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[shedpensioner]

geezer, on 15 January 2012 - 01:31 PM, said:

No doubt that he made some bad calls against us however he also denied the Mackems a stone wall penalty too. I felt the lino's were poor yesterday as they seemed reluctant to make any decisions which leads me to think Dowd tells them pre-match that all calls will be down to him. As an example Bendtner's last minute chance was clearly offside (not sure whether anyone has mentioned this) but nothing given.

My only arguement to this was the penalty he gave in the cc which was given by the Lino, who could never have seen the offence but went on the dippers moaning!

[Backbiter]

geezer, on 15 January 2012 - 01:31 PM, said:

No doubt that he made some bad calls against us however he also denied the Mackems a stone wall penalty too. I felt the lino's were poor yesterday as they seemed reluctant to make any decisions which leads me to think Dowd tells them pre-match that all calls will be down to him. As an example Bendtner's last minute chance was clearly offside (not sure whether anyone has mentioned this) but nothing given.

I know this thread is about his incompetence, so that's a valid point, but that incident between Bendtner and Cole came directly from the one when he ignored the first trip on Torres (when Mata could/ should have scored when one-on-one). If he'd blown, there'd have been no Sunderland attack.

[geezer]

Backbiter, on 15 January 2012 - 03:38 PM, said:

I know this thread is about his incompetence, so that's a valid point, but that incident between Bendtner and Cole came directly from the one when he ignored the first trip on Torres (when Mata could/ should have scored when one-on-one). If he'd blown, there'd have been no Sunderland attack.

So? The fact is he didn't blow for either so it's double incompetence :-)