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Blackburn Rovers boss hits out at referee Howard Webb
2:38pm Monday 15th March 2010 in
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- By Andy Cryer » Blackburn Rovers reporter
BLACKBURN Rovers manager Sam Allardyce had a few choice words for referee Howard Webb after his side's defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.
The official, who will be England’s representative at the World Cup, missed blatant penalties for both David Dunn and Gareth Bale – before bizarrely ruling out Nikola Kalinic’s wonder strike near the end.
Allardyce said: “At major parts in the game, particularly when the game is 0-0 we have had two penalties appeals turned down that we think are definite penalties.
“That has taken the game, that could have gone in our favour against us, and we are very disappointed with that as well.
"The tackle on Dunny I just don’t know why it was not a penalty.
"I can guess, because we are away from home and at Tottenham.
“Niko’s goal probably wouldn’t have affected the result but you don’t want to see goals like that wiped out for infringements that are not there.
"A referee of Howard’s experience should not be giving that but he did.”
Rovers’ boss also had words of praise for man of the match Gareth Bale but insisted it wasn’t the problems he caused Michel Salgado that were their downfall.
He said: “Bale is a terrific player and he had a terrific game.
"We should have stopped his service and in the main that was coming from Dawson on the diagonal.
"That is where we should have halted the situation more.”
Comments(38)
Blind Pew
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3:21pm Mon 15 Mar 10
MidlandRover85 wrote:Not to have a go at Sam but as soon as I saw Salgado in the starting 11 I groaned, let's face it, he's just too slow, he might've been able to get away with it in say Italy, where the pace of the game is a lot slower, but over here the constant runs of Bale had me mortified, I agree Olsson should've been pitted against Bale, I would've had 4 midfielders, with Di Santo supporting Kalinic, even if it was just in an attacking midfield position, YET AGAIN Kalinic was limited to fishing for hopeful punts, it's not creative, at all, it's mere opportunism, and few goals come from it, yes fair enough Kalinic should've had such a goal (and a great one at that) at the end, but even if given it would've been 3-2 with the damage already done. Positivity will win you games, and unless we attack Chelsea I can't see us winning that one either.
Another day, Another Sam rant at somebody, whether it be managers, referees or the ball boy didnt give the ball back quick enough blah blah blah. The fact is anybody with eyes and a brain could see Salgado was given the run around by Bale all game. Why he didnt change this is anybodies guess. He could have switched Ollson over at least he has pace to keep up with Bale. The fact is Sam your tactics were wrong again please own up to that fact once in a while!
bed and breakfast man_!
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4:00pm Mon 15 Mar 10
MJ Rover
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5:23pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Rather than complain about how the ref has made mistakes, I'd rather Allardyce concentrate on coming up with some new tactics. 18 defeats from 20 away games screams to me that the tactics he currently uses are not working!!
BlueSkies
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5:38pm Mon 15 Mar 10
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Two blatant penalty appeals dismissed and Kalanic's effort ruled out for 'deliberate' handball? I'm with Sam on this.
hasslem hasslem
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5:40pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Morst
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5:50pm Mon 15 Mar 10
bed and breakfast man_! wrote:Hi B+B - Perhaps the scousers will contribute with us to locking Raffa and Sam in a room and throw away the Key?
Come on ! Get behind Sam, Nothing is ever his fault.
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Kalinic would have been a real gem unearthed if it was Hughes or Souness as manager - they think about attacking options sometimes not "Defend and Percentages"! Yawn Yawn.
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Jonny Bovril
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6:08pm Mon 15 Mar 10
BlueSkies wrote:Blue Skies. You're right Webb did have a poor game - and we should have had a pen and Kalinic's goal was a harsh decision - but they could/should have had 2 pens!
Why shouldn't Sam criticise the ref? Howard Webb was appalling. He should have booked Corluka ,for his late challenge in the first couple of minutes, on Olsson but chose to ignore it.
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Two blatant penalty appeals dismissed and Kalanic's effort ruled out for 'deliberate' handball? I'm with Sam on this.
The problem is that SA has found an excuse after every defeat and its never 'I picked the wrong team, or I set them up in the wrong way' or 'we need to change the way we play'.
Its always anybodies fault but his and this can't realistically be true, lacks humilty and insults players who are following his tactics and fans who know that 1 shot on goal and just 'lob it in there' tactics aren't gonna get us any wins away.
We play a don't concede and hope it drops game and to hide these tactical failings behind excuses just isnt on. What a leader of men our Sam has become!
Jonny Bovril
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6:08pm Mon 15 Mar 10
BlueSkies wrote:Blue Skies. You're right Webb did have a poor game - and we should have had a pen and Kalinic's goal was a harsh decision - but they could/should have had 2 pens!
Why shouldn't Sam criticise the ref? Howard Webb was appalling. He should have booked Corluka ,for his late challenge in the first couple of minutes, on Olsson but chose to ignore it.
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Two blatant penalty appeals dismissed and Kalanic's effort ruled out for 'deliberate' handball? I'm with Sam on this.
The problem is that SA has found an excuse after every defeat and its never 'I picked the wrong team, or I set them up in the wrong way' or 'we need to change the way we play'.
