The Round Ball Game

[teamsaint]

Great Player Derek Randall.
more or less invented modern fielding, and a fine and entertaining batsman.

and Jayne, If you read this, your fashion thoughts needed on the " Last Concert" Thread.....

[EdgeleyRob]

Don't have BT sport so really looking forward to MOTD. EnJoyed the radio commentary. Perhaps the high point of the season so far.

Well done John, let's take a look at the league tables again ....

I saw the game Alison,Leicester were superb,the other team were very poor today though,which is always good.

[EdgeleyRob]

Unhappy day at Anfield (again...)..
2-0 up after 69 minutes, some fans staged a (questionable) 77th-minute ticket-price-protest walkout.... score finishes 2-2. Klopp in hospital with appendicitis, Lovren and Allen injured (again...)...
Apart from all that, things are looking, er....interesting. As in "teamsheet for Tuesday should be interesting..."

This night owl dragged herself out of bed for coffee & croissants & Leicester away to.... The Citizens (that one OK, Edge...?). How steely cool the Foxes looked. Just one 87th-minute wobble at 3-1, and even Aguero picked the wrong shot (I like Michael Owen's use of the word "recycle" for what strikers pushed wide should do instead of attempting to score from impossible angles).

Watching Vardy's style or gait - flatfooted whippet with a coathanger in his shoulders - I was reminded of - who was that? Finally I got it - anyone recall Derek Randall, cricketer for Notts and England?

But the SkyBlues were in their too-familiar listless mode, the one which helped Liverpool to that 4-1 victory at the Etihad and gave us fond illusions of "doing a Leicester"....
Oh, happy days....

Touched by some of the home fans holding a banner with Pellegrini on it which read "This Charming Man"....all say ahhhh...
But Pellegrini, near the end, wore the look of Peter O'Toole as King Priam, grimacing as Troy burns....

Not sure about the capital C Jayne,I'll settle for citizens

[EdgeleyRob]

And finally

Bournemouth 0 Arsenal 2 Gunners scored twice in 88 first-half seconds,Cherries lacked a cutting edge
Chelsea 1 Manchester United 1 Both goals in the 2nd half,Reds scored first,Blues equalised in added time ,both keepers in fine form
Port Vale 1 Coventry City 1 No win in 5 games now,scored first the conceded a very late equaliser

[cloughie]

Not sure about the capital C Jayne,I'll settle for citizens

You can buy the best players, you can pay them their mercenary sums but you can't buy the team spirit and the fight for the cause. Nigel built it and a very likeable Chelsea management reject has continued it.

I never cease to be amazed at the ineptness and squandering of cash on managers and players in the over pampered premiership, or the mismanagement of finances once they fall out - Wigan and i think Blackpool are still benefiting and disadvantaging other sides in Div 1.
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[teamsaint]

oh dear, Ronnie turns out not to be the new Messiah.

there's gratitude for you, North Eastern style !!

Thoughts, AG?

[EdgeleyRob]

FA Cup 4th round replay

West Ham United 2 Liverpool 1 After going behind right on half time,equalised very early after the restart,only to concede in added time in extra time

League

Hartlepool United 1 Stevenage 2 Yes as ts points out manager gone,final straw v a relegation threatened rival,plenty of games in hand for the next new Messiah to get stuck into
Altrincham 1 Wrexham 1 Equaliser on 28 mins,after conceding an early goal,earned a 3rd successive draw,4 points off the play offs
Truro City v Bath City was postponed

[antongould]

oh dear, Ronnie turns out not to be the new Messiah.

there's gratitude for you, North Eastern style !!

Thoughts, AG?

I was hoping for Cloughers as the new Messiah as he would get us to the playoffs .......

[cloughie]

I was hoping for Cloughers as the new Messiah as he would get us to the playoffs .......

Early days yet, anton, I see that Craig Hignett has been given the keep them over the parapet job - I didn't fancy the commute anyway!

[Stanfordian]

You can buy the best players, you can pay them their mercenary sums but you can't buy the team spirit and the fight for the cause. Nigel built it and a very likeable Chelsea management reject has continued it.

I never cease to be amazed at the ineptness and squandering of cash on managers and players in the over pampered premiership, or the mismanagement of finances once they fall out - Wigan and i think Blackpool are still benefiting and disadvantaging other sides in Div 1.
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Hiya Cloughie,

The general consensus seem to be that the only people that seem to be benefiting from Blackpool's parachute payment from leaving the Premier League are the owners. Many people say that they have trousered millions of £s.

[cloughie]

Hiya Cloughie,

The general consensus seem to be that the only people that seem to be benefiting from Blackpool's parachute payment from leaving the Premier League are the owners. Many people say that they have trousered millions of £s.

Maybe less subtly than the owners of some of the big clubs!

[EdgeleyRob]

Final score

Sunderland 2 Manchester United 1 Beaten for the 1st time by Sunderland in the PL,conceded a scrappy 2nd goal
Bournemouth 1 Stoke City 3 Were 0-3 down after 55 mins,back to back defeats
Crystal Palace 1 Watford 2 Level at the break,conceded a late 2nd,9 games without a win
Swansea City 0 Southampton 1 Winner in the 2nd half,now 6 games unbeaten without conceding
Chelsea 5 Newcastle United 1 Forum derby,Blues biggest win of the season,Toon never recovered from conceding 3 in the opening 17 mins
Brighton 3 Bolton Wanderers 2 Took the lead 3 times and finally managed to hang on for a 4th straight league win
Sheffield Wednesday 4 Brentford 0 Straightforward victory after an early red card for the visitors
Coventry City 6 Bury 0 Thumping win ends a run of 5 league games without a victory
Wimbledon 4 Luton 1 Went 4-0 up on 50 mins,5th league win in 6 games
Hartlepool United 2 Yeovil Town 1 New boss off to a good start,a pen and 2nd goal inside 13 2nd half mins earned the points
Portsmouth 3 Bristol Rovers 1 Late consolation goal but well beaten,slipped out of the play off positions
York City 2 Notts County 1 Goals inside 15 1st half mins secured the win,off the bottom of the table
Wrexham 2 Bromley 0 Both goals in 6 1st half mins,now just 3 points away from a play off place
Bradford Park Avenue 0 Stockport County 0 Uneventful
Havant & Waterlooville v Chelmsford City was postponed
Truro City v Dartford was postponed
Hearts v Partick Thistle was postponed
Queen of the South 1 St Mirren 0 Conceded the goal on 65 mins and had a man sent off late in the game
Queen's Park 0 East Stirlingshire 3 Surprise victory over the promotion chasers,off the bottom of the table
Hereford 1 AFC Wulfrunians 1 All I can find out is that HFC missed a pen and the ref was useless

Leicester,Arsenal and Liverpool play tomorrow
Inverness play on Monday

[Beef Oven!]

Van Go.

Now.

Do not pass go.

Do not collect £5m.

JUST FOXTROT OSCAR, NOW!

[cloughie]

Anton, now's the beginning of the rest of the season - 57 points at your disposal and Craig to mind they are there for the taking - go forth with a glass more than 50% full!

[antongould]

Anton, now's the beginning of the rest of the season - 57 points at your disposal and Craig to mind they are there for the taking - go forth with a glass more than 50% full!

.... One swallow ........