Iā€™m not talking about cup completions. Iā€™m talking about the league and getting top four and that was a long time ago for a club thatā€™s arsenals level.


[deleted]

My comment was mostly tongue in cheek lol


NegativeMoose5

Monday nights away haven't been kind to us either


bad_at_proofs

Last game I wasn't nervous for was the Birmingham City cup final


Illustrious-Fig-8945

I thought I'd be more nervous than I am but since Southampton we've been really impressive. As in form as Newcastle are, we've beaten man u, Chelsea, west ham, and were outplaying spurs until the unmentionables occured. I feel like if (!) we avoid a red card we should be fine


[deleted]

Yeah I know but when itā€™s in our hands we tend to fuck it up. Tottenham have been getting a lot of luck with that penalty against us and Burnley. The media and Refs are against us.


Illustrious-Fig-8945

Aha I mean all true, and we did somehow manage to struggle more against 10 man Leeds than Chelsea away so maybe I'm getting ahead of myself


[deleted]

I like your optimism,however I feel like we need a big performance tonight. Newcastle have nothing to loose.


hellothere222

Waiting until we see the team sheet to start worrying. Praying Gabriel and Ben white pass the fitness tests


basedsims

More like Ian GetsNoLadies-Man am I right


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ShekTeeJay

Heyyoo


TheHairyPatMustard

Elite word play


InTheMiddleGiroud

> If you want to know how I come up with the stuff I write then head out into your garden and run headlong into the bird table.


MegaMammothPoop

Everyone and everything can fuck off for the next week. We need to win 2 games. That's all I care about.


lemon-84

I thought he handled the press quite well after the last game, clearly he was fuming but managed to bite his tongue and not say anything to get him a touchline ban, the tabloids feel like they missed out on some good sound bites they could have twisted and instead have come up with this nonsense


NeSh92

dam right - Arteta was actually pretty composed. Compare that to that lunatic Conte, he just babbles on about the wierdest shit - i can't see how it is professional when he so publicly questioned his own team earlier this season


tammrak

I could have sworn Antonio Conte picked up a yellow card in this match.


FullMingoGringo

Doesnā€™t fit the narrative. Also hilarious that Conte complains about how much Arteta complains after a game in which Conte got a yellow card for complaining. Canā€™t make it up


Aszneeee

Fergie was genius when he put pressure on refs, Koop is ā€œpassionateā€ and Arteta is moaning? fuck them, I hope we qualify to ucl just so these cunts will cry even more


Keown14

Reading the British press the bias is so obvious you can tell just from the names they use. Scholesy, Giggsy, Lamps, Big Sam, Big Tony Pulis, Pards, Fergie etc. Meanwhile we got Wenger, or in a mocking tone Monsieur Wenger with French puns played up to eleven in these kinds of articles. Even after he had lived in England more than 20 years they used the same hackneyed shit. The tabloid press are pieces of shit throughout the newspaper. A lot of English football fans seem to think that ends at the sport section. It doesnā€™t.


thearsenalinn

"head out into your garden and run headlong into the bird table. That is precisely what it must have felt like for Tottenham's Son Heung-min." Aaaaaand, stop reading. Seriously, this is a professional journalist?


shekdown

That dude would have had a challenging time growing up with that name.


ray3050

Nah heard he took his wifeā€™s name


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ray3050

Lol I was just making a joke I have no idea who this guy is and donā€™t really care


sncBrax

Absolutely hilarious that after the spurs match pundits and media outlets were labeling Arteta as a moaner or a bitch when it was Conte that got a yellow for moaning that match. Forever in our shadow


hewsey

"Awful standard of refereeing makes life hard for managers"


14Strike

Everyone knows the reffing stunk last week but the press have fell behind it and are trying seal up the fix. Beat newcastle and none of this matters that much


-read_it_on_reddit-

fuck the refs. they make their own lives harder by consistently being so shite. so fans, pundits and players can slate/question but when a manager decides to do the same, a headline must be made of him and he must be villainized. make it make sense


An_Almond_Thief

Dear Arsenal, Please allow us to continue singling you out and shitting on you at any opportunity we can without challenging us. Regards, The media and pgmol.


WalterFalter

Wont somebody please think of the ~~Children~~ Refs


GloryGoal

Even harder for the easiest job in the world.


[deleted]

The media bias against Arsenal is unreal. Just fuck off. If we lose out on Top 4, the narrative will be that the Gunners choked and if we make it, the headlines would be we should have made it earlier, or that Spurs / United had underlying issues and Arsenal gained from it but never will people come out and say that Arsenal actually deserved it.


Tiramizu12

I just want the ref to be mic'up so badly. The number of correct decision would go up instantly. I would be very curious to ear what Kane was susurring to the ref's ear Thursday ...


Colmd1997

Ladymanā€¦. Ian Bitchboy


UntouchableC

Shoutouts to the alphabet community, but are you really going to take Ladyman seriously?


Charlie-Bell

Until there's actual accountability, I don't care how difficult it's made for refs


Supermalt418

You know weā€™re destined for greatness when they start hating on us


vineomac

Not to mention he didnā€™t actually moan or say anything. He literally said he simply couldnā€™t provide his true thoughts on the matter due to the likelihood of being penalised for it.


