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. unfortunately our players are so bad we feel we have to­ foul the keeper so we can sneak a "foul"­ goal. shut up shearer, a great player but you­ inherited a load of c **P.

    NUFC through and through.

    From steve, on Sun 17 May 5:40PM
  2. Marge Simpson. What you know about football could­ probably be written on the back of ants ar$e.
    Keep your­ stupid comments to yourself untill you know what you­ are talking about and even then it will be boring.
    Go­ away.

    From Bobby Robson A Legend, on Sun 17 May 4:38PM
  3. ref's constantly decide the fate of teams. the ref­ also killed last weeks game between w.ham and liverpool­ which probably cost west ham a europa spot

    I'd­ hate to see newcastle go down because of 1 point lost­ on yet another @#$% decision

    on the concept of a video­ ref. why not? over key points in a game only yes­ I'm totally in favour of it. better than relying on­ some out of shape ref with a beer belly who can't­ even get in the correct position to make decisions

    From vailsy, on Sun 17 May 4:10PM
  4. As a TOON fan of course I'm going to say that the­ Ref Webb got that goal decision wrong & he knows­ it..BUT over a season we have been @#$% !... the games­ that will untimately cost us ( I cant see us getting­ anything at Villa ) were the home draws with Wigan­ & Stoke, we were leading both 2-1 going into injury­ time & allowed them to equalise, hence 4 points­ lost, where would we be now with those 4 points ? I­ rest my case, too many home draws has cost us dear this­ year

    From GRAEME, on Sun 17 May 3:04PM
  5. Marge Simpson, you are a f**king piece of @#$%

    Shearer­ is both a legend in England and Newcastle colours, and­ for you to call him a cheat is both an insult to him,­ and yourself. I think that everybody, whether you dont­ even support Newcastle, disagrees with you. He gave­ his all at thei great club, as a player, and now a­ manager, and I am sorry that he has voiced his rightful­ opinion about a dubious refereeing decision. It was in­ fact a goal, but that is beside the point. We lost and­ thats that. But for to call him a cheat is­ disgraceful. I hope that you feel ashamed, and that­ you are smart enough to stop embarrasing youself with­ these outrageous comments..

    For all of you who didnt­ see it, this was this guys comment:

    "Shearer Is a­ cheat allways was..He thinks hes something­ special.I­ hate his guts.hes an arrogant man.Just like­ Andy Gray­ Hes another one Id willingly Kick"

    Marge, go back­ to Sunderland.

    From jayc, on Sun 17 May 2:52PM
  6. villa will send you down. bye bye newcastle.

    From angus, on Sun 17 May 2:42PM
  7. Yet again Howard Webb makes a terrible decison at St­ James Park, how I laughed, I didn't hear you mags­ complaining when he awarded you a penalty that never­ was against Sunderland or the offside goals you got­ against 'Boro. You are going down and I can­ honestly say you deserve it due to your years and years­ of thinking you were so much better and that you should­ be in the Champions League. Well your close to being in­ the Championship league, we will see if the 55000 fans­ you crow on about as being the best in the world turn­ up then.

    From Crisis, on Sun 17 May 2:09PM
  8. Newcastle are not in the relegation zone because of one­ bad refereeing decision - their board have made several­ over the season, their players have not performed to­ their potential and their collection of Managers have­ not been up to the task... No good welching about it­ now that they are deep in it - and Messiah II (Messiah­ I was another faux pas by the board) may yet wish he­ stuck to what he does best - armchair punditary...­ Looking forward to Shearer's decision if the Toon­ go doon.... ;)

    From Mike, on Sun 17 May 2:05PM
  9. comment 42, how long would that last?????????????­ before it was 2, 3, 4, 5, and on and on. Yes if it was­ like tennis and now cricket maybe but this is football,­ and we all know what type of mentality exists in the­ game.

    From Colin H, on Sun 17 May 1:42PM
  10. Colin H your wrong. They can do it like in tennis. Let­ allow the manager to one call per half. It would be­ great!

    From Rafal, on Sun 17 May 1:29PM
  11. All you people who go on about video evidence etc., it­ will never work, the game will go on for hours and­ constantly stop. A wrong throw in, foul etc., ALL­ changes the history of a game, do you want every single­ decision contested?, that is what will happen. In Rugby­ the ref only asks about the grounding of the ball for a­ try, even if he sees a foul of some description before­ he cannot call it. I suggest people get of the refs­ backs, there are less and less refs coming through­ because of abuse and attacks, so then what, no refs no­ game period.

    From Colin H, on Sun 17 May 1:19PM
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    Shearer Is a cheat allways was..He thinks hes something­ special.I hate his guts.hes an arrogant man.Just like­ Andy Gray Hes another one Id willingly Kick

    From Marge Simpson., on Sun 17 May 1:17PM
  13. Howard Webbs referring is pathetic. A free penalty to­ the Mancs and now injustice to Newcastle. If this is­ going to be the standard of referring in the world cup­ I worry.

    From Alibaba_in_OZ, on Sun 17 May 1:16PM
  14. they all leave but who will buy them most our rubbish­ anyway owen is sick note ,, to happy with the horses­ and happy stealing the money from the fans every week,,

    From Chris, on Sun 17 May 1:02PM
  15. look the season isover 38 games not one or two ,,, so­ newcastle have to except they been poor big mistake­ getting rid of big sam as manager ,,,, blackburn is­ staying up ,,so if newcastle go down they deserve­ it,,,, i think they lose next week and hull will draw

    From Chris, on Sun 17 May 1:00PM
  16. show me an English striker better than Shearer in­ modern times, you can't. I didn't like the bas­ tard and yes he cheated etc., but again who fu cking­ doesn't. At least he got stuck in not like some of­ the ponce players about now.

    From Colin H, on Sun 17 May 12:59PM
  17. win or lose shearers bank balance as made it, come on­ hull and villa.viduka says he wants to stay lol we will­ see how many do when they go down...

    From jack, on Sun 17 May 12:56PM
  18. this went against new but throughout the season you get­ some for and some against, there is no point slagging­ off ref just all get together and demand video replays­ on these decisions we desperatly need them

    From Jimmyrice man u are champs again, on Sun 17 May 12:55PM
  19. As Joe Corrigan once said (excuse me if this is­ slightly misquoted):
    ''There are two rules in­ footbal, Rule one - the referee is always right. Rule­ two - if the referee is ever wrong see rule­ one''
    Get over it Shearer...

    From Ace, on Sun 17 May 12:55PM
  20. Clearly another Mr Webb error more evidence for video­ refs....... To all you would be Toon and gloom tea­ pots out there ...as the saying goes it aint over till­ the fat lady sings ...... A point at Villa should be­ enough cant see Dull city turning Man Utd over or even­ getting a sniff of a point ... (congrats to MUFC by­ the way and hope Fergie plays his big boys and chucks­ us a life line.)

    From anglersworld, on Sun 17 May 12:48PM
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