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You are talking about the referee who gave the infamous beach ball goal though which is a clear violation of the 'outside agent' rule though. No doubt he's also one of the worst refs when it comes to using flawed interpretations to cover up for his errors - signalling for a Norwich throw-in to proceed only for Fer to knock it into an empty Cardiff net, then claiming it didn't count cos he didn't blow the whistle for the throw-in (which ref does?); pulling Ben Arfa back on a counter-attack when the advantage rule should have been applied, cos moments before an Everton FK or penalty was wrongly ruled off.

That Atalanta defender Mario Yepes red card Good goal. Daft of that #27 for not playing to the whistle or just lashing the ball out, and Yepes for arguing with a correct decision.

Great read, UV.

How did he get a WP anyway, considering his lack of international games? It's a big question mark if he falls under the 'exceptional talent' rule and it's not even a permanent signing.

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1681615/referee-correct-disallow-newcastle-goal?cc=4716

Yup. Like Mole said, he doesn't dominate the aerial ball despite his height. Not impressed by the few times I've seen him. Think it will be a tough ask for Carroll to get back to anywhere near his best after such a long injury either.

Not available, had to have signed before the first tie Ah, didn't know that.

FA Cup replay today. Your mate might be able to get an early look at him.

SDNews Makes the banning of certain media articles by the RedAndWhiteKop Nazis almost justified.

I don't know Caught Offside but I can tell you RMC is s****.

GW22: Sunderland 2-2 Southampton Arsenal 2-0 Fulham Crystal Palace 1-2 Stoke Man City 3-0 Cardiff Norwich 0-1 Hull West Ham 1-1 Newcastle Liverpool 2-0 Aston Villa Swansea 1-2 Tottenham Chelsea 2-0 Man Utd West Brom 0-2 Everton

'Here, we offer you a new 4-year contract til age 32 and on top of that, add another 3 years once you reach 200 appearances. How does that sound?' Sounds like BS. Should have made it an exclusive option to extend on the club's side like WBA did with Shane Long. Those amateurs never learn. I think it's just something that has been made up when people look at his appearances and see how close he is to a landmark. The press used the same trick on Xisco too. How many players actually had appearance-triggered contract extensions for the media to spin such tales? And we supposedly did it a second time.

'Here, we offer you a new 4-year contract til age 32 and on top of that, add another 3 years once you reach 200 appearances. How does that sound?' Sounds like BS. Should have made it an exclusive option to extend on the club's side like WBA did with Shane Long. Those amateurs never learn.

GW22: Sunderland v Southampton Arsenal v Fulham Crystal Palace v Stoke Man City v Cardiff Norwich v Hull West Ham v Newcastle Liverpool v Aston Villa Swansea v Tottenham Chelsea v Man Utd West Brom v Everton

Feels like an anti-climax this.

Good luck with that.

Shola the goat?

Wonder how those three will look like with Hodgson's face imposed.

Remember that episode of Friends where Joey is up for that award and doesn't win it?

No disciplinary action from the FA.

Prob mid-30k to low-40k considering the average PL footballer wage is about 30k. He had also signed a contract extension. We save about 1m in wages then.

Over a season's worth of games not enough for you? Seriously?

don't think you can judge him on that tbf. Give him 1, 2 or 3 starts in a row! Cisse is not the type of player who makes a great sub, i think. He needs confident (like many other strikers) obviously - he will only gain that by being trusted. He started the first 5 games of the season like. anita being better than cisse yesterday is silly arguing. I know cisse played badly beginning of the season. So five games and its over? You can´t come back into the team? Im not defending his performances I'm just saying i do believe he can be really good and it might be to early to write him off. Replacing him only means we might have to sign 3 quality strikers the next 2 windows.... Aren't you talking about Cisse having his 1, 2, 3 starts? Can't see why you mention Anita out of nowhere. And Cisse has been playing badly for months on end, not just the 5 matches you think he will turn it around. I'd be more than happy if he comes back to his first half-season form but he had been given ample opportunities to prove he still has it. He didn't do much much in his recent sub appearances either and continues to be offside. You are being very generous if you think a few consecutive matches will change things when every evidence has been to the contrary.

Not going to happen but I'd love for Ribery to win just to see Ronaldo's reaction.

Blatantly will be. You won't get him to turn up if he doesn't win man.