Neil

Love owt like this me.

"Another "Domination Special", Steve?"

Very good.

Just because I have no sig currently doesn't mean I'm not making a mental note. Is it a bad thing that I've only just realised that your sig is no more? Well, I still know roughly the main (vaguely realistic) ones I had. VI's in trouble, that's all I'm saying.

Just because I have no sig currently doesn't mean I'm not making a mental note.

Portugal would be in the 4th pot? Oh dear.

That's what got you into this mess in the first place.

BBC saying Portugal's goals were 35 and 40 yarders. Exaggeration or...?

If ever a situation required Yao.

Re: Rodwell, him featuring in both these games is a classic case of the power of the media. Talk about him more and people (not so much round here, but still a fair few people) think "yeah, he's actually good." He has so far in his career flattered to deceive. Sometimes you think, wow, this lad looks technically great, looks smooth in possession and is going to be class. Then he goes and does fuck all a lot of the time. Annoying. Can't deny he'll improve when he goes to a better club, sadly.

Sewelly's consistency in his Sunderland insults is what impresses me.

This Wolves crowd ffs. Get behind the team instead of booing a backwards pass 20 minutes into the game. Pathetic.

Surely it's: Mohamed playing Diamé well.

That's like some sort of horrid interview question. "So, in your mind, what factors contribute to Wigan when they're winning?" "Well, err. They, you know. They do stuff. Like, errr. Ah, shit."

Sexual from Gonzalo. 3-1.

Love a good header.

Pandering towards the Asian market.

Love a quick free kick.

Should have been 2 immediately after.

His late attempt was worthy.

Saha was shite, should have put away the chances he had. A striker for us putting away chances, haha, good one.

Anyway, enough of the penalty decision because as I say, it doesn't excuse what was a fucking horrendous 2nd half performance. Just when I thought "oh, we're on top now", we offered fuck all. We kept possession and did our usual thing of dawdling about. Indeed, it was you who were more likely to score in the last few minutes. More generally, we have a long-standing habit of not playing badly but losing, and playing well but drawing. It's almost as if we're a good striker away from being a good team - shocking, ey?

Surprised by how many people are trying to defend Gosling, and can't just accept that on this occasion, you got a big break. Doesn't mean we'd have gone on and won, or even scored the penalty, but there's no doubt you got lucky in this situation.

Exactly, it has to be deliberate. Commentators and pundits are terrible at getting this wrong, the media ignore the actual law, so now fans and players have incorrect expectations. Well it'd help if the referees start applying the rules consistently, but then again that barely happens with any area of the law.

There was barely contact and certainly not enough force to warrant a foul. The Gosling handball was a penalty all day long.