Football

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Yet another defeat for that team in Tameside (2-4 at home to Gloucester)

At least you have saved me the effort of making my usual Hyde disaster report..
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Chelsea, Man City, Southampton, Spurs and Swansea all out to lesser opposition.

I wonder what odds the bookmakers would have offered for an accumulator of these four defeats.

 

[Donny Dave]

I wonder what odds the bookmakers would have offered for an accumulator of these four defeats.

A single £5 bet on that particular accumulator would have seen my gross wages for the next 4 weeks earned.

 

[SS4]

At least you have saved me the effort of making my usual Hyde disaster report..
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I wonder what odds the bookmakers would have offered for an accumulator of these four defeats.

I think it was about 250k/1 if I heard 5live correctly (they posed this question on air)

 

[richw]

When Chelsea were 2-0 up Hills were offering 4000-1 on Bradford to win 4-2 on live in play odds.

Crystal Palace are the top ranked team definitely through to the 5th round.

Pardew and Pulis are still both unbeaten in their new roles.

 

[Johnuk123]

If Man U. can't win the FA cup now with only 2 other serious premier league teams left in Liverpool and Arsenal they never will.

In fact they really need to win it for the new manager to keep any credibility.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

If Man U. can't win the FA cup now with only 2 other serious premier league teams left in Liverpool and Arsenal they never will. In fact they really need to win it for the new manager to keep any credibility.

The way that Arsenal beat Manchester City 2-0 at the Etihad recently would appear that they are not to be written off easily.

 

[SS4]

Man City have always looked shaky without Yaya Toure in the side. It's a good time to play them whilst he's on international duty

 

[Bevan Price]

Chelsea, Man City, Southampton, Spurs and Swansea all out to lesser opposition.

Man City and Chelsea being the biggest shocks.

Looks like Man Utd did OK after all.

Let's hope they lose the replay with Cambridge......

 

[Johnuk123]

Let's hope they lose the replay with Cambridge......

The vast majority of the country will be hoping for a Cambridge victory but it ain't going to happen.

 

[andrew bell]

The vast majority of the country will be hoping for a Cambridge victory but it ain't going to happen.

I'm hoping for a penalty victory (don't care who for) and Cambridge to be shattered and lose the following saturday to Wycombe

 

[Antman]

Today will be one of those "where were you...?" things, in years to come.
Bradford and Middlesbrough both showing that money can't buy everything!

Take nothing away from Bradford and Middlebrough but Chelsea and Man City just treated the competition with total contempt like many other clubs do.

Less than 6,000 at Blackburn Rovers v Swansea City is the magic of the FA Cup:cry:

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Let's hope they lose the replay with Cambridge......

If the two top teams in the Premiership can lose at home to lower division teams by two clear goals, any lower-placed Premiership team cannot be expected to cause any shock if they too lose the home replay, having drawn 0-0 in the first leg away match.

 

[Darandio]

Take nothing away from Bradford and Middlebrough but Chelsea and Man City just treated the competition with total contempt like many other clubs do.

Chelsea Starting Line-Up: Cost - £108,100,000 Approx

Man City Starting Line Up: Cost - £173,900,000 Approx

Contempt?

No, you are completely taking away the credit that should be given to both Bradford and Middlesbrough.

 

[Antman]

Chelsea Starting Line-Up: Cost - £108,100,000 Approx

Man City Starting Line Up: Cost - £173,900,000 Approx

Contempt?

No, you are completely taking away the credit that should be given to both Bradford and Middlesbrough.

No I am not, neither had their full strength sides out in fact City had only flown back into the country the night before. Tottenham also put a seriously weakened side out, I don't know how anybody can take the competition seriously anymore.

 

[Tetchytyke]

The vast majority of the country will be hoping for a Cambridge victory but it ain't going to happen.

You're probably right, but we can all dream.

I'm in dreamland tonight
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I don't know how anybody can take the competition seriously anymore.

I don't agree, you've always had "weakened" teams and you've always had big shocks, look at when Arsenal lost to Wrexham.

Chelsea's team was plenty good enough to beat us, the problem wasn't a lack of talent but a lack of application.

 

[Antman]

You're probably right, but we can all dream.

I'm in dreamland tonight
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I don't agree, you've always had "weakened" teams and you've always had big shocks, look at when Arsenal lost to Wrexham.

Chelsea's team was plenty good enough to beat us, the problem wasn't a lack of talent but a lack of application.

Yes Wrexham beat a full strength Arsenal side, things were different then.

