The Round Ball Game

[Beef Oven!]

Cheers Edgers, nice not be dwelling on another unfortunate defeat for the Leicester.

Jolly well done Stockport. And Wednesday.

And United

[teamsaint]

And United

Just back from the Hawthorns.

we should have won by a distance,but if you cant score from even two yards, defeats will follow.

No sour grapes, if you can't score you can only blame yourself, But oh boy, the Pulis version of WBA is a very unattractive sight just now. Time wasting relentlessly from 15 minutes. that is from the start, not the end !!!

still, a nice day out.

Hey ho, thanks for the round up ER. well done winners, bad luck losers.

[gurnemanz]

Thanks as ever, ER. Palace on the box and looking good .... or "Palace nail Hammers" as our fansite put it. Such a team are we that even leading 3-0 we feared the worst, whereupon Glenn Murray decided to commit a futile second yellow offence and make the last 20 minutes quite tense. I won't write the word saf*ty, but things are looking more healthy and I can look at least forward to MotD in half an hour without cringing.

[EdgeleyRob]

Cheers Edgers, nice not be dwelling on another unfortunate defeat for the Leicester.

Jolly well done Stockport. And Wednesday.

You could always dwell on the Chelmsford defeat chuck,if you feel the need to dwell

[Alison]

Cheers Edgers, nice not be dwelling on another unfortunate defeat for the Leicester.

Jolly well done Stockport. And Wednesday.

You could always dwell on the Chelmsford defeat chuck,if you feel the need to dwell

Chelmsford stuttering at the wrong time sadly. Am I the only booger with a second team on here ?

[johncorrigan]

Satdy scores.


Motherwell 2 Inverness Caledonian Thistle 1. Unexpected result v the bottom team,ICT looked to have earned a point on 76 minutes only to let it slip,3rd.
St Mirren 1 Hamilton Academical 0. Second half goal was enough to earn a vital win,an important 3 points especially as Ross and Motherwell both won.
East Stirlingshire 3 Queens Park 1. A magnificent win v the league leaders,86th minute 3rd made sure,5 points clear of bottom place.

Thanks Rob - yeah it was a good result, tempered by wins for 'Well and Ross County, but I was most disappointed by Partick's win v Dundee Utd - still hoping to pull them into the morass down at the bottom.

Still, no doubt about the result of the day up here where the champion elect of the Championship, the Jam Tarts, put 10 (ten) past lowly Cowdenbeath for no return...

[eighthobstruction]

....go Rovers....one nil to the Ro-o-vers....

[BBMmk2]

Good win for The Toon. In our usual 11th placing!

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

Chelmsford stuttering at the wrong time sadly. Am I the only booger with a second team on here ?

nope Alison, i am a Fulham fan as well as les bleus - the gang would go to the home games of each on alternate Saturdays [pennies to stand it was] and they astonished me yesterday with their defeat of Derby!

cheers as ever EdgeleyRob

[teamsaint]

nope Alison, i am a Fulham fan as well as les bleus - the gang would go to the home games of each on alternate Saturdays [pennies to stand it was] and they astonished me yesterday with their defeat of Derby!

cheers as ever EdgeleyRob

Happy days when fans used to swap grounds on alternate saturdays. It was pretty commonplace for Saints and pompey fans , despite the bitter modern rivalry, until perhaps the end of the 60's.

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

happy but long ago teamsaint eh ...

i am deeply ambivalent today .... men against boys in the Six Nations where Ireland prevailed with more nous and determination .... and on the other hand Liverrpool beat Man City and Chelsea win the League Cup

i got the Sunday Blues!!!

[jayne lee wilson]

Ye-e-eees!!

Liverpool 2 Man City 1 !!

Great game, great goals!

We were all drained after Thursday's miserable epic - I really believed we were ready for a good run at the Uefa Cup - but the team lapsed into the autumn failing of playing deep, losing the wit and will to attack... I'm not really quite over it yet. . It's EUROPE, for god's sake! We need to be in it! If you start with two strikers you better get that away goal - but to end up facing penalties with neither on the pitch?

So today was a great lift of our spirits (and our Champions League positioning), compelling from first to last (with no "strikers" as such on the pitch at the start. Go figure..). The kind of game where you go to the kitchen to make coffee but keep running back in with the kettle in your hand, then can't find the kettle, and...
You had to admire the sheer passion & energy of both sides after gruelling European encounters too, how tired the players looked hanging on at the end... And what stunning goals! (including that lovely pass-under-pressure by Aguero exactly into Dzeko's stride.). Getting up at the crack of midday was worth it, even after only 3 hours sleep!

(Congrats to les bleus - though in truth, the League Cup final was pretty tedious (well, pretty but tedious)...Chelsea found it far too easy to control, Spurs hardly got going till the last few minutes. Poor Harry Kane.).

[EdgeleyRob]

Super stuff Jayne.great day for the forum.

Liverpool 2 the other team 1. Tee hee.
Chelsea 2 Spurs 0 . First trophy of the season in the bag.

[Alison]

Were Chelsea in control for the first half? I quite enjoyed the match. Maybe I just like clubs who take the league cup seriously.

I am wondering if the Sky coverage has been enhanced by Thierry Henry?

[cloughie]

Chelmsford stuttering at the wrong time sadly. Am I the only booger with a second team on here ?

No you're not alone - I have the Owls and Truro!