My biggest problem with Costa is the way he can give it but can't take it. I'd be ok with his antics if he copped it sweet when given back to him, but you can guarantee that if Koscielny did to him what he did to Kos Costa would have gone down like he'd been shot and probably pulled out a razor blade and gone full 90's wrestling and cut himself for added effect. Koscielny should have gone down clutching his face instead of taking it and moving on.

Glad I wasn't seeing things and this actually happened.

https://twitter.com/BPLZone/status/645229893261885440

We need more players like Gabriel in the team. I hope he comes straight into the starting line up after his bullshit suspension. It was great to a Arsenal player standing up to a bully and sticking up for a team mate when no one else in the team had balls to do so.
More of this needed.

I wonder how costa coped when he had to face pepe ? I want to see any player destory the cunt. Hell ill pay to see ryan shawcross take him out. Cang stand both those cunts

Great post - I agree with it all (as a Liverpool supporter mind you). Costas a scumbag, and hopefully gets put in his place soon.

:lol:

He fell hook line and sinker for the dirty tactics. He's not the first, he won't be the last but he should have known better. I'd have thought Arsenal would have watched the videos on Costa and gone "don't play his games".

How to deal with Costa Ft. Federico Fazio

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What's funny? Where did I suggest Gab wasn't in the wrong or that he shouldn't have given Costa the satisfaction? My point is that it's this dismissal of Costa's actions because 'everyone knows what he's like' or that 'players should know better than to fall for it', is bullshit - it's that sort of attitude that lets him keep getting away with being a c*nt.

Edited by gooner4life_8: 20/9/2015 03:13:16 PM

Not absolving Gab of any blame, I said I was fine with him being sent off FFS :lol:

:lol:
Perfect example of Costa there. About to gouge an eye bit goes down the moment he's retaliated against. Hopefully the other player wasnt suspended for it...

Same old Arsenal: Will things EVER change under Wenger?
By Greg Stobart
21 Sep 2015 08:00:00

It was the same old story for the Gunners on Saturday as Jose Mourinho once again got the better of his adversary. Will the glory days ever return?

Arsene Wenger was instantly given the nickname 'the professor' when he arrived at Arsenal 19 years ago.

Now he seems more like the nutty professor as he blindly makes the same mistakes every season with predictable consequences.

Six games into the Premier League season and Arsenal supporters are already rolling their eyes. They see this movie every year and they know exactly what happens.

At least Groundhog Day has a happy ending, but sadly is doesn't look like anything will change for Arsenal while Wenger remains in charge.

The Gunners have won just three of their first six league matches of the campaign and lost twice already, the latest in Saturday's hotly-contested 2-0 defeat to Chelsea.

It leaves them five points behind Manchester City at the top of the Premier League and it's already difficult to see how Arsenal are going to launch a genuine title challenge.

In the Champions League, the north London side lost their first group game to Dinamo Zagreb and will already fear qualifying second in the group and facing one of the top sides in the last 16.

All we need now is the full-blown injury crisis - and that does not look too far off with the likes of Jack Wilshere, Danny Welbeck and Tomas Rosicky all out with long-term problems.

Arsenal have finished either third or fourth in the Premier League in the last 10 seasons, while they have been dumped out of the Champions League at the last 16 stage five years in a row.

The excuse about paying for the Emirates Stadium expired a long time ago and now angry Arsenal supporters are asking a legitimate question.

What is more important: profit or glory?

Arsenal announced in their latest financial accounts last week that their cash reserves have grown to £193 million and turnover grew from £301.9m to £344.5m.

But despite finishing 12 points behind the champions last season, Arsenal did not sign a single outfield player during the summer transfer window.

It now seems ridiculous that anyone at Arsenal, most of all Wenger, really thought they could win the title by only adding goalkeeper Petr Cech to the squad.

Not when Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United invested so heavily in their squads over the summer. That is what ambition looks like and Arsenal's season is shaping up exactly as you would expect in the circumstances.

