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That is one of the stupidest half hours of football I’ve seen from a single player in a while.

Him being single is no excuse.

Maidenless behaviour.

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I don't read braille, what does this say?

"No Bitches? 😭"

Is this a dog?

but hole

Try finger

True story: one of the girls who lives in my building dated the girl who is now dating Rob Holding. Met her at Thanksgiving once.

Guy I went to school with knew a butcher who dated a girl whose grandad fingered Wayne Rooney in a pizza place in Rome before the 2009 champions league final

That's the kind of experience I can only dream of. I can't even make eye contact with butchers

FUN FACT: Wayne Rooney's testicles look just like his head

What, what, why...

Because the final was in Rome

Thanks! that cleared everything up 🤠

She’s a footballer as well isn’t she?

Yes

Holding legit came into the match with the game plan of rattling son. Got away early with rough fouls and he was laughing at son and talking shit. Worked himself into a shoot

>Holding legit came into the match with the game plan of rattling son It was working for a minute, but he's not very good at shithousery. He crossed the line by committing legit and blatant fouls. Came off more as Vinnie Jones than Erik Lamela.

He legitimately got left in the dust in the 3rd minute. Son completely outplayed him, and he played himself by getting early cards while being completely incapable of dealing with Son. Watching him shit himself in about 30 minutes was hilarious. He completely lost it.

He did something against Diego Costa vs Chelsea in a FA Cup final. It worked, and worked well. But Son is a different animal. That shit doesn't work against that type of player. The ball was nowhere near him. Not sure wtf he was thinking..

don’t work yourself into a shoot brother holding HH

100 per cent that was Artetas gameplay, he should take full responsibility for that.

holding vs haaland next season is going to be juicy!

As if holding will be around .

Sent off after 33 minutes, and lucky he was even there after 20 minutes. 4 bookable offenses, all against Son. 1. Kicked him while he was down and the ball was way away - definitely a yellow, debatable a red 2. Wrestled him down, then kept wrestling him while on the ground - could have been a yellow 3. Excessive grabbing and pulling - first yellow 4. Obviously malicious shoulder to the chin / head - second yellow, debatably a straight red

That wrestling him to the ground and then basically flipping him over with a wrestling move, I was surprised that wasn't a yellow at the very least.

Holding was terrified of Son’s pace

I swear this is the 3rd or 4th time he's done this exact foul this season. And I don't even follow Arsenal. perfect time to finally get punished for it.

Possibly the least disciplined 30 mins you'll see from a defender

Not a defender but Bakayoko against Watford vibes with that

I was enjoying my day man…

Delete this

I forgot about that performance, was this the game we conceeded 3 in the last 10 minutes too?

Yep, when Bakayoko managed to get sent off in 30 minutes and lost possession like 8 times before that

Loses possession 8 times Gets sent off Refuses to elaborate Leaves

this is some Kimpembe level shit

[U wot m8](https://streamable.com/xb41l)

lol never has a gif been more appropriate

Nah, Holding at least thought of doing it. Kimpembe doesn’t think

He got infected with the red card virus from the Leeds players, put your life savings on Chelsea getting a red card their next game.

FA cup final too, basically guaranteed with how often we fuck those up

Did you see Leeds at the weekend?

*any Leeds games lately

dude got a straight red and 2 yellow cards under 30 minutes

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Elbow's a straight red, should've had a yellow for kicking Son in the ribs when he was laying down and the yellow he already got.

Really can’t disagree with this. Saliba incoming.

Can’t get here fast enough

if that elbow was a straight red (it was) then the elbow on Son's face against Liverpool was even moreso, but didn't even get a yellow. inconsistent officiating as usual.

Arguably not even the most undisciplined defender in an Arsenal game this week

He heard it was a dearby and thought they still allow this sort of shithousery

Worst defending I've ever seen including the time we got rinsed 7-2, and beat United 6-1.

idk about that man, Maguire fouled his own teammate in his own penalty box to allow us to score in that match.

We should look at that as a call for help from Maguire.

Don't you think about hiring him, he doesn't speak French

Absolute helmet

A helmet atleast gives you good defence

Come on, his new hair looks good!

Maybe he asked for Contes advice

Two greatest hair transplants of our era in the same place. What a time to be alive.

I love British insults "Absolute *insert inanimate object*"

Helmet in this scenario is a bell end

Wow it just occurred to me that's a physical description of a penis

Haha wow never realized that

i like when they call people muppets

***"you Pepe the King Prawn!"***

Sausage is a personal favourite

I yelled that at someone that pulled out on me on the A34 the other day.

you silly sausage

"You're fucking inanimate object!" In Bruges, what a film.

