Any sending off should have been with Bent walking down­ the tunnel. The man dived, faked the foul and therefore­ was guilty of a straight red card. Bruce is bleating on­ about luck, he's just got some by having a referee­ who can't see blatant trickery to win a penalty.­ Add that to his beach ball goal and he may well reflect­ on those two atrocious refereeing decisions as the luck­ that will keep his club in the premiership.

Downy
sense at last lad!

Comments 14 and 15
You obviously wont agree with my­ point of view because you support THFC. No, I didnt­ watch it on a B n W 14" tv from across the room­ and please spell my name correctly. I watched as it­ happend, and the immediate replay and again on both­ MOTD progs and my opinion stays the same both were­ stonewall penalty's
The whole point I have been­ trying to make is one of inconsistency with the match­ officials and their definition and decision making of­ critical incidents during a game.
Some of the referees­ we are seeing in the EPL are not worthy of such a­ position and need to be sent back to the fizzy pop­ league where they belong.
We have a few excellent refs­ in the epl ,but not enough and this needs to be­ resolved by the FA urgently.

Yes Bent dived for the penalty he won but wouldn't­ any striker in the same situation dive, course they­ would, he went down honestly in the box earlier in the­ game and got nowt, so which out wieghs the other,­ honesty or cheating, swings & roundabouts people.­ Well deserved call up for DB, lets hope he wins a­ penalty against Brazil AND ROONEY TAKES IT!
FTM

....and, Sunderland should have had 2 penalties and­ Gomes should have been sent off (irrespective off any­ embellishment by Bent). So, it wasn't given - the­ ref bottled it - it happens.

More sinister is the way­ that scumbag Defoe deliberately crocked Gordon - note­ the Sunderland player hurdling Gomes in the first half­ when he too could have put the foot in.

Clearly the best team on the day lost that game - but­ that's life and football.

I was going to join in the debate with Cameron over­ MalCum's nonsense but its clear that the issue has­ been put to bed.
The Bent one should've had a­ penalty early on, but didn't get ot - too bad,
he­ clearly dived for the Pen he did get and duly missed­ it, hence the chant "That's why we sold­ you" which kinda applied to about half the­ sunderland team,

Bruce's comments were made­ immediately after the game, a few more views of the­ incident will probably change his mind, but he can­ never admit it publicly as it will undermine his­ players, we should be aware of how fragile Benty is­ when it comes to criticism, one comment from 'Arry­ last year and he sulked for about a month.
Ultimately­ the better team one, why do I say that cos We're­ 4th and sunderland...aren't
ergo we are better

MD. did you watch the replay on a 14" b & w TV­ from across the room???? In slow motion you could see­ Bent was already falling and actually Gomes never­ touched him prior to him going to ground. As for­ Cameron, yes he's toon army, but cool with it. He­ knows his stuff..... Just admit even with all the­ tottenham rejects in your team, you had to resort to­ cheating to try and win the game.... Question is will­ Pav be wearing red and white stripes in January, seeing­ as you took the other cast offs you might as well take­ him too. Wish we still had Malbranque though...

Bent was going to ground before Gomes even got near­ him. I believe it's called diving!!!! Justice was­ served and to be fair Gomes was lucky to stay on the­ pitch with the wat the refss have been handing out red­ cards lately. Good bounce back win and let's move­ on from here....

Sorry MD, i was wrong re: insults.
I have honestly­ tried to be objective here, but we are going nowhere­ with this!
Time to move on; congrats to Master Bent on­ his deserved England call up btw.

