Just got back from the Brittania.
Heard piquionne's goal was handball, but well you ride your luck. Since that goal, it seemed as if Mr Jones had his wages on 2-1. Okay, we've seen it all before, refs let the fans get the better off them and award something silly to make up for the Piquionne goal. The word in the west ham end, was that the ref was going to givea soft penalty.. and my word he did. A minute into the second half and a penalty? Literally ludicrous however it is viable. This isn't a rant on referees, but there is no consistency, you would think after awarding them a penalty, the ref would play an even game.. however no, consistently 50/50's went Stokes way. This marked by offscreen, Pulis talking to the referee at half time. Shawcross lunged in for another 'Ramsey' like tackle on Parker, and just a yellow card, he also done it last week at Upton Park. I NEVER EVER want to see that scumbag wear an England shirt, an absolute c**t. And i want to emphasise this point, did you see when shawcross ran into the ref accidental? He went mad at him! How was he not sent off for that I do not know. A replay was probably a fair result, but we didn't have the right gameplan. We were slow, we didn't press.. but when we were coming forward we did actually look dangerous. Stoke will be in very big trouble in weeks to come, and mark my word. They are a very poor side, and like we picked them off last week and nearly beat them today.. Pulis only has one hope of survivial, and thats home form. Finally, famous atmosphere? Couldn't even sell their ground, and their support was pony. We have many more cup finals to come in this season, hoping we stay up now, as we deserve too.
