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Saturday, February 02, 2019
Lakenheath Old Boys
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Team news out of Wembley today as the sides kick off:
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Sissoko, Winks, Eriksen, Son, Lamela, Lucas Moura.
Subs: Gazzaniga, Foyth, Rose, Walker-Peters, Wanyama, Dier, Llorente.
Newcastle United: Dubravka, Yedlin, Schar, Lascelles, Lejeune, Ritchie, Perez, Hayden, Longstaff, Atsu, Rondon.
Subs: Woodman, Clark, Fernandez, Manquillo, Barreca, Kenedy, Joselu.
Referee: Andre Marriner (West Midlands).
This is a key one for both sides. For Spurs, it's a must win if they're to keep up with the title race. But Newcastle have won their last two, including that shocker at the Etihad.
Spurs stroke it around hither and yon. Waiting for a gap to develop. But no gap develops.
Oh - Lucas Moura should have scored. Great little ball in to him and he got the header all wrong. Big miss!
Llorente on the bench is thinking, "I'd have scored that one!"
Oh - Lamella hits the woodwork with a header! And Moura nods over again. Loads of big chances for Spurs.
Oh - big chance now for Newcastle, with Perez and Rondon having bites at the cherry. Blocked out by Eriksen.
Good morning, Bob. I set the Strawberry Alarm clock, but overslept. Has it been a decent match?
Back with so much needed coffee to enjoy the pleasure of your company.
OH!!! A superb athletic save by Dubravka from Cissy off a corner.
Morning, MUR - great to have you with me this morning. How has your week been?
It's been a decent week. Took Friday off as usual and had a wee bit extra kip today. Other than the snow and cold how about you and Kate?
Fred wants to know if a Leeds win calls for a celebration with a gulp of Canary. I doubt it.
Ayoze fouls Vertonghen just outside the box with a striker's challenge. Free kick cleared and 0-0 at the half.
0-0 at the interval, with Spurs just edging it for chances. I'm off to make my brekkies.
Back with a bagel and cuppa for the second half now.
Newcastle would be well happy with this draw so far but Potch and co need a win. We're underway again.
Second half underway from Wembley
Welcome back and a great choice of brekkies. Yours Truly typing and my partner in crime sleeping on the magic couch after his brekkies.
Neither side has made any changes.
Moura and Son knocking on the door but Newcastle defend with some tenacity.
Number One Son has a shot blocked by Yeltsin for a Spuds corner.
Oh - Davison Sanchez just wide with a header from the corner.
Davinson Sanchez with a free header off the corner and it's headed wide
Peter Dreary is crying out for a bit of Llorente. It would seem logical with HK out for injury.
Oh - Rondon hits the woodwork with a terrific header!
OH!!! A rare Toon attack and a header has Runned off the post. Nearly the lead against the run of play. Great cross by former Spur, Yeltsin
Nice use of the word Dreary. Great form, mate.
Just a reminder that Lamps lads drew 0-0 at Ridsdale's house yesterday. A decent result?
Another spell of Toon pressure and a long range effort from Matt Ritchie easily saved by Lloris.
The Llorente Express asking Mo PO assistant, Jesus Perez, for fare for a train ticket on to the pitch.
Cheers, mate - that's all your work.
Potch has seen enough - Llorente will replace Moura.
WOW! That was quick and he shows his ticket as he's on for Lucas Mora.
Cheers. You're welcome to use that word any time.
Here's what this means to Spurs. If things stay the same, they'd be on 55 points, a point behind Citeh. If they won, they'd be on 57, a point ahead of Citeh in second ahead of their match with Arsenal tomorrow.
This sure is a key match for the Spurs. A draw would be two points dropped for sure.
If you would like to escape the cold then this is the perfect week to visit. We're getting five days of Indian Summer between tomorrow and Thursday with highs in the low to mid 80s each of those days.
Oh - Sher hooks one off the line. Erickson was already celebrating!
I wish I could, mate. It's been unbearable here this week.
OH!!!A header from Eriksen is off the line by Sony and Schaar. Then Yeltsin booked for a foul just outside the Toon box.
OH!!!! A long range effort from Ayoze headed for the upper 90, superbly turned around by Lloris.
It's going to be our warmest spell since the first week of November and more like April then early February. Phil Collins says No Jacket Required.if you or any of the LOB family visits.
Oh dear - Llorente lost the ball in the air and blows the header. Does he need a visor?
Great cross by Eriksen headed high and wide by Llorente with a free header as he had got behind the Toon defense.
To be fair, it's supposed to warm up this next week. We need it.
LOL! He will need more than that if he can't bury those.
