Quote Originally Posted by The Bedlington Terrier View Post
In fairness to Alan Pace he was not prepared for Der Kaiser to jump ship.

There are signs the lads are gelling and we are very difficult to score against.

I just wish Parker would use the bench.
The problem is that he is not allowed to keep a substitute ref on the bench
Sadly, on the referee's board which I frequent, one official says that the goal would have been disallowed by 95% of officials.
If the so-called 'push' had been on Anthony would the same official have awarded a penalty? We all know the answer to that question!

This is just a sad reflection on the way that the game is going and players are being penalised for 'manufactured' offences and, as was seen last night, their opponents are being cautioned for these 'non-offfences'
Quote of the day from the West Brom boss "I don't know how strong or weak the challenge was for the disallowed goal - but it was a clear push."
Just 8 minutes before we had seen Koleosho pushed off the ball with two hands in the back on the touchline and nothing was given at all.