Given the bizarre post-match questioning Lee Johnson had to suffer after Bristol City's last-minute winner against us on Wednesday, did @LouisMend or @KillersBeard ask Lord Bowyer if yesterday's injury time equaliser was better than a bunk-up with his missus?
Given the bizarre post-match questioning Lee Johnson had to suffer after Bristol City's last-minute winner against us on Wednesday, did @LouisMend or @KillersBeard ask Lord Bowyer if yesterday's injury time equaliser was better than a bunk-up with his missus?
Given the bizarre post-match questioning Lee Johnson had to suffer after Bristol City's last-minute winner against us on Wednesday, did @LouisMend or @KillersBeard ask Lord Bowyer if yesterday's injury time equaliser was better than a bunk-up with his missus?
Are you saying that LB is sleeping with @LouisMends & Killersbeard missus’is...😳...
Just read Bilić post match comments. Blokes a tosser. Apparently we only had one chance in the first half and we only had a two minute spell, of which we scored from. Then they apparently were magnificent and excellent and it was unbelievable how they didn’t win the game.
Someone needs to address him because the guy is a fool and the way he behaved today was shameful.
Yeah, but in context ....... Bilic is playing to the West Brom audience, not ours.
Look at the stats......about as even a game as you wish to see. Like Fulham & a few others they look very dangerous on the attack, especially down the wings, but in defence they concede goals like any other team. Like any game of football it's about the amount you score, not how many you let in.
As for the game itself. We weren't overawed & started well. Havent seen Livermore's challenge again but it could have been red imo.....probably because it was very early on the ref thought only a yellow. Thought their crowd were very quiet & didn't really sing even when they went ahead.....and didnt hear any boing, boing, boinging. Of the 3 big issues......
def a red card If there was VAR then their 2nd isn't a goal Soft pen & thought so at the time
The fact we can go toe-to-toe with these "big" clubs is fantastic & shows what mentality LB has instilled in them. WBA had Charlie Austin up front....we had Macauley Bonne. They brought on Robson-Kanu & Chris Brunt.....we brought on Aneke & Davison. They are miles apart in terms of experience & quality & that's what makes days like yesterday so special.
As for the ground. Golfie Jnr loved it & said it was a "proper" Premier League one. The home end & the stand opposite the dug ours are impressive. Great away section & stood all game (as it the norm nowdays). Happy to report no smoke bombs so trousers & NEW trainers all survived intact !! Parked in the school opposite.....nearest I've parked to a ground ever.....even beating Barnsley & Filbert street, where both times I somehow parked in a side street less then a minute away.
My only fear now is 2-fold. That Gallagher, Lockyer & Pratley all pick up bookings next week & miss Millwall. Without even one of them we are on thin ice. 2nd fear.....game at Millwall is on Rememberance weekend & no doubt they will be holding a minutes silence. Yesterdays was observed well but think Millwall will be a different kettle of fish. I hope I am proved wrong.
We had our remembrance service yesterday, and the minutes silence was impeccable observed as always.
The reason we had it early is because, I think, the club are using the Charlton game to remember Jimmy Mizen and Rob Knox and the campaign against knife violence, as they’ve done in the past.
You’re always gonna get contact when the balls in the air , if that’s a foul then there’d be a foul every corner for any contact .
But going from the close up, he clipped Sarr's feet while he was in the air, so perhaps it was for that rather than any kind of push?
Exactly, Ali.
Everybody saying it was a soft penalty. But people should watch the clip again ...... never mind the push and shirt pulling, the defender clearly first kicked Sarr's leg with no chance of getting the ball - and that was the point that Naby fell.
It would have been a foul anywhere outside the box. And it's a foul inside the box.
Look at the stats......about as even a game as you wish to see. Like Fulham & a few others they look very dangerous on the attack, especially down the wings, but in defence they concede goals like any other team. Like any game of football it's about the amount you score, not how many you let in.
