Jaffa Cake
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I've long wondered why we don't just use the high-visibility balls all year, rather than just after the clocks go back...
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2010-2011 Football Thread
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I'm currently sitting here watching Sky Sports News. They are making a big deal about the huge amounts of snow up in Scotland. Speaking as one living in Alaska, I must say lolz. 😀
It's obviously a face-saving measure to cancel the games due to weather rather than admit that the ref strike is the cause...
Fuzzy14
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*Tries to work out time difference*
It's more to do with the infrastructure to cope with it, since we don't get as much as Alaska we don't have the same number of ploughs and gritters (but more than England). When we do get a dump of snow people expect to go about their daily business as normal. The games are canceled not due to the pitch (which in the SPL are all heated) but to stop people driving across the country in dangerous conditions.
Right I'm off to Tesco to start panic buying. Canned food anyone?
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Jaffa Cake
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Usually though it's the ref's job to decide if a playing surface is fit or not, if they're on strike who's going to call the matches off? 😱
Heh my computer at work has the RSS screensaver set up for the BBC's football page, so I returned to my desk the other day to see emblazoned across my screen the headline 'Mannone: I'd heard Hull was a bit rubbish but it's okay I suppose', or words to similar effect. 😀
We are less busy than London but Vito we're a good 25 miles away from the sea here. 😛
He's played three matches to date, I saw the first two (Preston away and Ipswich at home) but not yesterday's away match at Middlesbrough. His first two games saw two clean sheets which you can't complain with at all, and he looks decent enough certainly for a 'keeper of his age and relative inexperience. I certainly wouldn't say no to his loan being extended in January.
swiftaw
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FA Cup 3rd Round:
Torquay v Carlisle
Norwich v Droylsden/Leyton Orient
Preston v Nottingham Forest
Tottenham v Charlton/Luton
Stoke v Cardiff
Hull v Wigan
Man United v Liverpool
Scunthorpe v Everton
Sunderland v Notts County/Bournemouth
Chelsea v Ipswich
Watford v Hartlepool/Yeovil
Southampton v Blackpool
Millwall v Birmingham
Burton v Middlesbrough
Stevenage v Newcastle
Wycombe v Hereford/Lincoln
Swansea v Colchester
Blackburn v QPR
Bolton v York
Leicester v Man City
Sheff Utd v Aston Villa
Arsenal v Leeds
Reading v West Brom
West Ham v Barnsley
Crawley/Swindon v Derby
Huddersfield v Dover
Brighton/FC United of Manchester v Portsmouth
Doncaster v Wolves
Fulham v Peterborough
Bristol City v Sheff Wed
Coventry v Crystal Palace
Burnley v Port Vale
Torquay v Carlisle
Norwich v Droylsden/Leyton Orient
Preston v Nottingham Forest
Tottenham v Charlton/Luton
Stoke v Cardiff
Hull v Wigan
Man United v Liverpool
Scunthorpe v Everton
Sunderland v Notts County/Bournemouth
Chelsea v Ipswich
Watford v Hartlepool/Yeovil
Southampton v Blackpool
Millwall v Birmingham
Burton v Middlesbrough
Stevenage v Newcastle
Wycombe v Hereford/Lincoln
Swansea v Colchester
Blackburn v QPR
Bolton v York
Leicester v Man City
Sheff Utd v Aston Villa
Arsenal v Leeds
Reading v West Brom
West Ham v Barnsley
Crawley/Swindon v Derby
Huddersfield v Dover
Brighton/FC United of Manchester v Portsmouth
Doncaster v Wolves
Fulham v Peterborough
Bristol City v Sheff Wed
Coventry v Crystal Palace
Burnley v Port Vale
Jaffa Cake
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Gah I was really hoping for an away tie, preferably one against a non-League side I've never watched before.
Gah again.
Gah again.
swiftaw
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Jaffa Cake
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Yep, and also in the Third round – but at the your place. You ran out 4-1 winners, the match was noted more for its attendance rather than footballing flair – a paltry 5,335.
This meant that Stripey and Roary didn't have a problem finding seats, so every cloud and all that...
I understand that they don't want people crashing on icy roads trying to get to the match. Although you have to admit the fact that they are canceling the matches due to weather is mighty convenient for the SFA. I wonder if the refs will strike again just to make their point?
It's GMT-9 up here, and' that's quite inconvenient because the Liverpool match was on at 7am here and I didn't get up in time to see it, so now I have to avoid reading the news for three hours until the rebroadcast happens...
Re: the FA Cup draw, it will be painful to lose to United but Liverpool can't afford to compete in another cup competition, our squad is simply too small. If I was Woy I'd send out an insultingly depleted side.
I quite rate Mannone- he's played against big teams and made some great stops, if he had the games he's probably as good as Fabianski and Alumnia. Hopefully the move will work out for him and both clubs, did find it strange that he ended up your way though (maybe the friction was a Phil Brown thing?). You're not getting Szczesny though- promising young talent is scarce at the Arsenal and we need to safeguard the future😛
Jaffa Cake
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We also got Simpson from you at a cheap rate, £50,000 basic plus add ons. You can feel the love between the two clubs now.
Come here and give me a cuddle. 😀
Probably a bit too far to travel- I would call but you probably couldn't find the phone boxes right now 😀
Probably got him at cost- thats basic at Ashburton Grove (when Sol Campbell came back and asked for a pay-per-play deal we gave him a standard contract which was that)
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Jaffa Cake
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No, that's what we paid to buy him not what he's getting a week or owt.
