The Football.....

[Levo-Lon]

the great Norman Hunter

 

[Levo-Lon]

Oh dear, my big mouthed City mates have gone all quiet on facebook !

can't think why
City looked bloody brilliant in the first 45

 

[potsy]

Pogba went from looking like a pub team player in the first half, to world beater in the second.

Must have been some halftime team talk by King Jose

 

[Dayvo]

Pogba went from looking like a pub team player in the first half, to world beater in the second.

Must have been some halftime team talk by King Jose

Must have been the Double Diamond -

 

[ozboz]

[QUOTE 5206908, member: 9609"]it would be some finish to the season if Man U took the title[/QUOTE]

 

[ozboz]

Watched the match in the local this evening. £8 for 400ml for not exactly craft ale (or even Stella for that matter).

£8 !!! bloody hell ! I thought Richmond was dear at £5 + !

 

[ozboz]

City are great when they play well, but they can't bully teams like the great Leeds, Liverpool, Chelsea and Man Utd sides of the past. They are like a posh West Ham, too easy to push aside. It shows how poor the standard is now that they are so far ahead.

Not sure about them being bully's , it's a team full of pint size players , or is there another definition for bully , only asking ,

 

[Smokin Joe]

Not sure about them being bully's , it's a team full of pint size players , or is there another definition for bully , only asking ,

To bully means to impose yourself on the opposition or your opponent, not necessarily by physical means though that helps in football, but by your demeanor and attitude. Liverpool could do it, Faldo, Steve Davis and Jimmy Connors too. It is a trait most of the truly great sportspeople and teams have, the ability to scare their opponents into defeat before the game even starts.

 

[postman]

Can you imagine the footballers of today,playing on grounds like these,and this was a good one.

View: https://youtu.be/vHZWyMFgM80

 

[StuAff]

Can you imagine the footballers of today,playing on grounds like these,and this was a good one.

View: https://youtu.be/vHZWyMFgM80

Like many other sports (cycling included of course)- equipment and quality of ground/course maintenance has improved massively. Gary Player's quoted in today's Sunday Times as saying none of today's top golfers would beat Ben Hogan or Sam Snead. "Today, they play on manicured greens with bunkers raked smooth. I used to walk up fairways covered in daisies. Even the modern golf ball flies 50 yards further". Not entirely fair, if they'd been around back then they'd have learned to cope with it, not like they'd have been sent back in a time machine!

 

[ozboz]

December the 9th 1967

City v Spurs Maine Road

Teams

City XI: Mulhearn, Book, Pardoe, Oakes, Heslop, Doyle, Bell, Coleman, Lee, Young, Summerbee

Spurs XI: Jennings, Kinnear, Knowles, Mackay, Mullery, Hoy, Jones, Saul, Greaves, Venables,
Gilzean

some top players there , on both teams ,

City won 4-1
But why , you may ask is this game a standout '

It became known as the
'Ballet on Ice'
The players were struggling to jog let alone play footy with , wouldn't happen now , H&S for players

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HiYQUXe0VLk

 

[AndyRM]

Is it not usually conditions around the stadiums which results in a call off these days? At the upper levels anyway.

 

[mark st1]

Joe Hart pulled out a few good saves there. Hazard was awful from what I saw of him in the 2nd half. Paving his way for an exit maybe ?

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

We rode our luck but if you don't take your chances you have only got yourself to blame.
I am over the moon with a point and our next game at home to stoke is going to be a big six pointer.

 

[StuAff]

Joe Hart pulled out a few good saves there. Hazard was awful from what I saw of him in the 2nd half. Paving his way for an exit maybe ?

Hazardous strategy.