East Kent Saint

Fortunately I watched Today at the Test before checking in on the football ! even so I gave up just before half time . It was a bit like watching Saints except I didn't care so much that they had a rubbish defence , no penetration ,even when they did break they ran out of steam before getting near the goal . Not sure what this "tournament " is for or does esp in a WC year . As for the players I think part of the problem is the number of English players playing in the Prem , it must be a bit of a shock to play without your usual world class foreign players .

I remember him scoring 42 goals in a season inc cup games (I think !)

As I saw it he knew his days were limited due to his injury problems and wanted a last retirement move . Viila changed managers and Steve G didn't play him much . I don't think Saints would take him back now , esp after the Walcott mistake . Ings did well at Saints and I didn't want him to go but he made his choice and he can sit tight for 2 seasons to collect his money .

That went well 😄

Makes him a surefire Saints signing , 6 months of recovery followed by some good and bad matches before being moved on ....

looked like a load of dead horses being flogged in a pointless competition , roll on a ridiculous world cup held at the wrong time of year . Time for players revolt before the game is ruined for ever. See Rugby to see where it's going , soon be franchise American style sports , 22 players constantly changing places on the pitch during a 3 hour game . A new definition of closed doors , once the ground id 60% full close the doors .

Not forgetting the hologram on genuine tickets as per banknotes .

The fans say at pre stadium check points only a visual check was done before they were allowed to progress to the turnstiles. It was only at the turnstile that the tickets were put under the scanner and rejected , could be forgery or could be scanner not reading the code . Either way the truth won’t come out until blame has been apportioned months down the line . It has been said that the local boys had been mugging pool fans for their tickets etc as well as climbing over the perimeter fences to get in .

I don’t think Duckenfield should have been the fall guy at all . The club , local council , football authorities , should have shouldered the blame . No safety certificate , previous episodes , crap stadium with no crowd control people could just keep coming in to the stadium . No appreciation of fans being jammed against the fence and refusing to open the escape doors were the fault of the Police but in those days containment was the default response , so last night still had the same issues in a way re the Football authorities and the police responce.

I was watching that game , it went on and on with no real explanation . The players were allegedly not told of any deaths . The excuse was that to abandon the game would lead to worse violence. Although the Liverpool fans were guilty of unnecessary violence which caused 39 deaths the fact that Heysel , a dilapidated small stadium was chosen to host a final was a major factor . The 5 year ban was their answer to blame the fans and not take any responsibility. Hillsborough was a culmination of having no safety certificates , ignoring previous crush incidents and a Police Chief in charge of his first big match . The usual press backed up the Police lies to blame the supporters and to this day no one has paid the price apart from the 96 and their families. I think the die was cast by Heysel for the Liverpool fans. I still find them irritating .

The fake ticket story that is the football authorities excuse was put in perspective by the Liverpool player Robertson who gave an official ticket to his mate . His mate was told at the turnstile it was a fake ! It’s possible after Heysel that they are very wary of Liverpool fans ?

Perhaps they could watch the Real defence in the cup final every day before training , could pick up a few tips 😀

RM ball control excellent tonight , somehow just get that extra touch to evade tackle or get a pass in.

Kama !

So VAR is useless in all competitions not just the Prem !

The allocated turnstiles were opened and then closed several times but not letting people through apparently , difficult to understand why .

Oh when the reds …. What happened to ynwa ?

Couldn’t recognise his voice , he sounds like a caricature 😄

Who is the scouse ‘ tater ?

Thought his weakness was his hamstrings !

Not sure we need singing and dancing first ….

https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2022-05-27/american-millionaire-visits-norwich-city-to-weigh-up-investment Got that wrong , he is only thinking of investing not a take over 🤪

Thanks , got it set up casting from ipad to TV . When it started it said can’t cast , download app to TV ! Now working fine , I suspect it couldn’t cast HD . Still no football yet , 20:30 KO now.

I bet Delia will be relieved , no more slagging off for not being ambitious enough.

Any way of watching tonights cup final without signing up to BT ?