Football

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Chelsea v Aston Villa looks a good one to come out of the 4th round draw.

 

[150249]

Chelsea v Aston Villa looks a good one to come out of the 4th round draw.

Or Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester City. Hopefully we can beat City. They haven't scored at our stadium yet.

 

[Wivenswold]

Even though I'm a Gooner, I want them to beat City. Real football clubs over plastic ones, every time.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Even though I'm a Gooner, I want them to beat City. Real football clubs over plastic ones, every time.

"Real" football clubs are noticeable by the numbers of such very long-established former Football League clubs now plying their trade in the National League.

 

[Haywain]

There will be a good few Eastleigh and Newport County fans rooting for a Manchester United win this evening.

 

[brad465]

Three men have won the World Cup as both player and manager

Zagalo died on saturday

Beckenbauer died today

I wonder how Didier Deschamps is feeling?!?

Slightly nervous?

There is a tweet that I posted on here about this before both of you, but as the tweet had unsuitable language it got deleted. It was posted by user Neil Gibbons.

 

[MrCheeseGrater]

Even though I'm a Gooner, I want them to beat City. Real football clubs over plastic ones, every time.

Every club is real

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Every club is real

Quite a few of them in Spain...

 

[Harvester]

Wigan 0 Man Utd 2. A game of missed chances by United, should have bagged a lot more!

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Wigan 0 Man Utd 2. A game of missed chances by United, should have bagged a lot more!

Sounds very much like the Arsenal goal attempts against Liverpool last night, especially in the first half.

This time the 2-0 scoreline was repeated, but with a different winner. 33 shots, only 14 on target, but only 2 goals and one of these came from the penalty spot.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Every club is real

Atletico Madrid aren't Real...

 

[Haywain]

Atletico Madrid aren't Real...

They're not Real but they are real.

 

[Busaholic]

Atletico Madrid aren't Real...

 

[Purple Train]

Sounds very much like the Arsenal goal attempts against Liverpool last night, especially in the first half.

This time the 2-0 scoreline was repeated, but with a different winner. 33 shots, only 14 on target, but only 2 goals and one of these came from the penalty spot.

At least they weren't quite as deserving of the "couldn't hit a cow's backside with a saucepan" line as Cardiff City playing against Sheffield Wednesday... 22 shots against 12, 9 on target against 6, 10 corners against 4, two penalties, and a 4-0 loss!

 

[KashmireHawker]

Possibly West Bromwich Albion v Wolverhampton Wanderers in The Emirates FA Cup 4th Round Proper, if my side win our Replay v Brentford next win.

And knowing we played rather well with 10 men for 81 mins plus stoppages, makes me confident of progress against both sides - even if a Black Country Derby will forever make me nervous!

 

[Harvester]

EFL Cup SF 1st leg….Middlesborough 1 Chelsea 0. Chelsea‘s missed chances hand Boro a one goal 2nd leg advantage.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Southport next. We get nowt there. Might change this time........

Unfortunately, your hopes were dashed as Southport won 2-0.

 

[DarloRich]

Unfortunately, your hopes were dashed as Southport won 2-0.

Poor show - we haven't so much as drawn there since 1973!

 

[Ivor]

EFL Cup SF 1st leg….Middlesborough 1 Chelsea 0. Chelsea‘s missed chances hand Boro a one goal 2nd leg advantage.

As a Chelsea fan I am fed up week in week out with the lack of effort & desire whoever we are playing, the same few show some fight, the majority couldn’t care less.

Fans can take losing games if your team are not good enough but walk away thinking “we gave it a real go” that’s becoming a distant memory.

Seen some great CFC teams & some very poor past 60 years attending but this current outfit is the worse I’ve seen & don’t start me on the obscene spend

 

[DarloRich]

As a Chelsea fan I am fed up week in week out with the lack of effort & desire whoever we are playing, the same few show some fight, the majority couldn’t care less.

great to see a club like Chelsea get turned over on a cold, wet night in the north east. They just didn't fancy it.

