| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate 12:19 - Aug 25 with 1766 views | Illinoisblue |
One of the worst decisions ever seen at Portman Road
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| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:21 - Aug 25 with 1630 views | brazil1982 |
I vividly remember thus, being in the North Stand. Great tackle. Awful decision. |  | | |
| I was fewmin that day. (n/t) on 12:23 - Aug 25 with 1602 views | Bloots |
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| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:25 - Aug 25 with 1576 views | StevieH |
You would normally leave the ground feeling upbeat after a late equaliser against Liverpool, but I was still fuming. |  | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:25 - Aug 25 with 1557 views | bsw72 |
If you ever need evidence of where VAR is useful . . . |  | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:26 - Aug 25 with 1534 views | DarkBrandon |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:21 - Aug 25 by brazil1982 |
I vividly remember thus, being in the North Stand. Great tackle. Awful decision. |
I was in Churchman’s and I knew it wasn’t a penalty! |  | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:33 - Aug 25 with 1452 views | Pendejo |
Not the first decision to go Liverpool's way @PR, & probably won't be the last
Equal to this was Hansen hauling down Brennan when clear thru on goal, no sending off, game finished 0-0
Said it before, will say it again, after that decision atmosphere cranked to a level that I can't remember being equalled or beaten until Sarmiento! |  |
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| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:47 - Aug 25 with 1324 views | DarkBrandon |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:25 - Aug 25 by bsw72 |
If you ever need evidence of where VAR is useful . . . |
Actually I disagree.
We are talking about this all those years later. Stories like this make football. I’ve been at many a dull game that has been livened up enormously by a referring howler.
In 30 years time we might find ourselves talking instead about those 10 seconds in the upcoming match at Old Trafford where we thought we had taken the lead, until “VAR review” appeared on the scoreboard and everyone checked twitter to see what was going to happen for two minutes, until the goal was disallowed for a handball nobody appealed for. | | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:54 - Aug 25 with 1261 views | Steve_M |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:33 - Aug 25 by Pendejo |
Not the first decision to go Liverpool's way @PR, & probably won't be the last
Equal to this was Hansen hauling down Brennan when clear thru on goal, no sending off, game finished 0-0
Said it before, will say it again, after that decision atmosphere cranked to a level that I can't remember being equalled or beaten until Sarmiento! |
The atmosphere was loud and angry that night, think everyone else in the ground knew that decision was wrong. Probably helped get us the equaliser so some small recompense.
Robbie Savage coming to PR the season he got Sereni sent off and absolutely bottling it in the face of a genuinely hostile crowd stands out as well. |  |
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| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:56 - Aug 25 with 1244 views | Churchman |
I was at the other end in the lower West Stand and it was obvious from there it was a nonsense decision. Hated cheating Saunders ever since. |  | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:03 - Aug 25 with 1148 views | BluedanW |
And Dean Saunders swears blind on five live that he never dived in his career |  | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:08 - Aug 25 with 1109 views | Churchman |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:03 - Aug 25 by BluedanW |
And Dean Saunders swears blind on five live that he never dived in his career |
He dived more often than Tom Daley. He was a cheating scroat throughout his career. | | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:13 - Aug 25 with 1052 views | Blueschev |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:56 - Aug 25 by Churchman |
I was at the other end in the lower West Stand and it was obvious from there it was a nonsense decision. Hated cheating Saunders ever since. |
I don't think Saunders dived. It was just a superb challenge from Whelan. 10 year old me was furious. |  | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:17 - Aug 25 with 1014 views | DarkBrandon |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:56 - Aug 25 by Churchman |
I was at the other end in the lower West Stand and it was obvious from there it was a nonsense decision. Hated cheating Saunders ever since. |
This I never got. Saunders clearly didn’t dive. Whelan got the ball first, pretty cleanly, then Saunders fell over him.
And Saunders was a figure of hate as a result of this at PR ever since.
There may be plenty of reasons to dislike Saunders, but his reaction to this challenge isn’t one. | | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:20 - Aug 25 with 986 views | burnbudgiesburn |
I was sat in the Pioneer upper, directly along the penalty box line for that.
Even the old girl near me who used to knit during matches was calling the ref names I didn't think she'd know!
I think the only thing to rival the limbs/noise I saw from Sarmiento was when Kiwomya equalised. | | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:29 - Aug 25 with 912 views | bsw72 |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:47 - Aug 25 by DarkBrandon |
Actually I disagree.
We are talking about this all those years later. Stories like this make football. I’ve been at many a dull game that has been livened up enormously by a referring howler.
