Worst ref and worst VAR this weekend

[Peter]

I will be in Tokyo when the game kicks off, Ginza, specifically

It kicks off at 1:30am Tokyo time

Don't give a toss who the referee is City1-3 Arsenal

The Tokyo air will be filled with foul language by around 3.30 am

[Luis Anaconda]

The Tokyo air will be filled with foul language by around 3.30 am

We're winning, p. Though to be fair WES can also swear like a trooper when we win as well.

They'll probably just thing Godzilla is back

[Peter]

We're winning, p. Though to be fair WES can also swear like a trooper when we win as well.

They'll probably just thing Godzilla is back

Oh yeah, victory can produce some choice language as well

I was politely ejected from Healy Mac's (Kuala Lumpur's premier Irish pub) at the conclusion of the Cup Final win over Hull. Among the incriminating comments was 'have some of that, you Chelsea c**t', to some Chelsea fan who had been giving me some stick at 2-0 down. To be fair, the Chelsea fan took it pretty well and thought it was funny. The owners, less so

And we're not winning

[Sir C]

We're winning, p. Though to be fair WES can also swear like a trooper when we win as well.

They'll probably just thing Godzilla is back

We’re going to get gubbed.

[Peter]

We’re going to get gubbed.

I would certainly hope not. But we are not going to win, I am sure of that.

[PSRB]

We’re going to get gubbed.

Not sure about gubbed, more robbed. Some shocker of a decision will hand it to 115.

[Luis Anaconda]

Not sure about gubbed, more robbed. Some shocker of a decision will hand it to 115.

No we are winning

[Peter]

No we are winning

You don't sound convinced

[Luis Anaconda]

You don't sound convinced

I was wrong again - but will take that

[Peter]

Not sure about gubbed, more robbed. Some shocker of a decision will hand it to 115.

It might be the slow accumulation. 5 or 6 obvious yellow cards ignored, two yellows for one of ours on the 'letter of the law'.

Remember Rodri escaping 3 or 4 times at the Emirates and eventually getting booked for taking his shirt off after scoring the injury time winner. And the travesty of ignoring that second yellow for Kovacic this season.

That's how a ref influences a game. Not with the big decisions that VAR can overturn, but by stealth. At Anfield, Rodri was booked for a poor challenge. On three subsequent occasions he had to avoid dragging someone down and preventing a break because he was on a yellow. Against us he can do it all day. Slowly, it makes a huge difference in a game.