As for the game itself. We weren't overawed & started well. Havent seen Livermore's challenge again but it could have been red imo.....probably because it was very early on the ref thought only a yellow. Thought their crowd were very quiet & didn't really sing even when they went ahead.....and didnt hear any boing, boing, boinging. Of the 3 big issues......
def a red card If there was VAR then their 2nd isn't a goal Soft pen & thought so at the time
The fact we can go toe-to-toe with these "big" clubs is fantastic & shows what mentality LB has instilled in them. WBA had Charlie Austin up front....we had Macauley Bonne. They brought on Robson-Kanu & Chris Brunt.....we brought on Aneke & Davison. They are miles apart in terms of experience & quality & that's what makes days like yesterday so special.
As for the ground. Golfie Jnr loved it & said it was a "proper" Premier League one. The home end & the stand opposite the dug ours are impressive. Great away section & stood all game (as it the norm nowdays). Happy to report no smoke bombs so trousers & NEW trainers all survived intact !! Parked in the school opposite.....nearest I've parked to a ground ever.....even beating Barnsley & Filbert street, where both times I somehow parked in a side street less then a minute away.
My only fear now is 2-fold. That Gallagher, Lockyer & Pratley all pick up bookings next week & miss Millwall. Without even one of them we are on thin ice. 2nd fear.....game at Millwall is on Rememberance weekend & no doubt they will be holding a minutes silence. Yesterdays was observed well but think Millwall will be a different kettle of fish. I hope I am proved wrong.
We had our remembrance service yesterday, and the minutes silence was impeccable observed as always.
The reason we had it early is because, I think, the club are using the Charlton game to remember Jimmy Mizen and Rob Knox and the campaign against knife violence, as they’ve done in the past.
Makes sense & good thinking all round.Not saying Millwall fans per se would not observe the minutes silence but doing it at a local derby when there are drunken idiots from both sides would lead to trouble imo.
It maybe considered a soft pen, but Bilic should be more concerned about the decision making of his player who thought kicking him in mid air and then pulling his shirt in the penalty area was such a good idea when the player was going away from goal.
It maybe considered a soft pen, but Bilic should be more concerned about the decision making of his player who thought kicking him in mid air and then pulling his shirt in the penalty area was such a good idea when the player was going away from goal.
Could consider it as good management. Support your player and team in the public eye, and tell exactly what he thinks of poor decision making in private.
It maybe considered a soft pen, but Bilic should be more concerned about the decision making of his player who thought kicking him in mid air and then pulling his shirt in the penalty area was such a good idea when the player was going away from goal.
As the ball was 5 feet in the air, when Naby was kicked ....... the defender must have hoped the referee was unsighted. I bet his manager will lay into him for his stupidity.
Look at the stats......about as even a game as you wish to see. Like Fulham & a few others they look very dangerous on the attack, especially down the wings, but in defence they concede goals like any other team. Like any game of football it's about the amount you score, not how many you let in.
As for the game itself. We weren't overawed & started well. Havent seen Livermore's challenge again but it could have been red imo.....probably because it was very early on the ref thought only a yellow. Thought their crowd were very quiet & didn't really sing even when they went ahead.....and didnt hear any boing, boing, boinging. Of the 3 big issues......
def a red card If there was VAR then their 2nd isn't a goal Soft pen & thought so at the time
The fact we can go toe-to-toe with these "big" clubs is fantastic & shows what mentality LB has instilled in them. WBA had Charlie Austin up front....we had Macauley Bonne. They brought on Robson-Kanu & Chris Brunt.....we brought on Aneke & Davison. They are miles apart in terms of experience & quality & that's what makes days like yesterday so special.
As for the ground. Golfie Jnr loved it & said it was a "proper" Premier League one. The home end & the stand opposite the dug ours are impressive. Great away section & stood all game (as it the norm nowdays). Happy to report no smoke bombs so trousers & NEW trainers all survived intact !! Parked in the school opposite.....nearest I've parked to a ground ever.....even beating Barnsley & Filbert street, where both times I somehow parked in a side street less then a minute away.
My only fear now is 2-fold. That Gallagher, Lockyer & Pratley all pick up bookings next week & miss Millwall. Without even one of them we are on thin ice. 2nd fear.....game at Millwall is on Rememberance weekend & no doubt they will be holding a minutes silence. Yesterdays was observed well but think Millwall will be a different kettle of fish. I hope I am proved wrong.
