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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!
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Lakenheath Old Boys
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Chelsea will be the obvious favorites coming into this one, topping the table while Leicester are in a disappointing 12th. I could use a Chelsea win in this one for the Leeds boys.
The team news for this one:
Leicester City: Schmeichel, Amartey, Evans, Soyuncu, Castagne, Soumare, Ndidi, Albrighton, Lookman, Vardy, Barnes.
Subs: Bertrand, Maddison, Ward, Iheanacho, Perez, Choudhury, Dewsbury-Hall, Vestergaard, Daka.
Chelsea: Mendy, Chalobah, Thiago Silva, Rudiger, James, Kante, Jorginho, Chilwell, Mount, Hudson-Odoi, Havertz.
Subs: Arrizabalaga, Alonso, Christensen, Pulisic, Werner, Loftus-Cheek, Barkley, Ziyech, Azpilicueta.
Referee: Paul Tierney (Lancashire).
Teams coming out at the KP now.
And we're away in this one. Come on, you Blues!
Leicester for once pressing high. I wonder how long that will last.
Oh - Ben Chilwell was in there and nearly scored against his old club early on.
GOAL! Rudiger rises to nod home a corner. Great header!
It's notable that Leicester didn't have anyone on that post. That header might have been defended off the line if they had.
Chelsea nearly go 2-0 up, but Kasper does well to beat away Kante's effort.
Oh - Rudiger nearly got to another one.
Amartey hacks down Kai Havertz and Chelsea have a dangerous free kick.
Mount takes and it's well over. Chelsea are rampant, though.
Oh - Lookman volleys home what looks like Leicester's equalizer, but he's well offside.
GOAL! Great run and shot by Ngolo Kante; he cut through the Foxes defense like the proverbial hot knife through butter.
0-2 Chelsea!
It's a long way back now for Leicester.
In this kind of mood, Chelsea could put a tennis score.
Oh - Kasper nearly gifted Chelsea a third!
Jonny Evans hacks down Havertz now and gets a booking and Chelsea have another great scoring opportunity.
If this one flies in, this match is done and dusted.
Kasper also gets a yellow for some mouthiness with the ref.
Leicester are booed off at the interval. I'm off for a wee nap on the couch before the second half starts up.
Brendan Rodgers is tossing on James Maddison and Iehanacho into the fray; it's a wonder that they weren't on from the start.
Looking forward to the 10am kickoffs now, there are some intriguing match-ups:
Watford (17th) v. United (6th). Obviously I'm hoping that United can do us a favor and knock a few goals in against the Hornets.
Burnley (18th) v. Palace (10th). Slightly harder to handicap but again I reckon an away win is the one to hope for there.
Newcastle (19th) v. Brentford (14th). I'll take a draw in this one, which would keep Newcastle rooted to the bottom three and Brentford within reach.
Wolves (8th) v. West Ham (3rd). I'm blowing bubbles in this one. Come on you, Hammers!
Oh - Chilwell pulls a great save out of Kasper!
Morning Bob
Had a bit of sleep in this morning.
Sorry for you going solo!
Did they mention the new contract for NBC this morning?
Pulisic about to be coming on for the Blues...yellows...whatever
Christian Pulisic has just come on for Kai Havertz.
Morning, Dave - great to have you on board. No, no mention of the new NBC contract that I heard this morning. Just the usual banter.
Decent hit and well saved by Mendy
How's your week been, mate?
Oh - Vardy should have scored there - free header in the box!
Mendy picks up a yellow for time wasting. No need for that; they're 0-2 up!
Still have no idea about NBCSN closing down by the end of the year either!
Oh - Pulisic made a great run and should have tucked that one in the near post.
So, do you imagine most of it ending up on Peacock? Or USA?
So today on the telly
NBCN Stevie G's debut
USA Blowing Bubbles High Fliers!