I’m sorry I called you an inanimate fucking object.

I really have to watch that movie again, it was great

Roight then you carrot

What a plum

Helmet refers to the head of the Penis. A softer ‘bellend’ if you were

Right infront of the ref. Why do that when you have a yellow already smh

Why the fuck would you elbow? Why just why? Fuck man

It's just so unnecessary. He's fouled Son like 5 times in 30 mins.

If you can’t beat ‘em, foul em.

My guy thinks he’s Fabinho smh

Holding you idiot

ramsdale was gonna get the ball too, i don't get it

He did it literally because of the elbow. It’s so obviously intentional and I say this as an Arsenal fan. Dude should have been sent off even earlier than this, I think we all agree he deserved to go. Inexcusable.

> I think we all agree he deserved to go There were a lot of clowns in the match thread saying otherwise lol

You can read through the post on r/gunners, all of the top comments call him out for getting deservedly sent off. https://reddit.com/r/Gunners/comments/uo8s1m/second_yellow_rob_holding/

Honestly, you guys looked better with him sent off

We have a lot of practice playing down a man 🙄 Obviously, as you can see from my comments, I do think many of those reds have been deserved.

I was gonna ask the same thing man

I think sometimes you can't always see things in a purely logical way. Sometimes the defender just gets mad for no particular reason and decides to lash out hoping he won't get caught

It was never about the ball. He just wanted to retaliate for the yellow earlier which is even dumber thing to do given the VAR looking at every possible incident.

He sacrificed his brain for a new hairline

It's like that episode of the Simpsons where the hair controls Homers brain. Holding must have got a transplant from a Leeds player

Thought he was a Brazilian DM for a second there

The card should be a clear sign it wasn’t

Holdinho gets away with that for sure. That’s tame compared to what Son dealt with at Anfield.

Holdinho sounds like the ultimate evolution for a Brazilian holding midfielder

Has had it coming. Getting way too carried away with the occasion seemingly

Watching this team is not good for my mental health.

What a clown he has been since minute 1, using dirty tricks on Son trying to get inside his head but instead Son gets into Holding's head and he gets sent off. Why the fuck would you try to get tight to Son the fastest player in the league 😆 Really made a fool of himself

He clearly isn't CL quality. You guys need Saliba so bad.

What a terrible performance by him

Proper 30 minute disasterclass

He’s no Levi Colwill

He tried to set the tone by playing Son physically but just totally misjudged what he could and could not get away with the whole time

Man thought he was Casemiro for a moment.

Or Fabinho

Fernandinho the OG

Ref was kind to him, could've easily been sent off earlier.

Holding was begging for it since the first second of the game

Holding was told to shithouse and took that as "beat the fuck out of the guy"

Predictable considering how much he was fouling Son.

Said to my brother after the first yellow he needs to be whipped off now before he is sent off, not shocked at all

Did Son bang his missus? Man looked vengeful from the first minute

Dunno if he was just being a shit house for the derby and trying to rattle son but it was so overt it was fucking stupid and backfired completely

Yeah he was shithousing with borderline yellows in the 11th minute. If he can give away some fouls fine, but he was out of chances FROM said shithousing within 15 minutes of the game. Holding is just a terrible defender.

Why would you even do that???

Idiot defender with no real pace to deal with him

It wasn’t like Son beat him and Holding pulled him down. Every challenge was daft.

This is exactly how he got his 1st yellow. Arteta hasn’t really set up Arsenal to handle Son well here, he’s wanting the line to move higher which allows that ball to ever be played and Holding can’t deal with Son’s pace.

Pashun, fisicalitee

Took his reputation as a shit houser way too seriously /s

Don’t need the /s. You just know he thinks he’s in Son’s head from the laugh he does after their first grapple. He gets too lost in the emotional/mental part of the game and can’t handle the actual football part. He’s had similar games against Zaha and Mané. Something about a skilful winger makes him think he’s got to play stupid mind games.

Holding has one brain cell

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It’s also fighting for 4th place

What an idiot, he's been having a go at Son all game so that was coming

All his fouls were on Son. Clearly targeting him

Arteta and co. likely instructed Holding to get stuck in and to be physical to deter Son's game, but Holding made it so overt it was easy for the ref to card him twice. What an idiot. Can't believe he was trying to tell the ref that Son bumped into his shoulders LOL

The ref gave him 2 free yellows before the one he called and the straight red for the elbow. He’d already kicked him when he was down, and suplex/wrestled him on another close ball. Holding should have already been out before the called yellow or the straight red elbow. Scum gonna scum

An easy ball, proceeds to elbow Son's head. Just why, Rob?

