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I saw most of the first 90 minutes of the Blackburn v Newcastle game on BT last night, and Lee seemed to be moving well in his normal relaxed manner. Not a great deal for him to do but what he did was fine. Mrs AT decided that there were more important things to watch on the News at 10pm (can't think what), so I missed most of extra time which included a third Newcastle goal which Mowbray thought was offside. Lee must have lasted the full 120+ minutes on a a cold evening in Blackburn when Lascells lasted only 1/10 of that time.

Quote from: flipmode on Wed 16 Jan 2019 02:00

Aren't all Southerners arrogant? 

I know your heart is in Manchester, but you can't get much further South than Sydney!

 Canberra, perhaps? Or what about Dunedin?

I saw most of the first 90 minutes of the Blackburn v Newcastle game on BT last night, and Lee seemed to be moving well in his normal relaxed manner. Not a great deal for him to do but what he did was fine. Mrs AT decided that there were more important things to watch on the News at 10pm (can't think what), so I missed most of extra time which included a third Newcastle goal which Mowbray thought was offside. Lee must have lasted the full 120+ minutes on a a cold evening in Blackburn when Lascells lasted only 1/10 of that time.

I don’t think Mowbray thought it was offside! He knew for certain. In fact the scorer was so far offside earlier in the move that he could have been sat with the crowd behind the goal, and he never regained an onside position. His sheepish glance towards the line was akin to the batsman who quickly turns towards the slips when he knows he’s nicked one. Probert was badly let down in this instance by Halliday in what was a decent performance by him

What Mowbray did find odd was the absence of VAR in the replay when it had been available in the first game and likened it to only being used in the first half of a game.

Quote from: Acme Thunderer on Wed 16 Jan 2019 11:27

I saw most of the first 90 minutes of the Blackburn v Newcastle game on BT last night, and Lee seemed to be moving well in his normal relaxed manner. Not a great deal for him to do but what he did was fine. Mrs AT decided that there were more important things to watch on the News at 10pm (can't think what), so I missed most of extra time which included a third Newcastle goal which Mowbray thought was offside. Lee must have lasted the full 120+ minutes on a a cold evening in Blackburn when Lascells lasted only 1/10 of that time.

I don’t think Mowbray thought it was offside! He knew for certain. In fact the scorer was so far offside earlier in the move that he could have been sat with the crowd behind the goal, and he never regained an onside position. His sheepish glance towards the line was akin to the batsman who quickly turns towards the slips when he knows he’s nicked one. Probert was badly let down in this instance by Halliday in what was a decent performance by him

What Mowbray did find odd was the absence of VAR in the replay when it had been available in the first game and likened it to only being used in the first half of a game.

I agree with you about the lack of use of VAR in this replay. However, there is a clip of the incident on BBC Football News which suggests that the decision not to give offside was marginal but not definitely incorrect. Yes, the scorer was ambling back from an offside position but that was when the ball was being contested in midfield, and by the time the shot came in which he followed up on, the scorer was imo level with a defender, and the goal was therefore good. And how often do we see a scorer look at the AR, hoping no doubt that the flag will stay down? If the goal had been disallowed, I'm sure we would have heard from the Newcastle camp by now, and if VAR had been available, I suspect the goal would have stood as not being a clear and obvious error.