BelfastBloke's Rolling Footie Thread 2013-14 Season

[Pan]

The rolling Football thread for Season '13-14 might as well start off in the traditional way with the same intro as did the original rolling Football thread all those seasons ago. But with the new tradition of leaving the musty changing room of Dadsnet...
We've been top heavy with premiership stuff but it's really for any footie played on the planet and beyond.

Footie fans please sign in with

1.Which team you support.
2.Which team(s) you loathe.
3.How you are getting your kids to follow the correct team.

1. A thought on the season (Premiership/Championship/Champions? League/FA Cup/League Cup/all leagues world wide.)

What you need, Pan, is to watch some football as it's meant to be played.

You're right BB. But Coventry at N'hampton is just too far away. Unless you've a better idea.

Resurgent Arsenal's biggest test of the season so far, tonight at home to Borussia Dortmund. And without one of our key reasons for our resurgence, Flamini guarding the back four.

A few weeks ago I would have had no hope of a good result against Dortmund. They are seriously good. Now I travel with optimism, but am very wary of them.

Good article in the Guardian today comparing Wenger with Jurgen Klopp, who lots of Gooners would be happy enough to have as a replacement.

and it's on ITV. I (probably uselessly) predict the BD midfield stepping up on the Arse midfield, and not letting them play. Largely.

20 mins in and it looks like a practice match. Which is enhanced by the strips - red bibs v yellow bibs. No actual shots on target.

Tough outcome. CL is a step isn't it? No lapses and def no dribbling around on the edge of your own box, indicating a slight lack of respect for your opposition forwards.

Now then, where has this thread been hiding... belting!

1.Which team you support. Man Utd - More by luck than judgement, first match I ever watched on telly was Utd vs. Barca in the ECWC in 1990 - Sparky's goal sealed the deal for me
2.Which team(s) you loathe. Not Keen on City, Liverpool or Leeds - the only thing I loathe is the "new breed" City fans (arseholes)
3.How you are getting your kids to follow the correct team. The Ds is only 9mo so no indoctrination as yet

1. A thought on the season (Premiership/Championship/Champions’ League/FA Cup/League Cup/all leagues world wide: Would be happy with a top 6 finish this year. Moyes and Woodward need time to get used to the enormity of their task/boots to fill. Will be keeping an eye on Oldham and 1860 Munich - just mega-outed myself there!

Not another one.

Is this just Pan changing names?

haha, no sorry mate. Your lot are doing alright arent they - Ozil is the difference isnt he?

Can one player make such a difference?

First post. Wierd season. Man U , never seen them like this, very odd.
My boss is a Gooner and has delighted in thrashing us and being top.
Some if our new players are very good. But we haven't gelled as a team.
Chelsea colleague keeps saying Sol-dud-o is another Torres.
Am being ribbed alot this season.

Ciao Albert!
Can one player make such a difference? I'd think it depends on the team/squad at the time and the player themselves. King Eric galvanised Utd partly through his charisma and partly because he played in a position we just didn't have, and never had really, so the team was arranged differently due to just one player, and the rest is glorious history! And Sheringham was the natural immediate replacement.

Ozil? I'll see for myself soon as BB has extremely kindly got me a ticket for the Southampton game at Ashburton Grove in about a months time. Which will be jolly, and a new experience sitting with Gooners for a game instead of hurling abuse at them, albeit from a safe distance.

oh and Coventry have another tricky away midlands derby, this time at Walsall after picking up a useful point at wolves last week. Walsall are in the play off places where Cov may have been if it were not for the 10pts deduction so it's a like-against-like game.

15 mins left at Palace, and Arse are a goal up but with Arteta sent off.

Palace are peppering our goal, and Szcz has had to do some stretching saves.

Oblomov, the best quote I heard this season was by a Spurs employee:

"We've sold Elvis, but bought the Beatles."

You're saying it's not really like that? I've only watched Spurs when we beat you, and we were relieved that your team hadn't yet gelled. Still not?

So whilst Arse disappear round the next corner, we have a 6 pointer against Stoke....

and we're 0-1 down...

And another handy 3 away points for the mighty Sky Blues. Another win and they could be sniffing around the play off places. From minus 10 pts. Awesome.

Looking forward to MOTD tonight.

DS doesn't know the Liverpool score as he's staying up to watch.

Phew is all I can say about today - what a relief and now they need to build on it.
Chelski play City tomorrow - let's hope for a 0-0 draw as unfortunately there is no situation where both can lose.

I KNOW!
It was the most excruciating 70 mins of radio-listening. But, in the end we put 3 past a big, resilient defence, lots of positives to take away, and using all three subs is a reminder that just because we didn't buy in summer it doesn't mean there isn't any pressure for places and so strolling through a game isn't up to scratch.

Met Office weather warning: "With high winds in the South, expect objects to come off the line, such as clothing or Joe Hart."

I’ve just bought Ferguson's autobiography.
I thought I'd got to the end but five more pages appeared.

@ 'five more pages appeared'.

Very funny.