White phone boxes in deep snow isn't the best combination, I'll give you that...
Bargain! He seems to have done the business wherever he's been out on loan so should be able to adapt his game well. Yeah, sweet deal- you'll get the benefit of years of Arsenal training him up to his prime. (Canny too- most clubs only get to deal with Wenger once a player has peaked in price/potential: with his knack of offloading players just before they break down he missed out on a career as a used car salesman!)
Jaffa Cake
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He's not got off to the best of starts with us to be honest, he's not managed to find the net at all yet disappointing because, as you mention, he's done okay in the past when he's been out on loan at Championship level.
I think I've mentioned this before, but sometimes with these young players they're totally set to becoming Arsenal players, or Liverpool or Chelsea or whoever, and they go out on loan all geared up to prove to the parent club they're worthy of their chance and while on loan this enthusiasm coupled with their talent leads to some good performances.
But there comes a time where it's clear they're not up to the standards of the parent club so they're released or sold on, and rather than starring for said top club they suddenly find themselves permanently signed for an unfashionable club further down the league system. Their confidence takes a massive hit, sometimes their appetite for the game too, and for some it takes a lot of time to adjust. Some never do, unfortunately.
Simpson's a good player and I think he could do well for us, but it's clear that at the moment his confidence just isn't there. If he can get a few goals I think that'll help him greatly, and to be fair none of our strikers are setting the division alight hopefully he'll come good sooner rather than later.
I think I've mentioned this before, but sometimes with these young players they're totally set to becoming Arsenal players, or Liverpool or Chelsea or whoever, and they go out on loan all geared up to prove to the parent club they're worthy of their chance and while on loan this enthusiasm coupled with their talent leads to some good performances.
But there comes a time where it's clear they're not up to the standards of the parent club so they're released or sold on, and rather than starring for said top club they suddenly find themselves permanently signed for an unfashionable club further down the league system. Their confidence takes a massive hit, sometimes their appetite for the game too, and for some it takes a lot of time to adjust. Some never do, unfortunately.
Simpson's a good player and I think he could do well for us, but it's clear that at the moment his confidence just isn't there. If he can get a few goals I think that'll help him greatly, and to be fair none of our strikers are setting the division alight hopefully he'll come good sooner rather than later.
Thats a realistic assessment, but as you say some players have enough character to come back (as Jay Bothroyd has)- it could be the making of him. Looks like you could do with some goals at home though; hopefully he'll turn it around soon- and why not, I like the narrative of him getting you into the playoffs and becoming a hero for Hull. (I say local not condescendingly, Jimmy Bullard's a legend all over)
p.s If you mentioned before mea culpa- I jumped into the thread without tracing the history, I will read for next time- have just skimmed the last few pages and am liking the tone and knowledge here (just couldn't resist some idle Tiger-baiting)
p.s If you mentioned before mea culpa- I jumped into the thread without tracing the history, I will read for next time- have just skimmed the last few pages and am liking the tone and knowledge here (just couldn't resist some idle Tiger-baiting)
Jaffa Cake
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Well, not quite all over let's just say he divides opinion amongst City supporters. 😉
Sorry to interrupt the Arsenal-Hull city love-fest. 😀 Just have to say drat...unsurprising but still heartbreaking loss for Liverpool. And now Carragher is hurt. Roy is certainly not catching any breaks.
Plenty of talk about Spurs challenging for the title, but (with all due respect to Spurs) Man U is not going to drop enough points for Spurs to catch them, and neither will Chelsea. It would be nice to have a new champion for once though.
Plenty of talk about Spurs challenging for the title, but (with all due respect to Spurs) Man U is not going to drop enough points for Spurs to catch them, and neither will Chelsea. It would be nice to have a new champion for once though.
Shame that- until recently he was Liverpool's top goalscorer 😀
Seriously though, Roy's walked into a nightmare- just been drawn with ManU in the FA Cup third round too. It'd break my heart to see ManU win it again but unfortunately I can see it happening- they've been going about business with a quiet consistency and usually get better with the season. Still, theres a way to go and time for Arsenal to come good (plus 'Arry breaking Spurs in the push for 1st next season😉)
Can but dream...
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He's scored more for Spurs than he has for Liverpool 😱
As for the tie with Man United, it's a lost cause. Even if we win it just means more games for our already depleted, inferior squad.
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United, whilst not playing particularly well and having the whole rooney debacle have not lost a single game.
We got west ham tomorrow which will be a tough game i reckon with them coming from a 3-1 win over wigan.
then we have Blackpool, Valencia, Arsenal and Chelsea a tough run, but if we played like we played against Blackburn (we played stunningly) then we should be fine 🙂
We got west ham tomorrow which will be a tough game i reckon with them coming from a 3-1 win over wigan.
then we have Blackpool, Valencia, Arsenal and Chelsea a tough run, but if we played like we played against Blackburn (we played stunningly) then we should be fine 🙂
West Ham will be a bloodbath. You'll crush Blackpool easily, beat Valencia with a late Nani goal from distance, Arsenal will roll over and give up a few second half goals and Chelsea will go down to a 5th minute of Fergie time Vidic header. I've seen the script. 😉
In all seriousness, If United fails to get at least four wins and a draw out of those games, I will be very, very much surprised. Fergie seems to be able to win with any squad.
No matter who are you are, what team you support, how horrible your strip or ground is or how useless your manager is... take some consolation that you are not playing for or supporting Madron FC.
55 to nil. That's a goal conceded every 98 seconds on average.
55 to nil. That's a goal conceded every 98 seconds on average.
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