Whitey Grandad

Yeah, think so. 14:00 so any moment now.

When things are 'a matter of opinion' all that you're doing is asking for another opinion because you didn't like the first. There are guidelines which all these referees are taken through at seminars but there will always be grey areas. Ball strikes the hand is a bit trash but hand strikes the ball should normally be a foul in my opinion.

I was thinking of the Championship, not the Premier League.

Might do a job at left midfield.

Or a penalty? All the players seemed to stop playing, ours waiting for a penalty and theirs for a foul on the keeper. I was looking at the linesman in case there was offside.

This one is less of a foul than ours at Everton, but it's all 'in the opinion of the referee' I'm afraid. There are a number of guidelines to consider such as whether the position of the hands and arms is 'natural'. It's supposed to be 'deliberate' but it's not very often that anyone decides to deliberately handball in the penalty area. What you have to consider is whether the player might reasonably have expected that his actions might result in the ball hitting his arm.

I noticed that he was limping and rubbing his right hip from about 11 minutes onwards.

How did this come into the public domain in the first place? The only people who can know for sure what was said are Clattenburg, his two assistants, the fourth official and Adam himself. Experienced lip readers might also have a good idea. The club's reaction can only have come through Adam. So who first made the complaint public?

Very nice. The poor girl looks frozen, she should cover herself up (Any idea who she is?)

I'm sure everybody can remember where they were when they heard that cup draw. I was sitting in the car at Hamble foreshore. I called my daughter straight away, we couldn't believe our luck.

They really should be kept away from football.

Oh, if only, if only...

Unlucky not to score today.

He and Vokes looked heavy to me.

I don't know, most teams seem to come away with three points

Indeed. The coal's still there, albeit a bit wet.

Our reserve CBs are nowhere near good enough. Kelvin looked tiny in goal and got beaten at his near post. Again. Far closer than it need have been. No real atmosphere, too many occasionals and no real 'edge' to the game. Still, a win's a win and you get no extra points for a thrashing. Who do we want next? Anyone at home, for me, so long as they're not as good as Burnley.

There's a big difference between floating an opinion and a plan. The Cabinet papers would seem to indicate that it had not got anywhere near that stage.

Yeah but...

Does it? And what if it does?

Hold on there a moment... I'm no apologist for people who are no longer with us but what we have here is an appraisal from someone reporting what they think the position of Macgregor was at the time, at best it is hearsay and it would certainly not stand up in a court of law. The phrase here is 'had it in mind' and not 'has it in mind'. He may well have changed his point of view, but we shall never know. Whatever, the mining industry was always doomed and neither side seemed to be in the mood to compromise: http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/business/scargill-s-no-comment-duel-with-coal-chief-revealed-by-newly-released-papers-1-6349428

If you win the toss and put the other team in then you can't expect to win.

Game off today, apparently.

I would have given it, but that's just my opinion. His hands were not in a natural position and in rugby it would be called a charge-down. I can't believe that Clattenburg could have seen it, even though he says he did. Swearing is not of itself a red card. The term is 'offensive, abusive or insulting language' so 'what the f**k was that?' may be ok if not said within the hearing of little old ladies but 'you're a f**king cheat, ref' will get you sent off, as will anything of a racist nature.

This is ironic, right?