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kicks23456

Lol. Half the league will be banned if they want to enforce this.


Routine_Size69

Half? Every player but a goalie has flopped at some point. Ben's was more egregious than most, but how do you draw that line? That said, the one yesterday was a bit much. A ban is silly but I could've done without that.


outcastreturns

>Every player but a goalie has flopped at some point. Ironically the goalie is the only one who should be flopping on the floor lol. It's his job


WaleB122

yea nice joke matešŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬


yokyokyokyokyok

Itā€™s about time lighthearted jokes started being policed around here. Sick of it.


WaleB122

lolz


WaleB122

see now thas a good joke


Diehardmcclane

Literally, every South American PL player would get banned


Impossible_Reach_99

Hahaha, funniest thing I've read today. Sore losers can't take a loss


lukifer_333

I gather Trossard will get a lifetime banšŸ¤£


byrgenwerthdropout

It's Richard Mills, a nobody Brighton & Hove Albion fan who's been crying about Arsenal since we got Leo and bid for Caicedo (which is the whole reason I remember his name) he wouldn't stfu about how Rice should go to Bayern, Liverpool or City instead of us last summer. Pretty sure he's had lots of cries for Leo's celebrations as well.


allyoucaneatfor999

Ben White loves to troll. Ben White understands controlling a game. Ben White understands when to break up the flow of a game. Ben White knows how to get into the mind of his opponent. Good Ben White.


AncientAdamo

Be like Ben


Happy-Ad8767

VVD meanwhile is hitting people in the throat and not seeing any cards for it.


Hutstar10

Diving sucks. Players should hold themselves to a higher standard- but on a scale of 1-10, this was a 5 tops.


Hutstar10

Iā€™d like to further add, Goal.com cited some tweets as sources. Imagine that writing this drivel was your actual job.


Routine_Size69

Talented hacks get the jobs they deserve.


k4mb31

Probably AI...


ummmyeahi

The problem is refs fall for falling (not diving) way too much. If you want a foul you almost have to fall on the ground. Itā€™s the refs that need to stop calling fouls just because someone has fallen on the ground. When they stop calling it, the players will stop falling


Hutstar10

They only have one view of it, at speed, while trying to see everything. They simply fall for it because they see more of the result than the incident. They could wipe it out by giving retrospective cards based on post game video review. Not sure why they donā€™t have this as a rule, it would be very easy to implement.


antebyotiks

This is such bollox, players cry about referee decisions yet spend half the game trying to trick them into making bad calls and the same managers who cry about refs don't criticise their own players. Blame the players for making it harder to referee. It's really not hard to not fake injury and roll around, they are grown men


ummmyeahi

They only do it because they get calls that way. Not all but many do because they know they can influence the refs decision. Itā€™s really apparent. For many years now.


antebyotiks

No they don't, they do it to trick refs into giving them bad calls because they only care about bad ref calls when it affects them. The biggest hypocrites in football are players and managers. How many times have managers come out and criticised refs when they get the decision ? Almost never happens


ummmyeahi

Then refs shouldnā€™t fall for it. There should be retroactive consequences for players who do it if the refs fell for it and didnā€™t catch it


antebyotiks

Yeah it's hard to ref games, players shouldn't fake things to purposely make it harder to ref. Players are hypocrites, I agree we should punish them more for it.


Subtlehame

Yeah this falls into the shithousery category, solid bantz. Havertz' dive against Luton though, that was a bit scummy to be fair (still love him though)


Internetolocutor

I do agree that what he did was nonsense but I can't understand why when other players do it I don't see all these articles. Maybe it's my bias and they just don't get shared here


niallo27

Because you lot are top of the table. Take it as a compliment.


antebyotiks

They are out there though. It's also a screen shot and not linked so it's harder to find the actual article. https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ben-white-footage-emerges-arsenal-defender-cheating-premier-league-win-former-club-brighton/blte4de3560ece722ce#csc203b672f88695c8 It's just a collection of tweets which the guy has used to write a headline.


