Spurs Set To Steal 4th Place?

Why dont you take off the arsenal cap you are wearing and start thinking in a more neutral and fair fashion. To suggest spurs were faking it is purely silly. What if next week at paris at 12noon your squad got poisoned and none of your reserves were there to replace your first teamers, would you think it's fair? It's not about spurs vs arsenal, it's not about spurs finishing 4th, it's not about getting the champs league spot from anyone or even arsenal, it's about DOING WHAT IS RIGHT AND FAIR! That's what REAL football is about.

Why dont they take it that we are better than theem and we deserved it.Just because you lost to westham dont mean you should have a replay.10 players were poisoned so what you still have many left.You were over exited when you beat bolton and now the gunners have come in front of you u start crying.You are just jealous that we are better than you.

It's not about justice though, we have had an incredible amount of injuries this season, and Thierry Henry was out a lot of the season at the beginning from Middlesbrough away to the Champions League match to Sparta Prague which caused us to have a very young team. We didn't moan when our defenders were out and carried on, that’s what reserves are for and Spurs need to learn that, they didn't capitalise on us earlier in the season and we pushed them and rightfully overtook them, as Henry said, the table doesn't lie and they don't like that so they are trying to re do the match after west ham will be tired after the FA Cup final and I don’t see this appeal as just or valid and we won fair and square. Okay this is cruel for you as you have played magnificent football this season and do deserve Europe, but I repeat the table doesn't lie. If your players were poisoned intentionally or by malcontent, then you have a case, but as it is I say the results should stand. You feel bad I know, but look at it this way, you are in UEFA cup and by no offence that is a good result for you and the team should be happy with that as you have more chance in that and you shouldn’t make these appeals.

I sympathise with Spurs, but the result must be allowed to stand. After all, this whole situation has arisen because Arsenal won whilst Spurs lost. But what if Wigan had held on to their 2-1 lead and beaten Arsenal? Would Spurs still have moaned about losing to West Ham - Of course not! If this had been a game earlier in the season, whereby the outcome of the result would not have been so immediate, would Spurs have complained so bitterly? Of course not! Spurts - sorry, Spurs - were given the option of having the game put back 2 hours. But they refused. A strange decision, given that half their team were supposed to be rooted to umpteen toilet bowls! This stomach bug was also supposed to have left them ravaged to the point of leglessness, yet at no point were all 3 Spurs substitutes used. No, Spurs just have to accept that this result must stand and that, in the day, West Ham were the better team - I mean, what arrogance! Do Spurs genuinely believe that they only lost because of the stomach bug? Do they honestly think that if a non-bugged team had played, they would have, without question, destroyed West Ham? I think West Ham would beg to differ! As has been widely mentioned elsewhere, Arsenal have been severely hit by injuries/illness at several points during the season, yet their predicament wasn't treated with a great deal of sympathy. And this is exactly as it should have been. Professionals have to behave in a professional manner - and just get on with it! Wenger didn't bleat to the FA demanding replays. In fact, it gave our youngsters in defence a greater opportunity to show us all what they could do. No, the result must stand - if fairness is to be truely observed.

There are cast iron rules, and the FA enforced them. Teams have a contract with the FA to fulfill their fixtures at the given dates, regardless of whether you have players out for whatever reason. If spurs get a replay, should Arsenal be allowed to replay every game they lost around the turn of the year when they had 10 players out? Of course not, it would be ludicrous. Will the whining Spurs fans please shut up, because your bad losing is annoying the hell out of everyone, not just Arsenal fans.

Not going to happen in a thousand years. They can pull up their socks right up to their thighs next season. For now, 4th place is a closed matter.

Tell you what. If the FA allow Spurs to replay their game then they should also allow Arsenal to replay the derby match with Spurs at Highbury, as both teams obviously have issues with fairplay in each game. That would put paid to all this moaning crap from the yids.