fromn what i have heard virgo was poor today
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Virgo's sending off
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saafend_seagull
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kinkygerbil said:
he was worse at derby, he played well for first 20 mins and then died off, very poor control and did win most headers but all to nothing. worked hard though.
saafend_seagull
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Brixtaan said:
yep! so havent even had the chance to have a look at some of the bars.. none of the yates, hogsheads or o'neills here
but still a weathersppons
saafend_seagull said:
this is what i dont understand, if knight works hard he is slated but when virgo does it adds to his so called legend status
saafend_seagull said:
Absolutely. Hutchison went for Harding with no intent of getting the ball at all. One of those fouls you could see coming a few seconds before it happened.
Virgo's challenge was rash and dreadful, but if the ref was consistent it would have been a yellow. Mullins punch up had more to do with them being narked at losing to 'little' Brighton, and it 'won' them the sending off.
London Irish
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kinkygerbil said:
Sorry, that's not true.
His movement was once again excellent, he dragged the West Ham defence this way and that and allowed space for Claridge to operate.
The way we play is built around Virgo - McGhee explains this in the Crewe programme.
The record is Virgs up front: Played 13, won 6, drawn 3, lost 4
Virgs not up front: Played 6, won ZERO, drawn 1, lost 5
His touch is fine and he interpassed excellently with his midfield.
But the sending off was bloody dumb - poor discipline.
Nothing to do with the tackle - all about the afters.
Mullins was obviously to blame for reacting, but Virgs joined in. It escalated and that's automatic red cards for both.
Their idoicy I'm sure helped provoke the public order problems in the crowd too. Virgs deserves his suspension, and we will miss him a lot, hopefully Claridge can fill in for him *prays*
dougdeep
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Alan Pardew said "Hayden didn't seem to do to much wrong. He jumped up to express his feelings and their player reacted".
Schrödinger's Toad
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- Jan 21, 2004
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London Irish said:
Not yesterday it wasn't - he was sending it flying all over the place, and nearly gave a goal away when he lost it through awful control and West Ham went through to miss one on one. Take nothing away from him, he's doing a good job overall, it just annoys me that he can do no wrong even when he makes mistakes, whereas Knight gets flak when he is playing better.
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- Jan 21, 2004
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Kev the Ape said:
As it was for Hutchinson's yellow on Harding, you can't send Virgs off for the same thing. If anything, DH's was worse as he went in high as well.
Cadiz Seagull
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Virgo's done brilliantly while he's been up front but he's still a centre half (he said so himself). If Claridge and Knight can get a good partnership going he can drop back into defence and it would give us an option to bring him forward in the last 15-20 miutes if we're losing (not that we ever lose, of course )
)why do i get the horried feeling it will be virgo and claridge not knight and claridge
London Irish
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Repugnant Toad said:
I agree there is a double standard with Knight. If Knight had got sent off in that manner yesterday, a lot of NSC would have been calling for him to be booted out of the club
Yes, Virgs does make mistakes but I would say you are expecting an impossible standard if you thought he was poor yesterday.
Look at our goal.
Virgs was tightly marked by Repka all afternoon but cleverly dragged him right over to the stand and then drew the dumb foul. This is a striker's instinct to gain free kicks in danger areas. This set piece gave us the victory.
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Schrödinger's Toad
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Perhaps poor is too harsh - he worked hard as usual, but his limitations were shown up by good players. I'd keep him up there when available as it is, as he does a good job on the whole - I just got pissed off by McGhee's treatment of Knight.
As I recall it, Harding won the free-kick for the goal, but I may be mistaken.
As I recall it, Harding won the free-kick for the goal, but I may be mistaken.
saafend_seagull
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Repugnant Toad said:
im sure virgo did, a pointless foul as he was going no where.
Hydro Driven
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he needs to calm down!
bad tackle, definately warranted yellow, no argument there by anyone.
from the tv very harsh to bee sent off however the west ham player had to go as he reacted and would have been a brave ref at upton park to send the home player off and then only yellow the away player especially when everyone piled in afterwards
great to see a good pile up, always adds to the excitement
from the tv very harsh to bee sent off however the west ham player had to go as he reacted and would have been a brave ref at upton park to send the home player off and then only yellow the away player especially when everyone piled in afterwards
great to see a good pile up, always adds to the excitement
Brightonfan1983
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Lokki 7 said:
From what I saw it was all Mullins - but the ref did consult the linesman (excellent to see btw) so the chances of getting it rescinded are tiny.
Brightonfan1983
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Blimey, I'd forgotten they went for him.