Seen some great CFC teams & some very poor past 60 years attending but this current outfit is the worse I’ve seen

Really? worse than when you were in the second division?

 

[Ivor]

Really? worse than when you were in the second division?

Definitely, that team wasn’t good enough granted but I never criticised their effort, really most of this current lot ‘refuse’ to dig in & ‘fight for the badge’ to use a cliche.

 

[DarloRich]

Definitely, that team wasn’t good enough granted but I never criticised their effort, really most of this current lot ‘refuse’ to dig in & ‘fight for the badge’ to use a cliche.

I don't rate the manager either.

Also if you think you have seen bad I will have seen much, much worse

 

[Haywain]

Also if you think you have seen bad I will have seen much, much worse

Quite. It must be awful to sink as low as the second division.

 

[Ivor]

I don't rate the manager either.

Also if you think you have seen bad I will have seen much, much worse

Poch has got a knack of sitting there just occasionally looking at the iPad with his equally passive coaches

 

[75A]

Interesting to see that Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin has had his sending off against the Palace rescinded by the F.A. on appeal.
The referee on the day (Chris Kavanagh) was happy enough with the tackle but was summoned to the dreaded pitchside monitor by Michael Salisbury the VAR and as ever the red card followed.

 

[SteveM70]

Interesting to see that Everton's Dominic Calvert-Lewin has had his sending off against the Palace rescinded by the F.A. on appeal.
The referee on the day (Chris Kavanagh) was happy enough with the tackle but was summoned to the dreaded pitchside monitor by Michael Salisbury the VAR and as ever the red card followed.

It's a tough one I think. DCL was very high with his challenge and had all his studs showing, but only caught the defender a glancing blow. So the consequences of his tackle probably don't fit the criteria for a red card, but the actions (late, high, not in control) probably do.

One thing I do suspect, though, is that in the VAR era the on-pitch ref is (whether deliberately or not) more likely to err on the side of caution and take lesser action, knowing there's a VAR safety net. Conversely, the VARs seem keen to get involved more

 

[Haywain]

One thing I do suspect, though, is that in the VAR era the on-pitch ref is (whether deliberately or not) more likely to err on the side of caution and take lesser action, knowing there's a VAR safety net. Conversely, the VARs seem keen to get involved more

I'm in complete agreement with you but I still find it a concern that so many people (referees?) have to be involved at the various stages to reach a final decision. And in the process they, of course, undermine any theory that the referee on the field was ever right.

 

[75A]

It's the time it takes to get a decision as well, annoying for both the players & supporters.

 

[Norm_D_Ploom]

great to see a club like Chelsea get turned over on a cold, wet night in the north east. They just didn't fancy it.

I thought Mbro deserved the victory, they had a game plan and executed it very well.

I like the look of Hayden Hackney. Only seen him 3 or 4 times but he looks as if he can play for a better standard of team than Mbro.

Very glad he chose to change allegiance to England.

As a Chelsea fan I am fed up week in week out with the lack of effort & desire whoever we are playing, the same few show some fight, the majority couldn’t care less.

Fans can take losing games if your team are not good enough but walk away thinking “we gave it a real go” that’s becoming a distant memory.

Seen some great CFC teams & some very poor past 60 years attending but this current outfit is the worse I’ve seen & don’t start me on the obscene spend

But realistically, Chelsea are where they always were before the financial doping, inconsistent mid table with the odd decent cup run.

 

[1D54]

I thought Mbro deserved the victory, they had a game plan and executed it very well.

I like the look of Hayden Hackney. Only seen him 3 or 4 times but he looks as if he can play for a better standard of team than Mbro.

Very glad he chose to change allegiance to England.


But realistically, Chelsea are where they always were before the financial doping, inconsistent mid table with the odd decent cup run.

But qualified for the Champions League at the end of the season before the so called financial doping took place.