I couldn't agree more. Its the 1-1 draws that bother me. Burnley, Palace and yesterday are perfect examples of 1-0 wins that never happened because of sloppy defending. Chelsea (at home) and West Ham are similar in the sense that, although the opposition scored the first goal, it was a...
Hmm. How embarrassing. That's the thing about memories...
I was even at the Reading game when his right-sided overlap was ended by that thug Kermorgant!
... and seeing as he is now playing right-back, when did we last take the field for a league game with a non-Spanish speaker in that position?
From memory, since 2009 we've had only Iñigo Calderón, Gonzalo Jara Reyes(loan), Bruno Saltor, Martin Montoya and Steven Alzate.
A decade? Surely not!
Phil Lesh (am I really the first person to mention him?)
Bernard Edwards
Stanley Clarke
Aston 'Family Man' Barrett (and him?)
Simon Gallup
Robbie Shakespeare
But I don't play the instrument in question. My son does (and graduated from the Royal Northern College of Music on it) and he would say...
I recall standing in the rain next to said scaffolding in 1981 watching us draw 2-2 with Liverpool. My scouse friend John, having promised to be discrete, yelling "Come on you mighty Reds" over and over again, and clearly audible on MOTD that night. It was also a failed attempt to introduce my...
Substitutions. For example, Stephens off, Murray on when we're winning. This speaks volumes for the positional and tactical flexibility in this team compared to last year.
A Higgs boson particle walks into a church. The vicar says, "We don't allow your sort in here, because calling yourself the God particle is blasphemy". The particle replies "If you exclude me, how will you have mass?"
The clear implication here is that this system works against a team who do not look to get the ball wide. It'll be interesting to see how we line up against teams like Palace who play with two wingers. Really looking forward to watching this develop. Roll on Saturday!
Dad was Chris Barber and Acker Bilk, but also Beatles, Stones and most sixties UK pop plus some reggae. Mum was Elvis, Everley Brothers, Byrds and generally quite American in her taste. Later Dad and I crossed over with Steelye Span, Fairport Convention, Ralph McTell and Bob Marley (his) and...