Agree with most of this.
Had to comment because without being rude at all golfie, I often disagree with you, but this time was about how I saw it too.
Probably the most biased set of after match posts i've ever read on an oppositions forum after a game.
Reading some of those comments you'd think they should've won 5-0.
Found a rational one....
"I’ll play devils advocate here but penalty aside it looks like decisions were fairly even. Our second goal shouldn’t have stood, and the Ferguson tackle was poor. Now of course the penalty was poor and the added time through the refs incompetence was another story, but you could argue we got away with our second, Charlton played well and were good value for a point."
Look at the stats......about as even a game as you wish to see. Like Fulham & a few others they look very dangerous on the attack, especially down the wings, but in defence they concede goals like any other team. Like any game of football it's about the amount you score, not how many you let in.
As for the game itself. We weren't overawed & started well. Havent seen Livermore's challenge again but it could have been red imo.....probably because it was very early on the ref thought only a yellow. Thought their crowd were very quiet & didn't really sing even when they went ahead.....and didnt hear any boing, boing, boinging. Of the 3 big issues......
def a red card If there was VAR then their 2nd isn't a goal Soft pen & thought so at the time
The fact we can go toe-to-toe with these "big" clubs is fantastic & shows what mentality LB has instilled in them. WBA had Charlie Austin up front....we had Macauley Bonne. They brought on Robson-Kanu & Chris Brunt.....we brought on Aneke & Davison. They are miles apart in terms of experience & quality & that's what makes days like yesterday so special.
As for the ground. Golfie Jnr loved it & said it was a "proper" Premier League one. The home end & the stand opposite the dug ours are impressive. Great away section & stood all game (as it the norm nowdays). Happy to report no smoke bombs so trousers & NEW trainers all survived intact !! Parked in the school opposite.....nearest I've parked to a ground ever.....even beating Barnsley & Filbert street, where both times I somehow parked in a side street less then a minute away.
My only fear now is 2-fold. That Gallagher, Lockyer & Pratley all pick up bookings next week & miss Millwall. Without even one of them we are on thin ice. 2nd fear.....game at Millwall is on Rememberance weekend & no doubt they will be holding a minutes silence. Yesterdays was observed well but think Millwall will be a different kettle of fish. I hope I am proved wrong.
We had our remembrance service yesterday, and the minutes silence was impeccable observed as always.
The reason we had it early is because, I think, the club are using the Charlton game to remember Jimmy Mizen and Rob Knox and the campaign against knife violence, as they’ve done in the past.
Makes sense & good thinking all round.Not saying Millwall fans per se would not observe the minutes silence but doing it at a local derby when there are drunken idiots from both sides would lead to trouble imo.
+ Won a penalty + Defended well + Set up Gallagher for what would have been a goal of the season contender
- Passed it straight to their winger who should have scored - A couple of long balls went to their keeper rather than Solly - There was another bad pass in there somewhere too - Narrowly failed to heroically prevent the first goal. Would have been heroic though. Wasn't his fault; it was a good cross
All in all, a good day, although his determination to play the beautiful game was a little more hair-raising than usual. Telling our Naby to 'just hoof it' would defy the grandeur of Nature, however, so I hope he's not dissuaded.
This episode of SARRWATCH brought to you by Dillon Phillips, without whom it would have gone very differently
+ Won a penalty + Defended well + Set up Gallagher for what would have been a goal of the season contender
- Passed it straight to their winger who should have scored - A couple of long balls went to their keeper rather than Solly - There was another bad pass in there somewhere too - Narrowly failed to heroically prevent the first goal. Would have been heroic though. Wasn't his fault; it was a good cross
All in all, a good day, although his determination to play the beautiful game was a little more hair-raising than usual. Telling our Naby to 'just hoof it' would defy the grandeur of Nature, however, so I hope he's not dissuaded.
This episode of SARRWATCH brought to you by Dillon Phillips, without whom it would have gone very differently
You're obsessed.
