Demitri_C Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Sunderland deserve to stay up more than us sadly. Lame-bert has turned us into pathetic cowards who are scared of their own shadows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Foul starts outside the box but Dowd gives a penalty after Wickham fails to score with advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I thought red was Tan's lucky colour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villarule123 Posted April 27, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted April 27, 2014 The Ref played an advantage for 8 seconds You can't bring play back after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Bent reffing. No red and no penalty. Very harsh. Dowd is a disgusting word removed of a ref as we well know. He seems to relish being the certain of attention. I hate Dowd's whole demeanour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap of Steel Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 The annoying thing is this is just the sort of result we couldn't pull off at this stage of the season. Fair play to Sunderland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Game over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Mark Lawrenson's view of it: "Really good refereeing - it's as if he said to the player, go on then score, and if you don't it's a penalty." Unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjaacckk91 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I know he played for them for years but niall Quinn's head is so far up sunderlands arse, he's not even trying to be impartial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Bent reffing. No red and no penalty. Very harsh. Dowd is a disgusting word removed of a ref as we well know. He seems to relish being the certain of attention. I hate Dowd's whole demeanour. Too many English refs play 'Billy Big Balls' and must be centre of attention.Jesus Christ... michael owen @themichaelowen 10m Phil Dowd got that spot on. If Refs did that more often then players wouldn't have to go down / dive to make the Refs decision easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 A Sunderland win isn't the worst case scenario with what the other 3 are looking at. Our goal differences is another point effectively (as long as we dont get smashed at City). As things stand and if we don't pick up another point: Fulham have to win both games to go above us Cardiff have to win both games to go above us Norwich have to win one and draw one to go above us. Sunderland have to win one and draw one to go above us. With how things have gone this season and the unpredictability you never know but it seems unlikely. Shane Long actually might have saved us. Ultimately it is in our own hands.. beat Hull and we're fine. Massive massive game next week and they way we are playing, I don't think we'll win. However, i still think we'll survive.. just I think if we draw 1 of the remaining 3 we will be fine. But we won't beat Hull, what makes people think we will I don't know. Bruce will come and sit with 2 banks of 4 and use Longs pace against Baker on the counter. We simply can't play through teams. Hope? Faith? Madness? Desperation? I'm all of them! I just think we cannot be continually bad as we have been.. law of averages states that the sun even shines on a dogs arse every now and again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BleedClaretAndBlue Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Dowd is the worst ref ive ever seen. Ever Just need Man Utd to put 5 past them and sort the GD out again whilst shattering there confidence for the last 2 games. And Baker has to be dropped for the Hull game he is stealing a living off AVFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrinityRoadSteps Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Bent reffing. No red and no penalty. Very harsh. Dowd is a disgusting word removed of a ref as we well know. He seems to relish being the certain of attention. I hate Dowd's whole demeanour. Jesus Christ... michael owen @themichaelowen 10m Phil Dowd got that spot on. If Refs did that more often then players wouldn't have to go down / dive to make the Refs decision easier. Sums up football now for me. It's no longer about if it's a foul or not. It's now about making it look like a foul. But seeing as Owen was quite happy to "go down easily" I am not surprised at that comment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I think we can scrape a draw against Hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Medel at centre back. Cardiff are going to finish with 9 men. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Original point of the foul. The key issue is when Dowd signals advantage (before or after Wickham enters the box). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) I think a longer advantage in those situations is a good thing. (although it wasn't a penalty) Edited April 27, 2014 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyClarke Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Dowd got that right, waited a long time which is the only criticism. Foul started outside the box and continued into it, therefore well within his rights to give the penalty and clearly a sending off. He can't win because Wickham is clearly impeded and the 'keeper is on top of him by the time he regains balance, if he'd managed to score Cardiff avoid the double punishment. Don't get me wrong, I hate Dowd and believe he is the worst ref in the division. Edited April 27, 2014 by AndyClarke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Dowd got that right, waited a long time which is the only criticism. Foul started outside the box and continued into it, therefore well within his rights to give the penalty and clearly a sending off. He can't win because Wickham is clearly impeded and the 'keeper is on top of him by the time he regains balance, if he'd managed to score Cardiff avoid the double punishment. Don't get me wrong, I hate Dowd and believe he is the worst ref in the division. I agree with you and all the pundits, I think it was good refereeing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted April 27, 2014 Moderator Share Posted April 27, 2014 Fabio really is an idiot isn't he? Cardiff look like a team on the verge of really embarrassing themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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