The Football.....

[brokenflipflop]

We beat Liverpool.....United didn't !
We're through to the 5th round....United aren't !

It's been a good week UP THE TROTTERS !!

 

[Monsieur Remings]

Sturridge is a cheat, easy penalty. Seen them given one can say but every game I watch these days seems to be ruined by some stupid refereeing decision, or is that just me?

Somewhat mitigated by my very good friend, a Chelsea fan, who cooked me and my tribe a great roast today. Even then, I had to admit how woeful we were yesterday. Hughes or no Hughes, we're not staying up with the current crop.

Fancy Liverpool for the FA Cup.

And Terry...

...we know what you said.

 

[172traindriver]

Not sure I'd have been too pleased to get Mcleish, seemed a strange appointment at the time. I remember thinking Martinez would have been good when they were talking about him coming to you, but with hindsight maybe you had a lucky escape there.

We are up at yours on Wednesday...

If you are coming up enjoy your evening, but hopefully the points will be ours. I will be there suffering as usual, actually our away form is better and I thought for a while today that may have been the case again. Not to be though.
I was a bit surprised about the Warnock situation, but noticed on some of your forums he wasn't that popular. Got yourselves a good manager now, Mark Hughes was building a good team at Blackburn after keeping them up. He seemed to get a bit carried away going to work for the Arabs and also being an ex player of the biggest rivals is similar to the situation with our manager.
I think he will keep you up this season by whatever it takes and start to build a team as he was doing with Blackburn next season. You certainly have a battler in Joey, and he will stand up and be counted. It is just some of his previous that is questionable.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I know very little about football. So i listen to commentators and try to figure out what is going on etc. So I have realized that one 'commentator'/ host seems to really know his 'onions'. Stan Collymore.

 

[Doseone]

Sturridge is a cheat, easy penalty. Seen them given one can say but every game I watch these days seems to be ruined by some stupid refereeing decision, or is that just me?

Somewhat mitigated by my very good friend, a Chelsea fan, who cooked me and my tribe a great roast today. Even then, I had to admit how woeful we were yesterday. Hughes or no Hughes, we're not staying up with the current crop.

Fancy Liverpool for the FA Cup.

And Terry...

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...we know what you said.

Dodgy pen, but we were poor by all accounts..I was limited to following it by live text on BBC website. Have signed Samba (no not that one unfortunately) Diakite this evening, but must admit I'd never heard of the guy. Still think there will be more incoming and a hopefully some dead wood outgoing. Shame they cancelled the hand-shake, would have made a great bit of theatre.

If you are coming up enjoy your evening, but hopefully the points will be ours. I will be there suffering as usual, actually our away form is better and I thought for a while today that may have been the case again. Not to be though.
I was a bit surprised about the Warnock situation, but noticed on some of your forums he wasn't that popular. Got yourselves a good manager now, Mark Hughes was building a good team at Blackburn after keeping them up. He seemed to get a bit carried away going to work for the Arabs and also being an ex player of the biggest rivals is similar to the situation with our manager.
I think he will keep you up this season by whatever it takes and start to build a team as he was doing with Blackburn next season. You certainly have a battler in Joey, and he will stand up and be counted. It is just some of his previous that is questionable.

Thanks, won't be there in person unfortunately. Strangely I haven't seen any anti Hughes feeling because of his ex Chelsea status, I think there was just a feeling of general relief that hopefully the rot has stopped. Joey is an odd one. I think we can forgive his off pitch pretentions if he busts a gut for us on the pitch.

 

[Spartak]

We beat Liverpool.....United didn't !
We're through to the 5th round....United aren't !

It's been a good week UP THE TROTTERS !!

But will you beat the mighty Canaries next Saturday ?

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Well the Seagulls beat the Magpies in the battle of the scavenging birds! Hurrah!

Well done Brighton on beating my once beloved Toon.

Well done Crawley Town too.

 

[yello]

And Terry......we know what you said.

I think pretty much everyone knows what he said. I don't think the words themselves are in dispute. What's happening is that some, seemingly Terry included, seems to think they were acceptable or excusable in the context. You know, the stuff that happens in football. Shake hands afterwards and all is forgotten. Personally, I don't buy it and I hope Terry gets slammed for it (despite the fact he is far from the only culprit). But then I'll fully admit that I'm no fan of his and this does cloud my judgement.

 

[Spartak]

I know very little about football. So i listen to commentators and try to figure out what is going on etc. So I have realized that one 'commentator'/ host seems to really know his 'onions'. Stan Collymore.

Anyone has got to be better than Alan Green on 5Live !

 

[yello]

I could never stand Alan Green. Such a one-eyed opinionated blustering prig. Doubtless, someone somewhere thinks that he's the epitome of a football fan, or good for generating 'feedback' and encouraging debate, but I loathed the sanctimonious git.

 

[Keith Oates]

Don't beat about the bush, Yello, say what you really think of him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[yello]

Looks like AV manager McLeish is not happy with RvP...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/16784620.stm

When I saw the incident, it did look to me that van Persie was well aware of where Cuellar was, even lined him up.... all in front of the ref. Obviously the ref was better placed than I to make a call but it did look suss to me.

 

[Doseone]

I could never stand Alan Green. Such a one-eyed opinionated blustering prig. Doubtless, someone somewhere thinks that he's the epitome of a football fan, or good for generating 'feedback' and encouraging debate, but I loathed the sanctimonious git.

Ha ha yeah, get off the fence Yello. I used to like him a few years ago, but he seems to think he is a "personality" now and bigger than the game itself. There are some ex players around who are making good pundits these days. Putting aside his past I like Collymore as a commentator and think the ex Arsenal trio of Keown, Lee Dixon and Ray Parlour are all quite good - particularly Keown. Unfortunately not too keen on the Match of the Day guys, especially Hansen and Lawrenson. And as for Garth Crooks....give me strength.

 

[Maz]

You know, the stuff that happens in football. Shake hands afterwards and all is forgotten. Personally, I don't buy it ...

Couldn't agree more. If you've ever been on the receiving end of racism at a football match (I've had it directed at me), it can be quite soul-destroying. I'm a bit thicker-skinned and the racism is thinner-skinned these days, but it should not be tolerated at all.

 

[Glow worm]

Ha ha yeah, get off the fence Yello. I used to like him a few years ago, but he seems to think he is a "personality" now and bigger than the game itself. There are some ex players around who are making good pundits these days. Putting aside his past I like Collymore as a commentator and think the ex Arsenal trio of Keown, Lee Dixon and Ray Parlour are all quite good - particularly Keown. Unfortunately not too keen on the Match of the Day guys, especially Hansen and Lawrenson. And as for Garth Crooks....give me strength.

Some of the commentators on local radio can be good value. I heard a Radio Cambs guy call the ref 'a bald alcoholic moron' a year or so back! There was a guy at radio Derby who's name escapes me, whose bias was the stuff of legend. And for passion, you'd struggle to beat this clip from last April (scroll to 18 seconds in) as Norwich desperately needed a win against Derby to help secure promotion. (It's 2-2 after 96 minutes!)