The notable thing about the goals is that matey looked fired up and willing to attack them. If he looked as bothered every week it would go a long way to covering his other deficiencies.
The notable thing about the goals is that matey looked fired up and willing to attack them. If he looked as bothered every week it would go a long way to covering his other deficiencies.
Some mean-looking Dungannon forward has just dumped the elbow on a 17 year old opponent, earning a red card and the co-commentator's insistence that 'He's not that type of player'. It's quality fare.
And a joiner has just come off the bench.
Is this Irish game definitely a cup final? There's nobody there.
I genuinely do want to know where it's on in case not telling me has been deliberate. I don't see it on either of my BBC's.
Sky Sports.
Good man. Used to go to Swifts the odd time when I lived close to it.
Interested to see if there's still as big a gap between our own and the northy stuff too. I'd presume it's got a lot closer in recent years.
Mata calling it 'Mister VAR' is adorable.
The lines for that 'offside'
Two tidy goals by Lukaku too.
Sheff Wed/Swansea v Rochdale/Spurs
United v Brighton
Leicester v Chelsea
Wigan/Man City v Southampton
A Villa collapse would be fantastic.
Unlucky Floyd.Originally Posted by Sir Andy Mahowry
United away. Woof.
Today couldn't have gone much better. Comfortable win and we couldn't have picked the scorers any better - one striker on his debut, another on his full (second) debut and a centre-back who's recently come back from heart surgery.
If we were to be picky it would be to wish Knockaert scored so that he could finally settle, be confident and happy this season.
That cup draw was early.
It's the worst draw imaginable.
Without any genuine, giant-killing upstarts in there you might as well have that draw. Chelsea vs Leicester is hardly an interesting final.
Just seen the VAR decision. He was off. Strictly speaking.
Analysing things to that degree is a bit American - and fucking hell isn't this the only arena in which that phrase is valid. If it takes four minutes and a video review to work out if someone is offside then they're onside. The rule was brought in to stop Inzaghi's dad from just pissing about in the box the full game, not for this horseshit.
The lines on that VAR review (is VAR review a RAS syndrome thing?) were a bit good.
Also the BBC commentary at the final whistle was the pits. "The initials of FA Cup aren't all we'll be talking about, we'll be talking about V-A-R." Fuck off.
Sky really need a Sky Sports Leeds United channel. They seem to be on every fucking week.
I'm sure every Championship game they show is some combination of them, Aston Villa and the Sheffield pair.
I watch the Championship live games pretty much every week and I haven't seen Millwall all season, barely seen Fulham once or twice, Brentford never, Preston maybe once, Reading never (thankfully), Barnsley once max.
Nice finish to the derby there. Norwich's manager still looks like a hunter-gatherer though.
Next up in today's Super Sunday of absolute shite is Hamilton v Rangers, I can't wait.
If you just focus on the left foot of Sean Goss you'll have a lovely afternoon.
Hamilton is the strangest team I've seen for a while. A bizarre mixture of a couple of very decent-looking teenagers with at least three absurd, lumbering Greeks.
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Decent comedy goalkeeping there.
Declan John to cut inside and score a right footed goal at the near post would be a decent bet here. The sort of game in which he excels.
We are an utter bombscare at the back.
This is a quality match tbf. 1-1, then the Hamilton keeper quite literally threw one in, and now it's 2-2 after 22 minutes.
It's a shame Daniel Candeias doesn't have much to his game. One of the few current players capable of putting in a good cross on a regular basis. He'd be in the Premiership if he was capable of anything else.
The pitch looks almost as bad as some of the defending, every butcher in town must be closed on matchdays.
I really like Greg Docherty. He's not great technically but he seems to be everywhere at all times and does the simple things well.
Tottenham are completely aimless with that lump Llorente up front.
Bobby Madley is such a bad referee. Always gives things late after he's seen the reaction.
I reckon there'll be a Rochdale red card at some point.
Tottenham are having a MELTDOWN here.
Rose is as useless with the ball as Walker used to be before 'Pep' fixed him.
I presume that's a big reflection on the directors box windows and not screens.
That was tasty.
Shite defending there.
He needs a half time hook here and probably shouldn't play again this season. Looks bored, uncommitted and time after time they've just worked it down his side and got the cross in.
A performance like this from Rochdale must sicken a manager though. Especially when they switch back off next week in the league.
This is the worst we've played this season. Good to see that NEW MANAGER BOOST in full effect.
The Busby Babes Mk. 2 appear to be losing to Rochdale after needing 2 games to get past Newport. Weird that.
You bitter nugget.
Fat lad
I don't think I dislike any current footballer more than Dele Alli. He just has a face that screams nasty human being.
Yids.
Dav will be loving this.
The best part of the game was the BBC desperately turning the mics down when the travelling fans sang any song with the word 'Yid' in it.
Fucking hell how did we draw that.
Fucking turned it off at 1-1.
Some interesting stuff on Sunday Supplement about Pogba. Reckon they'll sell him to PSG in the end.
What were they saying? I've seen lots of "Oh well they're not using him right!" but very few suggestions about where it's going wrong. It's a shame, he's our best player when he's on it.
EDIT: Though now I say it, I don't think he's ever been "on it" during one of the really big games, though I may be being forgetful. We got better when he came back from injury though.
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