The Football.....

[Vapin' Joe]

West Ham get there tenure in the new stadium under way with a 1-0 win against Bournemouth. That was a vital win, I know were're only two games in but it is often those early matches that define your season. Start off at the bottom and the pressure very quickly begins to mount, kicking the nerves in.

 

[Dayvo]

West Ham get there tenure in the new stadium under way with a 1-0 win against Bournemouth. That was a vital win, I know were're only two games in but it is often those early matches that define your season. Start off at the bottom and the pressure very quickly begins to mount, kicking the nerves in.

And a very good attendance (a club record, in fact, which will be bettered many times during this season): 56,977

 

[Vapin' Joe]

And a very good attendance (a club record, in fact, which will be bettered many times during this season): 56,977

The capacity will shortly increase to sixty thousand. They've sold 50,000 season tickets so should have a few full houses.

 

[mark st1]

Boro celebrate their first win back in the Prem a ballsy performance I'm sure you'll agree

 

[Starchivore]

Ahh this happens in real life.Championship Manager is quite realistic then.

I couldn't believe that. I've never seen a team have 80% possession. I almost want to find a recording of the full 90 and watch it, just to see what that kind of possession split looks like. Fair play to Burnley though, they stuck to a plan and were well organised.

 

[Starchivore]

I'm another in the MOTD format is tired camp. The Bundesliga highlights are far superior as they just show the game and don't mess about jawing on about where a player should or should not have been standing.

We need some sports journalists of some decent intelligence and insight on the programme. The ex-pros rarely have anything insightful to say (unlike Millar for the TDF).

Sick of hearing Shearer say "stonewall penalty" and "he should score there" and other such insightful observations. I want pundits to point out something that I wouldn't pick up on myself. I though Phil was decent actually- showing how Liverpool failed to stretch the game enough and whatnot. But the general standard is piss-poor and I think it's a bit of a complacent old-boy's club.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

We need some sports journalists of some decent intelligence and insight on the programme. The ex-pros rarely have anything insightful to say (unlike Millar for the TDF).

Sick of hearing Shearer say "stonewall penalty" and "he should score there" and other such insightful observations. I want pundits to point out something that I wouldn't pick up on myself. I though Phil was decent actually- showing how Liverpool failed to stretch the game enough and whatnot. But the general standard is piss-poor and I think it's a bit of a complacent old-boy's club.

And a very well paid complacent old boy's club too!

I agree with all your post - I too want to be 'educated' from a Pro's insight into the game.

A couple of seasons back I watched a Stateside stream (Chelsea vs a team I cannot remember) and Tim Howard was the co-commentator and it was absolutely brilliant - lot's of smart insights on gameplay and tactics. It was really interesting and added some real value to the watching of the match.

Watching some Sky coverage of (possibly Friday's MUFC vs Southampton match) over the weekend and they had 6 people in the studio! Bizarre - only one who talked any sense was Carra (seems to be his official name these days).

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Where are the Leicester fans on this thread this season? I thought we had a few?

 

[mark st1]

Where are the Leicester fans on this thread this season? I thought we had a few?

Back in there boxes next to the Blackburn fans who fluked a league winning season once upon a time

 

[Lonestar]

I couldn't believe that. I've never seen a team have 80% possession. I almost want to find a recording of the full 90 and watch it, just to see what that kind of possession split looks like. Fair play to Burnley though, they stuck to a plan and were well organised.

For some weird reason I've always thought if you've got that sort of possession and shots you should win the game.Seems like teams have a way of scraping a win from very few shots or possession.

 

[mark st1]

For some weird reason I've always thought if you've got that sort of possession and shots you should win the game.Seems like teams have a way of scraping a win from very few shots or possession.

You only need 1 shot for a goal matey. Possession doesn't mean diddly squat nowadays that's why LVG is unemployed.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

For some weird reason I've always thought if you've got that sort of possession and shots you should win the game.Seems like teams have a way of scraping a win from very few shots or possession.

It's an interesting way to win a game - I think it's harsh to say that Burnley scraped it.

Liverpool have sufficient attacking firepower to blow away most teams who come at them with similar attacking intent. Burnley simply played to their strengths by ceding possession and then exploiting the slightly wobbly Liverpool defence twice over before shutting up shop.

Some call this anti-football which imo is rollocks. Sure we all like to see fast attacking and free flowing football but there's more than one way to skin a cat.

Mind you - I can get hypocritical about this when teams do it to Chelsea. Although to be fair (certainly both times under Jose) there were spells in our recent history when you'd be pushed to find a better cede possession/fast counter team in Europe.

 

[Starchivore]

It's an interesting way to win a game - I think it's harsh to say that Burnley scraped it.

Liverpool have sufficient attacking firepower to blow away most teams who come at them with similar attacking intent. Burnley simply played to their strengths by ceding possession and then exploiting the slightly wobbly Liverpool defence twice over before shutting up shop.

Some call this anti-football which imo is rollocks. Sure we all like to see fast attacking and free flowing football but there's more than one way to skin a cat.

Mind you - I can get hypocritical about this when teams do it to Chelsea. Although to be fair (certainly both times under Jose) there were spells in our recent history when you'd be pushed to find a better cede possession/fast counter team in Europe.

I feel that it's playing smart if you are out-gunned by a team with lots more spending power. But when the big sides do it it does stick in the craw a bit.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I feel that it's playing smart if you are out-gunned by a team with lots more spending power. But when the big sides do it it does stick in the craw a bit.

 

[Lonestar]

Was it a park the bus match? I missed it.