Cameron
ps where were my insults ??? bit of paranoia­ creeping in ??????? just because i said you were­ writing tripe?? thats not a an insult its an opinion­ the same as you express on what we write on our board­ about our team!!!!!!!!

cameron
I dont think he is wrong and neither do a lot­ of SAFC supporters either, Having just watched the­ Everton west HAm game hands were raised and no cards­ were show to either player??? my point is purely the­ inconsistency being shown by officials in the best­ league in the world.
REF Bents penalty , well again I­ disagree with you, i thought both were penalties and he­ should have put it away. Gomez was the last player­ therefore should not have remained on the pitch, so i­ suggest you take off the Black n white zebras specs off­ and not be so patronising in your attempt on banter. i­ have seen hundreds of penalties like that given quite a­ few from Mr Shearer going down exactly the same!!!!!­ And Bent wasnt trying to get anyone sent off at all he­ was just wanting the ref to apply the rules correctly.­ just watched said incident again and defo was two stone­ wall penalty's. Bents Momentum took him over when­ Gomez made contact put to bed good night

MD
take of your red & white tinted specs and look­ at the evidence man; he was falling long, long before­ he got near the 'keeper.
I have conceded that YES­ he should've had the first one, but defo NO for­ that!
If it had've been my team, i still would be­ man enough to admit it!
You are again missing my point;­ YES Bruce is well within his rights to criticise, -­ erm, did i say he was not!
What i am saying is that he­ is wrong in this instance.
All you have done is come on­ here hurling insults, and not even attempted to negate­ anything i have said.
Why?
Because you can't!
Do­ you honestly think it was a penalty MD?
What was your­ take on your players trying to get the keeper (a fellow­ pro) sent off?
Come on MD explain, make me see the­ error of my ways - explain to me how i am talking­ 'tripe'.

Was a penalty but lucky for us Harry's wife never­ took it!!
Both sides were missing key players, so­ twitter struggled without the beachball to partner him­ up front............COYS

Cameron
how can you write such utter tripe??? you­ mean to tell me that Your manager wouldnt do the­ same??? again you have avoided my question about Mr­ Shearer I posted the other day. S.Bruce is OUR manager­ and is entitled to criticise when its due. I have been­ sayimg for weeks the standard of refereeing in the EPL­ is not good at all and they deserve to be in the fizzy­ pop league where you are and then we would see how much­ you whine and moan??????

Comment-4, you are a fool!
What on earth are you­ talking about; you make no sense whatsoever!
Erm, who­ says Shearer is an 'expert' on such matters;­ fool, he is a television pundit!
The guy was falling­ long before he even got anywhere near the 'keeper;­ look at the evidence and try and deny it - ergo, it was­ a DIVE.

i was there right in front of goal, bent should have­ had the red card for diving, gomes didnt even touch­ him. bent was already going down as anyone could­ clearly see. it was the right outcome, and steve bruce­ is totally wrong. coys....

Didn't see the game - but if it was anyone but­ Bent, I'd agree that the penalty should be given -­ but let's face it, Bent can't shoot as well as­ 'arry's missus - so chances are he would have­ missed the goal even if he had stayed on his feet!

Cameron, you are a fool. You totally destroy your whole­ argument in 2 lines. "It defo wasn't a­ penalty, I don't care what Shearer said on­ MOTD." Do you mean Shearer the expert on such­ matters? Compared to you, the expert on writing­ garbage?

You gotta laugh at this whining hypocrite haven't­ you!
First up, it was defo NOT a penalty; it was­ laughable and Bent deserved a booking for diving (and i­ couldn't care less what Shearer said on MOTD!).­
Secondly, after all the hoohah surrounding the West­ Ham player's alleged over reaction to the Jones­ boy's violent assault, what do i see? I see the­ safc players surrounding the ref, pleading for the­ Spurs 'keper to be sent off!!!!!
And then to cap it­ all, we have Steve 'the moan' Bruce; if that­ 'penalty' was given the other way he would be­ screaming blue murder! Another thing, penalty or not,­ there were absolutely no grounds for a red, dear me get­ a grip Brucey Boy!
I saw the highlights (and YES safc­ should've had a first half penalty), and have gone­ through the matchcast; YES safc probably deserved­ better, but that's football Brucey Boy (remember­ Blackburn at home?). Stop your whining, and just take­ it on the chin you sore, sore loser; oh, and less of­ the hypocrisy huh - yes, we all know you can't wait­ to take over at Old Trafford, but leave the hypocrisy­ 'til you get there!