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Andy Gray's machine from 1997 (or FIFA 98) would be able to tell definitively if that ball was over or not from the above angle shot. So you see the sphere of the ball rather than judging it on the base. Weird if they haven't got the tech in VAR to do that now when it was available that long back.

Roker Magic: of course it is. Its just a hell of a lot of Sunderland fans will argue that Newcastle fans are obsessed with us when we are just as obsessed with them. I cant be arsed to go and look on their forum but it would be interested to see how many replies there are on our match threads"

Yeah, generally they bring good support in numbers but lame support in nosie whatever game unfolds. Similar numbers of fans from Man U, Liverpool, Leeds the same just cant be said of.

^ my heart and spincther

So much effort from us, be gutting just for them nevermind meself

Used up 3 VAR get out of jail cards in one go there worrying will pay for that down the line

The infamous Atari game?

The goal at Sheffield United when Gordon just kept it in looked out, so that's a wait and see, they must know

5' to give the decision that he would have gave anyway, that's progress

Glad VAR has ended the days when referees would make amends for poor decisions against a team by giving a soft one.

never getting that like last year the wait will help quell the momentum nicely for them

ffs here we go CSI VAR

Amount of times they go down holding their heads try to con a stoppage only to get up when nothing's given is worth a booking, no different to a dive

Just Pope, Burn, Bruno, Wilson and Trippier under the bus so far. Keep up the ace support

Its been one and half games not 'always' that they've got to us. We did the same to them in the game prior - completely discombobulated the manager as I recall.

Might have got minutes on Wednesday, attitude notwithstanding, but in hindsight that would have been a mistake.

plus no injuries and I'd take that too.

shut up shut up shut up

Seems you have to be some fraud to not have West Brom in the play-offs.

If Sheffield United miss this pen, they're cursed, no doubt about it like

Had lines Rooney

Having just wondered about that conspiracy theory at least three late equalisers fly in

Noticed there's hardly any draws in the FAC. Nobody wants replays anymore.

Sheffield United. Season's going to be utter hell.

They're a bit reminiscent of us under Dalglish. Turgid CL campaign and clung on to the coat-tails of the leaders until December before the shit performances more consistently got the results they deserved. Fingers crossed it pans out the same. Though ironically we played well at Old Trafford twice that season, which Man U are yet to do this.