Its always anybodies fault but his and this can't realistically be true, lacks humilty and insults players who are following his tactics and fans who know that 1 shot on goal and just 'lob it in there' tactics aren't gonna get us any wins away.
We play a don't concede and hope it drops game and to hide these tactical failings behind excuses just isnt on. What a leader of men our Sam has become!
jpellicc
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6:16pm Mon 15 Mar 10
BlueSkies
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6:17pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Jonny Bovril wrote:Fair comment.
BlueSkies wrote: Why shouldn't Sam criticise the ref? Howard Webb was appalling. He should have booked Corluka ,for his late challenge in the first couple of minutes, on Olsson but chose to ignore it. . Two blatant penalty appeals dismissed and Kalanic's effort ruled out for 'deliberate' handball? I'm with Sam on this.Blue Skies. You're right Webb did have a poor game - and we should have had a pen and Kalinic's goal was a harsh decision - but they could/should have had 2 pens! The problem is that SA has found an excuse after every defeat and its never 'I picked the wrong team, or I set them up in the wrong way' or 'we need to change the way we play'. Its always anybodies fault but his and this can't realistically be true, lacks humilty and insults players who are following his tactics and fans who know that 1 shot on goal and just 'lob it in there' tactics aren't gonna get us any wins away. We play a don't concede and hope it drops game and to hide these tactical failings behind excuses just isnt on. What a leader of men our Sam has become!
Jonny Bovril
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6:19pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Sound familiar?
Apologies for the mistake.
marghen
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7:07pm Mon 15 Mar 10
marghen
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7:10pm Mon 15 Mar 10
jeppo
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8:45pm Mon 15 Mar 10
burner
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8:51pm Mon 15 Mar 10
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No amount of speaking your mind will ever change a soccer result until we employ technology. God knows how that is to be done, but watching the Olympics ice-hockey recently showed how cameras can cancel/endorse decisions.
banjo's at ewood
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9:03pm Mon 15 Mar 10
Miller11
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10:56pm Mon 15 Mar 10
burner wrote:The problem is Human interpretation is still needed.
Sam is right. Those long balls fed to Bale should have been stopped. and, sad to say this, Salgado IS lacking in pace..
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No amount of speaking your mind will ever change a soccer result until we employ technology. God knows how that is to be done, but watching the Olympics ice-hockey recently showed how cameras can cancel/endorse decisions.
Look at the Eduardo dive incident as an example.
Far too many grey areas. While football is a contact sport video technology can't be used.
I can understand the goal line technology argument (though I disagree with the idea) because that could be accurately worked.
Video replays would have to be studied and debated for hours. How many times do you hear an argument between Hansen and Shearer on Match of the day about whether or not it was a penalty?
I'd suggest our managers time would be better spent watching videos of spurs, and identifying their strengths and weaknesses, and basing at least part of his game-plan on his findings, rather than bickering with other managers.
eddie the eagle
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11:54pm Mon 15 Mar 10
moggy669
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6:44am Tue 16 Mar 10
More people like sam need to speak up and maybe something will get done, probably not though.
BIG SAMS BLUE N WHITE ARMY..
Morst
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8:31am Tue 16 Mar 10
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31st........
marghen
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8:34am Tue 16 Mar 10
jeppo wrote:f eight
Marghen...we DO have one hell of a manager, but you just refuse to see it. Come on fella, if theres anyone that is the champion of criticising others, it would be your good self. On a seperate issue, why have you stopped calling me Compo, that was quite funny?
marghen
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9:03am Tue 16 Mar 10
Morten
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9:50am Tue 16 Mar 10
jpellicc wrote:jpellicc you hit the nail on the head. What i dont understand with Sam´s tacticts is that over the season we have got one win and a draw in the league, he has got these results by playing his 4-5-1. There must be some kind of soul-searching, and must be able to see that he don´t have the players for that style of play. What concerns me the most is that under Hughes we played fooball, under Ince we triede, but under Sam we are playing his long ball football, and with the squad we have, that is just not working. Yes we are a small club, but Hughes have already showed we can play some good attacking football, why not continue that style?
Sam has done a creditable job keeping us up last year and keeping us out of the relegation fight this year (so far!) But, he's got to STOP criticizing the refs and get on his players. When I watch Stoke play (a team of lesser talent than Rovers) I see full commitment on every play. If we had that level of intensity, we'd be challenging for the top half of the table. Is this due to Tony Pulis? I don't know but Sam, you've got to find a way to motivate your players to play at a higher level day in and day out.
eddie the eagle
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10:32am Tue 16 Mar 10
marghen wrote:I presume that would be an obtuse angle.
