Whitey Grandad

I'm not blaming him alone for the goal, the whole team were involved, I'm just saying that he could have done better. It all happened too quickly for him to react. If he had assessed the position more quickly then he was in a position where he could have covered Zabaleta, but he is what he is, that's not his fault but it's why he's not a top-class full-back.

Yes please, where do we fancy?

Well they couldn't both lose, I suppose. At least they don't have to play each other again and could lose all their remaining matches.

Fox had got himself comfortably goal side of Zabaleta and was in a position to have intercepted.

Yes it was, but Fox was back in time to have covered the left flank but instead was draw towards the centre where somebody was already there. He was chasing the ball instead of defending his position.

I watched it again this morning trying to see who should have picked up Zabaleta's run. Yes, it was Fox. He also ha a wobbly when he dwelt on the ball on the touchline just after their goal. He did a lot better than I was expecting though.

Who needs subtitles? :cool:

¡Gracias, Señor! Más de lo mismo, por favor.

Blew them away! They couldn't handle the pressure and eventually made mistakes. Couldn't fault anybody, Davis worked his socks off, Cork was everywhere as was Spider, Lambert was the perfect target, J-Rod had them worried with his pace, Jos won everything in the air, but most importantly they all worked for each other. Shame about the poncy corner that just invited them to run up and score, I'd have liked a clean sheet. I've treated myself to a pint tonight. I'm looking forward to one after every game from now on.

Great and important save today at 3-1.

Great car. You could see a winding road ahead, close your eyes, and drive through every bend just by the feel of it. The roads in his country are too busy to get the most out of one but some of the empty winding ones in France were magic. I've got a Mercedes now. It's an old man's car.

Time goes back in those bits. Some films I have to watch if they're on and I've started watching them: The Longest Day The Day of the Jackal (the real one, not the crap remake) The Cruel Sea Zulu

You never know who the donor was. (DameEdna)

Cripes! It could be me.

'No Brits involved' refers back to a comedy sketch (on Not the Nine o'clock News?) in which a newsreader relates several tragedies worldwide and end every report with this phrase. The inference is that a tragedy does not affect us unless one of 'us' is involved. I'll see if I can dig up the reference.

As Orville used to say: "they're all laughing at me".

I don't think it was scheduled to be a minute. The phrase used was 'a period of silence'. Not too difficult, I would have thought, but some people have no respect. 233 is a lot of people but, 'no Brits involved'.

The 233 or more who died in the night club in Brazil, amongst others.

All one-footed, it would seem.

Sickening.

Yes, both were ball-watching.

Well, I guess it's their club and they can have any rules they like. There's nothing to stop anybody having different criteria. Are you visiting the grounds or the clubs?

Exactly. It seems to be all about the grounds and not the clubs, in which case why should it matter if you only watch a reserve team playing?

It wasn't real growth, it was all fuelled by excessive borrowing.

Quite right. He deserves our sympathy and understanding, not ridicule.