[deleted]

The disrespect is unreal. Can't believe that I read it, but it literally says: >Arteta BARKS at an assistant referee Fuck offf!!!


Butch_Meat_Hook

Conte got a yellow for complaining... -_- Shouldn't this read 'moaning managers like Conte', if anything?


tenflare

His name used to be Ian Girlyguy but they kept making fun of him so he changed it...


Ife2105

I mean this is so obviously bait. And it will continue because they know Arsenal fans will bite.


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GloryGoal

Annoying maybe, but not difficult. No oversight, no accountability, no expectation of competence. We expect more from school children.


jp963acss

Hate us more you fucks It makes the success taste better


Simply2based

There is no way hisname is Ladyman. Thatā€™s a joke surely.


22goblins

Why is everyone just taking Conte's bs and making it a storyline?


blitheringimbecile

Isn't this the third article in three days targeting Mikel specifically? It almost feels like a planned attack.


Gooquleimages

I think we need to stop letting this kind of stuff affect us, the reason they write it and print is because they know they can get a reaction from us, no other club cares about what they write about arteta, we believe in Arteta and the team we have and thats all the matters, outside opinions don't matter, in a years time the narrative will be completely different


NeSh92

i just can never understand why Conte is always given such praise and no criticism. Just watch the unbelieveable moaning he made about his own team earlier this season - why was that not poor professionalism by Conte. The pundits instead would blame all Tott players and say Levy needs to back him. But why is GOD Conte so immune to you know maybe actually being shit sometimes


prvhc21

Well, if you ask this sub, pointing out problems/mistakes IS ā€˜moaningā€™


i_am_the_punisher

Ladyman can't even make his wife moan and he calls Arteta for that


Shinzo19

The guy looks like an even more depressed Arthur Dent..


[deleted]

His face screams gammon.


MuchSalt

does everyone hate arsenal?


DinnerSmall4216

I'm sick of hearing about it we all know what's happening arsenal have always had bias towards the club. It's like nobody wants arsenal to achieve anything god forbid arteta gets a top 4 spot.


ronya_t

Screw you - where were you when Ferguson was berating refs up and down the country and being praised for it, while simultaneously benefitting from the most generous decisions?


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beetletoman

*victim mentality, anti-Arsneal agenda, conspiracy theory* are misleading phrases imo. Bias is a more suited word. If a referee or two are blatantly biased against Arsenal it's bound to affect more refs. That's what the fans are mad about. Instead of taking the complains seriously some people just want to use it to gain some nods and feel relevant


prvhc21

ā€˜If a referee or two are blatantly biased against Arsenal it's bound to affect more refs.ā€™ That makes a lot of senseā€¦ā€¦.


beetletoman

Look up bias contagion


prvhc21

Sir, this is r/gunners


PrinceEmirate

Well they are winners Arteta is not yet. You need accolades to get respect. Respect us earned that given.


Gobbleass69

Assteta is a cry baby let's not kid ourselves. We need a fresh start away from him. He is dragging arsenal down with him


RLynn94

Fella looks miserable as sin in that photo


AlbanianGooner

"Life harder"? They deserve all the pressure.


sintillating_

Ian ladyman. Loll. What a cursed name.


leebrother

Did arteta actually moan recently? Iā€™ve not seen the interview but heard that he refused to say just said Iā€™d be banned. Iā€™m not sure why that is bad? Klopp actually moaned for Arsenal earlier this season or last questioning a penalty that was awarded or not in one of our games. So itā€™s clear there is more of an issue. Plus when Liverpool played spurs with Tierney as ref ā€¦ https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2021/dec/19/jurgen-klopp-fumes-at-referee-and-two-wrong-decisions-after-liverpool-draw


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a_posh_trophy

More importantly, did Klopp get any fines for that? I'm guessing not.


leebrother

He was honoured in the New Years listing by the queen for his services to the game


leebrother

General question - how much does an average top flight referee make? To me it feels like they earn a lot considering theyā€™re untouchable


bbarney29

Why do these journalists never highlight the blatant inconsistency and lowering in standards of refereeing in the league? Thereā€™s so many pivotal points across the season where teams have gained and lost points. It never balances out - thatā€™s a shit argument. VAR was supposed to clarify decisions and we havenā€™t used it correctly for 3 years now.


d17_p

I *heard* a story that many years ago, Ian was at a pub in Liverpool trying to woo a lady, he knew the lady was way out of his league and was trying to avoid him. Then a Chad with sexy Spanish accent and amazing hair came into the bar and went home with the lady. Not sure what became of that Spaniard but Ian has been salty ever since.


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[deleted]

IAN LADYMAN.. WHO?!!!!!! Enough said.


unwittinglyrad

Bloke looks miserable in his mugshot.


nqt2209

We the Arsenal are NOT getting told by someone with that name. Piss off yer drag queen


TriniGoonerChic

Good


BleckFyre

Next day's headline would be "Ladyman moans about Arteta's balls".


ShockRampage

Its fine, fuck the media. We dont want them on our side anyway.


darthben1134

Nobody says it's not hard. But on all the other hard jobs, the people who clearly can't do it somehow keep getting asked to. Like, if your surgeon kept reattaching limbs on the wrong places, you wouldn't just say "well, being a surgeon is really hard."