The Round Ball Game - II

[BBMmk2]

Be good to see my teams win!

[antongould]

Be good to see my teams win!

At 2-0 down against WBA I thought it was all over bbm, but a commendable fight back I thought .....

[BBMmk2]

At 2-0 down against WBA I thought it was all over bbm, but a commendable fight back I thought .....

A win though not, AG?

[antongould]

A win though not, AG?

You're a hard man to please bbm .....

[Alison]

Very pleasing win for the Foxes.

It made up for a slightly disappointing display at the London Stadium. I enjoyed my evening there even so.

Still can’t make up my mind on the place.

[DracoM]

Complete World Cup Draw for 2018

Group A Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay
Group B Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran
Group C France, Australia, Peru, Denmark
Group D Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria
Group E Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia
Group F Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea
Group G Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England
Group H Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan

[teamsaint]

Complete World Cup Draw for 2018

Group A Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Uruguay
Group B Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Iran
Group C France, Australia, Peru, Denmark
Group D Argentina, Iceland, Croatia, Nigeria
Group E Brazil, Switzerland, Costa Rica, Serbia
Group F Germany, Mexico, Sweden, South Korea
Group G Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England
Group H Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan

If England get through, they face the winners or runners from group H. About as favourable a draw as we could have hoped for. Above all, it would just be lovely to see a young English side playing with a bit of style.

[EdgeleyRob]

Possible England route to a final v Portugal or Brazil.
Group runners up then Poland,Germany and Argentina.

[Lat-Literal]

It was genuinely great to see the British-Russian production in its entirety. Presumably we paid for half of it just as with Eurovision. "Korea Republic" to obscure the fact that it is North Korea. "The Islamic Republic" of Iran to highlight at the earliest available opportunity that extreme Islam is only doomed to failure. No wonder it is the British who are called to chair meetings at the United Nations. Forget the window dressing of an overpriced celebrity......there were anonymous types behind the scenes who in a previous life single handedly won the second world war. I quite like Southgate (except when it comes to tax arrangements). He has proven that people with certain kinds of noses can achieve in the workplace after all. As for the draw, yes, it is about as good as it could be for England. Ideally, all of the Panama players would have been in their mid-50s rather than their late 30s - but you can't have it all.

(On a more serious point, Mr Martinez, lovely man, at one time I wanted him to succeed Wenger at Arsenal, but totally clueless on managing defenders, that has to be the key here)

(On a second more serious point, should it be Columbia in R2, they can only be beaten if unnerved, every England supporter should turn up with a Valderrama in his heyday hairdo)

[BBMmk2]

I hope Southgate will stick to his guns by not underestimating the other times in our group.

[EdgeleyRob]

Satdy scores

Chelsea 3 Newcastle United 1 Forum derby,Toon took the lead,Blues won 6 out of last 7 league games
Brighton 1 Liverpool 5 Forum derby,Seagulls 2 points from last 4 league games,Reds 3rd league away win in a row
Leicester City 1 Burnley 0 Early goal,back to back league home wins
Watford 1 Tottenham 1 Went behind,level by half time,red card on 52 mins
West Brom 0 Crystal Palace 0 2nd consecutive league away goalless draw,off the bottom
Arsenal 1 Manchester United 3 Forum derby,watched this and it was a cracker,Reds led 2-0 at the break,Gooners pulled 1 back straight after the break before the visitors scored a 3rd then were reduced to 10 men
Partick Thistle 0 Hibernian 1 Conceded an OG just after the break,remain bottom
St Johnstone 1 Kilmarnock 2 Equalised just before the break,lost it on 66 mins
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Hull City 2 Behind at the break,went 2-1 up then conceded again on 95 mins
Bristol Rovers 2 Rotherham United 1 Scored twice in 11 2nd half mins after going behind
Hartlepool United 1 Macclesfield Town 2 Forum derby,United led at half time,Town scored twice in last 5 mins
Wrexham 2 Maidenhead United 0 Scored in each half,up to 2nd on goal difference
Boston United 2 York City 1 Led at half time,lost it to a 74th min pen
Brackley Town 3 Stockport County 2 Came back from a goal down to lead 2-1 at half time,conceded the 3rd on 70 mins
Chelmsford City 1 Hungerford Town 1 Took the lead on 6 mins,let it slip with 3 mins left
Truro City 1 St Albans City 2 Conceded the goals in the 2nd half before scoring a last min pen
Queen of the South 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 Game went ahead despite a 14 hour journey for our side due to traffic problems
St Mirren 0 Dumbarton 1 Red card in the 1st half,conceded on 80 mins,2nd
Queen's Park 2 East Fife 1 Equalised 2 mins after going behind,won it in the 2nd half
Peterhead 3 Edinburgh City 0 Conceded the goals in the 2nd half after having a man sent off
Brora Rangers 16 !!! Fort William 0 Robbed

