Never mind the Champions League Bollocks...here come the Leeds!
posted by The Blue Devil @ 2:19 PM
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
Tuesday, April 03, 2018
Lakenheath Old Boys
We are all former students at Lakenheath High School and other public schools in East Anglia. We were in school in the 70s and 80s and drank deeply from the well of British culture of those decades - the pints, the telly, and of course the footie!
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Teams in the tunnel in Turin
Leeds link just starting up
Juve knocked out Spurs..luckily
Real came second to Spurs in the group stages
Wahay! Afternoon, UWS - great to have you on board for the big Championship match this afternoon (Champions League, what?!).
Fulham in really good form right - I'd take a draw ahead of time. I'm not greedy.
I am so bored with the Spanish teams always part of this
I was so hoping Real would be knocked out by PSG
I have no idea who I want to win in tomorrow's quarter final
Hate both City and Pool
Hiya Bob
Agree with you about the the REAL Champions League.. the ChampionSHIP
Shame about Leeds swoon as of late
Sure wish there was a shot of going up
Leeds ten points off a play off spot
Off in Turin
The Leeds starting XI tonight: Peacock-Farrell, Berardi, Dallas, Penning, Alioski, Jansson, Vie, O'Kane, Pablo, Ekuban, Saiz.
We're in our blue away kit tonight; Fulham in their usual white and black.
I was the ESPN link was more on time
I just got an update from Fotmob saying that Leeds had started. Just about to kick of on ESPN!
They are finally off
GOAL!!
Ronaldo has scored inside three minutes
I wish...not I was
Great away support for us tonight - come on, you Leeds!
Ronaldo - he's overrated, eh? ;-)
Should never had left Old Trafford
MOT!
Are there any Fulham fans in the Cottage tonight? I can't them.
The Toon loanee should have buried that one
Oh - early warning sign there, with Fulham bursting through and a chance for bad boy Mitrovic. Bad miss from him.
Real are just starting to just pass the ball around boringly around the back
I remember there being so much complaint when Austria and West Germany did it in the WC 82 so they would both qualify
That was the start of all of the bad stuff - "Anschluss Football," they called it.
What do you think of this Ryan Sessignon kid as an England prospect for the future?
Again, Fox having their LA studio guys commentating
How did that one not go in?! A real let off for us. We should be a couple down already.
Leeds survive.. the Cottagers hit the post from an angle
Leeds are hanging on
Wolves take the lead at home to Hull
We should be two or three down - I can't believe that it's still 0-0.
We've got a brief stoppage now as O'Kane is down for treatment. He might have to come off. Kal Phillips stripped off and ready to come on for him. I actually prefer Kal to O'Kane, so that's okay.
I keep nodding off lying on the couch
Sorry mate
Long day?
United's conquerers are ahead at home to Bayern
That would be a turn up for the books - a lot of PPPers have tipped Bayern for the CL.
Another big chance for Mitrovic. Somehow scrambled away by Pontius. Another corner.
Just got an update from the Cottage... and I just saw it
One nil Hosts.... jammy deflection
Bugger! There it is. It was coming. The marking wasn't nearly good enough. Came off a few players from the corner and in.
Fulham with their tails up now, looking for a second goal. This could be a very long night for us.
Bayern tied it up
We're finally putting a few passes together now. Still no chances though. Ekuban called offside there - mistakenly.
Sammy Saiz is looking decidedly more shaggy than he did when he joined us in August. Leeds lifestyle?
Pontus has talked himself into the book - silly boy.
Meanwhile Ali is down on the turf receiving treatment. We can't afford to lose him with Kemar Roofe currently out injured.
HT in Turin
0-1
A Juve player just got booked for diving in the box
All the Real players complaining about the dive....I wouldn't mind if they they didn't do it themselves... so two faced
Nearly into stoppage time. If we could steal a goal back from this corner...
Villa 0-0 Reading HT
Hull just tied it up at Molinuex
Oh - Berardi had a chance there on the volley - put it well over and then complained about the late challenge from Ream.
Volleyed over by the Leeds man
Still 3 of 4 added minutes to play
Pablo with a wasteful delivery and that will just about be that for the first half.
Are you kidding me
City v Pool is only on FS2
Bloody Barcelona on FS1!!
Silly stuff from Saiz - the red mist again. No need for that.
I think Leeds lack a bit of composure
That's a crazy decision from Fox. Crazy.
Definitely - the discipline has been poor this season.
HT at the Cottage... Leeds down one but there's time to come back
Half-time - Given that we're only 1-0 down when we should have probably been 3 or 4-0 down, I'm strangely hopeful. Fulham took their foot off the gas and allowed us into the match in the last fifteen minutes of the half. Hoping they start the same time in the second.
Teams back out for the second half now. Come on, you Leeds!
No changes at the interval - just the one change for us in the first half.
Oh - great clearing header by Stu Dallas. Sessignon was lurking.
What? The referee somehow thinks that Ekuban fouled a Fulham man. Surely he was the one upended there.
Free kick chance for Juve close to the D
Sergio Ramos with a yellow card. He's out of the second leg
He is just a complainer about everyone except himself
Never have liked Sergio Ramos.