Despite winning back-to-back FA Cups, there is no sign that they are ready to challenge for the title for the first time since the 'Invincibles' side in 2004.

Three years after Robin van Persie was sold, Arsenal are still without a top class striker and are relying on Olivier Giroud and Theo Walcott to lead them to the title.

They are two players that define Wenger's Arsenal. Good but not great.

The likes of Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil are the kind of players that can win a club trophies, but it always feels like there is something missing.

"I think Arsenal has the squad to be champions," said Jose Mourinho after Saturday's match. "And every season I feel that."

Mourinho isn't the only one. We all get sucked in by Arsenal's impressive runs of form and pretty football, but they don't have the mentality of champions.

Wenger bitterly complained about Diego Costa's antics when he goaded Gabriel into the reaction that resulted in the Arsenal centre-back being sent-off.

But surely the Frenchman would kill to have a player in his side with that sort of will to win.

There was a time when Wenger's teams were known for playing on the edge themselves with the likes of Patrick Vieira and Martin Keown - and their ill-discipline would often result in red cards.

That was an Arsenal side that knew how to dig in and win the league over a gruelling 38-game season.

Wenger's current contract expires in 2017 but there have been whispers around the club that he might step aside a year earlier.

He believed the speculation around his future distracted the players when he let his deal run down in 2014 before agreeing to stay for another three years after Arsenal's FA Cup triumph.

Wenger will undoubtedly have a big say in appointing his own successor and there are coaches around who could take the Gunners to the next level. Jurgen Klopp and Carlo Ancelotti are currently out of work while Pep Guardiola could become available next summer.

Wenger is the chief executive's dream. He treats the club's money as his own and has ensured lucrative Champions League revenues for a remarkable 18 seasons in a row.

It is great for Arsenal's shareholders, but not the fans who want a return to the glory days.


http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/premier-league/2015/09/21/15572422/same-old-arsenal-will-things-ever-change-under-wenger?ICID=HP_BN_7utm_source=FB&utm_medium=en_gb&utm_campaign=Arsenal_Wenger_comment

Edited by Damo Baresi: 21/9/2015 07:12:02 PM

Appealing the Gabriel red card. Cazorla charged with something, and Costa done for Violent Conduct.

And both us and chelshit got charged as well.

Fair enough.
Don't think you'll successfully appeal Gabriel though

Glad to see Costa charged for his bullshit on Kos. Can't see us getting Gabriel's red rescinded but one can hope. Worth a try anyway.

Wenger said he believes Coquelin will miss the Tottenham game, but will be back after that.

inb4 out for six months

Edited by salmonfc: 22/9/2015 10:46:48 AM

For me Gabriel should have been given second yellow rather than straight red... From that perspective a reduction in the ban to 1 match seems fair enough...

Glad to see Costa will most likely get the 3 match ban he deserved from that match....

I'm still trying to figure out why both clubs have been charged with failing to control their players. Apart from Costa and Gabriel the rest were pretty well behaved, also not sure what Santi did to get charged

Success!

And Costa banned lol!

-PB

His card has been rescinded but he has still been charged for improper conduct.

By the way, Cazorla was charged because he insulted the referee by making a wanking gesture.

:lol:

:lol: Can't believe we actually won the appeal.

Same :lol:

Excellent news. So glad the club chose to fight the stupid red card in the first place. Well done.

It would be nice to see the "additional footage" that was provided by the club that led the FA to rescind the ban.... I guess it will never see the light of day though...

Wasn't it just the Brazil ESPN footage?

Pretty sure it was this.

http://arsenalist.com/f/2015-16/chelsea-vs-arsenal/gif-from-espn-brazil-s-coverage-showing-gabriel-s-kick.html



Edited by sydneycroatia58: 23/9/2015 09:48:01 PM

Flam be like :lol: dat hit. :shock:

Fucking gutted to see that useless c*nt score a goal like that in the same game Kane's volley gets cleared off the line :cry:

You lot were there for there taking tonight.

There's footage on the Spurs FB of the Gooners in the away end ripping signs down.

Stay classy Arsenal.