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I think a couple of questions need to be asked with regards to the comings and goings of this weekend's round of Premier League fixtures. Firstly, why did Pepe Reina try and save the balloon? If it was white and a similar size to a football it would not be unreasonable for him to have confused the two. But it was a huge friggin' beach ball sized bastard and bright red in colour. It looked no more like a football than Jamie Carragher's head and I've never seen young Pepe try and save that.

Also, why did the referee give the goal? It can be excusable for referee's on occasion to give wrong decisions if they have not seen an incident or not seen what they thought they saw, or their interpretation of a rule appears to be inconsistent, but to not know the rules in the first place is surely unacceptable no? These people are professionals, it's all they do. This is the highest level of football in the land, they should be able to reel off the rules in any given situation without a moment's hesitation, even the most obscure and unlikely ones.

Thirdly, from the same game; did Rafe Benitez actually tell Steve Bruce to "calm down?" You know you've spent too much time in Liverpool the moment you use this phrase. A Spaniard shouting calm down while moving his hands in a see-saw motion is very funny in my opinion and I want confirmation as to whether it was said.

My final question is will Burnley win today? Despite being many many places above Blackburn in the table they are priced at 4/1 today and I feel this is a wrong un' so I'm having some of it. Shit when playing away Burnley may be, but this is a very local derby so hardly an away day, it's the same gloomy and shit conditions they're used to for home fixtures.

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