Uriah Rennie What a .............

Uriah Rennie's decision to allow Newcastle's first goal after an offside Parker clearly stepped over the ball right in front of Carroll looked at the time to be a shocking decision.

What I missed during the game however was that the linesman raised his flag and Uriah Rennie even went over and consulted with him before allowing the goal. So Rennie clearly thinks an offside player dummying a ball three yards out is not interfering with play - incredible.

And, whilst I'm on a rant, how come Roeder was never able to inspire West Ham to make a second half come back like the barcodes produced today?