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Have a nice time Mr K.

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It was a good day Den, although a last minute equaliser spolit it slightly... Always more fun being as an away fan, think I've lost my voice ! ( Why are fans deadly quiet at home, but noisy as hell away ! )

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If that blatant barge into Rashfords back by Lascelles had been anywhere else a free kick would have been given. No attempt to play the ball and definitely not shoulder to shoulder.

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Amazing how sometimes officials miss the obvious.

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He didn't miss it. The issue is one referee giving them and the other waving them off.

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Contrast that with the Lindelof challenge just now, clear shoulder to shoulder.

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Fully deserved win, harder game than last three, a filthy challenge from Shelvey on Pogba.:rolleyes:

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Pretty miraculous to escape a card from a blatant dismissal. Pretty much sums up his Newcastle career. A mix of ******** and sheer frustration at playing awful football.

It's all going downhill again. Rafa is clearly all but done. His interviews are an indication of his faith that any takeovers will go through and he's done with the club.

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How he did not get his marching orders for that one will never know.

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Not even a yellow card, can he not get a retrospective ban or does the fact the ref blew for a foul negate that?

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l am not sure he can get a retrospective ban as that only applies in certain cases Jim.

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It does, only things the ref doesnt see qualify for retrospective punishment or it'll undermine the officials apparently by re-refereeing incidents, that's what the authorities say anyway, sounds like bs to me

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Aye. The whole undermining the officials thing. Just a another thing broken with the standard of refereeing. I think Pogba took the whole incident remarkably well though. The lower that challenge gets and it could have been so much worse.

Still think it should be looked at on the grounds it looked rather deliberate to be fair. There's completely fluffing it and being late but Shelvey was like a bull there. It's undefendable and you'll not find many Newcastle fans defending it.

Well thank god we've cleared that up. As if we needed to be told.

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Was that Firminos first touch, not done a thing until then.

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No he did not do much before then but l thought the pass by TAA was a nice bit of vision though.

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Now this would be fun.. Toon target :D