The top three in the Prem have all gone out, a total of five Prem clubs have failed to beat lower league opposition today, they're not upsets anymore.

 

[richw]

No I am not, neither had their full strength sides out in fact City had only flown back into the country the night before. Tottenham also put a seriously weakened side out, I don't know how anybody can take the competition seriously anymore.

Not full strength, but those Man City and Chelsea teams were still full of internationals and players who would walk into most teams outside of the top 6 or 7 teams in the league.

 

[Johnuk123]

Van Gaal didn't say one word to the Cambridge manager Richard Money after Fridays game, no handshake, nothing, went straight down the tunnel.

Giggs was moved to go in the dressing room himself and tell the Cambridge players they had done an excellent job, Van Gaal just sulked upstairs.

Looks like Man U. have picked a mirror image of the last manager.

 

[richw]

Rodgers has gone publci that Ballotelli is a lazy **** in training! My words not his, but pretty much to that effect.

Exact wording is that Ballotelli isn't good enough in training, and now he puts sturridge, borini, lambert and Rossiter ahead of Ballotelli on training performance.

A shame Ballotelli has wasted his unquestionable talent by his shocking attitude.

 

[Johnuk123]

Rodgers has gone publci that Ballotelli is a lazy **** in training! My words not his, but pretty much to that effect.

Exact wording is that Ballotelli isn't good enough in training, and now he puts sturridge, borini, lambert and Rossiter ahead of Ballotelli on training performance.

A shame Ballotelli has wasted his unquestionable talent by his shocking attitude.

You're right about him wasting his talent he joins a very long list of players who could have become greats but for one reason or another went rogue.

Football needs characters like him though, I like him.

 

[Morden Via CHX]

Brendan Rodgers has handled the Baloteli situation all wrong. Start him. He's the most talented player in the squad by far. Keep starting him, and tell him that he's going to keep getting started. Eventually he'll buck his ideas up.

 

[Antman]

Rodgers has gone publci that Ballotelli is a lazy **** in training! My words not his, but pretty much to that effect.

Exact wording is that Ballotelli isn't good enough in training, and now he puts sturridge, borini, lambert and Rossiter ahead of Ballotelli on training performance.

A shame Ballotelli has wasted his unquestionable talent by his shocking attitude.

I really don't know what Brendon Rogers was thinking when he signed him and how many more chances can Ballotelli expect?

 

[fowler9]

I really don't know what Brendon Rogers was thinking when he signed him and how many more chances can Ballotelli expect?

It was a calculated risk. Unfortunately his maths was a bit off.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

Well then, the three Premiership clubs who played today all avoided the "Saturday FA Cup" embarrassment that befell a number of their fellow Premiership teams yesterday.

 

[SS4]

Well then, the three Premiership clubs who played today all avoided the "Saturday FA Cup" embarrassment that befell a number of their fellow Premiership teams yesterday.

Sod that, I'm more impressed we scored twice. In one game!

 

[richw]

Sod that, I'm more impressed we scored twice. In one game!

I'm impressed you scored at all!

 

[Butts]

Hearts 3-2 loss to Falkirk on Saturday resulted in the loss of their record as the only unbeaten side in any of The Major UK Leagues.

Hopefully it won't temper their promotional aspirations.

With regard to Sports Presenters/ Commentators David Coleman is unequivocally the Greatest of all time - not only that during the 1972 Munich Olympics he effortlessly switched from Sports to News Anchor as The Israeli Hostage situation developed.

I doubt if any of his modern contemporaries would be capable of duplicating this feat in such a professional and competent manner.

 

[bb21]

I'm impressed you scored at all!

You're not the only one.

 

[Xenophon PCDGS]

The latest news in Ashley involvement saga at Rangers is that he is now said to require the security of both the Ibrox stadium and the training ground at Murray Road for a loan of £10 million.

How financial matter decisions at Rangers seem to perform somersaults so quickly these days when financial Armageddon approaches, as they now have accepted the £10 million loan by Mike Ashley. Rangers fans will be delighted to see that Ibrox Stadium is not to be part of the asset transfer to Mike Ashley as security, but the club have signed over the Murray Road training ground rights over to him, plus a certain large shareholding in Rangers Retail Ltd.

£5 million from this loan will be immediately made available as working capital, but £3 million of the reside will be used to pay off an outstanding loan to...Mike Ashley...:roll:

 

[richw]

£5 million from this loan will be immediately made available as working capital, but £3 million of the reside will be used to pay off an outstanding loan to...Mike Ashley...:roll:

So its a further advance of £7m in real terms.