RMweb Gold BoD Posted January 2, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2015 To be fair, I'd love the pundits on MOTD to actually read out loud one of the rules of the game each week. They could do worse than start with the offside rule. When is a player interfering? When a player is returning from an offside position when can he become involved again without being flagged offside? Changing tack completely, this Pardew business seems to be dragging on a bit. Caretakers looking after the team at Newcastle, Pardew in the stands at the Palace game, everyone assuming he is their new manager but no official confirmation either that he has left one club or joined the other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Leicester City were the victims of the most stupid penalty award this season yesterday - since when has the ball clearly hitting a player in the face been a penalty? At least Wes Morgan probably hasn't got to play Liverpool again this season - two assists for Lallana and Gerard in our 3-1 home loss and then sent off for manhandling Lambert later on and yesterday conceding this "penalty". Liverpool looked distinctly average to me in both games and we should have got more than one point from the games. Mind you when your luck is out and you keep shooting yourself the foot defensively, as we did twice against a very unimpressive Tottenham* on Boxing Day, you get nothing in the Premiership. *Tottenham were very good yesterday though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) 'Tottenham were very good yesterday though'…….Music to my ears. Never enjoyed a match as much. Probably because I was sitting with my BiL who is a lifelong Chelsea fan and who had never tired of telling me how many times Spurs had lost to the boys in blue…... Edited January 2, 2015 by gordon s Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pH Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 They could do worse than start with the offside rule. No, no, no - please no! As a player, that has got me into more trouble with refs than anything else - explaining in what ways they do not understand that rule! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobby Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Hindsight, and slo-mo replays are a wonderful thing! Unless you want to halt the game every time there is a contentious incident to check the video then we'll have to live with the good and bad decisions... Over the whole season I reckon it just about evens out... Leave things be... Personally i can't stand managers who try to hide their's and their teams shortcomings by rounding on the ref... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Incidentally, if some kindly soul manages to save Hereford, but only on the proviso that they move to Worcester (purely hypothetical, and fairly unlikely, I guess), how would we feel about that? Happy that the club continued, or bitter about the move, even though the alternative would be oblivion for Hereford FC? I'm sure that the owners of Wasps (and yes, the Dons, too) gave some thought to the feelings of the fans before making their decisions, but made the move all the same.no because it would be a new team starting in a new town at the bottom of the pyramid working there way up & good luck to them if they do . Completely different to moving an already established club miles away to another city completely changing it's name but wanting to to claim it's history also circumventing the football pyramid to parachute a team in . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 The magic of the FA Cup! It has not done the nerves any good. But thankfully a last minute penalty from Chris Martin has seen Derby scrape past non-league Southport. Sadly, due to needing to get work done, I was unable to attend. It made frustrating listening - certainly the non-leaguers put up a good fight and deserve great credit. Martin may be needing to make a statement, his 17th goal of the season coming just as the club sign Darren Bent on loan. At least we are in the fourth round draw and that is all you can say. More than the red clad side from the opposite end of the A52 can say. Rochdale 1 Forest 0. I won't laugh too much, we have to play them in a couple of weeks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted January 3, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2015 Darren Bent eh? Always good for a laugh. You will soon be sick of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Well we are sick of the sight of Leon Best who is our current loan striker! He was so bad today that the crowd cheered when he got taken off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted January 4, 2015 Share Posted January 4, 2015 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30671692this just saddens me and makes me wonder what is happening to my once proud family club signing Lee Hughes was bad enough but this ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted January 4, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2015 ^ There are many angles to this, but still, I wish it wasn't Oldham... Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 So we have the potential for a proper "Derby" in the FA Cup fourth round with the chance that the Rams could meet the Spirites! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium skipepsi Posted January 6, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2015 So we have the potential for a proper "Derby" in the FA Cup fourth round with the chance that the Rams could meet the Spirites! Not quite the big team they were dreaming of....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I am happy with any home draw - and also happy to hear that Steve McLaren is staying and he has sent that no good waster Leon "not so" Best back to Blackburn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob F Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 With regard to Saturday's game, may I be permitted to just say one word: YYYYYYEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! Thank you Rob PS To elaborate slightly, the joy of winning against Derby was further enhanced by the fact that I was seriously fearing another thumping, like last season! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted January 22, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2015 White Hart Lane Not a bad result for United at all - Being naturally pessimistic about the Blades I feared they would maybe "Do a Wednesday" and let most of the Spurs players grab a goal each.... Absolutely superb atmosphere last night, and a performance to match. Well done everybody. Didn't see the handball as it was at the other end to ours, but, commiserations to Jay, won me my bet though!! I don't think we've much to fear next wednesday if the same stuttering inept Spurs team shows up. Mike. PS. Can someone move the ground nearer to Seven Sisters station, I'm sure it gets further each time I visit. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cary hill Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Twenty years ago this week since Eric Cantona took up Kung Fu: Time flies seems like only yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakydoke Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) Twenty years ago this week since Eric Cantona took up Kung Fu: Time flies seems like only yesterday. I was there that night. Palace set out with a plan to rough up Utd, probably because they had no chance in trying to match them playing football. A few Utd players were getting a kicking and Cantona was on the end of a number of really rough tackles, including a potential leg breaker from, if I remember correctly Chris Colman, just before the Kung Foo incident. He was clearly getting more and more riled as the Ref was doing nothing about it.Those sort of tackles and fouls would be drawing instant yellow and red cards today. When he retaliated to yet another tackle by kicking out. The Ref then showed him the red card. In no way am I excusing him, but anything might have set off what was a very short fuse by that stage; another player's actions for instance. It just so happened it was that foul mouthed racist idiot in the crowd. Edited January 23, 2015 by Oakydoke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Twenty years ago this week since Eric Cantona took up Kung Fu:.... After retiring from football, he became a noted actor.....which is kind of ironic.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 23, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2015 Nice to see Utd avoid a potential banana skin and get a replay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 You're right, Cambridge didn't slip up at all. I was concerned about that one..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakydoke Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Well done Cambridge for their heroics. No shots on goal though, despite their header just over the bar in the first half. Only 25% possession overall and worst in the 2nd half (20% although it was 17% until the 80th minute). A minor miracle, or just rewards for their endeavour? For Utd, the same problem that's bugged them for 3 seasons. Lack of drive, grit and power in their central midfield and slow ponderous build ups in their attack. Chief culprit, Captain Slow (Carrick) didn't wake up until half way through the 2nd half, when he finally started playing well. Fellaini was absolutely awful and should have been hooked at half time, not nearly midway through the second half. With that pair, is it any wonder the forwards were struggling? Also I question the wisdom of playing a young lightweight 18 year old rooky up front, when he is clearly not ready for the first team. 75% overall possession (80% in the second half) and no goals! Not good. Still, a great story for Cambridge and their coffers will be swelled with a well earned trip to Old Trafford, to add to a well earned payday at home tonight. Who said that the romance of the FA Cup was dead? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 It might earn Cambridge enough money to repair that rusty old scoreboard they got secondhand from Rangers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave47549 Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) . Edited October 3, 2021 by Dave47549 Removed pointless guff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakydoke Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Meanwhile off the pitch, the best result has so far gone unannounced on here I only hope no one else gives him another job covering football. He must be universally disliked in that role and how on earth can they pay him that sort of money when he's hardly a must have personality to be fought over by rival TV companies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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