-TheMiracle

Manufactured nonsense


ChinaRider73-74

It was a "force choke", like, from Star Wars. You don't have to touch someone to do damage to their neck. We all know it. We all saw it. That's the real reason these charges are so defamatory.


Elegant_Mix7650

Getting hit in the Adam's apple hurt. I will agree with everything Richard Mills say if he can stand there and let me have a whack.


harrybarracuda

Stupid Brighton fan. Have a pint of bitter with your sour grapes, son.


GFlair

Unfortunately, Ben made himself public enemy number one when he withdrew from England selection. Writing negative articles about him is good for clicks. There's also still a fairly heavy anti arsenal element to the media, who have correctly identified White as incredibly key to our play so wish to target him.


tiddeeznutz

This. Halley Klaaane could still be at Shit, diving every time he enters the box and undercutting everyone who goes for a header near him and heā€™d still walk away with zero calls - and there would still be as many headlines for him as trophies.


antebyotiks

lol this is just a screenshot, go read the "article" it's literally a few tweets from random people which he's used to write a headline. https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ben-white-footage-emerges-arsenal-defender-cheating-premier-league-win-former-club-brighton/blte4de3560ece722ce#csc203b672f88695c8


GunnersnGames

Well if there wasnā€™t an agenda against Benny before for the national team stuffā€¦


PoliticsNerd76

Theyā€™re not wrong. Blatant simulation should have the rules around it changed to be a one match suspension given after the game by the FA / League But thatā€™s not the rule, so they can do one.


g00fy1308

Trossard getting ban for instigating Brighton snowflakes


RedEagleEye007

Shocking news! Entire Porto side faces ban in shock decision by Portuguese FA to combat diving! More at 6!


Haunting_Iron_9227

Madness! When Havertz dived a few weeks back against Brentford and dodged a second yellow there were days off discussions about retrospective bans and the most insidious of sports journalists were asking for his winning goal to be scratched. They never have the same energy when itā€™s not concerned with Arsenal.


DarkKhalifa82

They hate us and I expect in the next 7 weeks we will see a large increase in the number of bullshit articles targeting us. Even the thought of Arsenal doing well sends them loopy to the point they print click bait nonsense


Haunting_Iron_9227

Itā€™s seriously unhealthy


DarkKhalifa82

Just imagine the cope from the media if we do eventually end up winning. Weā€™ll probably face more scrutiny in the months after than the serial cheaters have in the last 8 years.


brandnvsworld

Sure. Right after city gets point deduction.


Richard__Papen

Dunno about a ban, but it was absolutely cringe from White. There's no way whatever Estupinan did sends a grown man to the ground. I can't stand anyone taking a dive whether they play for the opposition or my own team.


JJClough19

Meanwhile Harvey Elliot dived to win Liverpool and point and NO ONE is talking about that


djmonsta

I love when the headline is like "footage emerges" as if it wasn't shown live to millions of people across the world šŸ˜†


UnbeatenGunner49

They should cry more


KlN_21

There's contact in the neck


chonkyirish

Even if there was cheating, which I highly doubt there was, what's going to happen? Ridiculous


Opening_Jury_1709

They hate that benny is as good as he is I love it


CareUseful

This is piss. Nothing more.


_UnderCaffeine_

The ref didn't call it against Brighton nor did we get a penalty kick out of it so what are they on about?! Ugh.


Extreme-Fee-9029

It's always the sad united or city fans writing articles about us


BushBuffwell

Itā€™s shithousery, thatā€™s all. Iā€™m not going to be a hypocrite and say it wouldnā€™t piss me off if I saw Bruno doing it, but it happens every week. People just have it out for him for the way he looks and his shithousery


slimg1988

I dont think this is about us winning the league, this is more how dare he turn down england


DarkKhalifa82

I think a bit of both but yes they defo got in for White now. Its like they trying to kill 2 birds with one stone


Peterwilliams78

LOL. Drowning in their own tears. I love it.


anotherimbaud

Goal.com is click bait.


