Radio reporting that Kevin Mac has been charged

[Louzie0]

...by the FA following an incident at Sunderland.

http://www.espn.co.uk/football/sport/story/119312.html

I've always seen him as a fairly phlegmatic character!

  Clearly it must have been a very controversial decision to exercise him to the point of challenging the official in such a way as to get sent to the stands, but what was it?  I don't remember any comments in the press about him being banished.

Whatever it was, I reckon he was probably right.  Or having a bad day, in which case, he was still right.  Just a bit loud.

Just as well I went in for teaching instead of counsel for the defence, really, isn't it!

[Karlos96]

Apparently he thought Bent was clean through on goal when he was brought down by Wes Brown.

[Louzie0]

There you go.  He was right!

[adrenachrome]

Spawn of Satan Sunday Mercury says:

It is believed that the protest followed a decision to penalise Darren Bent for a foul on Wes Brown when the centre-forward was through on goal.

[Smoke]

Personally I think K.Mac had a point. Baked Bean lost out to Bent but the Ref bottled it.

[Legion]

He was in fine voice last night. Very passionate.

[fredm]

Personally I think K.Mac had a point. Baked Bean lost out to Bent but the Ref bottled it.

It was the bl**dy linesman again who gave it - the ref was letting it go.  Bent and Brown chasing a through ball, both leant on each other and Brown lost out so took a dive to the floor appealing and the lino started flagging.  By the time of the whistle Bent was round the keeper and just about to put it into the empty net.

[LeeB]

That's probably the thing that most annoys me most in modern football, players under pressure or about to lose the chase hitting the deck and the bastard refs fall for it every time.

[Lambert and Payne]

That's probably the thing that most annoys me most in modern football, players under pressure or about to lose the chase hitting the deck and the bastard refs fall for it every time.

And if they don't give it they get slaughtered by managers and the press, its no win situations for referees. There's always controversy and its always the reffs fault

[Vanilla]

That's probably the thing that most annoys me most in modern football, players under pressure or about to lose the chase hitting the deck and the bastard refs fall for it every time.

It's true. Diving by defenders who have lost a ball is barely mentioned, and treated as though defenders are honest characters. 

[Concrete John]

That's probably the thing that most annoys me most in modern football, players under pressure or about to lose the chase hitting the deck and the bastard refs fall for it every time.

It may annoy you, but our captain is a fucking expert at it!!

[FatSam]

It may annoy you, but our captain is a fucking expert at it!!

He does a certain amount of this, but in most cases he gets his body in the way and forces his opponent to foul him, rather than just dive IMO.

[Concrete John]

It may annoy you, but our captain is a fucking expert at it!!

He does a certain amount of this, but in most cases he gets his body in the way and forces his opponent to foul him, rather than just dive IMO.

What he does is get his body in the way, wait for some contact, and then fall, usually right on top of the ball.  This pretty forces the ref to give him the free kick.  Makelele was great at it, too.