Rotten United on the Cock
I would say it will be USA and the dreaded Cock
Again, I have heard about it recently
GOAL! He does score this time! 0-3 Blues!
The Yank gives the Yellows a third
United conceded four against the Foxes
Blimey - it could be 0-4! No - flagged offside.
Ball in the net again...offside flag up
Gotta go on an errand
I'll be back in ten
Chelsea are good this season but are they really this good? Or are the other sides just not that good? I can't decide.
See you then, mate!
Oh - Pulisic stabs home another one only to see the flag go up again. Chelsea could have had six or seven today. Leicester have been woeful.
Oh - James slots home but the flag goes up again. This is becoming somewhat farcical.
I am back as the final whistle goes
Foxes were hammered
Chelsea wrap up an easy 0-3 win over a woeful Leicester City. I'm off to the shower and should be back in time for the United match.
I am now back from walkies and tuned in United on the Cock on my TV
I'll put on GoalRush match on my computer.
Here comes United wearing their light blue paint splash shirts
I saw hightlights of Ashley Young scoring a brace at VR a few years ago....funny.....red didn't clash with yellow and black back then
My Goal Rush link has started...not sure of the match they are showing
I'm back from the shower and looking forward to seeing United clobber Watford. Come on, you Red Devils!
United's line up
De Gea
Shaw, Mag, Lind, Obi
Matic, McTom
Rash, Bruno, Sancho
Ronaldo
WHY CAN'T DVDB get a game
WHY CAN'T LINDY get a game
Bugger...the Goal Rush is from VR
United are without Mason Greenwood, who has tested positive for Covid-19. That means a start for Jadon Sancho. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has also broken up his McFred midfield.
We are off on the TV....delayed....and off on the computer...even more delayed
We're away at Vicarage Road, then.
The reigns of Steven Gerrard at Villa, Dean Smith at Norwich and Eddie Howe at Newcastle are officially under way.
I've turned off the Cock on computer
I'll try and tune in one of the matches on the telly
Dull uninspiring start from United....why don't they come out all guns a blazing!
Awful pass there by Matic after a nice run
Struth...penalty to Watford....Hornets want a red
What kind of slice of pass was that from Bruno
Bugger! United have conceded a penalty early on. McTom bringing down Josh King.
Ismail Assah to take this one. Come on, Twilight!
It is a pen and no red card
De Gea saves it....but the scores the weekend!!
Bugger - De Gea got down to it but parried it away into the path of a Watford man who smashed it in.
He was in the box early
This should be called back
VAR check for encroachment. I think it might be disallowed.
Unfair that the pen should be retaken
It should be a free kick to United
Yikes
Already 1-1 at Carrow Road
It is being retaken...that is unfair!!
It will be retaken - neither side happy with that.
Yeah - Che Adams and Teemu Pukki with the goals there. I wouldn't mind a draw in that one.
That rule is wrong!!
Second pen...SAVED AGAIN!!!
United almost screwed up the clearance!
De Gea saves again! That penalty was even worse!
Now then - United need to take heart from that and settle down.
United are under the cosh here!!
They are asleep!! You've been given two gifts....THEY ARE STILL GOING TO BLOW IT!!
Goals at SJP as well. Lascelles and Toney trading goals. It's 1-1 there; that's a good scoreline for Leeds, as well.
Really exciting start to this one. Now United are on the attack.
Breaking news...United get the ball inside the box....for a second!
They get a corner.... Mags won't score for United
Terrible corner
United are SOOOO BAD
Rash beats a man...not a good cross...not many in the box.... Bruno swings and misses!!
What's happening to Bruno - a swing and a miss now!
Last time United visited VR...was the day I arrived in the UK in Dec '19
I cannot believe how bad United are...they are clueless !!
What has happened!
Excellent - Palace have taken the lead at Burnley through Benteke. That's a really good scoreline for us.
McTom in the book...that was nasty
McTom picks up a yellow now. I'm surprised that he wasn't booked for the pen.
