The English Football Thread

MURDER JUNKIE · 12-06-2008, 04:19 PM

Hull City cost me $140.00 on that last goal

Mojo · 12-06-2008, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

They should be fined by the F.A.

I've got to disagree. I was crossing my fingers for a point and would have been over the moon if we got one.

right-track · 12-07-2008, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by mojopinuk

I've got to disagree. I was crossing my fingers for a point and would have been over the moon if we got one.

A point!?

I'd have been "over the moon" with a shot at goal if I was you.

How can you be happy with a point when your team plays what amounts to non football?
I'd rather lose 5-0 and be entertained rather than suffer my team week in, week out, playing like that.

Mojo · 12-07-2008, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by right-track

A point!?

I'd have been "over the moon" with a shot at goal if I was you.

Yes, a point. A point that we were 3 minutes away from getting. For a club with injuries, 5 defeats in the last 6, in the bottom 3 and without a manager I would have been happy to see us simply stop the bleeding and keep a clean sheet, especially with Fulop in goal as Gordon's out. After Bolton the week before then realistically we could have been looking at an absolute hammering.

right-track · 12-07-2008, 09:00 AM

I'll let you in on a secret.
The teams that pick up points against United are the ones that try and take the game to us.
City didn't take 6 points of us last season for playing 10 men behind the ball for 90 minutes and it's no surprise they got nothing for attempting it last week.
A 10 man defence against United is suicide.

Mojo · 12-07-2008, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by right-track

I'll let you in on a secret.
The teams that pick up points against United are the ones that try and take the game to us.
City didn't take 6 points of us last season for playing 10 men behind the ball for 90 minutes and it's no surprise they got nothing for attempting it last week.
A 10 man defence against United is suicide.

Im not arguing that that is generally the case and of course no one wants to see their team line up 4-5-1 and put 9 or 10 behind the ball for 90 minutes but my point is that i think you will find a lot of Sunderland fans who were happy with that yesterday.

Last week we were appaling, we looked half decent going forward at times but put in possibly the worst defensive performance of any club so far this season. Chimbonda and Bardsley did next to no defending and often found themselves 10 yards behind play when Bolton brought the ball forward leaving us with 2 at the back and when one of those 2 puts in a performance like Danny Collins did THAT is suicide. We paid for it too, if Bolton can put 4 past us then United should be able to put 5 or 6 past us if not more if we dont tighten up.

I think that based on our form as of late and the fact we have a manager 3 days into his job that lining up so defensively, holding a line, digging our heels in and playing for a point at Old Trafford and a clean sheet which we really need was arguably the way to go. Don't get me wrong, there was only one team that was ever going to come away with 3 points yesterday and United did just that so there can be no arguments really but i thought we defended well, Fulop had a great game in goal and really I struggle to think of a clear one on one chance on goal that United had.

City played for those 6 points and their aim is european football at the least, ours is staying up.

Seltzer · 12-13-2008, 03:39 AM

I saw Arsenal vs Wigan the other day on cable and that rekindled my interest in the Premier League which I used to follow as a kid.

But of course shitty NZ tv doesn't televise it. On the plus side, I'll have cable for a couple of days a week when I'm staying at a motel so I can watch it there.

MURDER JUNKIE · 12-13-2008, 04:31 PM

The United fan is pretty quiet

right-track · 12-13-2008, 04:53 PM

2 points louder than you mate.

right-track · 12-13-2008, 04:56 PM

PLUS A GAME IN HAND!

12-13-2008, 03:39 AM	#1227 (permalink)
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12-06-2008, 04:19 PM	#1221 (permalink)
MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	Hull City cost me $140.00 on that last goal

12-07-2008, 09:00 AM	#1225 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	I'll let you in on a secret. The teams that pick up points against United are the ones that try and take the game to us. City didn't take 6 points of us last season for playing 10 men behind the ball for 90 minutes and it's no surprise they got nothing for attempting it last week. A 10 man defence against United is suicide.

12-13-2008, 04:31 PM	#1228 (permalink)
MURDER JUNKIE The Wetter The Better!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SH1TTY London Ontario Canada Posts: 2,504	The United fan is pretty quiet

12-13-2008, 04:53 PM	#1229 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	2 points louder than you mate.

12-13-2008, 04:56 PM	#1230 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	PLUS A GAME IN HAND!