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Dave Roberts
1 Posted 16/04/2017 at 15:21:27
Great report. What are the rules around deflections? Ross's original shot was on target and after the first deflection it was still on target. The second deflection wrong footed the goalkeeper. As far as I could see the ball was always heading between the sticks.

Bad luck for Burnley but it was never a wide shot deflected in, was it?

Dave Abrahams
2 Posted 16/04/2017 at 15:25:56
Dave, good try but this is football – not snooker or billiards.
Dave Roberts
3 Posted 16/04/2017 at 15:34:23
Take your point but what about the goal awarded to Rooney that came back off the post and in off the goalies back?

That hit a stick and would never have gone in.

Lev Vellene
4 Posted 16/04/2017 at 17:25:37
The first deflection was rather slight, but the second one gave the ball more a curve, so officially, yes, I'd guess an own goal. I'll still see it as a Barkley goal, though! A good shot that barely missed two defenders trying to get in the way, in my eyes! :D
Andy Meighan
5 Posted 16/04/2017 at 18:02:38
Probably for once, Paul, I'd have to agree with your ratings A spot on report there.

And has it really been 10 years since that derby? Unbelievable. Us blues have long memories don't we. My mouth still fills with bile when I see that arrogant git Clattenburg.

On a side issue, Paul, where is the Medlock? Now I'm familiar with the hostelries in the vicinity but that one has escaped me. Enlighten me, pal.

Dave Abrahams
6 Posted 16/04/2017 at 18:48:28
Dave (3) I don't remember the Rooney goal but the way you describe it, it sounds like an own goal. Did Baines get the credit for the penalty versus Stoke City this season when it hit the post then the goalie and went in?

Make no mistake, I would love Ross to be awarded the goal but to me it was an obvious own-goal..

Dave Roberts
7 Posted 16/04/2017 at 19:38:05
The Rooney goal was for Manure about five years ago. Goalie guessed right and dived low right but couldn't reach the ball which hit the post about a foot off the ground, hit the goalies back and spun over the line.

It was recorded at the time and in the papers as ... Rooney (pen)

It doesn't bother me, it's just that I always thought that if a shot was on target a goal was down to the shooter even if it benefitted from a deflection. Maybe it's different if there's more than one!?

Dave Roberts
8 Posted 16/04/2017 at 19:55:55
ps: The penalty against Stoke is down as a Given (og).
Martin Nicholls
9 Posted 16/04/2017 at 20:47:06
Andy (#5) – it's on Rumney Road. An okay boozer but we gave up on it a few years back because it seemed to keep closing and re-opening weeks/months later.
Andy Meighan
10 Posted 17/04/2017 at 14:26:20
Cheers, Martin. Appreciate that.

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