It was a penalty!!

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Last night I watched the game again.............who wouldn't?? I replayed the debateable decisions again and again and again. Sol campbell did make contact with Roberts leg before getting the ball, even though it was only very slight it was enough to deny robert the opportunity for a clear shooting chance. He caught the outside of roberts leg with the outside of his leg, slight but contact was made. Bellamy's sending off is now even more of a disgrace now I've seen it again, cole got caught on his neck by his left ear, yet he goes to ground clutching the front of his face. +

-- Anonymous, December 20, 2001

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honest!

-- Anonymous, December 20, 2001

My view also syme - on both issues. I've been surprised that so many people seem to have accepted it was a bad penalty decision. I keep saying - and I notice that KD was saying the same in The Journal this morning - that very few of Poll's decision's can really be faulted, given the current FA policy on key issues.

I felt he missed the Pires handball, or saw it but felt it was inadvertant, was harsh with Bellamy's red card, and should have sent Campbell off for denying Robert a clear goal-scoring opportunity.

-- Anonymous, December 20, 2001


Campbell should have walked for the 'professional' foul, Arse can count themselves lucky they only lost Shirley Temple and 3 points.

-- Anonymous, December 20, 2001

I still think he let Pires's handball go cos of the obvious foul on Pires by Dabs whilst he was in the air....absolute certain penalty for me that one....

-- Anonymous, December 20, 2001

There was a ref on the three legends last night trying to make them understand that pen under the letter of the law. Very interesting. The fact that a tackle comes from behind rather than the side means that no contact should be made with the player regardless of whether the ball is also taken. A foul (which this was by that definition) inside the penalty area results in a penalty. The reason he wasn't sent off is that it wasn't a clear goal-scoring opportunity since Poll didn't think Robert had sufficient control to score.

Had Robert not had the ball at all and been similarly tripped from behind then a pen would still have been awarded.

-- Anonymous, December 20, 2001



Definitely a penalty to us - although on 1st sight on the telly (the same angle the ref saw it) I thought Robert dived...2nd angle clearly showed Campbell take LR's trailing leg just before the ball. And it was a tackle from behind, so a penalty 2bly justified. Charlie Dimmock should have been sent off for violent conduct when he elbowed Dabs in the back of the head. Was Keown booked for running through Bellamy in the 1st half? Cole was a disgrace - his reaction was Mark Hughes-esque and shamed his team. I would be outraged if any NUFC player reacted in the same manner to such innocuous contact.

-- Anonymous, December 20, 2001

I thought Campbell got the ball cleanly after the first replay.

However, after borrowing the tape off a friend, Campbell DEFINITELY GETS ROBERT'S LEG just before the ball. It is irrelevant whether or not he was going for the ball or not, the fact is he made contact with him.

If Campbell's effort was fair, then the goalkeeper made sure by grabbing hold of Robert's ankle afterwards - a further red card if Campbell was let off.

It's a case of Poll's reputation amongst Arsenal fans being blown out of proportion - having looked at it again there are very few decisions that you can call terrible - maybe debatable but he is only human.

We won 3-1, and I don't care how it happened, a win at highbury was beyond my wildest dreams. Arsenal GAVE US THE GAME in reality, by missing so many good chances in the first half. 3-0 and they wouldn't lose.

They only have themselves to blame, but they don't have the balls to admit it.

-- Anonymous, December 20, 2001


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