Bugger! Ben Mee has equalized for the Clarets. 1-1 there, too, now.
Eddie Howe isn't watching his new team today because of Covid
United are 6th. Imagine how the media would be fawning over Claudio Ranieri and Watford if they were 6th.
So, by the end of the day...could the table look like this....
Chelsea
West Ham
City
Arsenal
Liverpool
Poor form from Eddie.
United are so slow
Hardly had the ball
Almost a quarter of the match gone
Everyone is expecting Arsenal to get a result at Liverpool - I don't know why.
Awful cross by Rash but Sancho saved it from going straight out but still comes to nothing... Watford break with pace....WHY CAN'T UNITED PLAYE AT THAT PACE
More chaos in the United box
I agree with you
Liverpool will want get back to winning ways after the West Ham match
Boy that was a lucky block by Maguire
Arsenal are in better form, but just because they've beaten some poor sides doesn't mean that they can beat Liverpool at Anfield.
In the Championship, Derby were docked more points and now sit at -3
Reading were docked 6 points this week as well and on 16
Come on - "shoulder to shoulder" doesn't mean that you can just knock another player over.
Blimey - Derby are all but doomed then.
Bugger! Josh King rams home his first goal of the season. Watford 1-0 up. Grrr!
Thankfully I was in the loo for the goal!
Why do United park the bus against WATFORD!!!
Rash....awful cross....let me just kick the ball into the defender's shin
United only Prem team not score from set play...another corner comes and goes
Desmond at Turf Moor
Brentford winning at SJP
Maguire wants an offside but he's the one that kept him on
Watford look like they could score every time they go forward
United look like they haven't a clue
Nocito Curse in full effect this morning.
Just saw the Foster save....United did get a shot on goal!1
Lots of goals in the Prem today. I need a Newcastle goal right about now.
That was one good moment from United, for sure.
United REFUSE to move the ball FORWARD with PACE
And there it is! Joelinton makes it Desmond at SJP! Lovely!
The fans screaming
Attack attack
attack attack attack
United don't
Of course I want United to win but do I want another comeback win and OGS take the credit
Watford could have scored TWICE MORE!!
WIDE OPEN HEAD...MIDDLE OF THE GOAL!!!
United deserve to be at least three nil down right now...it is stunning
West Ham gets the ball in the net but the whistle goes for a foul
Two nil Watford....UNBELIEVABLE
Bloody hell - Sarr has added to Watford's advantage. What is going on?
Why leave someone wide open....inside the box!!
Palace 3-2 up
Really poor goal to concede there. Sorry, mate.
This is WATFORD!!
That scoreline at Turf Moor suits me.
Free kick...of course...comes to nothing
This one at VR doesn't
Leeds are back down to 17th again. Yikes!
Watford fans telling what's going to happen to OGS in the morning....why wait? Do it at half time!
United have been TOOTHLESS!!
They haven't a clue how to play
Whistle blows before Watford can take a corner
UNACCEPTABLE!!!
13 first half goals
All the games have goals EXCEPT the two matches NBC are showing on TV
How can all these other teams know how to attack and United can't!
DVDB is coming on
Martial is coming on
Replacing Rashford and McTom
It can only get better, eh mate?
Shame he couldn't have changed all eleven
I don't think those two will make a difference
DVDB to triple his playing time this season just with this appearance....OGS might take him off for Fred
I don't understand how DBDB and Lindy can't get any minutes..NO ONE is earning their playing time
United are capable on their day of winning this one, even from this point. Remember that you turned us over with about four goals in 15 minutes in the second half. If they don't do that, it's more evidence that OGS has lost the dressing room.
United have not upped their tempo at all
UNITED SCORE!!
DVDB has scored.....up yours Ollie!
Ronaldo headed it back to him
Yes!!!! VDB pulls one back - that didn't take long!
2-1!
Great header by Ronaldo
Lovely knock back there by Ronny as well. Great goal. Game on!
