The PGMOL and Premier League have told Arsenal to wear their black away strip for this weekend’s north London derby because there’s too much white on our home strip.
In a pointed statement on the Arsenal website, the club relayed that an offer to wear red shorts and socks – an attempt to solve the problem – was rejected.
While it’s true the new adidas home shirt incorporates more white than usual thanks to the panelling down the side of the jersey, it’s still very obviously a predominantly red shirt.
Given Sp*rs’ kit this season incorporates lots of blue on the sleeves, as well as blue shorts, you’d have to be as blind as a Premier League referee not to be able to tell the difference between the players.
Ultimately, it’s a minor issue and certainly not something that will bother the players or the manager, but the authorities’ decision to make a big deal of it reflects a weird obsession with nitpicking that most supporters won’t appreciate.
As a consequence, it’s been ruled that Sp*rs will also have to wear their away kit at the Emirates when they visit in January.
Weird, but let’s hope this is a good step in the road to giving this away kit ‘iconic’ status.
Agree. Because of where we are, this game in particular calls for a “chip on the shoulder” “us versus the world” black kit attitude.
They’ve done this so they can be absolutely sure they are penalising Arsenal players for nothing.
Seems appropriate…
Hangmen always wear black!
We’re only missing the hoods.
You’re dickheads, FA. You’re dickheads “independent” review panel for saying ‘once the referee saw it, Rice gave him no choice but to give him a yellow’ – ball was moving, you’re fucking mugs!
Siege mentality, let’s fucking av it Arsenal!
Of course I meant Premier League not FA (blinded by the rage haha), but I think the FA are dickheads too just because.
If Arsenal do win something this year, the club should consider changing its motto to “Victoriam In Adversis” (Victory Through Adversity). Or whatever is Latin for “victory despite a corrupt system of officiating and pointless internationals.”
I’ll help you with the Latin translation of that sentence: “victoriam a pesaris de un sistemos de hijoeputas malcriados et quid les encanta il sabor de su propia mierda”
Was any of that castilian Spanish with a few creative additions? Absolutely not. Did I also sneakily add that these corrupt officials love the taste of their own shit? Why I would never.
In PIGMOL Latin: Oward-hay ebb-way an-cay uck-fay imself-hay.
1-0 for the (black-kitted) Arsenal.
I’d like more than that please, a nice three nil would be good. The team will be up against at least twelve men again though, as the imperious Mr Gillett will be in charge of his second match (out of four, what the fuck?) and we all know that he has no problem with the opposition throttling our players or assaulting their bums. PGMOL really are a nefarious bunch of cunts.
I mean if you ignore the fact that one kit it RED on white, and the other is white on NAVY BLUE. The white parts of the two kits are basically completely contrasted. The gooner kit is white on the sides and sleeves and RED on the back and front, while the chodes kit is NAVY BLUE sleeves and side and white front and back. I’m barely clinging onto my support of this league; these vampires are fucking effective at sucking every last essence of my interest away…
damn you predicted the future correctly
Update: Arsenal players ordered to play with both arms tied behind their backs at Sp*rs.
… and the bootlaces on each boot tied together.
And then Big Gabby will be Red carded when the ref sees his laces not tied to each other. Unreviewed video footage after the fact reveals James Maddison was seen untying the knot while kneeling behind Magalhaes at a corner.
Closely followed by hordes of by the letter of the law wankers.
Those hordes are exactly why the world is a fucking dumpster fire. Bet they’re all Elrond’s fucking musketeers too…
And yet there will be a handball penalty against us. Arm in an unnatural position.
Wow… just when you think they couldn’t actually be any worse… they find new ways…
We all know we have two blindsmen and a wanker who misses more than he sees in the middle
🫵💯😆
In a pointed statement on the Arseblog website:
“You’d have to be as blind as a Premier League referee…”
As blind as a premier league referee….I’ve new not seen a more apt sentence all week
“So then sir, as your doctor I regret to inform you that your eyesight has deteriorated so badly you’re now considered legally blind. The one silver lining being that you’re at least not PL referee blind.”
We’d beat them in red, We’d beat them in white,
We’d beat them in black,
Cause they’re fucking shite!
Oh WELL SAID, Tomasi!
😂
Donesnt matter what colour we’ll win
That’s fine. It’s their funeral.
We’re the boys in green and black,
And we’re always on attack,
And Ange’s head looks like big ball sack.
Pink, blue, burgundy, chartreuse…
Give a fuck. We’d batter these bums with 11 gunnersaurus costumes on the field.
COYG!!!
(And fuck Sp*rs)
Meanwhile in the real news…
The Athletic reports that Andrew Mangan has been denied work permit and won’t join Real Madrid’s coaching staff. On the positive side, hopefully he will have enough time to keep writing this blog.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5757711/2024/09/10/real-madrid-andy-mangan-stockport?source=user-shared-article
PGMOL… they’ve ruled that Rice isn’t playing, and dictated what colours we wear – you’d think they could do us a turn and let us in on what they’ve decided the score is going to be.
Rice isnt playing because he did something stupid.
So, we’ve gotta wear black at WHL – that’ll teach us for disputing their corrupt decision making…
But it changes nothing, the Premier and PGMOL are still as bent as a nine bob note…
I have a suspicion that the neon kit last season helped players see each other – surely bright kits can help team play, especially with instinctive passing in tight areas? If we’re working so hard to control the fine details, surely Arteta would have a say in kit colours too?
I generally don’t give credence to conspiracy theories around PGMOL, I just think there’s a level of incompetence, mismanagement and regulation around the referring set up. However, given the lack of an actual clash between the kits when you pair our’s with red shorts (see photos of Union Berlin vs. St. Pauli from a couple weeks ago, Union’s kit is the same template as ours vs an all white St Pauli kit), it makes you wonder if the PGMOL have made a petty ‘letter of the law’ decision given all the public criticism they’ve faced over the Rice sending off… Read more »
IMO certain calls made by PGMOL refs cannot be explained away by bias or incompetence, it’s corruption plain and simple. It has happened in other leagues, it would be naive to think it couldn’t happen in the PL.
It’s a nonsense decision, where and when did all this start. UEFA are just as bad with the ridiculous decisions. What it’s ultimately doing is driving clubs to produce these unnecessary 3rd and 4th kits (who along with the kit sponsor probably aren’t too bothered as it all means extra cash in the coffers right). Where is the sensibility in all this, the two home kits don’t clash and haven’t going back down the years and all it means is it’s “forcing” to some degree more money out of the fans who support their club. I mean I now know… Read more »
I woundet if they will be so fussy when Chel$ea and City play each other …
Funny how we are ordered to wear black because our kit was “too white” but Sp*rs get to wear the whitest green kit ever against a white-kitted Brighton…