Glad to hear that. You definitely do.Hopefully a thaw doesn't lead to any sort of flooding.
Danny Rose on for Lamela. I guess that adds more width to get in extra crosses.
Cissy booed Toon fans due to being a former Toon player, wins a corner
OH!!! Another goal line clearance off a corner as shot from Eriksen deflects off of Llorente ans is cleared off the line
GOAL !!!!!NUMBER ONE SON GIVES THE SPUDS THE LEAD
GOAL! Son breaks the deadline in this crucial match for Spurs!
It was a real howler by the normally reliable Dubravka in the Toon goal. The Toon had made a substitution and off the throw, several short Spuds passes culminated in a long ball from Toby chested down by Llorente then a shot from Number One Son just outside the D was fumbled in by Dubravka.
Rafa springs to action, yanking off Matt Ritchie and sticking on the new boy from Monaco
The final roll of the dice from Raffa and new signing , Barreca, on loan from Monaco, on for Matt Ritchie for a Toon debut
OH!!!! Close range block by Dubravka from Number One Son , then the rebound is shot wide by Llorente/.
Goalscorer Son comes off to a nice ovation.
Mo Po shutting up shop as Eric Dier is on for Number One Son, who scored thanks to some real dire keeping.
A shot deflects off of Lascelles for a late Spuds corner.
A barber shop quartet of stoppage time minutes as sung by our Bob.
A bit naughty by Ayoze on Danny Rose. A bit of a thorny challenge.
This will be a priceless win for Spurs.
Agreed and now in second place, just four points behind Liverpool
It's over and Spurs win it late 1-0 after being frustrated most of the match
That's that, then. Newcastle will be crushed. They were minutes away from a good draw. One howler from Dubravka and it was all over.
I'm off to the bog before the 10 o'clockers.
Next, is Chelsea vs the rock bottom Terriers . Off for walkies with Sparky on a foggy, but mild morning
Back for the 10am kickoffs. Enjoy your walkies, mate!
Chelsea have the opportunity to leapfrog over Arsenal into fourth again ahead of their match tomorrow morning.
Back for the 10 AM matches. Chelsea vs the Terriers on NBCSN. A spoor as Chelsea have been, they should win against a team that is all but relegated.
Team news out of the Bridge:
Chelsea: Arrizabalaga, Azpilicueta, Christensen, Luiz, Alonso, Kante, Jorginho, Barkley, Willian, Higuain, Hazard.
Subs: Rudiger, Pedro, Loftus-Cheek, Caballero, Kovacic, Giroud, Hudson-Odoi.
Huddersfield: Lossl, Smith, Schindler, Kongolo, Lowe, Mooy, Bacuna, Billing, Mbenza, Kachunga, Diakhaby.
Subs: Hamer, Ahearne-Grant, Pritchard, Mounie, Jorgensen, Hadergjonaj, Puncheon.
Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire)
Welcome back, mate! How was the walkies!
They're of from SB as Paul Tierney gets the match underway.
The Terriers get us going at the Bridge. This is a must-win for the Blues.
Cheers. it was a good walk on a foggy , but comfortable feeling morning.
New boy Higuain will be desperate to get off the mark for his new club today. They can't really afford another Morata style disaster.
NBC showed a graphic where the Terriers haven't won a top flight match vs Chelsea since the mid 50s, but a got a must needed draw at SB at the end of last season that insured their survival.
Oh - Ross Barkley tries one from distance. Not too far away. A sighting at goal.
OH!!! a long range effort from Barkley is side footed just wide off a run and pass from Willian.
The Terriers new manager the youngest in the Prem and like Wagner , from the Klopp system , where he managed the Dortmund reserves.
Bradley Dack scores his 14th goal of the season to put Blackburn Rovers one up against Brentford at Griffin Park.
Oh - Mooy is not far away with that header.
OH!!! Headed just over by Aaron Mooy over a cross from Lowe that Bob would have Lowed to have gone in
Through on goal, Southampton’s Danny Ings fails to score against Burnley, the club where he spent five years of his career.
Who is the new Huddersfield manager now?
Pass from Willian across the box as he was pressured by Lowe.
Higuain is looking really static so far - might take him a while to bed in.
He is Jan Siebert, from the Klopp system in the Dortmund reserves. Same system that produced Wagner and the current Canaries boss.Second youngest manager in the top foru divisions, just ten days older than Joey BArton, in charge of Fleetwood MAc
Ruben Neves scores a penalty, sending Jordan Pickford the wrong way, to give Wolves an early advantage at Goodison Park. The penalty was awarded when Matt Doherty cut into the penalty area and was brought down.
