The Football.....

[Slick]

Aye, he's a favourite of mine. Great to see him being prolific again, been like a new player since Clarke came along. Always felt he was a bit too pally with Jig who guaranteed him a start despite being visibly unfit.

Definitely, and he has strayed into less fit than he should have been more than a few times. Still a great out an out goal scorer though.

 

[AndyRM]

Definitely, and he has strayed into less fit than he should have been more than a few times. Still a great out an out goal scorer though.

He's going to end up massive when he stops playing. I blame our delicious pies.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Not looking forward to playing Man City today - it's a long time since I've watched a match expecting a defeat.

Truly awesome team at the moment and hats off to them.

Mind you, I do like the occasional nice surprise.

 

[Slick]

It's snowing as hard here now as it's ever done. I will be very surprised if the Rangers game goes ahead.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

By Christ that was beyond pathetic - you've ruined my weekend Mr Conte.

 

[Reynard]

By Christ that was beyond pathetic - you've ruined my weekend Mr Conte.

It can't be *that* bad...

The lot we had on the pitch today don't deserve to wear the shirt. Ffs, they earn more in a week than most honest folks do in a year. The least they could do is get up off their collective arses and actually earn the money they get paid.

 

[MarkF]

That was a cowardly and pathetic display and not one becoming of champions, Chelsea should be fined for embarrassing themselves and the PL. Keith HiIl twice put out a Rochdale team designed to play as much as it could v Spurs, where the gulf in quality was far more extreme, brave man.

Bye Hazard.

 

[StuAff]

Discussion seems to have gone a bit Four Yorkshiremen. Anyway, both your teams are 'terrible' (top half of one of the world's leading football leagues, multimillion profits), but my team's 'really terrible' (middle of League Two and looking increasingly unlikely to make the playoffs). But it could be worse, you could be Southampton fans. Despite their mediocre form and risk of relegation, there's still a huge (2,225 pages and 111,238 posts as I type) thread on saintsweb that started off about PFC's winding-up petition back in 2009 and evolved into a general 'slagging off the neighbours and their town' discussion. Such gems as boasting about selling Van Diik for £75m when Eisner bought Pompey for £5m (well, duh…), claiming the 2008 FA Cup win was 'bought' (wasn't aware all our opponents got bribed)…ah bless. Less schadenfreude, more fingers-in-ears going 'La La...'

 

[Slick]

Another good visit to see my team progress to the semi finals of the Scottish cup. They awarded Jason Cummings with a hat trick at 3-1, but from where I was sitting it looked very much like an own goal, but I've yet to see any pictures. He soon scored a 4th to remove any doubt he was having the match ball.

So, on to Hampden once again to face the old foe. Can't wait for that or Sunday. I love auld firm day.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

It can't be *that* bad...

The lot we had on the pitch today don't deserve to wear the shirt. Ffs, they earn more in a week than most honest folks do in a year. The least they could do is get up off their collective arses and actually earn the money they get paid.

Many earn more in a year than the average person in the UK does in a lifetime. Our top player (playing in the wrong position as a false 9 although by all accounts he likes this position) wasn't getting any service today so simply downed tools and strolled about like a man looking for an excuse to be anywhere but on the pitch. Walks off down the tunnel and trousers another 200k plus lord knows what else for his image rights, boot sponsorship and all the other adverts and endorsements that keep his bank accounts in perpetual kerching mode.

In any other job he'd almost certainly be sat down and asked some tough questions about what happened out there today - can't imagine this happening at Cobham tomorrow.

 

[Reynard]

Many earn more in a year than the average person in the UK does in a lifetime. Our top player (playing in the wrong position as a false 9 although by all accounts he likes this position) wasn't getting any service today so simply downed tools and strolled about like a man looking for an excuse to be anywhere but on the pitch. Walks off down the tunnel and trousers another 200k plus lord knows what else for his image rights, boot sponsorship and all the other adverts and endorsements that keep his bank accounts in perpetual kerching mode.

In any other job he'd almost certainly be sat down and asked some tough questions about what happened out there today - can't imagine this happening at Cobham tomorrow.

That's exactly it.

In any other mode of employment, your superior / manager / boss etc would give you a right old what for. You might even be tossed out on your ear. I think there's something inherently wrong within the game (well, certainly in the Premier League) when players think they can get away with twiddling their thumbs on the pitch and acting like overgrown kids.

Well, actually, what is wrong is the "too much money" side of things...

 

[Accy cyclist]

I've just been watching this.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_kRxgphEE

Dennis Bergkamp gets a few mentions. A question for you. Why was he Christened Dennis? No cheating by looking it up please!

 

[Slick]

I've just been watching this.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn_kRxgphEE

Dennis Bergkamp gets a few mentions. A question for you. Why was he Christened Dennis? No cheating by looking it up please!

Any good Scots man know the answer to that one.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

His dad was a Monty Python fan -


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp-R1o753pM

 

[Accy cyclist]

He's the first football league player to score 20 goals this season!

Name him and you win a prize!