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I am also a Sunderland fan and was pretty much in line with the goal line - we were amazed when it wasn't given as it had so clearly gone in. At the time I thought you should have had a penalty as well. There is no doubting we had the luck and the refereeing decisions on our side but, as with all teams, we can point to some awful refereeing that has gone against us this season. It was a massive 3 points for us as we needed to come back after a defeat and with such a big crowd it was almost certain to go bad for us...but it didn't.

For what its worth I though you were a good team but just seemed to lack any punch up front. You seemed to be really competitive and very well organised. We had most of the pressure but couldn't capitalise on it and when you broke you seemed to have a good plan going forward and broke with pace. I was impressed with your midfield. Also, you fans played their part in what was a great atmosphere. Good luck for the rest of the season but I'm pretty sure you'll be safe.

 

Eh???

 

Knowing the ball is over the line and trying to conceal it is the same as a striker punching the ball into the net out of the refs view........it’s fecking cheating Jon Mac and you should be ashamed.

 

Its a strange notion that some think Jonny Mac somehow cheated. There ain’t a keeper in the world at any level of football that would have gone cap in hand to the ref saying ‘ sorry ref, thats a definite goal, i cocked up.’

 

fifth rate officials for a big occasion that they just couldn't handle, many unjust decisions but as you can tell we're not bitter...

 

It was a goal. End of.

 

That would be the ref and the linos!

 

Im not sure which bit of what JM has done is cheating to be honest. He has tried to stop the ball going over the line. That isnt cheating. The margains are so fine and it happened that quickly that he might not have known if the whole of the ball had gone over the line, he was just trying to make sure it didnt. Is taking a throw in 5 yards higher up the field cheating? What about Toney's goal for the Posh, was that cheating. I think using the word cheat in this instance is harsh.

 

By using insults you lose respect and credibility.

 

That pic is after Jonny Mac had pulled it back from a further yard over......

 

Surely you arent serious?? You would be absolutley livid if O'Donnell did that so why say something so stupid.

 

Have you read the comments about us on their forum? Hardly gives us a glowing report judging by the responses. We’re not a bad bunch for the vast majority of games but we do attract a retarded element of braindead vermin, pretty much always on a bank holiday and always where we have a large away following. And always fueled with beer.

 

Making ourselves look like the great criers Liverpool

It’s done. Onto Rochdale

 

Funny enough, but true, Sunderland is the only place I ever got smacked, many years ago....I know, I know, I should try harder...!!!

 

Of course he has to try and stop it, but if it has gone over the line he has to say so. I know it is an old fashioned concept, but they used to have a rule of ungentlemanly conduct. However, cheating has become part of football and I don’t like it, and now everything is down to the ref or officials and that is why we have so much dissent. In days gone by, I have seen players who tell the ref it wasn’t a pen etc.,

Look at what happened in cricket, it is always viewed as unprofessional and condemned within the game globally. I personally think football also needs to clean its act up. What JMc did is exactly the same as a dive.

Plus the ref should never have been allowed to ref such a big game ie crowd.

He has been relegated to League 2, due to some appalling decision in the West Brom v Villa when he allowed a handled goal to count. He then went on to ref Bury v Oldham match a week later which was also marred with baffling decisions. Hopkin was right on the money, the game was far too big for him and the EFL, need to stop foisting poor refs on our league. He has made far too many errors. The EFL, need to seriously think about training, or sending him on his way.

 

Gutted but I don't blame Sunderland or JM, they did what all teams would including us. The officials are a total joke, robbed us of a point on what was otherwise a good day our. Their fans didn't make a peep except when they scored though so don't know how they can say anything about ours.

Anyway, we are chalk and cheese performance wise to where we were a moth ago, keep going and we'll be fine. It's the Rochdale and Scunthorpes of the world what will send us down if we aren't careful not losing to the top teams away from home as much as we shouldn't have.

 

Ta Fawdy, thank you for a balanced and honest overview - and good luck to your boys too for the rest of the season. I also just want to comment that most of the posts on this site and Sunderland forum confirm you are a good set of lads (and lasses, dont want to get in trouble! ) and while you are a (slightly) bigger club than ourselves I do see a lot of similarities in our support - passionate, realistic, friendly and honest - which makes the actions of a few 'knobhead' fans that have been reported (ours on this occasion) even more frustrating and annoying.

 

Ffs I hope people are not being serious saying JMac cheated yesterday. No one on the planet would've owned up that it went in, myself included. It's not his fault that the officials are incapable of doing their jobs.

 

Give over man. Just think about what you just typed and how pathetic that is.