I noticed on the match thread that you dont seem to be able to let even the slightest criticism of the bloke go.
Of course I'm obsessed! I play up the obsession for show, of course, but I do love the guy. I'm a fan of all our players but Naby manages to combine a few aspects (derided at first, great footballer, slightly unpredictable, completely lovely human) that bring out my fandom most of all. You can see by how the North Upper salutes him that he's a legend in the eyes of many. Also one of our longest-serving players!
You'll also notice that I criticised him four times in that post. I'm not blind. But I like it when he's in our team as I know it means we'll not only defend solidly but also try to play enterprising football.
He's easily Championship level, of course - anyone should be able to see that.
Im not criticising because we had Leko, Taylor and Hemed out but Solly and Purrington just aren’t the types of full backs who can play wing backs. Admittedly it was West Brom away who are a good side but thought both were below par. It’s definitely not eithers favoured formation but yes we were limited with our options.
Actually the performance from Solly was the sort of slightly below average performance I thought we would get this season but I have been wrong and he’s been very good. Purrington just back from injury so they should both be let off.
Thought Cullen was our best player, Gallagher and Pratley yet again put in shifts. Oztumer played well first half but tired quickly. Thought Bonne was left isolated and actually didn’t play that well. But he proved he can be a poacher by getting the goal and he’s continuing to surprise. Really pleased for him.
On another note, Sarr rarely seems to play well in a back 3. In theory should suit him but just doesn’t seem to bring the best out of him.
Decent point but we’re going to struggle a bit without Williams. Aneke was better then on Wednesday but I’m not sure on him.
Interesting photo for the penalty, makes it pretty stonewall looking at that
This picture proves my point I think. The ball is Sarr's (not 50/50) and the West Brom defender clearly makes contact. Now I agree it is a soft penalty, I even agree that some refs wouldn't have given it, but I think a fair number would. And the blame has to go 100% to the West Brom defender for not using common sense in the situation not the ref who technically called it correctly.
Football is a contact sport, but when you clatter into people and don't get the ball and cause them to go down it is a foul. A minor foul, in the sense there is no booking, but a foul all the same. In your own penalty area you have a responsibility to be more cautious and assess situations correctly. Had they got to the ball at the same time it would have been different, but Sarr got there marginally earlier.
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He's just telling them what they want to hear.
Everybody saying it was a soft penalty. But people should watch the clip again ...... never mind the push and shirt pulling, the defender clearly first kicked Sarr's leg with no chance of getting the ball - and that was the point that Naby fell.
It would have been a foul anywhere outside the box. And it's a foul inside the box.
Definite penalty.
Then he can sort it.
I bet his manager will lay into him for his stupidity.
Had to comment because without being rude at all golfie, I often disagree with you, but this time was about how I saw it too.
Was he able to make a good impression and have any decent itouches?
+ Won a penalty
+ Defended well
+ Set up Gallagher for what would have been a goal of the season contender
- Passed it straight to their winger who should have scored
- A couple of long balls went to their keeper rather than Solly
- There was another bad pass in there somewhere too
- Narrowly failed to heroically prevent the first goal. Would have been heroic though. Wasn't his fault; it was a good cross
All in all, a good day, although his determination to play the beautiful game was a little more hair-raising than usual. Telling our Naby to 'just hoof it' would defy the grandeur of Nature, however, so I hope he's not dissuaded.
This episode of SARRWATCH brought to you by Dillon Phillips, without whom it would have gone very differently
I noticed on the match thread that you dont seem to be able to let even the slightest criticism of the bloke go.
Odd.
You'll also notice that I criticised him four times in that post. I'm not blind. But I like it when he's in our team as I know it means we'll not only defend solidly but also try to play enterprising football.
He's easily Championship level, of course - anyone should be able to see that.
Football is a contact sport, but when you clatter into people and don't get the ball and cause them to go down it is a foul. A minor foul, in the sense there is no booking, but a foul all the same. In your own penalty area you have a responsibility to be more cautious and assess situations correctly. Had they got to the ball at the same time it would have been different, but Sarr got there marginally earlier.