VAR checking.... he's on....it counts
Don't concede!!
Struth... Hornets should have scored there!
Obiwan is jogging...thought he was fast!!
United survive...for now
I don't care if United come all the way back and win 10-2... the first half should not be forgotten!
First headed goal by United all season!!
There is no way that McTom or Fred would have been inside the six yard box to knock that in!
Where was Martial?
If CR hadn't been offside there, that might have been a pen!
Bruno... misses a chance...he has been so off since Ronaldo's arrival
Oh - now it's Bruno's time. Shame he couldn't keep it on target. United could easily be level at this point. You lot are rampant now. Come on!
I agree with you... that was a push in the back with a stretched arm
Ronaldo in.... Foster saves...bugger
Donny was the one that set him up
He should play!!!
Oh - now CR is through on goal. Foster comes up big!
I agree - I would pick him over Rashford at this point.
Struth 3-3 at Turf Moor!
Wolves lead vs the Hammers!
Free kick to Watford... Maguire in the book
Just outside the box.....terrible defending...how is he so far out of position
Waste of a free kick there from Watford there
Are you United in disguise?
Premier League latest
Aston Villa 0-0 Brighton
Burnley 3-3 Crystal Palace
Newcastle 2-3 Brentford
Norwich 1-1 Southampton
Watford 2-1 Man Utd
Wolves 1-0 West Ham
Sarr struggles off on his own steam after that clash with VDB. The momentum has totally switched to United in this half.
United still too slow moving the ball forward as Matic shoots wide
Matic has a go - snatched at it.
Why has Lingard been in the news?
Awful by Maguire...and he is off
SO PATHETIC!!!!!
Now... OGS will go defensive!!
Bloody hell - now Harry Maguire's been sent off! Why is he so bad for United? Roy Keane will make a meal out of this.
As for Lingard, didn't come up with a deal and is probably going to leave for free
I would guess Matic would drop back...but again can't just sit back!
Big teams still attack and win with 10
I need goals from Brighton, Palace, Newcastle and West Ham right about now.
Believe it or not, United should still win this one with ten men. All is not lost.
Cortland ranked 5th in the nation...beat Nazareth and Keane last weekend... at Amherst....already 3-0 down!!
Only 25 minutes in
They could and should but won't
The Tinkerman goes to his bench again.
Ronaldo heads wide
Oh - CR was nearly in from the Sancho cross.
Sancho with a decent cross...again he hasn't done much
That could easily been 2-2. Come on, United!
Louza is an awkward name for a footballer.
Ronaldo puts it in but the flag is up
Oh - Ronny knocks one in but is flagged off. They're knocking at the door. He will score! Mark my words!
Wahay! St. Max knocks home Newcastle's third goal! 3-2 at SJP!
Rubbish effort from Bruno....get your finger out!!
Oh - Bruno now! Should have scored!
That was as bad as his penalty!!
Bloody hell - Grant Hanley has put Norwich 2-1 up! Not good. I need a Saints goal now.
It's 3-3 at SJP too!!
Norwich lead at home to the Saints
United lose the damn ball in the back...stunning
AND AGAIN!!
United are still CLUELESS at the back!!
A draw here isn't good enough!!
Right now Bottom 4
Leeds
Burnley
Norwich
Newcastle
Luke Shaw takes one in the face and is down for the count.
We really could use a point against Spurs tomorrow.
Yeah - you need two goals. I suppose that the West Ham loss is good for you lot.
Shaw off for Dalot
Wide open header from a corner....wide
United are rubbish
Ollie Watkins has scored the first Villa goal of Stevie G's new career at Villa Park. Not good for Leeds at all.
I don't think it matters...United aren't anywhere near the top FOUR...with these types of performances
SANCHO...DO SOMETHING
Of the bottom six, only Leeds and Burnley haven't sacked their managers this season.
United give the ball away AGAIN
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