I am surprised at how some football pundits have tried to spin the Mikel Arteta tackle on Michael Owen a bad one that prompted the former “Prince of English Football” to retaliate against the Arsenal player. Come on, did they even see the replay of the tackle There are three points why it was a good tackle by the Arsenal skipper for the day.
First and foremost, Arteta got the ball and not any part of Owen’s leg. I don’t even think there was follow through which caught the player. This is evidenced in how Owen could so easily get up and aim the punch (or lack of) towards the back of Arteta. If the Spaniard really did get him, I am sure Owen will be rolling around on the field expecting sympathy from the referee. Second, Arteta’s studs were not showing and his feet did not leave the ground. Lastly, our skipper did not even go directly in from behind the player. So seriously, there is no defense for Michael Owen and Tony Pulis to say that the Stoke player retaliated because it was a bad tackle. Probably, Owen and Pulis’s egos could not take the reality that an Arsenal player could perform such a hard but perfectly legal tackle.
The fact is Tony Pulis’s players do not know how to tackle properly. That is why Stoke is often branded as the dirtiest team in the Premiership. Look at how Shawcross went in on Koscielny. The Stoke player’s studs were full on into Koscielny’s groin while our Frenchman tried to avoid the opposition player’s more sensitive areas. There is a difference between playing hard and playing dirty, and it was very clear at the Emirates which side was the dirty one.
Stupid article by a stupid Arsehole fan. Your team is bullshit, your players are little boys and fans are crying babies and little girls. You are pathetic.
One nil, to the football team!
A very biased piece,Arteta fouled end of tackling from the side.
Witshire should have been booked for getting involved.
Shawcross and Koscielny both slid in for a ball,both had to go for it.
One came out screaming ,the other with a yelow card and six stitches,strangely written biased piece this.
Stop talking shit. Owen has had an injury strewn career and that’s probably why he reacted to the challenge. The players shook hands afterwards to show no hard feelings. You’re making more of fuss than Stoke did.
His article never attack Owen imo, just make it clear for any other bloke out there that still brand Arteta’s tackle was poor challenge, that it’s indeed NOT a poor one.
spot on mate. in fact, as we all know, if the situation had been reversed you would have heard PUKElis say that it was a perfectly timed tackle and how arsenal always moan about stokes hard but fair tackling. i also notice the fa let off owen which is of no surprise to me as they only like to go for arsenal players in that position. but i thought the rule was that if he threw a punch that showed “intent” which is punishable by a 3 game ban. just ask the likes of vierra & bergkamp, who, without actually touching a player both recieved 3 game bans because they showed “intent” in their actions. lets just see what happens if an arsenal player does what owen does, then lets see how they are treated in them circumstances….i already know that outcome!!!
The writer is spot on in his description of Arteta’s tackle and that Owen actually had no basis to retaliate in that stupid manner. The comparison of Shawcross tackle with that of Koscielny is another example for Pulis to differentiate between a cultured player and a dirty player. Well, I don’t expect Pulis or Stoke fans to understand the difference anyway.
U know a spud fan moment i see one…typical spud. Can’t see anytin wrong wit d article…great write…still in shock how Owen escaped being punished.
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It was an over physical challenge by Arteta-but definitely not a dirty one.
I think you make a very good point about the difference between a hard and a dirty challenge. Pulis’s comments are just defensive rubbish- trying to justify why he chooses anti football.
Shawcross is a player-with a suspect temperament- He loses control in the tackle when he gets wound up. That was a red card challenge against Koscielny.
I don’t expect the FA to act or punish Owen since he is a proper English boy. If it were Suarez of this world or any Arsenal player, it would be automatic red. Officiating generally in English soccer is fast losing credibility.
James, you are as dirty as stoke, you stink lol.. all stoke fans are bast@rds and pulis is a son of the bitch !
How that wasn’t a red card offense by Owen still beats me. How many Arsenal player has been sent off for retaliation recently? Gervinho and Diaby readily comes to mind. Officiating in England is one hell of a joke
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