A Spot of Mid-week Footer
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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, March 03, 2021
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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In the early matches, Sheffield United only their fourth win of the season. That pushes them up to 14 points, which gets them beyond the Derby record of worst Premier League team in history. They're still dead last and going down, though.
It's quite good for us, though, because Villa are now stuck in 9th on 39 points from 25 matches, so they're within reach.
In the other match, Leicester dropped two points to Burnley in a 1-1 draw. That keeps them in third but West Ham, Chelsea and Liverpool are in hot pursuit of that last CL slot.
That point pushes Burnley up to 29 points; they're probably almost safe now, with Brighton and Newcastle more likely to get dragged into the relegation mix with Fulham.
Team news out of South London for this one:
Crystal Palace: Guaita, Ward, Kouyate, Cahill, Van Aanholt, Milivojevic, McCarthy, Ayew, Eze, Townsend, Benteke. Subs: Butland, Dann, Mateta, Schlupp, Wickham, Batshuayi, Kelly, Hannam, Riedewald.
Manchester United: Henderson, Wan-Bissaka, Bailly, Maguire, Shaw, Matic, Fred, Fernandes, Greenwood, Rashford, Cavani. Subs: De Gea, Tuanzebe, Lindelof, Williams, Telles, McTominay, Shoretire, Amad, James.
Teams coming out now - United appear to be wearing some striped monstrosity. Let's hope that's the warm-up top.
We're away at Selhurst Park on a foggy old night in London Town.
Hey Bob
I am here for a bit before picking up Kathy
I hope United start fast and play well
GO OUT AND TRY AND WIN A GAME....not to not lose
Nice cut and thrust to this one in the early stages.
United not starting off on the front foot....at least try and score!
I wish OGS would act like he did in that video shown before he got the job....."SHOOT... SHOOT....SHOOT"
Shaw got caught there on the top of his boot and he's down nursing it. Painful one that.
That tackle all came from Rash not running to the ball
Dangerous free kick goes straight thru to Henderson
Oh - Dave wouldn't have liked to have seen that mistake in playing out of the back. Townsend whipped in a cross and Benteke took a wild swing at it.
United trying to play it out and LOSE IT AGAIN
Benteke with a volley chance....well over
I HATE THIS CRAP
I didn't!
Bob still hasn't noticed me
AGAIN....United giving the ball away inside their own half
WAKE UP
United have started in a fog......in two ways!!
Welcome, Dave - great to have you around this afternoon!
I wish United would wake up!!!
Still haven't lost away but.... last matches away from home
Arsenal 0-0
West Brom 1-1
Chelsea 0-0
SIX points dropped!
Has the ball been in the Palace box?
Oh - a raking drive there by Matic just turned around by Guiaita!
Finally...nice cross by Greenwood....no one there
Back out to Matic....nice shot....nice save
He scored the winner when we came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2
United go close from corner!
Over by Cavani
Finally something
Come on, United - I need a win from you lot to prevent Palace from either leapfrogging us or getting close.
Another bad giveaway in the back, this time by Matic. Comes to nothing, fortunately.
Take the man on Shaw.... had a chance on a one on one...but he passes it sideways
Oh - Rash was in there and should have scored. Just wide.
STRUTH... Rashford with a big chance....HIT THE TARGET!!
United blew another pass going forward!
Rash runs in the box....almost trips over the ball...he ALWAYS tries too much!!
JUST BEAT THE DAMN MAN AND SHOOT...not rocket science
Rashford's got to be sharper. He gets lots of plaudits but he doesn't score enough for you.
Totally agree.....he looks disinterested some times!
Bruno with a whiff on a shot!!!
Wake up!! At least we are getting the ball forward more
Bad defensive header... Greenwood does his best Rashford impersonation
You're starting to get some chances but you need to take them!
Of course.... corner comes to nothing
Greenwood and Cavani both refuse to shoot
United have slowed it down again!
