OTF

Apparently there was a few mm of the ball on the line. In real time it did look like it had crossed with separation between the ball and line...

Oddly enough it was against Fulham in 08/09 where Mark Viduka had a perfectly good goal disallowed. It would have been the difference between relegation and staying up for us...

Fulham robbed there. The ball was over the line.

I'd like to see the club bring in celebrity or regular punter 'managers' to sit in his spot in the interim.

Can't quite put my finger on it, but have you photoshopped something into that picture? Is it the sponsorship?

You don't think that the attention that this has garnered in the media is a self-fulfilling prophecy regarding the poor reflection this is on the game? A similarly weak head contact was initiated by Shelvey on one of our players earlier in the season and not only did it get almost no media coverage but it also garnered no penalty for the player. The media are loving every minute of this controversy with the general ignorant media consumer buying into the manufactured outrage.

Pretty harsh assessment there as it was fizzed in off target at a fair pace.

Egg on his bonce from that Don't think it would have left a mark on the boy in the bubble. Pardew's responses to the media give the impression that he'll be applying Mike's favourite shade of lipstick before they discuss this...

This is technically true, and therefore it wasn't actually a headbutt. Treated as such by the FA though, which is completely understandable but makes it even more incomprehensible that a player let alone a manager would ever perform such a useless self defeating action.

Ashley probably thinks it's a good bit of entertainment, and is contemplating how he can upstage him next in bringing embarrassment to the club.

Yeah, well done, good job pushing the opposing manager. Commendable effort really. Don't think him overacting or not will have any impact whatsoever on the fines and suspension that will surely be coming the way of Pardew.

I suppose you could argue that players are at least involved in the physical aspects of the game. In this instance it was Myler who brought Pardew into the realms of that physicality, but as a manager a certain level of maturity is to be expected.

And so the Pardew defense has been born.... "Your honour, I did not assault him, I was merely making my way to the gentlemen's after a few ales. I attempted to push him away with my fists however that proved unsuccessful and he went to ground (I suspect intoxicated) so I switched to using my legs." Bloody peanut.

Agree. It was built on the fantastic double save from Krul. Completely different game of he didn't miraculously keep that out.

Yeah, seems a likable guy, great engine, honest and capable midfield fulcrum.

Good for Anita to get a goal. The press won't be interested in the result, but it's a great one for the confidence of our players.

At the end of the day Meyler's lucky there was no fold up chairs in arms reach.

Honest shift from De Jong, not sure why he wasn't taken off a little earlier though.

It was outside the box, but could easily have been a red.

The initiating head contact with a headbutt simulation has to be the single most idiotic thing to do as a professional sportsman and yet it frequently occurs across a number of sports. Some absolute peanuts operating under the red mist out there.

Tiote's reputation once again preceding him turning an excellent tackle into an undue free kick.

'Headbutt' from Pardew - WTF!?

Here's hoping there's no trademark second half complacency from this position.

Good anticipation from Remy, and nicely gifted a goal at a lovely time in the game.