Today we learned that it was all Arsenal’s fault that Alan Hutton got sent off the other night. Well not completely, he does say that Hutton shouldn’t have fallen for being conned into a red card!
Conned?!?!!! Alan Hutton cleaned out Van Persie and Vermaelen. He came through the back of Van Persie, failing to get the ball. Then ninety seconds or so later he bulldozed Vermaelen off the pitch, again not involving the ball in proceedings. In other words he quite rightly got two yellows which makes a red.
The only people conned are the Aston Villa owners when they were persuaded to part company with some cash to bring him to the club. To make matters worse, McLeish then says he doesn’t hold anything against Van Persie for conning Hutton. Apparently that sort of thing is acceptable ‘street smart’ behavior that gains your team an advantage.
McLeish needs to get his thinkin ‘ead on – Hutton wasn’t conned, he’s just too slow, and conning the referee isn’t something premier football managers should be advocating. I know this all sounds a bit ‘preachy’, but surely good football is something worth having?
The only thing I don’t get about Arsenal’s decision on postponing the Wolves game is that they left it so late. The Boxing Day strike has been planned for weeks. Why wait until fans have made all their family plans for Christmas before changing?
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