tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post1637993766950807642..comments2023-10-14T08:30:21.852+01:00Comments on Oxblogger: Crewe Alexandra 1 Yellows 1Oxbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02967021179480280905noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post-5292458689751302072010-10-02T10:53:49.567+01:002010-10-02T10:53:49.567+01:00The Crewe fans all seem to be completely adamant t...The Crewe fans all seem to be completely adamant that the reason the ref changed the decision was because he was told to by the Utd players. It's entirely plausible the linesman didn't flag because from his angle (and the chap commenting above) he mistakenly believed that it didn't hit Miller. I suspect the ref said to the linesman, 'the ball definitely hit miller, was he offside?'. This would be a perfect example of ref and linesman communicating properly to make sure the correct decision was made.<br /><br />To be honest, even if it didn't hit Miller (which it did, I had the perfect view of it from the back of the big stand, almost directly in line with it), I would argue (correctly) that challenging the goalkeeper on his 6 yard line who then subsequently deflected the ball into the back of his own net would DEFINITELY be defined as 'being active' and 'interfering with play'.<br /><br />The other thing the Alex fans are accusing the dirty, disgusting, cheating, disgraceful Utd players of doing was crowding and haranguing the officials. They have carefully ignored the moment Beano collided with the keeper in a 50/50 challenge at the far post and the Crewe players went on the rampage for about 3 or 4 minutes in the ref's face.<br /><br />On another subject, I enjoyed the line 'a better Crewe would have put 3 or 4 past them'. What does that mean? 'If we were better at football, we would have beaten them'. What a ludicrous thing to say.Andy Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443893687014242793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post-90098991759585564742010-10-02T10:52:18.724+01:002010-10-02T10:52:18.724+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Andy Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06443893687014242793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28923417.post-36673959881629671022010-10-01T01:41:47.856+01:002010-10-01T01:41:47.856+01:00Hang on mate, from our position behind the goal, I...Hang on mate, from our position behind the goal, I'm still pretty sure that it came off the keeper, and not Miller... And I think what we got more incensed about was the shoddy refereeing of a game that quickly got interrupted by continuous fouling by your players, summed up by the incident towards the end where he lost total control after what looked like a very dangerous tackle...jon_lewis235https://www.blogger.com/profile/02809572541960226791noreply@blogger.com