Port Said Red

My in-laws knowing my interest in cricket but not much about teams got me a stadium tour of The Oval a few years back. The biggest surprise to me was that the tour took place while there was a game on Surrey V Hampshire. We toured before lunch including going into the commentators box, which is an image I have in my head when TMS is in now. We even got to sit and watch 30 minutes of the game before we went for lunch. Along the same lines, my wife got me a stadium tour for me and three friends for my 40th birthday. Unfortunately she decided to go for the nearest game to my birthday.... Away to Swindon Town! . It was pretty good though and there were actually more City fans in the corporate area than Swindon, we won 2-1 (Hill and Peacock) and we're asked to vote for our MotM. Everyone voted for City players, but they brought up some random Swindon player to collect his award much to his and our embarrassment.

Are you sure it wasn't one of the swan boats?

As a thank you for being the only City outside London to supply ships for the Hundred Years War. (This was before the crown created their own navy.)

There is a likeness isn't there? Maybe that's why Harry has grown a moustache..

I can't say I have watched many of his interviews since the first couple, but I found that (and him) very engaging. I did pick up on one thing that was discussed on a previous thread, where we were discussing what constitutes a "full training session". It seems from what he has said there, that they rotate players in sessions of 8 to 10, to give them all R&R time. That seems really sensible to me although I am sure others will question his honesty again. I also like the idea of the walking football, I know he said it was done on a a whim, but he has used it before, but I would think it has several benefits. Yes it sounds like the players found it fun, always handy, but it gets them all on the pitch together without expending too much energy and it should reinforce the benefits of letting the ball down the work for you. I am sure there are other benefits that others will pick up on too.

I'll just say there's a reason why novel writers spend so much time considering the opening line of their books. This is Woody Allen's take on it, one of the best movie openings of all time. A favourite story of mine is of why Michael Caine starred in Jaws IV - The Revenge. Apparently he opened the script and the first line said. "Scene 1 - The Bahamas" He closed the script and said "I'll Do It" Later he was asked if he had ever seen the movie, he said "No but I have the seen the house it paid for, and it's lovely"

When you see a forward looking around to see if he has actually scored, I think that suggests an element of luck.

Which would have certainly got a better reception if you hadn't opened the post with the line..... "A huge sense of disappointment, frustration and anger about the second half performance." It put a lot of people's backs up including mine. @And Its Smith's post is more measured, probably because he followed my personal rule of never posting straight after a game.

Because Derby are coming, Duh! By Friday will be fine.....

Oh I agree that on another occasion he would score, I think he would expect to get 1 out of 3 of those. There was a camera angles from behind the goal on the replay that seemed to show he was smothered pretty quickly once he straightened up, but I think that he should have continued his angled run and trusted himself to round the keeper.

Just reading a few posts on their forum and, I know you will all be as shocked about this as I am...... But it seems without the 35 year old former shithead playing, their squad isn't the "best assembled in 25 years".

I didn't really notice him, which suggests he had a good game. There were a few of the handball shouts every time the ball hit one of our players in the box, but he wasn't swayed by the crowd. Cam seemed less happy with the assistant referee on his side, but the players didn't seem to be upset with him generally.

I said elsewhere that when you see the replay the keeper had really done well to get in close to him so he had no options. Maybe he could have tried to go around him, but there is always the risk that a defender will come in to cover.

By the time they get down to National League, + North/South they are mostly reliant on local journo's or even amateur reporters linked to the clubs. Unless it's a game of note, top of the table clash or something like that. I think the formations are based on shirt numbers.

So since that Derby Fan came on here to tell us he was "shite" he's had an assist and a goal? I hope he continues to be that shite.

Someone said it was announced quite early at the ground, the BBC have it 7855. But judging by the thread "Sleep Walking into Lg2" on their forum, it seems it was about half that after Burton scored their second.

I always do after a win, let's not forget that what it was.

Playing with a 3 or a 5 has worked for us before, why do you have such a problem with it? I don't have a problem with a different opinion if it comes from a sensible place, but I, the rest of this Forum and especially you, know that you are completely one eyed and every "opinion" you state stems from the fact you can't accept your man is no longer here.

I posted earlier that he was excellent in every part of the pitch today, he has become a very valuable member of the squad. We always seem to struggle with right backs, in comparison to left backs but he is becoming an exception.

Here we go, always playing the victim. You have an opinion that's obvious, what you don't have is any ability to waiver from that opinion when it's proved completely wrong. You are the absolute opposite of a anyone who should be on a forum, you are incapable of debate, only contradiction.

I thought it was a top class save. I also thought Bell was a little unlucky in that the pass meant he got to the ball about a metre from the goalkeeper and he had no room to do much but try and hit it through him.

That you continue to be a ***......

They won, they don't need an excuse. What is your ******* problem?

But we didn't chase the ball, we sat back in a shape that they struggled to breakdown. yes they did some pretty stuff around the edge of the box, but we had numbers in and around the 6 yard box that coped with 99% of what came in.

We didn't play badly, we defended well. We just showed a different aspect to our game