Wolves 0-1 up!
He had a close range effort blocked for a corner.
Thanks - for some reason I thought that Wagner was still there.
Blackburn Rovers go 2-0 up against Brentford at Griffin Park as Danny Graham leaps to head home their second.
Wolves looking like a possible EL team next season
Wagner left by mutual consent, which was his get out of jail free card to go to a bigger club
Agreed about Higuain. He lacks match sharpness and may be a tad overweight. I know Sarri was keen on him, but hard to be overweight and play in the Prem nowadays.
Did he order lots of empanadas and chrorizo online that were shipped to him?
Nice interplay there for the Blues, with Higuain holding up the ball and Hazard profiting.
Corner side footed and snatched over by Thelma N Luiz, or so he played like in midweek.
Oh - I could murder an empanada for lunch today.
Josh Windass gets between two defenders to get on the end of a long ball down the middle and slot home past Joe Lumley to give Wigan a 1-0 lead against QPR.
Brummies take the lead vs Forest
GOAL! Higuain comes good with a debut goal!
GOAL !!!!HIGUAIN OPENS HIS ACCOUNT FOR CHELSEA.
Bees pull one back vs Blackburn
Great ball through by Kante and Higuain with a sharp finish.
1-0 Blues!
Long ball from Sideshow Bob headed away then some nice inter play that culminated with a nice pass from Kante and Higuain with a typical finish that was a near post rocket in the upper 90
Teesiders take the lead on Pulis's return to the Hawthorns.
Pulis with a return to his place of birth in midweek as the Teesiders have a replay at Newport, whose manager was also born in that city. An odd coincidence.
Rangers on top of St. Helen Mirren. Don't want a visual image
Barnsley in the lead vs Scunny as are Rochdale at Wasall.
Exeter two up vs the Fake Dons. Jayne Mansfield on top of Sol's lads while bottom club, Notts County in the lead vs table topping Abe Lincoln
decent long range save by Lossl from Azpi.
Mbenza down for the Terriers.
Cambridge not in action as their match at Cheltenham postponed, presumably due to the weather.
Good news out of the Hawthorns: George Saville has fired Middlesbrough ahead against West Brom.
Motherwell doing well as they're three up vs Livvy while Aberdeen 1-2 ahead at Hibs
Grimsby in the lad vs Newport.,
Palace take the lead vs the Cottagers thanks to a penalty scored by Milovojevic. Penalty conceded by Bob, LOL!
Colchester in the lead at Northants.
Kamikaze defending from Fulham and Luka Milivojevic has scored for Palace at Selhurst Park.
Andre Gomes ties it up for the Toffees vs Wolves.
His name is Luka and he lives on the second floor. wrong Serb scoring, mate?
Hazard leads a Chelsea counter off a Terriers free kick and wins a corner off of Lowe.
Andre Gomes scores his first goal for Everton at the 19th time of asking, striking with the power of 10,000 suns to restore parity for his side at Goodison Park.
Surely it is, mate. But Palace can't afford Modric.
UWS will not be pleased that Dnny Trump has taken the lead at Fratton Park.
Great corner from Willian, but his compatriot, Thelma N Luiz heads wide.
UWS will be further displeased as Luton take the lead on the road as they tame the Shrews.
Burnley, who haven’t had a penalty in their past 67 Premier League matches, are denied what looks a clear one when Ashley Barnes is brought down by Southampton goalkeeper Alex McCarthy.
What does UWS have against Luton Airport?
They're top of L1 and a loss by the Hatters is a good result for second placed Pompey
The penalty denial could not have happened to a more deserving player.
Huddersfield just trying to hang on now, as the Blues pile forward.
Wasall ties it up vs Rochdale while Bristol Rovers two up at Southend on Sea , which is not idle gossip.
Ah - that makes sense.
Three L2 matches cancelled and just about every non league match postponed due to the weather.
Southend pull on back vs Bristol Rovers to make it 1-2. Still not idle gossip.
Another Terriers injury, which they cannot afford. Diakabe down
Diakhaby seems to be okay to continue.
Even better news out of the Hawthorns: Jay Rodriguez scores a scruffy goal to make it all square at one apiece between West Brom and Middlesbrough.
Penalty to Chelski!
PENALTY CHELSEA AS KACHUNGA IS CALLED FOR A TRIP ON AZPI, WHO MADE A SOLO RUN. LOOKED CLUMSY AT BEST
Into stoppage time.
Bit soft there, to be fair. There was a coming together of Kachunga and Alonso but it might have been a shade outside.
Hazard steps up....and scores!
2-0 Blues!
