The Round Ball Game

[EdgeleyRob]

Quick catch up of the midweek forum results.

Bristol Rovers 1 Wrexham 0. Big forum derby,first half goal settled it,man sent off for Wrexham after 63 minutes.
Dorhester 1 Truro City 2. Went 2-0 up on 89 minutes and held on despite conceding.
Paulton 1 Hereford United 2. Scored the winner on 68 minutes.

[Demetrius]

Apart from those getting first and second place, 5 out of 9 of the third placed teams will go through to France. A german reporter called it Modus Gähn (jawn mode) Everyone and his dog will qualify.

[EdgeleyRob]

Latest results -

Chelsea 4 Swansea City 2. Costa hat trick ,100% record intact.
Crystal Palace 0 Burnley 0. Eagles keeper saved a penalty to secure a point.
Southampton 4 Newcastle United 0. Forum derby,Super Saints,terrible Toon,Pardew under pressure.
Stoke City 0 Leicester City 1. First win puts Foxes in the top half of the table.
Liverpool 0 Aston Villa 1. Conceded a scrappy early goal then couldn't break down Villa
Bolton 0 Sheffield Wednesday 0. Disappointing against a team in the bottom 3.
Brentford 3 Brighton 2. Couldn't find the equaliser,down to 17th.
Coventry City 2 Yeovil Town 1. Win takes Cov up to 5th.
Accrington Stanley 1 Wimbledon 0. Conceded a late goal.
Hartlepool United 0 Tranmere Rovers 0. Would probably have expected more against fellow stugglers.
Kilmarnock 2 St Mirren 1. A struggle for the Buddies,still to get off the mark.
Partick Thistle 3 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1. Thistle derby,ICT took the lead,now 2nd.
East Stirlingshire 1 Clyde 0. Late goal secured a much needed 3 points,8th.
Lincoln City 2 Bristol Rovers 3. From 2-0 up needed a 90th minute winner to secure a 2nd win this week.
Wrexham 2 Welling United 1. Scored twice in the last 6 minutes to earn the points.
Boreham Wood 4 Chelmsford 0. Well beaten by the league leaders,scored an OG and gave away 2 penalties.
Stockport County 3 Boston United 2. Always nerve wracking watching SCFC trying to hold on to a lead.

FA Cup 1st qualifying round.

Truro City 0 Larkhall Athletic 2. Poor reult against a lower league team
Ellistown and Ibstock 3 Hereford United 2. Another poor show,Eastern counties league in case you were wondering and the Bulls missed a penalty.

Couldn't help noticing the wonderfully named team West Allotment Celtic,who lost 5-0 at home to Lancaster City in the FA Cup.

[amateur51]

Quick catch up of the midweek forum results.

Bristol Rovers 1 Wrexham 0. Big forum derby,first half goal settled it,man sent off for Wrexham after 63 minutes.

Some sort of result that it wasn't a greater loss - poor GD at present tells the tale too.

[teamsaint]

A great roundup as ever, ER. Thanks again for the effort you put in.
County seem to be doing rather better this time around.

Excellent win and this weeks board honours for Leicester, things looking really good for them.

Sadly I didn t have our shared season tickets this week, so lets hope saints have kept a few goals back for 'arry in a couple of weeks time. New team seems to be settling in very well.


Shocker for the ex Saints team.Perhaps they should give Rickie a game.

[Alison]

Thanks Sainty, yes a thrilling win for Leicester.

You didn't do so bad yourselves.

[Ockeghem's Razor]

Thank you, ER. Thank goodness the Shire managed a win at last. Onward and upward, then.

[teamsaint]

Thanks Sainty, yes a thrilling win for Leicester.

You didn't do so bad yourselves.

No , a great effort from our lads.
Still managing to play some really entertaining football despite the crazy summer.

Koeman rapidly winning the doubters over, and the new players look well up to the job.Koeman Seems to have a great attitude, and have the players right on their game.

Forster is some keeper. Mind you at £10m , you might expect him to be !!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

played Saints and Villa!

the mention that the Rothermere Rag makes of les bleus is placed well down the page - how nice!

[teamsaint]

played Saints and Villa!

the mention that the Rothermere Rag makes of les bleus is placed well down the page - how nice!

Chelsea looking pretty impressive. Some good business done over the summer..... Fabregas just seems so much better in london....

[jayne lee wilson]

The whole story? Set-piece defending, lack of SAS...

Our Reds can play brilliantly with 2 S's, can just about manage with one, but - our passing game can't yet be fulfilled without them... those boots stick in the mud of un-creativity. And where do the goals come from then?

Poor Balotelli still looked a little-boy-lost after a sneaky kick or two from Senderos, who should have been punished but was scarcely vicious - only Hutton on a misfiring Sterling was that. Hutton should have gone! (Why does Sterling always seem blunted playing alongside, and after playing with, Rooney? Not good.)

Lallana is a Good Boy, should be in the team now, I was sorry when he went off. Markovic looks about as useful as Borini...

Yes Villa had a plan and carried it out, rather like Chelsea last season, Paul Lambert, Hexes, Indian Signs etc...
Fed up today. Even worried about Ludogorets Razgrad now, and I hardly know how to spell it...

[gurnemanz]

Yes Villa had a plan and carried it out, rather like Chelsea last season..

On MotD Sparky Hughes couldn't complain about Leisceter's counterattacking hit-and-run tactics in Stoke's 1-0 defeat since, as he said, they had done exactly the same at Manchester City a couple of weeks before.

[johncorrigan]

What's the difference between a safety pin and the Paisley Buddies?
A safety pin has a point...


...oh yes!... and it's safe!

Laughter in the face of adversity; that's what I've been trying since I was 5.

[aeolium]

What's the difference between a safety pin and the Paisley Buddies?
A safety pin has a point...


...oh yes!... and it's safe!

Cheer up, jc. The Buddies are on TV on Friday, at least if you can get to a screen showing BT Sports (or the computer of someone with BT broadband). And playing the Jags who ended ICT's winning run last Saturday - or perhaps that should be: started ICT's losing run....

[gurnemanz]

Herbert Blomstedt, Arsène Wenger .... same person?