FA Cup 2nd round

Fleetwood Town 1 Hereford 1 Conceded 6 mins after going ahead,good result v the League 1 side
Forest Green Rovers 3 Exeter City 3 Went 3-2 down on 92 mins then equalised on 94 mins

Bournemouth,Southampton,unmentionables,Aberdeen,Wimbledon and Coventry play tomorrow
Wolves play on Monday

No games for East Stirlingshire and Selkirk

[Lat-Literal]

Satdy scores

Chelsea 3 Newcastle United 1 Forum derby,Toon took the lead,Blues won 6 out of last 7 league games
Brighton 1 Liverpool 5 Forum derby,Seagulls 2 points from last 4 league games,Reds 3rd league away win in a row
Leicester City 1 Burnley 0 Early goal,back to back league home wins
Watford 1 Tottenham 1 Went behind,level by half time,red card on 52 mins
West Brom 0 Crystal Palace 0 2nd consecutive league away goalless draw,off the bottom
Arsenal 1 Manchester United 3 Forum derby,watched this and it was a cracker,Reds led 2-0 at the break,Gooners pulled 1 back straight after the break before the visitors scored a 3rd then were reduced to 10 men
Partick Thistle 0 Hibernian 1 Conceded an OG just after the break,remain bottom
St Johnstone 1 Kilmarnock 2 Equalised just before the break,lost it on 66 mins
Sheffield Wednesday 2 Hull City 2 Behind at the break,went 2-1 up then conceded again on 95 mins
Bristol Rovers 2 Rotherham United 1 Scored twice in 11 2nd half mins after going behind
Hartlepool United 1 Macclesfield Town 2 Forum derby,United led at half time,Town scored twice in last 5 mins
Wrexham 2 Maidenhead United 0 Scored in each half,up to 2nd on goal difference
Boston United 2 York City 1 Led at half time,lost it to a 74th min pen
Brackley Town 3 Stockport County 2 Came back from a goal down to lead 2-1 at half time,conceded the 3rd on 70 mins
Chelmsford City 1 Hungerford Town 1 Took the lead on 6 mins,let it slip with 3 mins left
Truro City 1 St Albans City 2 Conceded the goals in the 2nd half before scoring a last min pen
Queen of the South 0 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 0 Game went ahead despite a 14 hour journey for our side due to traffic problems
St Mirren 0 Dumbarton 1 Red card in the 1st half,conceded on 80 mins,2nd
Queen's Park 2 East Fife 1 Equalised 2 mins after going behind,won it in the 2nd half
Peterhead 3 Edinburgh City 0 Conceded the goals in the 2nd half after having a man sent off
Brora Rangers 16 !!! Fort William 0 Robbed

FA Cup 2nd round

Fleetwood Town 1 Hereford 1 Conceded 6 mins after going ahead,good result v the League 1 side
Forest Green Rovers 3 Exeter City 3 Went 3-2 down on 92 mins then equalised on 94 mins

Bournemouth,Southampton,unmentionables,Aberdeen,Wimbledon and Coventry play tomorrow
Wolves play on Monday

No games for East Stirlingshire and Selkirk

(Arsenal and York City talent scouts immediately to Brora please - and don't even think about stopping to look at the Aurorialis!)

[Alison]

Lots of late drama Cloughmeister.

[Alison]

Disappointing for Stockport

[BBMmk2]

Quite happy having a draw with Chelsea! Not bad. Draw?Of course not silly!

Seagulls! Come on!!!