Genre: Opinion/Argumentation

To this day I still cannot understand the intelligence behind the Accumulated Yellow card rule. If you are unfamiliar, let me explain. If an player is booked ten times from the opening day of the season -- to the second Sunday in April, he must serve a ban of two Premier League matches. This in all well and good, but when you are in the position of Laurent Koscielny last Sunday, it seems ludicrous that his suspension would have been reduced, had he been shown a red card for a more serious incident. Arsene Wenger spoke about the illogicality of the decision in a press conference before the Wolves match, "As we understand the situation, with a red card he would have been less suspended than one yellow." "It is not completely logical but we have to take it on board and he will be suspended for the next two games." Arsene is completely right, this is a ridiculous rule that needs to be reviewed. The fact that a player can avoid a larger ban by committing a more serious offence is completely against the morals of our beautiful game. The FA live in a wonderful world where anything they say goes, they make more controversial comments that Kenny Dalglish on a bad day. This horseplay is degrading the reputation of our nations sport and the FA must amend these poor decision before it gets out of hand. In other news this morning, Clint Dempsey is being heavily linked with an Arsenal switch this summer. The on form American is currently plying his trade elsewhere in London, playing under Martin Jol at Fullham. At the ripe age of 29 some may question the 10 million price tag he is carrying but if I remember rightly; we paid a similar amount for Arteta, who is getting on a bit too. There is no doubt he would fit in perfectly with our system, and that he has the talent and flare to be successful playing with some of the worlds finest. He has an impressive scoring record of 22 goals in all competitions this term, including a priceless equaliser against Chelsea in midweek, reducing their chances of Champions League qualification next year. In my opinion, we need a dynamic attacking midfielder to support RVP and provide goals, Dempsey playing behind him, and Podolski to his left next season, would be a force to be reckoned with, and hopefully provide enough firepower to push for the title. Speaking of trophies, Mikel Arteta has warned the Manchester clubs that Arsenal will come back stronger than ever next season, in their attempt to reclaim the Premier League title for the first time in 8 years. Speaking to sports mail he said, " We've missed big players this season, Abou Diaby, Jack Wilshere. They haven't played at all and are massive players. "We know we have really good players and maybe, just maybe, we can do even better than what we have done this year." After only earning 4 points from a possible 15 at the start of the season, we spent a while in 17th position. Arteta reminds the fans how hard the team have had to work to get to their current position, " We've put in a big effort, we are in a strong position now and we don't want to waste it." This season signifies a remarkable turnaround in our overall team confidence. Maybe it's the instalments of experienced players? Or maybe the team have learnt from the past, but in a period of the season where we usually experience a dip in form, we have returned to our strongest. Arsene Wenger deserves a lot of credit, but I do think Pat Rice doesn't receive the plaudits he deserves. Sadly he will be leaving the club this summer but I think we all appreciate his contribution over the years. Anyway, thats that, look forward to the match this evening and let's hope for another win. Dear Arsenal Fc, Please do everything possible and in your power to sign the likes of Clint Dempsey,Olivier Giroud,Stephene Sessenor and other high class midfielders like M'ville to strenghten the present squad for the tittle race next season.We the Arsenal's fans all around the world have waited too long for a trophy. Translate this Page Welcome to Arsenation Arsenation is a Blog run by passionate and enthusiastic Arsenal fans, we aim to provide pieces with opinions, debate and controversy. We also regularly try to provide you with the latest transfer news and gossip and always want to hear what you have to say.