QuoteSuprised it has'nt been closed already. Snooze fest already at this state stu.Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I seen a bunch of Rovers fans beating up a black crippled unionist Elephant outsde a Centra before
Shocking stuff
Here on a technicality.
Suprised it has'nt been closed already. Snooze fest already at this state stu.
Thanks for that deep contribution. If you find it boring, post in other threads.
Partysaint - for the love of God, don't try start them off again!!!
Do you have a source for this?
I seen a bunch of Rovers fans beating up a black crippled unionist Elephant outsde a Centra before
Shocking stuff
Jim told him, true story.
Having watched MNS last night 1: yes Peers deserved to be sent off. 2: yes the ball did cross the line for Turner's goal. 3: yes Russell was fouled in the box and should have had a penalty. 4; yes if Sligo are ever struggling for goals, Alan Keane would make a fine centre forward with heading ability like that!!
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Have you reconsidered your view on this match now Dong after seeing MNS last night?
Yes and no. I made the comments before the game as I know Winter courts controversey at every opportunity.
My opinion of Winter as a poor Referee hasn't changed. The level of paranoia among some of the Sligo fans on here can be over the top at times for sure but Winter has a history of biased decision making in the Showgrounds and he hardly changed his ways on this occasion. There is no doubt in my mind that he should have awarded us a clear penalty and there is a litany of stuff like that involving him that would sicken you as well if you had witnessed it over the last couple of seasons.
Last season's game in the Showgrounds springs to mind as an example where he was very quick to spot a handball from a free kick where a player was charging down the free. It was a penalty but how is he so eagle eyed when it comes to awarding these things and then misses something as blatant as the Russell incident?
Having said that, Peers deserved to go, the ball was over the line and we missed a skip of chances which, had we scored them, would have certainly reduced the amount of hysteria surrounding the game from some fans.
My feeling was, and still is, that the same stuff will happen anytime we play the hoops and whatever chance we have is lost when he is in charge.
Some will say he is just incompetent but I truly believe he has some sort of an agenda at this stage. Maybe I am as paranoid as the rest but there you go.
Also its hard to judge the Peers tackle on its merits when an equally bad tackle IMO on Ndo was committed by Murphy in the first ten minutes and yet he only received a yellow card.
Taken Peers tackle out of context it was a red card but in the context of the whole game it was not deserving a red card because it was blatantly inconsistant with other similar tackles most notably Murphys tackle.
From the video analysis it looks like the second goal was a goal for Shams, from where I was standing I cant comment tbh.
As for Russell being brought down in the box it was blatantly a stone wall penalty.
Whether Rovers fans here are right with all their complaints on Winters or not is up for debate but what is certain is that if Winters did referee the match in an impartial manner it wouldnt have been 3 points to shams.
Anyways as is football, sets up the semi-final nicely and I am expecting a big crowd for it with all the talk around the town after the last game.
I hate to say it, but some comfort for Sligo fans will come on Friday night, can't see us staying within 2 goals of ye after our recent performances
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