Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun Feb 10, 2013 6:46 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

Says a lot about a team when you man mark a player to stop them hoofing it to him, and it completely shuts them down.

Oof!

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Sun Feb 10, 2013 6:49 pm  

Roddy B wrote:

Says a lot about a team when you man mark a player to stop them hoofing it to him, and it completely shuts them down.

Says more about United that they were able to do it. Pretty much everyone does it and it doesn't usually make a difference.

Everton had plenty of good opportunities today, Mirallas was free down the right several times and chose the wrong ball back across, Baines got clear twice. We were just terrible in the pass choice and even when we did get it right, United would get a toe to it and divert it out of the path of the Everton player.

It was a very similar game to the 4-4, just that Everton lacked the cutting edge. United were never comfortable today, they never kept possession long enough to ever get control of the game.

[John_D]

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Feb 11, 2013 9:06 am  

Has anybody worked out what Gareth Barry was actually trying to do?

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:30 am  

John_D wrote:

Has anybody worked out what Gareth Barry was actually trying to do?

Looks pretty simple to me. He was just trying to put it the other side of the post. It was a cross he had to deal with, he didn't know who was behind him or how close, so he couldn't try and hook it out for a throw. A simple clean connection and putting the ball about 6ft to the right of the post would have been fine.

He just messed up with the kick and put the ball in the corner of the net.

Nearly all strikers will have been in a similar position, aiming for the corner and struck it wide.

[John_D]

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Feb 11, 2013 10:49 am  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

Looks pretty simple to me. He was just trying to put it the other side of the post. It was a cross he had to deal with, he didn't know who was behind him or how close, so he couldn't try and hook it out for a throw. A simple clean connection and putting the ball about 6ft to the right of the post would have been fine.

He just messed up with the kick and put the ball in the corner of the net.

Nearly all strikers will have been in a similar position, aiming for the corner and struck it wide.

It was so low percentage though. And funny.

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:30 am  

Harry Redknapp "flattered to be linked" to Vatican job.

[John_D]

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Feb 11, 2013 11:49 am  

flipper wrote:

Harry Redknapp "flattered to be linked" to Vatican job.

"It's a triffic church, some good cardinals"

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Feb 11, 2013 1:50 pm  

John_D wrote:

"It's a triffic church, some good cardinals"

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:28 pm  

John_D wrote:

"It's a triffic church, some good cardinals"

Quality

Re: Football Chat Thread PART II : Mon Feb 11, 2013 6:53 pm  

Big game tonight for the Reds, a must win and i'm confident we will do it!