Sorry, mate - this hasn't been too good so far.
United, having seemed to get a hold on this, have been knocked back off their stride by Palace in the last six or seven minutes.
Steve was right to turn it off
LOL! Maybe, so.
Both Greenwood and Rash tries to take too many people on!!!!
Coming up to half time.... I am off to pick up Kath. I'll be back for the last fifteen
TTFN
Oh - teasing cross over there that Cavani would have snaffled up but Joel Ward scooped it away.
Cheerio, mate - say hi to Kathy for me!
No stoppage time at all and no wonder - there was precious little going on in that first half. 0-0.
We're underway in the second half at foggy Selhurst Park.
Milivojevic takes one right in the mush only moments after the restart. Fortunately, he's up and running about again.
Kouyate clears an early United corner, then Guaita catches a cross from the byline by – yes – Maguire.
Still too slow from United. Do they look a bit leggy? I think they might.
Big moment for Palace there from a free kick. But Milo pings one off the top of the wall and the threat dissipates.
James McCarthy is coming off to be replaced by Riedewald.
Oh - great ball over the top to Ayew who found Benteke in the middle but of course the big Belgian whiffed on the chance.
United really look toothless now - I'm glad that Dave buggered off. He'd be tearing his hair out.
Rashford just doesn't look interested this evening. I don't know why.
Matic has an optimistic effort charged down and then Rashford is pulled up for offside. It’s grim out there at the moment.
Oh - Dan James just came on for Cavani and should have scored with his first touch!
McTom has also come on for Fred to add some extra oomph that the Brazilian rarely gives the side.
I am back.... so fed up!
This could the THIRD STRAIGHT NIL NIL MATCH!
THREE STRAIGHT GAMES!!
Cracking effort from Greenwood, perhaps United’s most inventive. He checks in from the right and pulls out a thunderbolt from 20 yards, but it’s a foot or two over. They are just *starting* to look more menacing, but time is running out.
Welcome back, Dave - I wish I could say that it's been better but it hasn't been. I can't believe that a side this good on paper plays in such a flaccid way.
Of course, that said, Palace turned my lot over 3-1 at Selhurst Park, so I can't say that much.
THESE LOT TURNED US OVER 3-1 AT OLD TRAFFORD!
Such a bad pass by Rash to Shaw!
Can't see what's happening on the pitch!
United taking their sweet time taking a throw in.....show some urgency
Both sides seem to be time wasting now!
ONE attempt on target...ONE ATTEMPT....ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is Manchester United!!
I don't want to hear it is not the same as SAF.... United attacked under Sir Matt, Doc, Big Ron
Still going short on goal kick.... SCORE A DAMN GOAL
OGS has no excuses....his teams don't go out to win
Shaw with a useless effort on his right
How wide was that!!!!!
Almost into stoppage time now - it's going to take a last ditch effort by United to grab all three points.
Great save by Hendo....how wide open was he
Oh - great save by Henderson late on!
Still no urgency shown by United....do they want to win?
2 added minutes
Citeh will be 14 points up on United at the end of this. Might as well call the engravers, eh? (sigh)....
Rash is just moping around all the time!
5Live was saying it all the time.
They said he wasn't normally like it...I think he is
Useless cross by McTom
What kind of cross was that from McTom?
What's Kouyate all bent out of shape about?
This is so pathetic!
ONE SHOT ON TARGET!
THREE STRAIGHT NIL NILLERS
Quick VAR check on the argybargy between Shaw and Kouyate and it comes to nothing.
That's it
BLOODY USELESS!!!
Why didn't United launch that free kick into the area?!
We had a free kick... no time left... we go sideways and the whistle goes!
NOT GOOD ENOUGH!!!
Sorry, mate - that wasn't good. Blame it on the fog, eh?
That's it for me - I hope to be around for some of the big one tomorrow. Catch you then, eh?
Take care Bob
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