Half a Dozen Holiday Prem Footie Matches
posted by manunitedrules @ 2:01 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!
Wednesday, January 02, 2019
Lakenheath Old Boys
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As I was posting the thread, it was stated that Chelsea U.S. international. Christian Pulisic for $73 million,a record transfer fee for an American soccer player soccer player. He will be on loan to Dortmund until the end of the season.
Chelsea vs Saints will be the televised match with televised action of the final fifteen minutes of the Toon vs United since that kicks off fifteen minutes later.
Steve's beloved Nasri just signed for the Hammers and is on the bench for them today
They're off from SB
A through ball from Hazard intended for Willian is pushed away by Angus Gunn, making his Prem debut in goal for the Saints.
Angus Gunn is the son of former Canaries keeper, Bryan Gunn
Stu Armstrong called for a foul on Willian about 25 yards from goal off a long spell of Chelsea possession
The free kick from Marcos Alonso is off the Saints wall for a corner
The corner from Willian is a decent one, but well cleared
Long ball headed away off some sweeper keeping by the Chelsea Kepa
JWP takes a shot from 35 yards out and it's several yards wide.
A long ball from Azpi headed on by Morata and easily gathered by Angus Gunn
Now some great sweeper keeping from Angus Gunn as he was alert to a long Chelsea ball that caught out the Saints.
Afternoon, MUR! Thanks for posting. We’re still out and about. Go on, Red Devils!
Danny Ings heads high and wide off a great cross from Cedric The Entertainer.
Good Afternoon, Bob. Great to have you on board. How have you been?
Great to hear about Pulisic. It’ll be fun to watch him in the Prem eventually.
It sure will. We will see him in action next season
The Gooner's beloved Nasri just signed for the Hammers.
Doing well; just wrapping up the holiday season. Will be back in The Cottage for the Cup action this weekend.
I saw that; Gooner will have a larf over that.
The cup action starts Friday with Tranny vs the Spuds. All the Cup matches will be on ESPN+
Willian with a close range effort blocked by Yoshida off a solo run
Morata with a shot blocked for a corner on a break. Bednarak booked for a foul from behind in the build up to that chance
Troy Deeney with the first Prem goal of the day as he gives the Hornets the lead at the Cherries.
Great close range block by Angus Gunn from Hazard off a long ball from Rudiger.
Steve Mounie gives the Terriers the lead vs Burnley in a relegation six pointer Pennines Derby
Willian down after he felt the force of an earlier challenge from Yoshida.
That injury is not exactly Tongue N Cheek as Ruben Loftus Cheeky is on for willian
Morata with a shot deflected inches wide by Valery off a pass from Ross Barkley after a spell of Chelsea possession
Chris Wood ties it up for Burnley at Hudders. Bob will not be pleased.
Bednarek slices a pass from Rudiger out for a Chelsea corner
Marcos Alonso with a long range effort off of Ings for another Chelsea corner
Troy Deeney with his and the Hornets second as they go two up at The Vitality
Terriers down to ten men as Schindler is off for a second yellow.
A pair of stoppage time minutes at The Bridge
Halftime at the Bridge and Saints doing well to hold Chelsea at 0-0.
You’ll never where we were just watching the match - an Arby’s!
Quite a match at the Vitality as there were four goals in half a dozen minutes. Cherries came from two down to make it Desmond thanks to goals from Nathan Ake and Cally Wilson. Two minutes later Ken Serna put the Hornets 2-3 ahead off an assist from Troy Deeney. A minute after that Wee Ryan scored to make it 3-3.
WOW ! Wasn't aware that Arby's was so exciting! Well in, mate!
How are United getting on?
Second half is underway from the Bridge as Shane Long is on for Danny Ings.
Still 0-0 at SJP.
The Chelsea Kepa pushes around a long range effort from Stuart Armstrong for a Saint s keeper. Don't think it was headed in
Saints win a free kick thanks to a foul by Hazard on Stuart Armstrong.
A complete waste as a Saints foul is called off the free kick
Chelsea need a win in this one, for sure.
They are being really frustrated by the Saints.
Morata has been a real flop.
Ross Barkley fouled by former Chelsea player, Alpha Romeu , about 25 yards from goal.
Into the wall by Sideshow Bob.
Angus Gunn beats around a shot from Hazard.
Saints break off the Chelsea corner
Agreed, mate. His manager feels that his performances have been Sari at best
LOL! Nice one, mate!
Angus Gunn does well to dive at the feet of Hazard to make a decent save
Dale Stephens gives the Seagulls the lead at the Hammers
Cheers, mate!
