[Albion] Away enders at SJP: did you realise Gordon had been sent off?

[jcdenton08]

Yep. Given Taylor's utter aversion to booking the Newcastle players for almost anything yesterday, I was convinced that he was going to go after Joao Pedro for (completely unnecessarily) running halfway across the pitch to shove Gordon in that melee.

We also got very lucky with the referee’s leniency in fairness. Baleba probably should’ve gone for a second yellow. He was very fortunate indeed

 

[Albion in the north]

No. It was like watching a game of subbuteo. Heard someone say that he thought he had.

 

[Bold Seagull]

Same here, and I had a good view watching on telly.

With Newcastle's chalked off injury time winner freshly in mind, my first thought was "this might be ruled out"...

VAR for offside is still complete shit.

We’d be out of the cup to an offside goal without it. So there’s that…

 

[Charles 'Charley' Charles]

We’d be out of the cup to an offside goal without it. So there’s that…

Very true, although Newcastle could have been out the cup the previous round against Birmingham so swings and roundabouts I suppose.

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Same here, and I had a good view watching on telly.

With Newcastle's chalked off injury time winner freshly in mind, my first thought was "this might be ruled out"...

VAR for offside is still complete shit.

Watching on the TV, I was immediately confident that Danny’s gem wouldstand
i was also convinced that Schar was offside from the start before there was a review.
Yes it is a bit tedious, but for me VAR worked yesterday.

 

[Lady Whistledown]

The precise moment Gordon realised his cup final dreams had gone up in smoke:

 

[Lady Whistledown]

We also got very lucky with the referee’s leniency in fairness. Baleba probably should’ve gone for a second yellow. He was very fortunate indeed

Oh 100%. He was chasing that player back and we were thinking "don't foul him, don't foul him", and then he gave his shirt a little pull. That was a nerve-racking moment.

But Newcastle still got away with one or two that should have been yellows. Did they have anybody booked, excluding Gordon's red?

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Oh 100%. He was chasing that player back and we were thinking "don't foul him, don't foul him", and then he gave his shirt a little pull. That was a nerve-racking moment.

But Newcastle still got away with one or two that should have been yellows. Did they have anybody booked, excluding Gordon's red?

Only Big Joe Linton.

We really can't grumble though - as well as the leniency toward Baleba, Joao Pedro should have had one in the Gordon incident, and Jack Hinshelwood could have been carded three times!

(though the chief beneficiary of Taylor's largesse was Fabian Schar, who committed a couple of pretty bad ones, without censure. the one in the very last minute of added time, at the end of ET, was a cast iron yellow).

 

[AZ Gull]

At first I thought he’d tried a delicate little dink and overcooked it and it had gone over the bar.

Was quite a weird technique for the ball to end up where it did and the surprise that it actually went in made it even sweeter.

Not sure the neighbours in the flat upstairs were quite so appreciative though!

That was exactly my initial thought as I watched it!

I think it's because the white ball momentarily got "lost" against the advertising hoarding and the trajectory of the ball seemed to be taking it over the bar. It was only as it hit the top of the (inside) of the net and fell down into the goal that it was clear what had happened - cue loss of limb control and involuntary guttural shouting!

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Prior to Welbecks goal, there were a couple of shots we had in normal time that looked very close but were probably miles over. The height of the away end made it impossible to judge.

Welbecks goal took an absolute age to go in. My first thought was "Must be going over again" before it rippled the net. Best goal celebration for a while.

 

[Withdean South Stand]

Not really the topic of conversation here, but listening on the radio I had no idea that Welbz had scored initially. It was met with such a lack of response from Aspinall and the other fella. It was only when Warren then was giddy with excitement over Tindall having his over-celebrations rubbed in his face that it was clear we'd scored a goal.

Desperately poor listening experience, but I was driving at the time and had no better option.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Not really the topic of conversation here, but listening on the radio I had no idea that Welbz had scored initially. It was met with such a lack of response from Aspinall and the other fella. It was only when Warren then was giddy with excitement over Tindall having his over-celebrations rubbed in his face that it was clear we'd scored a goal.

Desperately poor listening experience, but I was driving at the time and had no better option.

Listen back here

02:33:40

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Only Big Joe Linton.

We really can't grumble though - as well as the leniency toward Baleba, Joao Pedro should have had one in the Gordon incident, and Jack Hinshelwood could have been carded three times!

(though the chief beneficiary of Taylor's largesse was Fabian Schar, who committed a couple of pretty bad ones, without censure. the one in the very last minute of added time, at the end of ET, was a cast iron yellow).

The JPVH attempted waist height headed tackle on Willock on the halfway line.....
How the actual f*** that wasn't deemed a bookable foul is beyond me.
Comical.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

Found it.

Taylor waving any protests away like nothing happened...

 

[pigmanovich]

The way the whole home end booed every touch by JPVH after Gordon's sending off. So rattled

 

[jcdenton08]

The JPVH attempted waist height headed tackle on Willock on the halfway line.....
How the actual f*** that wasn't deemed a bookable foul is beyond me.
Comical.

The Boris Johnson school of tackling

 

[dazzer6666]

The way the whole home end booed every touch by JPVH after Gordon's sending off. So rattled

I bet JPVH absolutely LOVED it

 

[Whoislloydy]

Moment of madness from Clare Balding

 

[Bodian]

On the BBC 5 Live they thought the red was for Pedro for quite a while.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Why didn’t the ref clearly show the red card?

Was your view obstructed by a low cloud, or possibly a drone?