The Wigan "penalty" incident gets given 8 times out of 10 - but hardly ever against the "big boys" at home. In my view the ref/lino bottled it, particularly as Flamini would have to have walked if it was given.
A couple of minutes later Wigan are trying to get an "injured" player back on the pitch but the ref ignores their pleas and the game carries on, only for Wigan to get caught out by an overlapping full back (would the extra man have made a difference? - possibly) who gets played in when he's clearly offside - 5 yards away from the lino - and crosses the ball only for someone to slice it into their own net. And to rub salt into the wounds the fella who bombs forweard to put in the cross is the same fella who arguably should have walked a minute or so earlier!
Now, although I feel really sorry for Wigan I also know that this little run of events was a massive boost for us. If the gap had gone up to 8 points then I really think it would've been curtains. As it is I still think we've got to be looking to catch the teams above Wigan as I reckon they will get out of it (particularly if they keep playing like that) but it's the pschological damage - to players and fans - that may otherwise have done for us.
West Ham is now such a massive massive game - for both of us. Not quite the be all and end all that some might have you believe, but lose it and the mountain doesn't get any smaller. Win it and we're right back in the hunt again.
COME ON YOU REDS!!!!
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Should have walked and then scored both goals. IF we stay up we maybe able to look back at this and think its when Lady Luck paid us back?
Oohaah, you might think you're being 'realistic'........but all you're doing is undermining the momentum of growing belief that Pards, the team and most of the supporters are building.
When you believe, you feel you can climb mountains.
Get on our side, please mate, and work with us.
Or should you get your wish and we do go down, are you really that desperate to be proved right?
:-)