The Round Ball Game - II

[johncorrigan]

Dogged defence in action.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2021/aug/26/dog-makes-goalline-save-in-scottish-amateur-football-match-video

[jayne lee wilson]

Dogged defence in action.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...ll-match-video

Even The hallowed Premiership is not sacrosanct.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSOwtW_Ta-o

...featuring the world-famous Shakily the Anfield Cat!
Adopted by a local rescue carer, he later......escaped and disappeared without a trace....
Maybe someone, somewhere is.....

But aren't human beings lovely sometimes...?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

What about Ronaldo then?

[Mario]

Interesting viewpoint which I didn’t know about and would like someone more knowledgeable than me to confirm – Ronaldo to United selling many shirts won’t help United, as Adidas own the shirt as sponsors, so profits from replica kit sales will go to Adidas/Nike/Puma, not the club, hence the reason why sponsors pay so much to have their name on the strips. Is this true?

Mario

[jayne lee wilson]

Not sure about shirts, but 29 in 33 for Juve last season might have been more important....

[cloughie]

Shrimps 1 Owls 0

Not to be today - lots of shots but none going in, except one at the wrong end.

They said there’d be days like this!

[jayne lee wilson]

Terribly frustrating afternoon - yes, 10-man Chelsea defended well, but their timewasting, roughhousing and playacting towards the end were dreadful to watch. Even Azpilicueta, a player I usually admire, fell over in a penalty area melée, clutching his face having not been touched....

[Alison]

Norwich 1 Leicester 2

Foxes still edgy and rely on disallowed equaliser but ship steadied after West Ham bashing.

[antongould]

Hangers 2 Cumbrians 1

Can’t believe the start we’ve made

Toon 2 Saints 2

Can believe the start we’ve made ……

[Alison]

Hangers 2 Cumbrians 1

Can’t believe the start we’ve made

Toon 2 Saints 2

Can believe the start we’ve made ……

holding on to a lead at home not Toon forte.

[antongould]

Stockport off the mark …..

[EnemyoftheStoat]

holding on to a lead at home not Toon forte.

Hanging onto a lead anywhere not Saints forte. Just thankful we didn't have to; obviously why Djenepo passed up a sitter, to mention only one instance.

[gurnemanz]

Terribly frustrating afternoon - yes, 10-man Chelsea defended well, but their timewasting, roughhousing and playacting towards the end were dreadful to watch. Even Azpilicueta, a player I usually admire, fell over in a penalty area melée, clutching his face having not been touched....

Understandable frustration, but that was Chelsea's plan, which worked to perfection. Klopp seemed to have no complaints about their about tactics and found the second half "exciting". Timewasting is surely par for the course down to 10 men away against a top team. Roughhousing ... or dogged commitment in desperate, unremitting rearguard skirmishes? Playacting yes, but this untypical act from the "usually admirable" Azpilicueta betokens the captain's win-at-all-costs attitude in this key match.

[gurnemanz]

Palace score a goal! Conor Gallagher's second was a beauty with goal of month potential. After lack-lustre first half, an impressive comeback draw away against league-leading, in-form Hammers. Might have won it at the end.

[Stanfordian]

Terribly frustrating afternoon - yes, 10-man Chelsea defended well, but their timewasting, roughhousing and playacting towards the end were dreadful to watch. Even Azpilicueta, a player I usually admire, fell over in a penalty area melée, clutching his face having not been touched....

Yes, I too saw the incident when Azpilicueta fell over as if he had been punched in the face. Sadly Jayne, all teams are doing the theatrics.