GOAL !!!HAZARD PUTS TWO UP FROM THE SPOT, SENDING LOSSL THE WRONG WAY
One out of a pair of stoppage time minuets has been played
Hazard goes down looking for another pen, but nothing is given this time.
Tigers in the lead vs the Potters while the Baggies tie it up on Pulis's return to the Hawthorns
Barnsley goes two up vs Scunny
Higuain had another chance there but wanted to walk it in.
Sol's lads tie it up at Jayne Mansfield's house.
Half time: Chelski fans a lot happier today than they were at Bournemouth the other night.
Raul Jimenez scores at Goodison Park to restore Wolves’ lead and leave Everton fans seething over their half-time pints.
Chelsea two up at the half.
Table topping Abe Lincoln ties it up at bottom club, Notts County
Results going my way in the Championship so far. Sheffield Utd, WBA and Boro all drawing.
Second half underway from SB
Teams back out at the Bridge for the second half.
Bristol City takes the lead vs the Swans. That's not idle gossip.
Willian cuts inside and curls a shot not too far wide.
Colchester two up at Northants
The Fake Dons pull one back at Exeter , now trailing 2-1 in a promotion six pointer.
Grimsby two up vs Newport.
Wolves orchestra conductor Ruben Neves goes off injured with a calf injury in his side’s match against Everton. Wolves still lead 2-1 at Goodison Park.
Bob will not be pleased that David McGoldrick has given the Evil Blades the lead vs struggling Bolton. Billy Sharp with the assist
Terriers denied what looked a penalty then Chelsea win a corner at the opposite end of the pitch
Nathan Redmond gives the Saints the lad at Turf Moor in a relegation six pointer.
Oh - Kachunga goes down under a fluke challenge. Silly from Christiansen. Close call.
Rangers two up vs struggling St. Helen Mirren. A sign she's aging?
Not happy at all about that one. Billy Bloody Sharp.
UWS will be pleased that Pompey have tied it up vs Donny Trump, but not pleased that the Luton have gone two up at the Shrews.
The Evil Blades are now level second, three points behind us and level in GD.
Colchester three up at Northants while Jayne Mansfield back on top vs Sol's lads now leading 2-1.
Don;t blame you. That goal is the last thing you need.
Yeovil takes the lead at stevenage
Wigan two up vs Wally's lads, Pompey's cup opponents in midweek.
Rochdale back in the lead at Wasall, now leading 1-2.
Bayer leading Bayern 3-1 in the 90th minute, which is a real headache for Bayern. It's 1-1 between Frankfurt and Dortmund in the 90th minute
The Bees have come from two down to make it Desmond vs Blackburn
GOAL !!!! HAZARD WITH HIS SECOND , PUTS CHELSEA THREE UP
Chelsea won the ball in midfield and a nice through ball from Ross Barkley found Hazard, who got behind the Terriers defense and rounded Lossl for an easy score.
Definitely not top Billing for the Terriers as he's replaced by Grant , a recent signing from Charlton and immediately wins a Terriers corner.
Nice finish there from the Belgian - this one is all over.
Wow! What a super goal from Higuain! 4-0!
Tigers two up vs the Potters and the Baggies have come from behind to lead the Teesiders 2-1 on an unpleasant return to the Hawthorns for Pulis
GOAL !!!HIGUAIN WITH HIS SECOND GOALS HE PUTS CHELSEA FOUR UP TO NEGATE THE LOSS IN MIDWEEK.
On the replay, I wonder if that shot from Higuain was going wide and took an unfortunate nick off the defender.
The Argentinian would love a hat-trick now. So would Hazard.
Evil Blades two up vs Bolton while Leo Dendoncker scores to give Wolves a 1-3 lead at Goodison.
That goal showed why Chelsea signed Higuain. The ball broke to him as he played it wide to Hazard , who cut in, passed it to Kante, and he laid it off to Higuain who scored from 25 yards out with a shot that landed in the upper 90
Kovacic, who came on for Jorginho, had a shot off a short corner deflected just over.
Higuain with a shot off of Schindler for yet another Chelsea corner.
Bristol City two up vs the Swans
A standing ovation from Hazard, which he was to the Terriers as he's replaced by Hudson-Odoi
Struggling Crocodile Dundee takes a much needed lead at George Hamilton.
Coventry takes the lead vs the Gils.
Luton go three up at the Shrews while Fred is delighted that the Black Cats have taken the lead vs bottom club, the Real Dons
Nice to see Brentford tie it up with Blackburn who are currently in 7th.
Exter leads the Fake Dons 3-1 while Colchester goes four up at Northants
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