No Ta Doctor
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Very much enjoying the opening round so far as an Arsenal fan
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Dorset Boy
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Was there a lot of wrestling last night, as per all Arsenal games last season?
No Ta Doctor
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Vapin' Joe
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Look at the lineups for Premier League games and you'll sometimes find teams with no British player in the starting eleven.
Yes I know that but this, as I said, is the 1st time in history for Liverpool.
I'm fairly sure there was a match a couple of years ago where none of the starting 22 were British.
PaulSB
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Sometimes?
Chelsea were the first club to field a full side of eleven foreign nationals. That was in 1999, 27 years ago. It only took seven years from the formation of the PL.
Have people only just noticed?????
PaulSB
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Real football. We have Tony Mowbray back at Ewood. A proper manager. I feel Rovers are in safe hands. Kudos to the Boro fans who applauded when Mowbray was introduced to Ewood before the game. A hero at both clubs.
Rovers managed to beat a very, very good Middlesbrough side 2 - 1. I feel sure Boro will be up there at the end of the season. Rovers? Last season we might have caved in during the last few minutes. Not yesterday. Three excellent chances went begging in the first half, with a striker it might have been 3 - 1 at HT instead of 0 - 1. This will be our downfall. No striker of real quality.
One of the most interesting aspects of the game was Mowbray's reaction to Boro substitutions. Each time Hellberg made subs, six in all, Mowbray immediately reacted and brought on our subs to counter this.
A good game. Looking forward to Tuesday and the rest of the season.
A proper manager and hopefully some proper football.
Rovers managed to beat a very, very good Middlesbrough side 2 - 1. I feel sure Boro will be up there at the end of the season. Rovers? Last season we might have caved in during the last few minutes. Not yesterday. Three excellent chances went begging in the first half, with a striker it might have been 3 - 1 at HT instead of 0 - 1. This will be our downfall. No striker of real quality.
One of the most interesting aspects of the game was Mowbray's reaction to Boro substitutions. Each time Hellberg made subs, six in all, Mowbray immediately reacted and brought on our subs to counter this.
A good game. Looking forward to Tuesday and the rest of the season.
A proper manager and hopefully some proper football.
No Ta Doctor
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While you're here, what's the buzz on this Igor Tyjon kid we've just signed from you? Has he just escaped from Game of Thrones or something with that name?
PaulSB
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I'm going to disappoint you. Nothing. No buzz whatsoever. He's had two senior appearances as a sub, one at home - I had to look that up.
Until he signed for Arsenal I hadn't heard of him. I suspect most Rovers are thinking £3m??? Thank you very much.
No Ta Doctor
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Cheers. I'll put him down as "bought to strengthen the u21s 'cos all our youngsters are playing with the first team" then
laurentian
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