Whitey Grandad

No one match is arguably any more important than any other. The away win at Old Trafford might turn out to have been of more significance.

I thought it wasn't a question of financial viability, rather a means to rid themselves of Yeung's influence?

I thought you were offering to train one? It's your idea, nobody else would want to take the credit for it. I've got pigeons (if there are such birds) that crap on my car, would they do?

Generic, innit. It's a word, not a genus.

Oregon, Maine or Dorset?

Decision later this week, I would have thought.

He had a great game up at Roker Park when we won 1-0.

Be wary of builders and their cracks... https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8333/8366591037_f91442e831_z.jpg

Er.... Discovered? I'm still looking FFS

Meh, I'm twice the man he is! Well, twice as big, anyway.

Close, but I'd never have a kitchen in those colours.

Dropped ball. 'Outside interference of any kind' is a dropped ball. (Just like one of mine )

I've never forgiven that thug Denis Irwin for ruining his career for us, and apparently Kevin hasn't forgotten either: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2954008/Kevin-Davies-claims-early-injury-against-Manchester-United-cost-World-Cup-place-50-caps-England.html

Very good news. As for J-Rod, the earlier he's back, the better for all concerned. I don't expect much contribution from him this season but at least he'll have been fittened up for either further service or off to market.

Yes, you would hope so, but in this situation the ref has had his decision, honestly reached, as incorrect which undermines his authority. I would argue that in this particular situation Adrian knew perfectly well what he was doing in denying what he thought was a possible goal and in the general spirit of the game a red card was the least that should have been awarded. A penalty goal would stop anyone doing it in the future.

Yes, I'm with you on this. And Mané wasn't fouled either, it was deliberate handball.

...and help us to attract quality players with ambition.

There are two separate possible cases here. One is denying a OGSO by deliberate handball (as in this instance) and the other is fouling an opponent 'running towards goal'. For deliberate handball the running towards goal bit is not essential but is one of the factros to be considered. My main concern here is that an experienced referee came to his conclusion during the game and for some reason unknown that decision has been overturned. There are numerous seminars involving these referees and their governing bodies so one would assume that these types of situation would have been extensively covered in some attempt to reach some form of consistency.

Splendid new, thanks

I've been away for a couple of weeks. How are our injuries shaping up? From your team sheet I assume that Targett's injury was not too bad.

Quite so, but I'm sure we'd all like an explanation of the reason for the decision, not least the referees amongst us.

Yes, it's a debt with peculiar repayment terms.

The fans would have gone ballistic.

I thought that at first but the offence wasn't a foul on Mané, who was indeed not running towards goal, but rather a deliberate handball and the only decision there is whether he had denied an 'obvious goal scoring opportunity', which I think is normally interpreted to mean more likely to score than not.

No, this is where we belong and here is where we'll stay.