Football Focus

[Jah Lush]

Bring her too. Sorted.

[Bluerevolution]

Yes, free for under 12's-if there is a queue at turnstile come through the main door upstairs if you have the right money

[Bluerevolution]

that was a close one today, good to meet a few of you !Oh and City are through to the next round of FA Cup. Hope you had a good day Red Devil, didn't see the United score-oh hang on, the only cup game you had was which one to use for the morning brew !!! http://i797.photobucket.com/albums/yy253/blue-nightingale/contest%20banners%20and%20images/wwwanimated-animationde_smiley_3d_gifs_animiert_gif_clip-art_icons_01_400x267.gif

[Alan Medic]

Are you green with envy BR as no one has ever heard of City? You look ill.

[red devil]

Bluerevolution Wrote:

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> Hope you had a good day Red Devil, didn't

> see the United score-oh hang on, the only cup game

> you had was which one to use for the morning brew

> !!!

Brilliant thanks Bluey, went shopping in the January Sales... :)

[Bluerevolution]

all good then, Laddy Muck had a brief piss take at half time but getting high 5d by the Rabblers at final whistle was great

[El Pibe]

This headline on the beeb had me confused

"Gerrard in ?96,000 Hillsborough move"

I know he's past his best but that's a helluva bargain for the owls!!!!!

[Otta]

Haha, no. He's just donated some of a week's wages to a good cause.

[Otta]

Nice result tonight though.

[Mick Mac]

Fraser equals club record.

Manager: A fantastic achievement for Fraser

By: Mark Henderson on 29 Jan, 2014 22:51

NEIL Lennon has heaped praise on Fraser Forster after he equalled the club?s long-standing league clean sheet record by amassing his 10th successive shut-out in tonight?s 4-0 victory over Kilmarnock.

The Englishman again turned in a peerless performance, the highlight of which was an outstanding save at point-blank range from Manuel Pascali?s volley.

And by keeping the Rugby Park side at bay, it meant he had matched the record achieved by the great Charlie Shaw in 1913/14 and then again in 1921/22.

[Bhoy in Singapore]

cue the replies "even my granny could keep a clean sheet in that league"

[Bhoy in Singapore]

".....and shes incontinent!"

[Mick Mac]

Of course, we expect that. But a record that has stood for 90 odd years has to be worth something.

Its only 3 or 4 years ago that we were shipping 4 goals against St Mirren under Mowbray.

Unbeaten in 23 SPL matches, 12 consecutive wins and 10 successive clean sheets.

[red devil]

How are ye olde Weste Ham fans feeling this morrow, prey tell forsooth...

[Otta]

Yeah I'm interested to hear too.

I was pleased to see them get that draw, until the manager's interviews, where both of them looked like total cunts.

[StraferJack]

"until the manager's interviews, where both of them looked like total @#$%&."

a) we all knew that about both of them anyway

b) come on, it's cracking entertainment!

[red devil]

West Ham team bus breaks down on Mile End Road...

http://designyoutrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/03-Clun-Valley-motor-car-garage.jpg

[El Pibe]

basically any possible score is met with a deeply disturbing ambivalence.

There is no joy in grinding a result with dire negative 19th century football except of course the joy in pissing chelsea fans off and watching Mourinho lose the plot.

I have to say I loved his 'how dare they come and play like that, though I'd probably have done the some given the circumstances' rant.

[????]

My Chelsea friends are silent, that to me itself is beautiful

[Bluerevolution]

A relegation fighting team in "park the bus" just play for a point shocker ?? We've all been there-sometimes it pays for strugglers, other times it doesn't and they get punished (or as the top clubs have witnessed a cheeky last minute winner against the odds). Chelsea had 21 chances, with only 8 on target. Not a pretty game for those that have forked out to go but hey-ho.

[Otta]

I've said this before about Stoke (a few years ago), but at the end of the day, if you're a boxer, and you know you're going in to the ring with someone who will knock you the fuck out if you stand toe to toe, you're going to be cagey and defensive, and try to pick him off.

I have absolutely no problem with a team doing what they need to do to get a point on the table, especially when they need the points so much. I just can't stabd BFS coming out and talking like he's a tactical genius.

You parked the bus. Fair play, but don't talk like it was something special on your part.

[Bluerevolution]

But he was totally open about it.

Respect to Tim Sherwood as well, he could easily had a dig at officials (and rightly so) but didn't just said the better team won. Officials made poor decisions to BOTH sides.

[Jah Lush]

Never mind that... Man City are on another level to everyone else at the moment. The were absolutely brilliant and played superb football last night. OK a couple of decisions didn't go Spurs way and Rose should never have been sent off but I really don't think the score line would have been much different. I wonder if Chelsea will park the bus against them. They may have too.

[El Pibe]

To be fair, west ham have a pretty poor record of bus parking, we tend to be woeful at defending set pieces and negative play is usually rewarded with goal leakage, so they did well to survive the onslaught.

Mind you, Mourinho having a pop at negative football...hmmmmmm

[Bluerevolution]

Chelsea ? Never

This an analysis of Spurs v City, written by mate Alex, but I think there is a valid and reasoned response by a Spurs fan http://typicalcity.org/2014/01/30/tottenham-hotspur-1-vs-5-manchester-city/