In 30 years time we might find ourselves talking instead about those 10 seconds in the upcoming match at Old Trafford where we thought we had taken the lead, until “VAR review” appeared on the scoreboard and everyone checked twitter to see what was going to happen for two minutes, until the goal was disallowed for a handball nobody appealed for. |
But my point was more about VAR in the context it *should* be used, to correct a clear and obvious error, your second point is the actual implementation which none of us want . . . until it goes in our favour of course. | | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:35 - Aug 25 with 875 views | Churchman |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:17 - Aug 25 by DarkBrandon |
This I never got. Saunders clearly didn’t dive. Whelan got the ball first, pretty cleanly, then Saunders fell over him.
And Saunders was a figure of hate as a result of this at PR ever since.
There may be plenty of reasons to dislike Saunders, but his reaction to this challenge isn’t one. |
Saunders saw and felt the tackle. He knew where Whelan was and threw himself over his leg. And conned the ref in the process.
Only Saunders truly knows but I wouldn’t trust his word as far as I can volley him. I still think he cheated. | | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 14:05 - Aug 25 with 748 views | Steve_M |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:20 - Aug 25 by burnbudgiesburn |
I was sat in the Pioneer upper, directly along the penalty box line for that.
Even the old girl near me who used to knit during matches was calling the ref names I didn't think she'd know!
I think the only thing to rival the limbs/noise I saw from Sarmiento was when Kiwomya equalised. |
"Even the old girl near me who used to knit during matches was calling the ref names I didn't think she'd know!"
This is such a great descriptive line for the mood that night. | |
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| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 14:07 - Aug 25 with 731 views | Blueschev |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:35 - Aug 25 by Churchman |
Saunders saw and felt the tackle. He knew where Whelan was and threw himself over his leg. And conned the ref in the process.
Only Saunders truly knows but I wouldn’t trust his word as far as I can volley him. I still think he cheated. |
I dunno. To me it looks like a great tackle and a truly baffling decision. I understand the desire to want to blame Saunders, the bloke's a knob. But that's all on the ref. | | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 14:13 - Aug 25 with 689 views | DarkBrandon |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:29 - Aug 25 by bsw72 |
But my point was more about VAR in the context it *should* be used, to correct a clear and obvious error, your second point is the actual implementation which none of us want . . . until it goes in our favour of course. |
Yes, that is how it was originally marketed.
Clearly we are never going back, and arguing about this isn’t hugely productive, but I’d happily lose the whole thing and live with these kind of decisions. | | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 14:15 - Aug 25 with 684 views | SomethingBlue |
Remember it vividly, one of the first games sitting up in Block M with my dad. Place was seething that night and utterly captivating at that age. Equaliser was an amazing moment but that decision will never be topped for awfulness. | |
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| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 14:35 - Aug 25 with 591 views | patrickswell |
The only reason I can think of that Hamer gave that decision is that, in the replay that’s shot looking towards the North Stand, it looks as though David Linighan runs across Hamer’s line of sight at the very moment Whelan makes the challenge. |  | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 15:17 - Aug 25 with 493 views | burnbudgiesburn |
I'm also seriously weirded out that this is now 34 years ago and yet at the time was only 11 years after we lifted the UEFA cup.
It doesn't feel that long ago, yet at the time the UEFA cup win DID feel longer ago in my head than that does.
I guess that's an age thing, but timespans do my head in when I think of them too much! | | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 15:43 - Aug 25 with 438 views | lazyblue |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 12:47 - Aug 25 by DarkBrandon |
Actually I disagree.
We are talking about this all those years later. Stories like this make football. I’ve been at many a dull game that has been livened up enormously by a referring howler.
In 30 years time we might find ourselves talking instead about those 10 seconds in the upcoming match at Old Trafford where we thought we had taken the lead, until “VAR review” appeared on the scoreboard and everyone checked twitter to see what was going to happen for two minutes, until the goal was disallowed for a handball nobody appealed for. |
30 years down the road maybe ok but VAR would have helped that day and we would have been talking about great win. | | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 15:47 - Aug 25 with 417 views | OldFootball |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 15:43 - Aug 25 by lazyblue |
30 years down the road maybe ok but VAR would have helped that day and we would have been talking about great win. |
If only it worked like that! |  | | |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 16:16 - Aug 25 with 326 views | Radlett_blue |
| Unhappy Bob Hamer Day to all who celebrate on 13:35 - Aug 25 by Churchman |
Saunders saw and felt the tackle. He knew where Whelan was and threw himself over his leg. And conned the ref in the process.
Only Saunders truly knows but I wouldn’t trust his word as far as I can volley him. I still think he cheated. |
Most pros are the same. Do whatever might win you a game. Eric Gates used to win a few penalties, but not many call him out on here as a cheat. |  |
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