‘Compo’ is old hat now, didn’t realise you’d grown a fetish about it! Anyways, I think you deserve a change. A couple of new names that suit you…Peyton, Riley, Avery & Angle..My favorite would have to be my little ‘Angle’.. the choice is yours, by the way these are the top unisex names! xx
Sam must go
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1:50pm Tue 16 Mar 10
cantbeleiveyourallsostupid
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2:13pm Tue 16 Mar 10
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Sam cares... a lot of you think he doesnt, you think he is only interested in bettering his own profile. I beg to differ. Howard Webb is notoriosly a bad referee. Those of you with a short memory won't remember when we played West Ham at home a few seasons ago... Wrongly gave a freekick, which led to a blatant offside, which wasnt spotted, which led to a foul on one of our players followed by a shot that struck Tevez who was offside. The ball was cleared and Mr Webb gave West Ham a goal. 3 blatant errors in 15 seconds?! He has made many other mistakes since this, but I particularly remember this night (vs West Ham) leaving a bad taste in my mouth.(some of my details may be wrong, sue me) I also recall that he sent someone off in the dying stages?
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Calling your self "sam must go" is also quite pathetic... Almost as pathetic as not a single one of you has spotted the typo in my name.
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And I keep hearing people harking back to Hughes, and how we played football. Rose tinted glasses I say... Anyone with a memory will remember that we did what we had to to win games under Mark, in a very similair way to how we do under Sam. I admit that Sam's tactics are different, but the quality at his disposal is a far cry from what Mark had. Bellamy, McCarthy and Santa... All sam has had is a shadow of his former self in Benni, and a crocked Santa (thanks to Ince rushing him back)
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Sam has mentioned this year that we need a goalscorer. He is right. We have always had a guy that we could rely on for goals. Right now we do not. Kale is looking good but next season is the test of his abilities. And the irony of it all is if he plays well and scores goals, he will most probably be playing for someone else the following season
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Once again I plead for realism from sections of the supporters who use this website. If you have no answer to my argument, feel free to try and belittle me with the old chestnut that I am "entrenched" in my opinion.
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Morten
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11:22am Wed 17 Mar 10
We dont have a midfield that scores a lot of goals. Niko need help from another striker, that will also put more pressure on the opposing team, it is to easy to play around the our first pressure, that was obvious against Spurs. 1 win and 1 draw is not good enough in 20 games, the preparation to away games is just not good enough, and there is only one man to blame for that an that is tha manager, he is the one who i responsibel for the tactics and prematch preparation.
I am not saying Sam is a poor manager, just that he need to reconsider his methods when we are on the road.
jeppo
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12:46pm Wed 17 Mar 10
stupid...you're my hero!
Sam must go
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1:48pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Sam signed Chimbonda, Salgado, Jacobson and not 1 left back. Season ticket sales for next season will reveal the damage he's done and doing. He's an arrogant, self obsessed individual that is a product of the modern game. Some of the supporters are so desperate for Rovers to do well, they'll put up with anything. Sadly a lot will not.
marghen
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2:02pm Wed 17 Mar 10
osostupid
jeppo
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3:29pm Wed 17 Mar 10
marghen wrote:...just remind me again, who was it just 3 games ago that stated we would get 35-37 points maximum for the season (and then 1 game ago started saying that you want to change to 40)?
Stupid…How silly of me I’ve just noticed the spelling mistake in your name-let me correct it…cantbeleivejepp osostupid
Who was it that said 'anyone comparing Keith Andrews to Mark Atkins... it just goes to show how stupid you lot really are" (and then 3 weeks later, Superatko himself makes the comparison) ha ha ha
Morst
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5:18pm Wed 17 Mar 10
jeppo wrote:Another quality post adding nowt to the debate from Rovers own Sir Humphrey Appleby!
cantbelieveyourallso
stupid...you're my hero!
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marghen
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5:35pm Wed 17 Mar 10
jeppo wrote:Angle, firstly my prediction is still on track to be correct.
marghen wrote: Stupid…How silly of me I’ve just noticed the spelling mistake in your name-let me correct it…cantbeleivejepp osostupid...just remind me again, who was it just 3 games ago that stated we would get 35-37 points maximum for the season (and then 1 game ago started saying that you want to change to 40)? Who was it that said 'anyone comparing Keith Andrews to Mark Atkins... it just goes to show how stupid you lot really are" (and then 3 weeks later, Superatko himself makes the comparison) ha ha ha
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Mark Atkins was a great footballer for BRFC -his observation aren’t , a bit like yours! I reckon MA was trying to be kind to Keith Andrews & perhaps he’s seen something in Keith that reminds him of himself! Anyone with an inkling about football will realise MA was a far superior player than KA is, at this moment -you only need to compare the stats of both players. Oh, I forget your opinions aren’t based on facts haha.
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Mark Atkins -BRFC 257 app 35 goal
Keith Andrews -BRFC 59 app 5 goals
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Jeppo open your eyes!
jeppo
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6:31pm Wed 17 Mar 10
The great irony is Marghen, I was a supporter of SuperAtko in his day, and defended him at every opportunity when everyone used to boo him (and Sherwood). I 100% guarantee that you would have been one of his biggest critics...I guarantee it!
Morst...you are a very peculiar man, you need to analyse what YOU actually contribute to any debates - principally spouting nonsense and abjectly refusing to take note of reality, you kid yourself mate x
marghen
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7:13pm Wed 17 Mar 10
Morst
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7:04am Thu 18 Mar 10
jeppo
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12:08pm Thu 18 Mar 10
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MidlandRover85 says...
3:08pm Mon 15 Mar 10