A pair of goals in a pair of minutes for the Seagulls. Shane Duffy with the second Seagulls goal, assisted by Gross.
Rudiger fouls Stuart Armstrong a few yards outside the Chelsea box.
Both Seagulls goals scored by their central defensive partnership.
Into the wall by JWP then Tongue N' Cheek wins a Chelsea free kick
Jorginho with a powerful long range effort , but pretty much straight to Angus Gunn.
Sideshow Bob tackles Stuart Armstrong for a Saints corner off a pass from Shane Long
The corner from JWP is fisted away by the Kepa then his return cross is headed away just as Ross Barkley concedes a free kick to the Saints that comes to nothing
Fab on for Ross Barkley and a couple of milestones as it's 350th Prem appearance and his 500th appearance in English Football.
Arnautovic pulls one back for the Hammers off an assist from Mark Noble as they now trail the Seagulls 1-2.
Fab puts through his compatriot , Morata and he scores , but it's disallowed for offside. The replay shows it was a really tight c all.
Meanwhile, the Hammers have come from two down to make it Desmond vs the Seagulls with a pair of goals in three minutes. Both scored by Arnautovic
Rudiger booked for a clumsy foul on Shane Long off a long punt from Angus Gunn.
Jorginho fouled by Shane Long about 35 yards from goal
Burnley have come come from behind to lead 1-2 at the ten man Terriers . A pair of Ashleys involved with the goal. Barnes the scorer and Westwood with the assist.
Great chance for Morata as Fab finds Tongue N' Cheek, who puts through Morata , but it ends up being a routine save for Angus Gunn
Alpha Romeu booked for a shirt pull on Hazard.
Despite holding Chelsea 0-0 , the Saints replace Burnley in the drop zone thanks to them being the only team with a lead.
YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!! THE CHUNK GIVES UNITED THE LEAD AT SJP
Play stops as Cedric the Entertainer is down after an earlier collision with the Chelsea Kepa. Home fans not entertained.
Jordan Ayew gives Palace a surprise lead at Molineaux.
Poor form by NBC as this match is the only one at 0-0
Cedric back on amidst boos from the locals.
Great last ditch tackle by Yoshida on Kante , who would have been through on goal.
A late Saints substitution just over a minute away from stoppage time as Charlie Austin is on for Stuart Armstrong
A quartet of stoppage time minutes at the Bridge.
Hazard goes on a run and is tackled by Yoshida then a shot from Marcos Alonso lands in Row H as supporters head for the exits,.
Marcos Alonso goes down ,looking for a penalty off minor contact from Shane Long. Jon Moss waves play on.
Well done, The Chunk!
Valery clears for a really late Chelsea corner.
Jack Stephens on for Nathan Redmond deep in stoppage time , top the annoyance of UWS
Corner headed away
It's over at SB as Chelsea are held 0-09 by the Saints.
Off to SjP and WAY HAY! RASH PUTS UNITED TWO UP. THE CHUNK WENT ON A RUN , PASSES TO ALEXIS IN THE D AND HE PASSED TO RASH , WHO SCORED PAST THE STRANDED KEEPER.
Raffa responds by putting on a forward for a defender. Muto on for Schaar, not Sonny
Milovojevic scored deep in stoppage time to put Palace two up at Molineaux and that's how it finished.
Bob will not be pleased that Burnley moved out of the drop zone even though they won 1-2 at the Terriers. Saints now third from bottom despite the excellent draw at The Bridge
It finished Desmond between the Hammers and the Seagulls.
Lindy on for Rash
Toon fans headed for the exits a couple of minutes before stoppage time.
Shelvey heads a decent cross from Matt Ritchie just over.
Yeltsin down off a challenge from Alexis.
Half a dozen stoppage time minutes
United should have gone three up as they were caught out. Pogba rounded Dubravaka then shot into the side netting. A poor finish
Dubravka comfortably saves a shot from the Chunk off a run and pass from Alexis
It's over at the Vitality as it finished 3-3 between the Cherries and Hornets.A ll the goals were scored in the first half
It's over at SJP as United win 0-2 with their first clean sheet in the OGS era and continue their 100% record since he took over.
One remaining Prem match in the holiday period and what a match as it's a key match in the title race: Citeh vs Pool.
That's it for me. Will anyone be around for the big one tomorrow?
CHEERS!
Thanks for keeping the home fires burning, mate. I'll hope to e around for the big 'un tomorrow. We did all of our errands today.
Cheerio!
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