The old saying about cheats never prospering is frankly bollocks.

Moan Utd are a prime example of this. They have, down the years, got away with whinging, timewasting, foul and abusive behavior towards officials, fellow players and coaches, foul play, and bending every rule in the FA book of football laws.

Nothing we didn’t already know. But this contempt for the very game of football is spreading through the top flight of football like a virus.

Hull City are a perfect example of this fact. Not only did they do their upmost to foul every Arsenal player in possession, whine like stray dogs every time they didn’t get a foul, which thanks to one of the worst refereeing performances I have seen for many a year, wasn’t often, they took the art of timewasting to a whole new level. I can understand timewasting in 88 minute, sure. But in the 18th minute? The Hull keeper should have been sent off for the glaring amount of time he alone wasted, which on a replay of the match, would probably amount to well over three or four of the 97 minutes played.

This phenomenon of playing anti-football seems to be very much a problem amongst the pie-eating areas of England. Bolton, Blackburn, Wigan, and the new boys to playing crap football, Hull City. Strangely none of which are a million miles away from Old Trafford. Yet their supporters seem to revel in watching this drab, dour, pointless, unattractive, boring, and largely unsuccessful brand of the game. Here’s to hoping at least two of those mentioned above are back where they belong come next August. The Championship. The only place fit for the underachievers of modern football.

For once though, true style and footballing class won through in the end on Tuesday night. And Arsenal showed true grit and determination to send the CHEATS packing! And let’s be honest, no one outside Hull would really want to see them take on Chelski next month.