Paul Wilson in the Guardian said that even though Naismith was "fractionally offside" it would have

[Monty91]

been a "travesty" if the goal had been disallowed.

My word.

[redgunamo]

[Ashberto]

Then you have no game worth speaking of.

[Luis Anaconda]

Paul Wilson is the Observer's football correspondent. He has previously worked for the Guardian and the Independent and local newspapers in the north of England, where he still lives, the only Evertonian in a family of Liverpool and Wigan Athletic supporters. No awards, books or television career to speak of, but he once saw a bloke on the tube laughing out loud while reading his column. He lives in hope that in another five years or so he might spot another one. Or even the same one

[Norn Iron]

I have some sympathy for Mertesacker as it was a foul.

['Neg]

[redgunamo]

[Luis Anaconda]

[redgunamo]

[Luis Anaconda]

you'd have to be a raving Belgian to say otherwise

[redgunamo]

I wish all strikers would put themselves about a bit more, especially Olivier.

['Neg]

[pjlincs]

[Classic Jorge]

Yeah, strikers union and all that, but you cant help but feel as though there's a teensy north/south divide going on.

[Luis Anaconda]

[Classic Jorge]

Not that there's anything wrong with miserable northern *******s. Of course

[Luis Anaconda]

[Bergkamp's Brain]

legitimacy based on the rules...

That may actually help out tippy tappy :-)