Premier League - Shearer blasts Webb over 'goal'

Eurosport - Sun, 17 May 15:54:00 2009

Alan Shearer blasted referee Howard Webb after he disallowed a goal from Mark Viduka as Newcastle plunged back into the relegation zone.

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The Magpies were trailing 1-0 to Fulham at St James' Park when the Australia international headed home a 50th-minute Danny Guthrie corner. Referee Webb ruled out the strike for a foul on goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer by Kevin Nolan, although television replays suggested Shearer's side were desperately unfortunate.

Manager Shearer and assistant Iain Dowie confronted the official as he left the pitch, and the manager said: "We are bitterly disappointed at the disallowed goal. I have seen it and I can't see anything that's wrong with it."

He added: "Probably what has happened is the goal on Monday night from Steven Taylor has been highlighted that much this week that one or two people have thought, 'We might try to clamp down on that this weekend'.

"You are allowed to put someone in front of the goalkeeper - I am not aware that you are meant to get out of the way of him.

"I thought their player was blocking him more than Kevin Nolan was, so I am disappointed with that."

Asked if he had managed to speak to Webb, Shearer said: "Not yet, but I am going to try.

"I thought he got the big decision wrong. When he looks at it, he might think that as well."

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  1. humbleman6930
    you need to change your ID pal because­ you areanything BUT a humble man!

    From cameron w, on Tue 19 May 9:20PM

  2. humbleman6930
    you need to change your ID pal because­ you areanything BUT a humble man!

    From cameron w, on Tue 19 May 9:20PM

  3. Blast the referee ok he did not have a good game, there­ again a few players could do with a blast.
    Wake up­ Newcastle, you have a bad team filled with over paid­ has beens, actually you are embarrasing, poor team­ supoorted by 50,000 fools who pay hard earned money­ (most from the dole) to watch @#$%.

    From , on Tue 19 May 7:16AM

  4. Page7, do you think marnio is really from Peru, I­ thought it was just some daft mackem trying (a bit too­ hard) to be funny

    From john.connolly01, on Mon 18 May 10:28PM

  5. Marnio.Like everyone else outside the north east you­ don,t understand do you? Up here we love our football­ clubs,it,s a passion.Win lose or draw we,re there.So­ far as your other remarks about cavemen and drugs and­ no jobs,i,ve seen peruvians(not so pretty mate).Dos,nt­ a large amount of the worlds drugs come from your neck­ of the woods and jobs,i have worked all my life in the­ north east and never been unemployed.Just to finish off­ it seems we have a better education system or are you­ just stupid.

    From Peter, on Mon 18 May 8:27PM

  6. Howard Webb awards Manchester United a very soft­ penalty against Spurs and then after the game, admits­ he was wrong to award it. He then comes to Newcastle­ and disallows a perfectly good goal that would have­ levelled the scores. Since when was standing in front­ of a goalkeeper an offence punishable by a free kick?­ Besides, the Fulham defender blocked Schwarzer more­ then Nolan did. Is Mr Webb now going to award free­ kicks every time a player stands in front of a­ goalkeeper? I don't think so.

    From Jarvis, on Mon 18 May 8:23PM
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    I here BT have already scheduled repairs to the Big­ market phone box for next Monday Morning. I bet it is­ @#$% itself, poor thing.

    From leebann, on Mon 18 May 4:33PM

  8. Even if Newcastle stay up this season, next season is­ likely to be another struggle. I believe that within 10­ years there will be a dramtic change in football, teams­ will have to field a proportion of home-grown talent­ and that will be when things improve for Newcastle. In­ the meantime, let's hope for stability - that's­ what this club needs now.

    From Hutch, on Mon 18 May 1:13PM

  9. these are all big games at this time of season &­ every goal is crucial, so it's real shame to see­ that we have to deal with contentious decisions (or­ just plain blunders...) right till the end. Good luck­ to NUFC & Shearer.

    From Yea-Joon, on Mon 18 May 12:38AM

  10. Nice to hear you geordie's being honest, I'm a­ Mackem but i would still like you's to play in the­ epl next season with us, If we get a win on monday.­ There's nowt better than the Tyne/Wear derby for us­ lot. I'm not going to wish you's good luck­ against Villa next week, Because we might need­ you's to get beat ourselves.

