The Round Ball Game

[EdgeleyRob]

Alison,your boys dun gud.
Just waiting for Chelsea to complete the dream double.
The Sky schedules are a pain when one is waiting to compile a results service.

[EdgeleyRob]

Frank Lampard,who'da thought,you couldn't write it.

[EdgeleyRob]

phew !

Partick Thistle 1 St Mirren 2. Left it late,last minute pen,first points of the season.
Newcastle United 2 Hull City 2. A good point from 0-2 down,Pardew survives.
Swansea City 0 Southampton 1. Late winner v 10 man Swans takes Saints to 2nd
West Ham United 3 Liverpool 1. Having a tough time lately,never recovered from being 0-2 down after 7 minutes
Brighton 0 Blackpool 0. Seaside derby,Seagulls struggling,points dropped.
Sheffield Wednesday 1 Reading 0. Late winner v promotion rivals,6th.
Rochdale 1 Coventry City 0. Conceded first half penalty
Wimbledon 1 Morecambe 0. Good win v the 5th placed side,closing in on play off spots.
Plymouth Argyle 2 Hartlepool United 0. Epic away trip,now in the bottom two,
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2 St Johnstone 1. Managed to hang on after conceding with 12 minutes left,back on top of the league.
East Stirlingshire 0 Annan Athletic 1. Conceded from a second half free kick.
Bristol Rovers 2 Woking 0. On a good run,one point off the play offs.
Chelmsford 3 Weston Super Mare 2. Almost blew it after going 3-0 up
Solihull Moors 2 Stockport County 2. Needed a very late equaliser to earn a point and keep the good run going.
Burnham 2 Truro City 2. Went behind twice,good away point
Hereford United 2 Biggleswade Town 1. Held on for a welcome 3 points despite conceding a last minute penalty.
Leicester City 5 manyoo 3. Blimey !!!!is all I can say.
man city 1 Chelsea 1. ditto.
Everton 2 Crystal Palace 3. Held on despite a late Everton penalty.

Wrexham are at Chester on Monday (now THAT is a proper derby)

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

blimey! and ta!
had to be stuff of legend etc etc .... a win would have been better!

[cloughie]

phew !

Sheffield Wednesday 1 Reading 0. Late winner v promotion rivals,6th.

edge, a bit early in the season for that tag but we're doing OK so far!

[amateur51]

phew !

Wrexham are at Chester on Monday (now THAT is a proper derby)

Innit

[johncorrigan]

edge, a bit early in the season for that tag but we're doing OK so far!

Notice Stevie May got the goal yesterday, cloughie...how's he fitting in? St Johnstone are fair missing his goals...think wee Gordy could be coming calling shortly.

[cloughie]

Notice Stevie May got the goal yesterday, cloughie...how's he fitting in? St Johnstone are fair missing his goals...think wee Gordy could be coming calling shortly.

Seems to have slotted in very well - he scored against B'ham midweek also.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

It's an incredibly interesting Premiership season so far. Very unpredictable, apart from Chelsea (and they weren't particularly good today).

[John Wright]

strwwth just seen the Leicester MU score! 5-3 to the Foxes cor!

[jayne lee wilson]

I recall saying how worried I was after the first premiership game, Cal said, great squad and manager, it'll be OK... seems like you were too nice, Cal, and I was too right...

Lovren's touch has deserted him the last two games and our defence now looks a nervous wreck (Oh, what a surprise.!..). No Liverpool supporter is ever reassured by the (re)appearance of Skrtel.
Where's the leadership? Gerrard looks more than a little world-weary these days... The burden of Premiership & World Cup mistakes and disappointments?

Balotelli's done OK so far, and his combination with Sterling for our goal was supremely skilful, but we haven't yet worked out how to play without Suarez, except "the same only less so"...
Sturridge will return and there'll be better performances, but it now seems that 2013-14 (all those 4s and 5s!) was a brilliant one-off, a display of attacking flair that only those three Ss could produce, within the system Rogers had devised and worked on with them... what a chance we missed, and I fear Gerrard feels it, sadly and badly.

Grim consolations: even if he was here, Suarez wouldn't be playing yet; Man U have their problems too...(but you feel that with THAT much gifted firepower, they won't take long...); for City, neither Aguero nor Toure look like the player they were last season.

Liverpool v Middlesborough tomorrow looks an anxious evening, but probably great entertainment for the neutrals....

Enjoyed City v Chelsea (wonderful team goal!), but PellegrinO's criticisms were misplaced. Chelsea are no Stoke and certainly no joke to play against - just led by a supreme tactician and man-manager... (and the best-looking man in world football...)

[gurnemanz]

This contribution to Palace's Holmesdale messageboard appealed to me for some reason. I'm quoting verbatim without the permission of the contributor:

We are palace we must sing from start to finish regardless

[jayne lee wilson]

14-13 on penalties?!?!

Two things to say: i) "great entertainment for the neutrals" - me and my big mouth...
(ii) Alls well that ends well... !

[EdgeleyRob]

Midweek forum action.

League.

Chester 2 Wrexham 1. Took the lead very early,then conceded in the 73rd and 93rd minutes.
Truro City 2 Frome Town 1. Win takes City up to 9th.

League cup.

Partick Thistle 1 St Mirren 0. Defeated by an extra time goal.
Arsenal 1 Southampton 2. Came back from 1-0 down for an impressive win.
Burton Albion 0 Brighton 3. Straightforward win for the Seagulls.
Liverpool 2 Middlesbrough 2. Reds through on penalties 14-13 !!!! (must have been great entertainment for the neutrals Jayne ).
Chelsea 2 Bolton Wanderers 1. Second half winner sees Blues through.
man city 7 Sheffield Wednesday 0. doh !
Crystal Palace 2 Newcastle United 3. Last minute equaliser for the Eagles,extra time winner for 10 man Toon.

[johncorrigan]

Thanks Rob...to cheer me and some of the other eliminated here's a fab goal from the weekend by newbies to the Bundesliga, Paderborn.

http://www.101greatgoals.com/gvideos/golazos/paderborns-moritz-stoppelkamp-jaw-dropping-90-yard-golazo-v-hannover-official-video/