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Bossed the defence? That bald tart Nelson falling down every 2 minutes & hoofing it clear?

You cheated a win today.

Be proud.

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OMG have we stopped now??? wondered why I was getting funny looks in restaurant!!!! :eek:

Heeeeeyyyyyyyy Mannnnnnnnnnnnn :D :rolleyes:

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On no it wasn't a penalty. It was a flaming swallow dive worth about 6.0.
If that was a penalty, why wasn't God sent off as he was last man and clear on goal. Not even a booking. The referee was conned good and proper as he was all afternoon. Paul Mullin was nearly throttled on a couple of occasions and we got nowt for it. Yet everytime we tackled (and I mean legally tackled) the Monkey Hangers fell over like a sack of spuds. Not one booking for diving to them. Methinks BBC radio Cleveland, if that is the correct radio station got it spot on, we maybe did not boss the game, but I think we gave a good account of ourselves. Never mind, rant over - Bring on the mariners for a damn good thrashing.

:cool:

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don't you mean a battering Ozzy?!!!!

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yea that as well.

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well from sparkie's description earlier I thought we had a yo yo on the pitch :D

Oh and ....no never mind better keep that for gabblying :p

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I thought we may have done enough for a point. Looking back on the game Hpool had a few close efforts, hit the bar twice and missed a pen and how Barker missed the open net only he will know. We also came close, Sean had two efforts well saved and mangan should have done better with his one on one. First penalty was a penalty for me, no need to challenge like Jay did when the ball was going away from goal. The second one was no way a pen. But to be fair to Richie Barker he didn't dive. If you look at the Tv replays he was just outstrengthend by Godwin and got up an his reaction was of suprise when he saw the panalty was given. I also have sympathy for Mangan. He didn't kick Nelson, he tripped him and Nelson should be ashamed firstly for saying something to mangy and then rolling over like he'd been shot. A yellow would have been suffice but mangy should never have made the ref make a decison, he should have just walked away. All in all a good game from the boys in red especially proccy, rocky, dave martin and cav. Keep going boys and we'll surely be safe..

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Watch the reply before you decide he "tapped his ankles".... and see for yourself it was directly infront of me

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I have seen the replays, he did tap his ankles..

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Do you actually believe anything that you have just wrote there?

We hit the bar twice, went clean through once, and your keeper made a superb save that Barker would normally put away 9 times out of 10 PLUS two penalties, we had 8 corners to your 1 and our keeper didn't make a proper save all match. You were never in the game, you made it hard for us admittedly as you packed the midfield like lots of teams do but not once did you seriously look like you were going to score.

As for Nelson, he is a superb player, probably the best in the division and you will see this when he is named in the Team of the Year. Opposition fans every week compliment him on what a player is, if he played for you he'd be the greatest footballer to ever grace your horrible little pitch. In November one of your players spat at him, yesterday one of them kicked at him because he didn't like something he said yet we're the dirty team. This season you have had 90 bookings and 9 sendings off, we've had 45 yellow and 2 red. I think we know who the dirty team are out of the two, don't we?

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:confused: So...whats your point?:D :D

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Neither did you.
Luck wasn't in goal-wise for either team until you were allowed the strangest penalty decision ever made.

For one, Nelson is not a brilliant player. He's little above average. However his and Hartlepool's experience at knowing how to play the ref shone through yesterday. We'll get it with time, however for now our style of playing to score, not to win penatlies, will have to do.

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That they're more experienced in blagging the ref ;)

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Echo....?
:D

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I've got to say that I think we are in danger of letting our hearts rule our heads with some of the comments regarding yesterday's game.

We got absolutley bombed by Hartlepool in the first half and could have easily gone in three or four down, but for some last ditch defending and a large slice of luck.

Second half was better, but they were still the stronger team, whilst our best chance looked like being on the break or from a set piece.

Overall they deserved to win, they were the better team, but the fact that victory was only achieved due to an inept bit of refereeing for the penalty makes it hard to swallow. We had battled hard all afternoon and I thought we had ridden out the storm, but that pen was a real kick in the teeth after what I felt was a 100% committed performance by the lads.

Yes, Hartlepool did play the ref, but you see this at every level of football (unfortunatley). We didn't help ourselves when Mangan kicked one of their players and got sent off when we had a set piece in a good position. In my opinion, he's doesn't posess the ability required and has a crap temperament. We need eleven players on the pitch in games like this and he should be severley reprimanded for his actions. I for one, will be totally gobsmacked & gutted if he's still with us next season.