Football 2010-2011

[sifi]

No no, I meant it isn't from Brighton

[TheGayTent]

Falmer? I suppose technically not, in the same way Manchester United isn't in Manchester, right?

[sifi]

I suppose, in that any right minded Mancunians support City and call Lancashire County Cricket Ground Lancashire County Cricket Ground...

[TheGayTent]

Sure.

I think we'll see more of this though, unfortunately, as the population grows and grows and grows.

To be honest, I'm sure that 99.9% of Brighton fans will be delighted with their ground when it's done, considering the Goldstone shambles all those years ago, the ground share with Gillingham and then using that stupid athletics stadium.

[sifi]

Done all three and maybe amusingly the Goldstone was the best of the lot.

[llcoolphil]

Seven goals against the run of play i think you'll find

[ampersand]

Seven goals against the run of play i think you'll find

[llcoolphil]

and people say scottish football is shite

though no doubt man utd are just unbelievably amazing, nothing to do with blackburn being a pile of w*nk!

[ampersand]

What I like about Big Sam is the way he has us organised that makes us a difficult team to beat. Fact.

[Steve P]

Very pleased to get 3 points yesterday. We looked great going forward but still very dodgy at the back. Vermalens continuing absence is starting to get very worrying now.

On the very much plus side for us, how much of a bargain was getting Chamakh on a free?!

[Cardboard Box City]

Burnley v Port Vale

Coventry v Crystal Palace

Bristol City v Sheffield Wednesday

Fulham v Peterborough

Doncaster v Wolves

Brighton or FC United of Manchester v Portsmouth

Huddersfield v Dover Athletic

Crawley Town or Swindon v Derby

West Ham v Barnsley

Reading v West Brom

Arsenal v Leeds

Sheffield Utd v Aston Villa

Leicester v Man City

Bolton v York

Blackburn v QPR

Swansea v Colchester

Wycombe v Hereford or Lincoln

Stevenage v Newcastle

Burton Albion v Middlesbrough

Millwall v Birmingham

Southampton v Blackpool

Watford v Hartlepool or Yeovil

Chelsea v Ipswich

Sunderland v Notts County or Bournemouth

Sc**thorpe v Everton

Man Utd v Liverpool

Hull v Wigan

Stoke v Cardiff

Tottenham v Charlton or Luton

Preston v Nottingham Forest

Norwich v Droylsden or Leyton Orient

Torquay v Carlisle

Matches to be played the weekend of January 8th and 9th.

A terraced away end you say?!

Edited November 28, 2010 by Cardboard Box City

[pink_triangle]

I cant believe alan shearer is still paid by the bbc for his football insight. I dont think I have ever met anyone who thinks he does a good job. My favourites yesterday were his conclusion that at his best drogba is unplayable and that west ha play better with scott parker in the team, talk about stating the obvious!

[The Nal]

though no doubt man utd are just unbelievably amazing, nothing to do with blackburn being a pile of w*nk!

[TheGayTent]

Parker is way over rated by many. Still, it was nice to see Victor finally hit the target in the league.

I see the Mackems took the small allocation at Molineux.

The North East - it's a hotbed of football don't you know.

[eFestivals]

So Aldershot have the fame of being this weekend's big FA Cup upset. f**king Dover.

[TheGayTent]

So Aldershot have the fame of being this weekend's big FA Cup upset. f**king Dover.

[ampersand]

I wouldn't worry - Barnsley will no doubt be next round's Dover.

[eFestivals]

I wouldn't worry - Barnsley will no doubt be next round's Dover.

Oh, I'm not worried .... we can concentrate on the league.

[The Nal]

Oh yeah and Man Utd vs Liverpool in the FA Cup!

[ampersand]

Oh, I'm not worried .... we can concentrate on the league.

[TheGayTent]

i wouldn't bet against it being burton.

[ralph250]

Blackburn were total pooh pooh. That said, thats one of the best Utd performances Ive seen in a long time. Unbelievable passing performance on Saturday. Utd have stepped it up a gear now.

[eFestivals]

i was raging when we went out the cup. especially as it was to a lesser team like you.

i don't buy this whole 'concentrate on the league' mentalitity. should be able to do both. what happened to this 'one game at a time' cliche

Oh, I'm raging too - losing to a team two leagues below us isn't something we should be doing. But we're shit at the moment, never winning the games we should win and only picking up points in games where we're desperate for the points. I'm pretty sure that the manager mostly has a "it's most important that we don't lose" idea with a team that's not good enough to play that way; when we go for a win we mostly get a win.

And while I was joking about the league, having said the above it's probably something we do need to concentrate on. At least Dover haven't ended up with a plum tie, so at least we've not lost out on too much.

[ampersand]

Would that be a shock?

[Cardboard Box City]

Would that be a shock?