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Listed below are comments made by Drunken-Hobo between Monday, 30th June 2008 and Thursday, 24th September 2009.

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Premier League & England Q&A 10:39pm on 24 Sep 2009 Wayne Rooney isn't one of the world's greatest players, if he played in the best league in the world, La Liga, the game would pass him by and he'd be lucky to get 1 goal a season.

Wouldn't even take him at Dundee United, give me Damian Casalinuovo (future Argentinian international, taking over from Tevez) and Franciso Sandaza (future Spanish international footballer, taking over from Torres) any day of the week over the scouse thug!
You Are The Ref answer 02:55am on 30 Jun 2008 Here is a scenario I've been wondering about since the missile-throwing incidents in the League Cup semi-final between Dundee United and Aberdeen at Tynecastle:
Appologies for the cliché but it's the final few minutes of an important Scottish Cup game when, unseen by any officials, a coin is thrown at the goalkeeper, striking him on the back of the head. Instead of going down in a fit of agony, the keeper, now in full view of the assistant referee, decides to turn round and mouth off to the crowd, making offensive gestures and using foul language towards the opposition fans. Seeing that the goalkeeper is now facing the other direction, an opposing player hits the ball from all of 60 yards into essentially an open goal, the ball hitting the net before any action is taken by the referee.
The striker automatically assumes it is a legitamite goal and proceeds to celebrate at the other end of the pitch. Now realising what has happened, the goalkeeper protests that this could not possibly be a goal as a forign object had entered the field of play. Although no officials saw the coin throwing incident, there is a £2 coin lying in the six yard box which has obviously been launched onto the pitch.

Does the goal stand, or is it ruled out as the goalkeeper was clearly hindered by it's arrival on the pitch and what action does the referee take against the goalkeeper for reacting in an inappropriate, but somewhat justifiable fasion?

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