He was being interviewed after the game and said " everyone in the ground thought the shane Long one was a penalty"

errr no they didn't, they thought he dived. He ran across Gabbidon to initiate contact and was going to ground before contact was made, he should have been booked, but the ref didn't have the balls....

A slightly more dignified response.
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Life is the same as it always will be,
Easy as picking foxes from a tree.
M Bolan

As the early foul on Delaney was so early I can almost understand why there was no yellow and the Delaney foul could possibly be looked on as retaliation but these do not explain the foul (again by Long) on Jedi which given the earlier foul was at least a yellow. The O'Keefe challenge does look like a red but after the keeper had rammed Jerome (great game) a yellow was the least that should have happenned plus kicking the ball away and calling the ref whatever he did fully justified it.
Bruce - Why buy two "decent" stikers and give them their debut in the same match and a six pointer at that. Glad to know we parked the bus after the goal as I must have had a kip and dreamt the other chances, corners etc.
Neither of the dives was a penalty but given the refs other decisions we can think ourselves lucky they weren't given (Ashley Young??).

Enjoying getting up later and not having someone who knows better than me (apart from the missus of course).

I loved the song we sung when he left for Birmingham..
'Brucie the elephant packed his trunk and said goodbye to the Palace,off he went with a trumpity trump, cnut cnut cnut!! to the refrain of Nellie the elephant!!!

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Following The Palace since 1956,
Rocking the Blues since 68.!!

Still makes me laugh!

Dermot Gallagher on SSN said in his opinion both were not pens.