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For the first goal it's pretty grotesquely blatant. No one else even really around. What was the ref looking at? Second one is fine though, unfortunately. Goalie comes through the back of him and should do better.

What. Bipolarism is real.

"even the Sunderland one" haha, illustrating how low he could have swooped.

That must be the first time they've broken the 2,000 aside from the games against North Shields, no? I suspect they are serious indeed. True football fans and a history with South Shields with their business based there for a while.

Cuntboy is an utter cunt. Shocking.

Encroaching should only come into play if there's a rebound. Why does it even matter if a defender is in the box if the player scores or puts it wide? It doesn't. Doesn't it? So defenders are allowed to do it??? Effectively yeah. If the goal is scored, the defenders' actions are rendered meaningless by the rule above. Think I've just misinterpreted your point tbh. Spot on Dave, the defenders action are indeed rendered meaningless if the goal is scored. It's a simple extension of playing advantage. But we're going off track here.

It was taken from where Gayle ended up. so another new variation? He ended up on the other side of the box? Surely it would be on the box edge where he encroached Remember guys, this isn't even a real rule.

Off to encroach on another man's dick. ... Amirite?

'Shroud' seems much more appropriate tonight.

Too good! Meh, standard HatemBomb.

Easier to laugh at it now. We won anyway, but the ref will still get absolutely murdered online and in the media.

Scored twice even. ... Second one, not so flashy.

The lying sacks of shit.

Pretty stupid to encroach in the first, let alone being that far inside. Just asking the pen to be disallowed. Really dumb. Doesn't excuse the horrific decision by the ref. Good job Shola was on pens back in the day, because it seems like the kind of nonsensical idiocy he would have been capable of.

Seems pretty conclusive that the decision was made based on Gayle encroachment. Completely wrong though it is.

Same, just been looking at the score, check the thread at half time... Utter madness for pages and pages

Nah, that's right he didn't... I just went with Disco there

Exactly. Obviously glad he didn't.

If the ref didn't think it was a pen, how can he justify not booking Ritchie? Just too scared to make any real decision.

Ginger cunt aside, it's what we could expect. Gayle, Ritchie, Shelvey, Diame should be enough to see us through.

How many games in a row is that now? Absolutely nauseating.

It doesn't seem right in football for any shirt to be retired. Whereas in NBA it does to me. Must be because in basketball any number can be worn at any position so they are more closely attached to the player himself. In football there is still a positional relevance to the numbers for 1 to 11 so it makes me think the shirt should be in service of the team not the individual. If we had a number 9 scoring 50 goals and winning us the league, still wouldn't want it retired. It's better to have a passing of the torch.

the guy's absolutely done for.

Can we talk about gruesome injuries, please.

It's all part of football just being a blame game. Nobody ever taking responsibility for their actions and blaming the next guy for doing worse.