Chelsea win
They have too many resources to not be a contender for too much longer.
Palace have some good signigs, which may encourage their other stars to stay on longe rthan they otherwise would have done.
After today they have a couple of winnable fixtures.
Best keep them on 0 points until...
Yes you can.
Rice is delaying a restart.
The whistle has gone - Veltman does not get the opportunity to restart because Rice has nudged the ball off the pitch.
Whether the ball was rolling or not is irrelevant,.
The reason it's irrelevant is that Veltman didn't restart the game.
It would...
No I think he had the intention to kick the ball at Rice, but the ball wasn't there.
I doubt he premeditated, that his follow through would mean he could get a way with kicking Rice.
The big 6 win games against strong opponents by getting the better of the vast majority of 50/50 calls.
Stopping an opponent gain any momentum is a big part of that.
Rice expected to get away with an action, that a Brighton player wouldn't have.
Veltman knew exactly what he was doing.
He saw an opportunity to give the ref a decision to make, by taking a quick free kick (when there was no advantage to do so)
Rice also knew exactly what he was doing by preventing a quick freekick (with absolutely no advantage of doing so).
Stupid (or...
Bart 9 - Couple of great saves - kept us in it.
Veltman - 9 - Won us the point
Dunk 6 - Not ready still and massively at fault for their goal, but what a pre-assist !
JPVH 8 - Superb as ever - not sure exactly what teh Arsenal fans had against him, but that just makes it better.
Hinshelwood...
Away at Arsenal?
One gained.
They had the better chances in the last 20 minutes.
I didn't know whether to be relieved or annoyed, when there was only 6 minutes added
Have to say I disagree.
we currently have Weiffer, O'riley, Baleba, Ayari, Hinshelwood, Milner, Moder competing for 2 starting places and 1 bench option.
We aren't Chelsea!
Something had to give and it was likely to be our best back up option.
Billy couldn't afford to have another season...
There is never any point in rating a window.
This could end up being the greatest or worst window ever, or possiibly just meh..
It's certainly exciting right now.
Bloom has played the situation superbly, however.
Using up 3 seasons worth of accrued wealth, to give Huerzler the best possible...
Plenty of our own fans underrated his ability, maybe his schoolmates did the same?
He's never been a flashy winger, very few tricks.
His humble nature, has fooled many people over the years.
Maybe his schoolmates felt the same?
Milner/Baleba/Ayari/Hinshelwood are available for today.
Wieffer 50/50
Moder /Gruda (unlikely)
Really not threadbare
I'm sorry to see Gilmour go, but I bet Yasin Ayari isn't.
A single frame photo can imply something that didn't actually happen.
I daresay Ed Miliband is perfectly capable of eating a bacon sandwich, without looking like a total weirdo.
Not saying he didn't wink, but equally it could be a perfectly timed moment in time.
If anyone has a video of the...