Villa are leading against Reading
Should have been a handball for us there, too. What are the officials playing at?
Looks like the top two and then the next two are all set in the Championship
Wolves and Cardiff have a cushion then Fulham and Villa
The last two spots currently held by Derby and Boro on 65 and 63 respectively followed by Bristol City Millwall and Shef U all on 62
Preston on 60 and Brentford 58
Another great block there - this time from Berardi - to prevent a second goal. Out for a corner.
I agree - I don't really think that Fulham are good enough to challenge Cardiff. Derby should be okay, as well. The last one will go down to the wire. Hope it's not the Evil Blades.
Brum 1-0 up at Bolton
That would take the Blue Noses level on points with their hosts
Both five points clear of the drop zone
Should be Big PML time soon enough.
Atrocious crosses attempted in Turin.... unbelievable how much that skill has been lost in modern day football
They should be okay. I'd tip the bottom three right now - Barnsley (where our current manager started this season!), Sunderland and Burton for the drop.
Coaches don't like crosses these days. They think it is losing possession
Ronny is at it again!!
2-0 Real
Lovely overhead kick by the United man
The Turin crowd are clapping
That's crazy because goalkeepers are getting worse at handling crosses, probably because of the light balls.
I'll look forward to catching that one on the highlights show tonight.
That's sporting from the Juve crowd. I loved it when Fatty Ronaldo came to OT, scored a hat-trick against you lot for Barca and the United faithful clapped him off when he was subbed. That's classy.
Bayern take the lead at Sevilla
Look what happens when you attack JOSE!!
Oh - we might have got one back there through Ekuban.
Seconds later, Mitrovic scores. Bugger!
Poor from Peacock-Farrell there. Went right under him. We've really got a problem at the #1 spot. Selling off Rob Green is looking really costly for us now.
Juve down to ten men
Dybala carded for diving in the first
Off for high kick...not meant but kinda like Nani v Bayern a few years back
Time to ring the changes now. Ayite off for Fulham.
Leeds fans still singing. They're remarkable - deserve better from the team.
Three nil Real
Ronaldo sets up Marcelo
Bale is still on the bench
Is he leaving sunny Madrid in the summer?
Fulham keeper gets a card for time wasting. What's he playing at - we're never going to get two back now.
Fulham keeper wasting time and gets carded
Would you have Monkey Boy at OT?
I missed Fulham's second
Sorry mate
We nearly scored and then they ran it back up the pitch and scored. Story of our season, really.
Looks like Heck is about to launch the Twin Towers approach with Grot and Big PML up top. That hasn't been tried yet this season. Why not?
Fredericks finds the side netting.
Here come the two big lads up front - Ekuban and Alioski off.
Mitrovic was given an impossible task by his manager Rafa for scoring goals on his loan spell... he is getting close
Isn't that 10 goals in 7 or 8 games
Rafa said score 17
Real are thru
Barca will beat Roma
Hope they knock each other out
Let's hope he doesn't add to his tally right now!
Should have got a penalty there, even though Stu was going down early.
Would be nice to get a consolation goal back.
I agree
Cynical foul there from Johansen. Vieira was chasing him down like a maniac, though, I don't know why. Simple yellow card - let the ref do his job.
Handbags at the Cottage... yellow for a home man
That was a nasty challenge
Now that is a red card challenge!!!
Pablo to swing this one in...cleared out for a corner.
Oh my giddy aunt - how did big Grot put that header over!!!!!
Miss of the season! Oh dear of dear.
The kind of challenges get yellow and then there that one!
Sitter missed by Leeds!!
GROT with a grotty effort
That would have made for an interesting finish!
It would have indeed. Come on!
Real hit the woodwork for the second time tonight
Another handball ignored - this time from US international Tim Ream. That's two that the ref has ignored. Seen them called.
Brum still lead but are down to ten men
That was an 8 o'clock kick off
We've played some decent stuff in the past fifteen minutes - a bit too late, though.
Ream was quoted this week that the US players have to deal with snobbery about American players
I'm sure that they do - most of them are shite, though.
Ronny with a hat-trick chance.. volleyed over from around 8 yards out but it was coming with pace
Juve should have scored with the last kick of the game
They don't... all over 0-3
Great Ronaldo goal... should still be a Red Devil
Bayern won 2-1
So
Real, Barca, Bayern and an English side
Yeah - that'll just about do it. Can either Liverpool or Citeh beat Real, Barca or Bayern, though?
I think tomorrow's English derby won't be like the league game... you're not supposed to play that way in Europe!
Saiz tries to beat the entire Fulham defense. Earns a free kick, at least.
This is definitely Pablo range. Would love to see this one fly in. 2-1 would be more than we deserve.
Oh - just past the post - very close.
Just wide... I thought it was in
A last burst of MOT - magnificent. As Kal picks up a stupid yellow.
That's that. 2-0. Fairly predictable. We're just not that good. I hope that we can sort things out in the summer but I suspect that we'll sell more players.
I'm off home; thanks for joining me, mate!
All over
Sorry mate
Have a good rest of the day
TTFN
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