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  • johncorrigan
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 10372

    Originally posted by Alison View Post
    Let’s all have a disco, Edge!
    I assume that instead of D-I-S-C-O, Alison, it'll be V-A-R-D-I! Great result.. congrats.

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    • jayne lee wilson
      Banned
      • Jul 2011
      • 10711

      Originally posted by teamsaint View Post
      Blimey. A disco indeed, with all the 70s faves.
      I sort of dipped out at 1-0 with stuff to do ( ) , couldn’t believe when I checked the result.
      Seems we have set a trend of losing 5-2 at home......

      Great stuff, must watch tonight.
      A game of spectacular strikes and penalties..... despite stunning top-corner efforts from Mahrez and Madison, goal-of-the-match has to go to Vardy, close-in, near-post, high speed from a low cross, less of a back heel and more of an adapted Cruyff turn..... remarkable strike.
      Object lesson in how to take a penalties. Top left for his first, bottom right for the second... preceded by that steely Vardy stare. And he didn't play in the Premiership until he was 28.

      Leicester were very well organised, shades of vintage 2016. City's defence were inept, the central defenders kept getting wrong side of Foxes' speedy strikers, panicking and pulling them down. Main story really.

      Fascinating effects of crowdless games - most obviously a virtual dissolving away of home advantage, with many high-scoring games and late goals too. Connoisseurs of defensive play often have to look away now...the games have often been very open.
      Nothing much the matter with VAR, but the handball law is absurd now - effectively removing the ref's discretion on intentionality.

      How do you all feel about the stadium feed? Strong preference for the crowd noise here...
      Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 27-09-20, 20:02.

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      • cloughie
        Full Member
        • Dec 2011
        • 22128

        Originally posted by Alison View Post
        I’m always disappointed when the Buddies lose.

        0-1 is a horrible score.
        2-5 is looking good for you though!

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        • johncorrigan
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 10372

          Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
          How do you all feel about the stadium feed? Strong preference for the crowd noise here...
          I like it very much when I'm listening to the radio, jayne...it adds something to the commentary...makes it sound like John Murray and his sidekick are not just sitting in a studio. Doesn't bother me just so much on TV, though I often watch with the sound down anyway. Look forward to seeing the game on MotD this evening.

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          • cloughie
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            • Dec 2011
            • 22128

            Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
            I assume that instead of D-I-S-C-O, Alison, it'll be V-A-R-D-I! Great result.. congrats.
            When he played for the Owls - the season that Barnsley had in the top flight - he scored the only goal of the match In the 90th minute - as we left the ground the streets echoed to the sound of D-I- CANIO. It was the total lack of support for the player, and giving him away to West Ham that led to our demise as a top team.

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            • Alison
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 6459

              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
              When he played for the Owls - the season that Barnsley had in the top flight - he scored the only goal of the match In the 90th minute - as we left the ground the streets echoed to the sound of D-I- CANIO. It was the total lack of support for the player, and giving him away to West Ham that led to our demise as a top team.
              Oh yes, forgot he played for Wednesday.

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              • teamsaint
                Full Member
                • Nov 2010
                • 25210

                Can’t be doing with artifical crowd noise, I’m afraid, on telly or wireless.
                Like JC, I often watch with the commentary off anyway.
                As for the handball laws, the more they tinker with them. the worse it seems to get. Both Palace and Spuds were unlucky.
                I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                • Edgy 2
                  Guest
                  • Jan 2019
                  • 2035

                  Originally posted by Alison View Post
                  Let’s all have a disco, Edge!


                  What a crazy opening to the PL season it's been
                  “Music is the best means we have of digesting time." — Igor Stravinsky

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                  • LMcD
                    Full Member
                    • Sep 2017
                    • 8488

                    Originally posted by Edgy 2 View Post


                    What a crazy opening to the PL season it's been
                    ... for VARious reasons!
                    What I find crazy is the idea - put forward by a Mr Rodri - that a team that puts 5 past a top club on the latter's home ground is somehow 'lucky' - is he just a bad loser, or does he perhaps he needs a few more English lessons?
                    Last edited by LMcD; 28-09-20, 07:40.

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                    • jayne lee wilson
                      Banned
                      • Jul 2011
                      • 10711

                      Originally posted by LMcD View Post
                      ... for VARious reasons!
                      What I find crazy is the idea - put forward by a Mr Rodri - that a team that puts 5 past a top club on the latter's home ground is somehow 'lucky' - is he just a bad loser, or does he perhaps he needs a few more English lessons?
                      To judge by your Grammar here he's not the only one....

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                      • LMcD
                        Full Member
                        • Sep 2017
                        • 8488

                        Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post
                        To judge by your Grammar here he's not the only one....
                        Duly corrected!

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                        • teamsaint
                          Full Member
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 25210

                          Ooh, very impressive start from Liverpool’s new lad. And a very smart finish too.
                          I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

                          I am not a number, I am a free man.

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                          • antongould
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8792

                            Newport 1 Toon 1

                            Enter Joe Linton ..... Stage Left ......

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                            • Alison
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 6459

                              Oh bad luck dear Buddies

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                              • cloughie
                                Full Member
                                • Dec 2011
                                • 22128

                                Why is that what applies to general population does not apply to football? I see that Mane played on Monday night has tested positive for Covid is now self-isolating. Why have not the players who he came into physical contact with on the field with him not had to to do likkewise? Does track and trace not apply?

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