Rice knew exactly what he was doing. He was looking right at Veltman & where the ball was, casually walking in front of the free kick & nudging the ball away. He may not have booted the ball away in an obvious way, but he was very much delaying the free kick in a way he thought would go...
Maybe soft to second yellow Rice but absolutely zero sympathy for him. He was rolling around on the floor in “agony” trying to get Veltman sent off. So karma really..
Our biggest strength this year will be the ability to play those 4, and then sub on some/all of Welbeck, Minteh, Rutter, March, or Enciso. Not many clubs have that. We can overpower teams in those final 10/20 minutes.
Would have loved him to stay, but having Wieffer, Milner, Baleba, Moder, and Ayari as options for those 2 positions is fine. Then in january it looks like we'll have Gomez, and maybe even O'Riley back.
Not our best performance but with some youngsters out there, some coming back from injury, some not had a competitive game in a while, and against uninspiring opposition I didnt really expect much. & we're still comfortably winning...
That banner always makes me laugh. The confusing incorrect grammar, the strange message behind it, and the fact it came from a club we had no prior issue with :ROFLMAO: You can even see the front rows of their fans turning round to read it & obviously being equally confused. Were they having a...