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So mclean fist pumping in front of them = Outragous

 

But Pedo Johnson running the lenght of the pitch doing a potentially offensive and insensitive gesture = Total hero

 

Fucking hypocrites.

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Sunderland extended their winning run against Newcastle United to a record breaking six games with an initially nervy, but eventually resounding, victory over their neighbours.

 

It was Sunderland's first win of the season, in new manager Sam Allardyce's first home match in the most important game of the season. If that does not repair the confidence lost during their dreadful start to the new campaign, nothing will.

 

To rub salt in Newcastle wounds that have never been allowed to heal from the first of their six derby defeats, way back in April 2013, Steven Fletcher's third goal for Sunderland meant they moved above their neighbours on goal difference.

 

Steve McClaren tried to argue the derby was just another game, but he will realise now it is anything but.

 

To win one derby is special, but to do it six times in a row is truly remarkable. Newcastle supporters have been humiliated before, but never quite like this, against their biggest rivals and supposedly poor relations.

 

They will focus their anger on McClaren, who has managed to win just one of his 10 games in charge. The former England coach will not be able to put any sort of positive spin on the performance, or offer any convincing excuses.

 

Sunderland, in particular, were dreadful in the first half, as individual errors were compounded by an inability to keep possession, which was further inflamed by their consistently terrible set-piece delivery.

 

Newcastle were better, moved the ball confidently and created two excellent chances before half time.

 

The first, when Jack Colback's hooked volley from a lovely chipped pass from Daryl Janmaat was bundled round the post by a nervy looking Costel Pantilimon, the second when Ayoze Perez opened up his body to convert Moussa Sissoko's cross, only to slice his shot well wide.

 

Newcastle looked the superior and more confident side, fresh from their 6-2 win over Norwich City the previous weekend. Sunderland looked like a side that had not won a league game since May still trying to grasp yet another new manager's style of play.

 

Their supporters grew uneasy. Mistakes were jeered with ever rising volume and when captain John O'Shea limped off with a hamstring injury just seconds after Ola Toivonen had also been forced off prematurely, Newcastle knew they would never have a better opportunity to end their five-game losing streak.

 

Sunderland, though, hung in there. Pantilimon did not look assured, but, crucially, he did not concede, shovelling a scissor kick from Fabricio Coloccini away from goal and tipping a free-kick from Georginio Wijnaldum over.

 

If you cannot win games easily, at least make yourself hard to beat and having clung on grimly, rarely managing to get near Newcastle's goal, let alone threaten it, Sunderland took the lead in first-half stoppage time.

 

Jermain Defoe, on for Toivonen, spotted the run of Steven Fletcher, who had caught Coloccini on the blindside. The Newcastle captain was always half a yard behind the Sunderland striker, but appeared to have got himself into a position to make it difficult for the Scotland international to get a shot away cleanly.

 

Quite why Coloccini then decided to run into Fletcher with his shoulder inside the area, when he was nowhere near the ball, only he knows, but it was rash to the point of stupidity.

 

Fletcher was knocked sideways and over as Elliot picked the ball up. Coloccini's dismay at being penalised was followed by incredulity when he was also shown a red card, but it was a foul and he was the last defender denying a goalscoring opportunity.

 

It was a split second decision that turned a good half for the Magpies into a bad one as Adam Johnson slotted in the penalty and ran the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the Newcastle fans.

 

The former England international's aeroplane arms celebration did not go down well with many from Tyneside, provoking accusations it was a deliberately antagonistic gesture in reference to the two Newcastle supporters killed when a passenger plane was shot down over Ukraine last year. Only he will know whether it was or not, but Johnson should apologise for any offence he has caused because it left a bad taste in the mouth, even if it was unintended.

To make matter worse, Newcastle felt they should have had a penalty of their own seconds before Coloccini's blunder when Cheick Tiote's flick hit the hand of Sebastian Coates. They are rarely given though.

 

Down to 10 men and trailing a game they had dominated for 45 minutes, Newcastle had a hard luck story, but nothing else to show for their efforts.

 

The confidence surged through the Stadium of Light like electricity, charging the atmosphere, cranking up the noise, but also the tension.

 

This is not a Newcastle team that has ever possessed the qualities needed to triumph in adversity, but Sunderland were one that had forgotten what it is like to triumph in any sort of circumstances.

 

Despite their numerical disadvantage, Newcastle did not fold and Pantilimon was called upon to make a brilliant save to deny Aleksandar Mitrovic after Ayoze Perez's pass had deflected into his path.

 

It felt like a big moment and it was as Sunderland began to take control of the game and duly scored a second goal, Lens volleying a corner towards the far corner, where Billy Jones stepped in front of the defenderto poke the ball over the line.#

 

Wijnaldum forced another decent save, but Johnson came close to scoring the third goal that would have put Sunderland above Newcastle on goal difference when his ferocious shot smashed against the crossbar.

 

Sunderland's third did eventually come, when Fletcher deservedly got his name on the scoresheet late on.

 

 

Seems the Telegraph picked up on it.

 

Nothing in the plane reference for me thought he just had his arms outstretched in celebration although only he will know, should come out and clarify / apologise and should be fined from the FA for improper conduct. Commentators said nothing about it, the McClean one they were up in arms on soccer Saturday maybe if one of our players reacted might have got more attention.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Never for one second thought he was doing it about MH17 and still don't.  Looks and acts like a heroin addicted paedo bear but I don't think his intentions were anything other than to be a cunt and maybe attract some kids with a passing interest in aviation.

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No way on gods earth was that a reference to that

 

he ran the length of the pitch, aeroplane celebration......how the fuck is it gonna look? 1st class kunt who should have said and acted like the accused sex offender he is, quietly but no he had to run the length of the pitch and do what he did the vile human.........i bet a million quid he doesnt play at SJP.

 

i hate him with a passion

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No way on gods earth was that a reference to that

 

he ran the length of the pitch, aeroplane celebration......how the fuck is it gonna look? 1st class kunt who should have said and acted like the accused sex offender he is, quietly but no he had to run the length of the pitch and do what he did the vile human.........i bet a million quid he doesnt play at SJP.

 

i hate him with a passion

 

Best make a database of celebrations which might offend certain 'supporters' (won't somebody think of the children!)

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Unless we change our policy on loans, I doubt we'll sign a keeper.

 

A midfielder with some ability to dominate a game is the key signing. We need a CB yes, but unless we can shift one of our shit ones I don't see that happening either.

 

The personnel in the first-choice defence aren't that bad IMO, they would look alright if the midfield wasn't completely absent.

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I noticed the aeroplane celebration as soon as he did it. The fact that he made a point of running the length of the pitch towards our fans whilst doing it makes me think that his intentions maybe weren't the best. Could easily see how some people would take offence to it.

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