Football: Season 2004/5 Discussion Thread.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:08 pm 0

cyric100 wrote:If it was just the penalty I'd feel somewhat aggrieved, but the good work from gudjohnsen late on resulted in a worthy goal, if somewhat against the run of play.

We didn't take the chances we had and we paid for it . Ah well, bring on Palace.

Canny performance from Spurs though. I think Keane fannies about too much, but Spurs are looking better than they've done for years.

Sargie · Post by **Sargie** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:08 pm 0

Re: The Kop still in full voice:

Glad to hear it was an abberation today Sickboy. Obviously I only really get to "hear" the Kop when they play United because I'd rather stab my eyes out than watch most of the Liverpool games.

Must be due to getting beaten by your arch-enemies again I suppose... When Danny Murphy was delivering his twice yearly wonder show against us a few years back that was pretty upsetting / quiet from the other end too

Mat T · Post by **Mat T** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:26 pm 0

Aargh. Typical Leeds performance once again. My brother goes every week and gives me a good report.

Apparently (as over Xmas) Leeds started well and scored early. Should have gone on and done more damage. Second half, Leeds are undone with a dubious penalty and that was that.

If we go into admin this week, then that is a 10 point deduction and we will be in the drop zone. Oh my.

koworld · Post by **koworld** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:28 pm 0

Sargie wrote:Re: The Kop still in full voice

And fantastic to hear the United fans singing 'There's only one Boris Johnson'.

Sickboy · Post by **Sickboy** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:32 pm 0

Sargie wrote:Must be due to getting beaten by your arch-enemies again I suppose... When Danny Murphy was delivering his twice yearly wonder show against us a few years back that was pretty upsetting / quiet from the other end too

Indeed. And gracious of you to say so, sir.

romanista · Post by **romanista** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:11 pm 0

i had expected more of tottenham today... and liverpool had deserved the penalty

Sargie · Post by **Sargie** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 7:55 pm 0

I only turn into an impartial scouser hating moron for the 90 minutes of the match

As soon as it's over I'm back to normal cuddly and hopefull impartial old me

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:08 pm 0

Liverpool-Man U: Andy Gray called the goal about three seconds before Rooney hit it. Far too much space in an area he likes to hit them from, but a shocking mistake from Dudek, according the the two goalkeepers I was watching it with.

Newcastle-Southampton: Southampton were probably the worst team we've played this year, but we didn't 'arf try hard to throw it away in the second half. Felt the second Ameobi penalty shout was better than the first, but it's a MOTD rewatch tonight to see exactly what. Bramble and Boumsong look a promising partnership so far, but next week's game at the Arse will be a vastly more substantial test. And so far Babayaro looks pretty much exactly like Bernard, it would be hard to tell the difference if they had the same hairdo.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sat Jan 15, 2005 8:11 pm 0

Played Arsenal.

And played Bolton (must give credit where it's due).

Of course, it's not all over yet, but it's getting increasingly difficult to see anyone stopping Chelsea.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:24 am 0

MOTD revist: should have been 2 penalties for us and one for them and we had 18 shots on target. The sub keeper they brought on had never played in the Premiership before, and his first job was to try to save a Shearer penalty. Which is harsh.

And yeah, I think it's all over bar the shouting. But stranger things have happened...

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:27 am 0

Dio wrote:MOTD revist: should have been 2 penalties for us and one for them and we had 18 shots on target. The sub keeper they brought on had never played in the Premiership before, and his first job was to try to save a Shearer penalty. Which is harsh.

Sounds like we could have quite easily hammered them, then. That makes me feel better.

Dio wrote:And yeah, I think it's all over bar the shouting. But stranger things have happened...

Unfortunately.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:35 am 0

Yes. But frankly, if they'd got a draw it wouldn't have been particularly unfair on us. We were sleeping through too much of the second half again, and they could easily have nicked a goal in the last fifteen.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:36 am 0

Dio wrote:Yes. But frankly, if they'd got a draw it wouldn't have been particularly unfair on us. We were sleeping through too much of the second half again, and they could easily have nicked a goal in the last fifteen.

Blah. Same old, then. Obviously bringing Souness in to kick them up the arse hasn't worked.

Anyone know any unemployed managers/coaches that actually know about defending, and coaching defending?

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:39 am 0

I think the defending is getting better. It's a team attitude problem, I think - the zip just goes out of them in the second half. I was hoping we'd seen the back of that since Chrimbo, it hasn't been particularly evident since then, but we seem to still be managing it.

PaulEMoz · Post by **PaulEMoz** » Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:43 am 0

Dio wrote:I think the defending is getting better. It's a team attitude problem, I think - the zip just goes out of them in the second half. I was hoping we'd seen the back of that since Chrimbo, it hasn't been particularly evident since then, but we seem to still be managing it.

The thing is, we're still not that far out of fifth. If any one team goes on a run, they could nick it, us included. Not that I'm getting my hopes up in the slightest.