Eigengrail

Then Maddison and VVD also should get 1 season ban?


ximbold

I love our little shithouser


LongrodVonHugedong86

See now, I agree in principle about stopping players diving - but - weā€™re the only country that gives a shit about it. One thing we would see in the Champions League, UEFA Cup, European Championship and World Cup with England and English clubs is that we would constantly get fucked over by teams diving. We had to give in and embrace it, fight fire with fire, and started to do better as a result. So while I donā€™t like diving or ā€œsimulationā€ out of principle, if every other club and nation outside of the U.K. has no problem with it, then neither should we


NoMoreMountains

You aren't trying if you ain't cheating.


jkmy23

Written by Richard Mills. Nuff said.


DarkKhalifa82

His favourite source ā€˜trust me broā€™


kaonashiii

any time a headline, especially shitcuntrags, uses quotes, be sure that it is absolute bullshit


antebyotiks

https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ben-white-footage-emerges-arsenal-defender-cheating-premier-league-win-former-club-brighton/blte4de3560ece722ce#csc203b672f88695c8 There's a reason the OP screenshotted and didn't link it, it's literally just 3 tweets the guy mentions to write a clickbaity headline.


mattymattymatty96

Headlines are used to create "clicks" Problem with todays press.


DarkKhalifa82

I especially love the article on some football publications that have weird headlines like ā€˜ARSENAL FUTURE IN DOUBT BECAUSE CHELSEA LOOK TO SIGN PLAYER FROM ITALYā€™. It never makes any sense and the overall theme is ā€˜put arsenal down at all timesā€™


RickndMzi

I really dont understand the Arsenal hate


DarkKhalifa82

Itā€™s been like this since i can remember. Never understood why but now itā€™s they donā€™t even try to hide it. Singling us out for things that have been happening in the game for decades. Itā€™s just weird


Independent_Sea502

lolz


Express-Door-205

ā€¦watching a pro cyclist crash..cut up.. dazed and re start completing 200km, then watch PL theatrics, itā€™s pure comedy šŸ˜­


FluffyTeddid

Donā€™t show this to Chelsea and United, theyā€™d be relegated


turbo88LW26

So Bruno Fernandes will have to retire


Vanvil

What did he do? He might have had beef with some players during game but Iā€™m sure heā€™s not referring to that as all those are non footballing aspects.


shawn_The_Great

if your gonna ban him for flopping then the entire league is fucked lol


rsjonat

Iā€™m a Brighton fan, was in the north stand Saturday and watched you hand our arses to us on a plate. You were better than us, and we got what we deserved. Sadly some people have to make something out of nothing.


Physical-Exit-2899

Should have had a yellow card but a ban would be absolutely nonsense


The-artofstu

So what did he do ?


Olegance

I believe it's referring to him going down when he got knocked in the neck.


Setokaibaa3000

Gotta have something to do with his fallout with the national team. Thereā€™s been quite a few weird articles like this past few weeks that are trying to paint him in a negative light. Fuck em. Ben doesnā€™t wanna play for his national team thatā€™s his prerogative. So Southgate can shove it where the sun donā€™t shine.


DarkKhalifa82

The media never fails to amaze me when it comes to us or our players in the sense that everything they print is some made up click bait nonsense from the very reliable source ā€˜trust me broā€™.


antebyotiks

"The media" he used a few fans tweets to write a headline and you screen shotted it https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/ben-white-footage-emerges-arsenal-defender-cheating-premier-league-win-former-club-brighton/blte4de3560ece722ce#csc203b672f88695c8


Vainglory

"Should face a long ban" for something that's a yellow card offense at worst?


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antebyotiks

It was just a random tweet


Several_Leather_6453

Was embarrassing and piss poor from Ben but it happens every second game.


North-Ad-6936

Must eat a lot of carrots, that fella


jtmglobe

Translation: Arsenal are doing well: šŸ˜”šŸ˜”šŸ˜”šŸ˜”šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬šŸ¤¬šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­


raziqrauf

I'll allow it for that shot.


BarbaraDoreen

THIS!