The Football.....

[Grant Fondo]

Go on Boreham Wood! Wherever it is?

 

[StuAff]

Go on Boreham Wood! Wherever it is?

Watford area- just north of That London. Most famous for Elstree Studios.

 

[PaulSB]

Watford area- just north of That London. Most famous for Elstree Studios.

Good friend of mine is a Stockport County diehard - well you have to be. He's been worried about Boreham Wood for a while - five points behind County with three games in hand.

 

[AndyRM]

Holy sh!t @PaulB, it's been over for a while. Are you you OK?

 

[T4tomo]

Just read the BBC report of the Utd v Boro report:

"a win that was celebrated in enthusiastic fashion by 9000 strong visiting support "

Have I stepped back a century?

Reporter code for 9000 Teessiders chanting "wanka" at Ronaldo! 👍

Defo rode our luck a bit, but appropriately had balls of steel in the shootout. 😁

 

[PaulB]

So Jurgen bought them a drink. Once they'd finished, Ragnick got a round in, then Arteta put his hand in his pocket, then Brendan Rogers got the ale in. Then Jurgen went to the bar again, bought one drink and went to a table by himself. They all looked over before Ragnick said, "Excuse me Jurgen. What about us?" and Jurgen looked at them and said, "Sorry lads. This is the fifth round and none of you are in it."



Congratulations to Sadio!

 

[yello]

Forest showed some old style grit against old rivals Leicester. Without Grabban, theyve been short of goalscorers barring loanees, something they really need to fix. Great game, poor performance by Leicester who never really, truly looked dangerous.

Leicester are easy to beat, and have been for some time - just ask David Moyes. Just want it more and we'll fold. We have no answer to a physical and energetic game. This game had 'upset' written all over it from the moment it came out of the bag; local rivalry, premier league opposition, cup holders. Factor in Leicesters inability to handle any side that comes at them and you've got a done deal. Its not about talent, Leicester are a talented side, and it's not to say that teams that beat them are not talented, but Leicester have a soft underbelly that is easily exposed.

Full credit to Forest, a well deserved win. They wanted it more, had the motivation and desire. I wasn't expecting Leicester to win but I wasn't expecting them to fold quite as dramatically as they did.

I fear a Leicester implosion on the horizon. Rodgers' finger pointing and blaming the players is not a good look and hints to broader problems.

 

[PaulB]

Leicester are easy to beat, and have been for some time - just ask David Moyes. Just want it more and we'll fold. We have no answer to a physical and energetic game. This game had 'upset' written all over it from the moment it came out of the bag; local rivalry, premier league opposition, cup holders. Factor in Leicesters inability to handle any side that comes at them and you've got a done deal. Its not about talent, Leicester are a talented side, and it's not to say that teams that beat them are not talented, but Leicester have a soft underbelly that is easily exposed.

Full credit to Forest, a well deserved win. They wanted it more, had the motivation and desire. I wasn't expecting Leicester to win but I wasn't expecting them to fold quite as dramatically as they did.

I fear a Leicester implosion on the horizon. Rodgers' finger pointing and blaming the players is not a good look and hints to broader problems.

And an away at Anfield on Thursday night. I wouldn't expect an easy ride as a Leicester fan.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

The robots are coming!

Chelsea will be the first EPL club to use 'limb tracking technology' at the FIFA Club World Cup.

As an aside I hope everyone will be studiously following this competition and commenting in this thread. 😁😁😁😁😁

The new tech' will, in theory, produce rapid and accurate offside calls amongst other things.

From heavy leather balls and 6 stud 'toe punters' to this in my lifetime - amazing!

 

[jowwy]

The robots are coming!

Chelsea will be the first EPL club to use 'limb tracking technology' at the FIFA Club World Cup.

As an aside I hope everyone will be studiously following this competition and commenting in this thread. 😁😁😁😁😁

The new tech' will, in theory, produce rapid and accurate offside calls amongst other things.

From heavy leather balls and 6 stud 'toe punters' to this in my lifetime - amazing!

are there any liverpool players playing?? if not we wont hear a thing..........as the poster is not an armchair fan ( in his own words in the past )

 

[yello]

I wouldn't expect an easy ride as a Leicester fan.

It's not an easy ride fullstop at the moment, whoever we play. The team is in disarray at the back - and troubles elsewhere, and and off the field. The best we can hope is that our 'stars' play to impress would be suitors - because it seems they have little or no interest in putting in a shift for the team.

 

[PaulB]

It's not an easy ride fullstop at the moment, whoever we play. The team is in disarray at the back - and troubles elsewhere, and and off the field. The best we can hope is that our 'stars' play to impress would be suitors - because it seems they have little or no interest in putting in a shift for the team.

Has Brendan lost the players? What's going wrong?

 

[Chislenko]

It's not an easy ride fullstop at the moment, whoever we play. The team is in disarray at the back - and troubles elsewhere, and and off the field. The best we can hope is that our 'stars' play to impress would be suitors - because it seems they have little or no interest in putting in a shift for the team.

An interesting point from yesterday's game when Wales player Brennan Johnson nutmegged Wales keeper Danny Ward for his goal. I'm sure they will have words about that at the next international meet up.

 

[yello]

Has Brendan lost the players? What's going wrong?

It certainly looks like that. He's lost patience with some that are coasting, and chose yesterday's after match comments to say so. It's probably put the proverbial cat amongst the pigeons. I'm sure there'll be 'clear the air' talks but the damage has been done. Who knows how they'll respond. We've a young squad, in desperate need of leadership both on and off the pitch, and I think many of them are enjoying the trappings of being a Premier League footballer without thinking they have to work like one.

Tielemans and Soyuncu both want away, and play like it - they simply don't care. Seriously, there's no fight in that team. Push and they roll over.
That's not to suggest its all the players' fault. It's not. Rodgers is, I think, baffling them with his tactical changes and seems sometimes to be in a world of his own. He's got his idea of the beautiful game and wants his players to play it, rather than adapting his ideas to the players he has at his disposal.

West Ham will turn us over on Sunday, as they always do, and Rodgers never seems to learn from it. We'll make the same mistakes.

Edit: I wish I could speak this simply whilst highlighting a problem....

 

[Vapin' Joe]

40 points for West Ham, safe from relegation again