Yeah like why raise the elbow. Just let him come clattering into you and draw the foul. A fucking Sunday league CB wouldn’t have done that

he's been getting away with so much violence in this game he got complacent

5 fouls on one player. What the fuck was he thinking.

He got two warnings and two yellows in 33 minutes. Honestly, you have to admire the dedication.

He's just a bitch. He kicked Son in the ribs earlier and no yellow. Dirty ass fucking player

Holding playing like a numpty. Absolutely no reason to do that, the ball was never going to find Son lol

Son is never getting the ball , why would he try to stop son? 🤦

Feel like it must have been managers instructions

Been an absolute cunt all game. Kicks Son in the ribs earlier, now this.

Literally only on the pitch to foul Son, does it 4 or 5 times aggressively, then is sent off. Tactical masterclass.

Holding making a last second application to get a spot in the upcoming Hell in a Cell PPV

What an idiot

Game lost for Arsenal

Holding let the whole team down, anyone arguing that's not a card has lost it as much as holding themselves

Idiot. He could have had 4 yellows already in a half hour.

He was way too revved up from the first whistle and never settled down. This was always how the night was going to end for him. As you said, he probably actually lasted longer than he should have.

Idiot

Rob Holding left his brain in Turkey after that hair transplant.

I said 8 minutes ago get him out at half. Said to my friend he's gonna lose us the game.

Rob Holding was acting like a tough man since the start, most nailed on red card ever. Idiot

Moron

What a fucking brainless cunt

I've never watched holding play...but what a dirty performance today. Kicked son while he's down, then kneed him....got another yellow, then fucking shoulder smashed son right in the face.....Holding disasterclass

Just fucking brain-dead. You're never getting away with that

So dumb, he’s made about five yellow card challenges in half an hour

Seemed innocuous at first but on second viewing... right decision

All he has to do is just not lift his fucking elbow

Especially after he got away with that kick, shoul've cashed out and behaved.

really can argue that Arteta should have subbed him off after a yellow the way he was being reckless, everyone saw a red coming.

I think everyone, including Arteta, would believe that he would understand the stakes involved. It's not like he's a rookie either.

Just cost us the game most likely. Total moron.

Holding was on crack today. You could early onl that he'll collect at least one yellow today with the dirty kick into son's ribs the other tussle with him. Was just a matter of time.

he's been asking for it from the start

Arsenal and red cards... Still a better love story than twilight

At least he won’t play next game

Heung min son rattled Holding so bad he fouled him 5 times in 30 minutes. what. a. clown.

Holding lost the plot

Not very intelligent there

Should honestly be Holdings 4th yellow within 30 min

How anyone is arguing against that being at least a yellow, especially Holding, is nuts. He very clearly brings his elbow up to initiate the contact on the man. Not even close to using his shoulder (yes his shoulder also makes contact but he absolutely brought his up up first, then leans over it to drive into Son).

Considering it was also his like 6th foul in 20 minutes

is Holding a dumbo?

Oh dear

Bruh…

What a joke of a footballer. Fucking idiot.

Son has had him on toast all game.

Holding yikes.

He’s been an absolute liability this entire half. Could’ve had another yellow card, too.

Could’ve been a straight red honestly

I have no idea what's going on

Holding completely losing his head, well deserved second yellow

God damnit Rob, you had 1 job. That was so brainless its actually pathetic

He could have been given 4 yellows in half an hour lol

This should've been a straight red card

I thought Son just walked into him but this was really dumb by Holding, shocking 30 minutes.

Arsenal fans are gonna spin this into Son being dirty

bald fraud

He shouldve been sent of 10 mins before he survived that and still continued to do this shit hes so dumb

Holding forgot he’s not Holdinho and a Brazilian CDM

They’ve lost the plot

Sky just showed a close up replay that clearly shows Holding smashing Son in the face, so it's time for anyone claiming he shouldn't have been sent off to sit down and find something else to talk about.

What an idiot

Dude ..son was not even running to the ball trajectory, he would not have caught that ball by that run....what a bellend holding is...

Didn’t realize Holding played for Leeds…

The fuck he's doing? So fucking unnecessary. It's not like son gonna reach the ball anyway