Football Focus

[red devil]

To be fair, most home support in modern all-seater stadia is poor. Away supporters tend to be far more hardcore and vocal, it's the closest you get to the old days when you would be stood with all your mates...

[Mick Mac]

Otta Wrote:

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> Jah Lush has been going to the Lane a lot this

> season, and was there yesterday. AVB was talking

> to you man. Cheer the @#$%& up! ;-)

AVB was saying you don't want to end up like Arsenal.

[Jah Lush]

Spurs fans love a good moan but it was bloody frustrating to watch when you've been brought up watching the silky skills of Hoddle and Gazza. The ball constantly being passed sideways and back. We need more creativity in midfield to unlock defences that come to White Hart Lane and park the bus. We have to find a solution to that. He has a point though the atmosphere was a bit shit yesterday but that's the fans being frustrated by what they are watching. I know I was. 70 minutes into a home game against a team you really should be giving a good hiding to. Remember, that the last home game was the three-nil loss to West Ham, some of us were feeling a bit deja-vu by then. I think they call that winning ugly. Certainly, not the most enjoyable game I've been to in a very long time at the Lane (thankfully, I missed the West Ham debacle).

[Mick Mac]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> Can't agree more with Lawro and Owen, big Hart

> mistake today. I say that as a former goalkeeper.

> Advancing defender was winning the chase, stay on

> your six yard line for easy passback.

Joe Hart dropped by City apparently. City obviously feel they can't afford any more mistakes.

[Jah Lush]

Definitely Hart's fault. Probably not dropped but possibly "rested" for tomorrow's game at Newcastle.

[red devil]

Are You a Football Hipster?...http://www.theguardian.com/football/quiz/2013/oct/29/are-you-a-football-hipster

You scored 29 out of a possible 60

Nope. YOU'RE NO FOOTBALL HIPSTER! You like goals, goals, goals, pronounce Milan as Milan rather than Mee-lan, and quite frankly you're not really sure you'd recognise a false nine if one came up and shook you by the hand. You've got some work to do. Start of with a video of the 1991 European Cup final between Red Star Belgrade and Marseille and work from there.

[maxxi]

Only 26/60 - and I even went for the microbrewery pale ale!

[red devil]

I think sneaking out for a pie did for me...

[Jah Lush]

30/60. Ossie's Dream probably did for me.

[????]

30/60 too jah, and RD on 29....is it an age thing? Bloody football

[Mick Mac]

43 out of 50. Honest gov but my cut and paste did not work so no proof.

Of course it was just down to good exam technique. And lots of hard work.

[Jah Lush]

What do you expect from The Guardian?

Anyway, Wanderers wobble? ;-)

[????]

Decent win for the irons, better second half

[maxxi]

And the first quarter finals of the season :)

*sings* Wemberleeee wemberleeee...

[Otta]

You scored 21 out of a possible 60

Snuck out for a pie and a pint of any old lager.

[DaveR]

33/60. Is there really such a thing as a football hipster? It could be re-named "are you a twat?"

[Millhaven]

Thank you for a fine evening's entertainment at the Emirates Stadium last night my north London cousins.

I look forward to visiting again and take the mickey some more in the near future.

[Millhaven]

DaveR Wrote:

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> 33/60. Is there really such a thing as a football

> hipster? It could be re-named "are you a twat?"

Agreed. Sadly this is what the Nick Hornby generation has spawned. It is probably going to get worse before it gets better.

[Bluerevolution]

streams for ALL tonights games http://shadygiz.blogspot.co.uk/

[maxxi]

maxxi Wrote:

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> And the first quarter finals of the season :)

>

> *sings* Wemberleeee wemberleeee...

Another trip to W. H. Lane - that'll do! :)

[red devil]

Away games suit your 4-6-0 system...

[????]

I have horrible memories of a League Cup game at the Lane on a wednesday night years ago, pouring rain, 1000s of us, 4-0 (isn) with a Lineker hatrick, and then that long walk back to the tube getting soaked.

[Jah Lush]

I think that was a league game Quids and it was three-nil with Lineker getting a hat-trick in '92. What you might be thinking of is a five-nil thrashing at the Lane in the League Cup with Clive Allen scoring a hat-trick in '87. I was at both games. Either of those results will do me thank you. ;-)

[????]

You,re right Jah it was 1987, evening game and pouring with rain and Clive Allen, they all both merge into one blur of horribleness

[Mick Mac]

Joe Hart used to be Head and Shoulders above the rest. Can't think what happened. Must have changed his shampoo.

Grabs coat.