    But hears hoping were­ all in the promise land next season. Sunderland A.F.C.­ top dogs of the north east.
    ( i kinder like the sound­ of that)

    From muf_dvr1, on Sun 17 May 8:57PM

  11. NEWCASTLE UNITED FOR LIFE , NOT JUST THE PREMIER­ LEAGUE.
    THROUGH THICK AND THIN WE WILL BE THERE.

    From sean.nufc, on Sun 17 May 8:56PM
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    Hello, my footy fans, it marnio here from the peru.
    now­ the georgies are going to be the regulated. they were­ once the greatest football team in the world but now­ they the ruubish. they have the many fans, but they all­ like the cave man. they drink the many pints of the­ beer which destroy all their brain cells. they walk­ about and grunt at each other like the primates. for­ them the football and the heavy drinking is all they­ have. the georgie land is like the bomb site, there no­ work, the no food and the no prospects. the place is­ like the time that civilisation forgot. for these­ people mr shearer and mr keegan let down the very­ badly.

    From marnio from peru, on Sun 17 May 8:52PM

  13. can not take it when it happens 2 u but if it happens­ for u u will love it

    From margaret, on Sun 17 May 8:33PM

  14. it's all well n good wanting another manager in but­ who the hell would want the job...and who the hell do­ we want?

    it's a very hard question and another­ question is do we want an english manager or a­ foreigner theres a lot of dead wood as you say but do­ we want to build a fire with the wood or make a good­ old geordie team full of pride n guts like we had­ before ashley came........years ago when my grandad­ watched the toon i saw his face when the match was over­ ....happiness pride and looking to the­ future..................WHAT'S OUR FUTURE­ NOW?...

    from sad liz....... xxxxxx

    From LIZ, on Sun 17 May 7:36PM

  15. im a toon fan and after reading all these comments i­ cant even be bothered to write anything positive......­ sad sad sad........liz

    From LIZ, on Sun 17 May 7:27PM

  16. Shearer left with an expensive pile of­ "deadwood" players to get rid of before he­ even thinks of building a team worthy of wearing the­ black n white shirt.

    From BW, on Sun 17 May 7:26PM

  17. G'day jack, me awld sparring partner; hope­ you're having a good one.
    Owt can happen mate;­ remember west ham going to man united a couple of years­ ago, remember fulham last year , and WBA 4 or 5 years­ ago. Of course we can get something at Villa,­ absolutely yes; especially backed by an army of­ thousands. Oh and by the way jack, you're still in­ it up to your neck!
    I am grateful we're still in­ with a shout - never thought it possible a couple of­ months ago.
    Yes the fat lady may be clearing her­ throat, but she ain't singing . . . . yet!!!

    From cameron w, on Sun 17 May 6:24PM
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    Shearer a manager .. never in a month of sundays ..­ cannot pick a team .. cannot use subs in the right way­ .. now he has had a go let all us newcastle fans put­ the sherer for manager to bed and get a proper manager­ in

    From drh6649, on Sun 17 May 6:21PM

  19. Hey even from 10,000 miles away in kalamunda,Western­ Australia,things are looking pretty bleak eh,Mags not­ gonna get anything from the Villa game,sorry Cameron me­ old mucker,but it looks like goodnight Irene.

    The­ Torrence Meister

    From jack torrance, on Sun 17 May 6:02PM

  20. Ok let's put this one to bed!
    To all the­ mis-informed and ill-informed, to the biased and to the­ downright dishonest.
    Can somebody please, please come­ on here and give me ONE instance where a single NUFC­ fan has referred to any manager as 'the­ messiah'!!!!
    You cannot, because it is not­ true!
    Give me one single occasion when any NUFC fan has­ said we are too good to go down, OR we should be in the­ Champions League OR we are this that or evn­ t'other!!!
    You cannot, because it is not­ true!
    There are several reasons why you come on here­ spouting your puerile drivel; my money's on the­ fact that NUFC, for whatever reason, is ALWAYS headline­ news and ALWAYS attracts column inches and televion­ coverage - what's the matter, is your club being­ ignored! Does your club not get any of the limelight; i­ mean for such a small club, i've never seen so much­ of a hoo-ha!
    Is it our attendance you are jealous of,­ or our passion for the game - isn't it funny how­ all the luminaries of the game, all the people who­ actually know a thing or two about the game have­ completely different views to you lot.
    Any mackems out­ there, then i can understand as it is indoctrinated;­ but as for the rest?
    You keep your English Premier­ League, because in less than 10 years you'll be­ praying for the likes of Newcastle United in there -­ once the self-proclaimed 'Big-4' have deserted­ you all and joined the European Super League that will­ inevitably happen!
    Call yourselves football fans?
    Seen­ better behaviour from 10 year olds - shame on you all!

    From cameron w, on Sun 17 May 5:47PM
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