Bristol Rovers 2-1

[step]

I really had a feeling with 10 minutes to go that we were going to win it. I don't know why........ Be interesting to see how others saw the game?

At ten mins to go, I told my mate we would win 4 . 1
and we should have done

 

[SJN-Fox]

Flippin' West Standers eh?!!

 

[Innocent]

Flippin' West Standers eh?!!

We are a breed apart.

I sit just in front of the debentures, and there's a couple of guys in their 70s who sit on the front row, immediately behind us. I call them Statler and Waldorf. We have now started taking bets on when one of them will yell 'Get him OFF!' and this betting has become quite sophisticated and a laff.

They had a thing about Josh Low, so that always started in the first minute. Now it's Howard (usually). But it can be anyone random, depending on the mood of the day.

It's a little like this board, really. Fryatt comes in for a lot of hassle, as, deservedly at times, does Howard. And Gradel gets it, too. King isn't well liked by Statler and Waldorf, either.

They are such sad old gits.

Miss Piggy
x

 

[Chuck T Masala]

3 points - magic. We had lost momentum and we just can't afford to do that for long. Last 10 minutes were breathless, the crowd seem to sense something was on the cards. I just sat back relieved at 1-1 and when the 2nd one went in I nearly sh1t mt pants.

Gradel seems to have lost his rocekt boots, he struggled against all the full backs they rustled up.

We must come up with a plan B, if teams come here and defend deep and in numbers we look bereft of ideas.

 

[homer]

3 points - magic. We had lost momentum and we just can't afford to do that for long. Last 10 minutes were breathless, the crowd seem to sense something was on the cards. I just sat back relieved at 1-1 and when the 2nd one went in I nearly sh1t mt pants.

Gradel seems to have lost his rocekt boots, he struggled against all the full backs they rustled up.

We must come up with a plan B, if teams come here and defend deep and in numbers we look bereft of ideas.

For once we did have a plan B, though - switching to 3-5-2 meant that we dominated them completely, and it won us the game

Although you could argue that taking off the two ***** on the right hand side and bringing on two players who could actually play football did the same

Either way, we changed the game by changing our approach - and that's a very encouraging sign indeed. Pity we left it so late to do it.

Homer Junior's first win, though, and he's not stopped talking about it since.

Another poor deluded convert to the cause........

 

[bocadillo]

Yes he was. The foul on Howard was at least a yard inside the box and should have been a penalty. Plus the handballs he missed.

When Fryatt got our second I thought at first the ref was going to disallow it. He looked bemused and looked over at the lino as if he wanted a reason to disallow the goal. Lino wasn't obliging so the goal stood and the ref looked really miserable like Rovers had let him down after he had done all he could to help them.

Perhaps it's not only the ref who should be making a trip to Specsavers. The trip was indeed a yard inside the box - but it was Fryatt who was tripped.

He was completely unsighted for the first handball; he definitely didn't see it. The second occurred immediately before the winning goal, so it's perhaps forunate that he didn't give it.

His behaviour at the time of the winning goal was very odd. He certainly appeared not to know what had happened and, as far as I could see, never signalled the goal.

I was very pleased though that he did finally get to grips with the gamesmanship of the Bristol Rovers players. They were getting away with far too much and he seemed to realise that when they were trying to get Barry Hayles sent off. His failure to be suckered into that and his booking of their goalkeeper for time-wasting seemed to get them rattled and together with the upping of the atmosphere by the crowd, it was enough to give us the opportunity we needed to stage the smash-and-grab.

Yes - a crap ref - but just good enough for our purposes.

 

[bocadillo]

There seemed to be more ref abuse than was warranted, as usual, but he was crap. I didn't think he was biased, although he did appear to give them more than they should have got. He was just not very good at his job.

I thought there was less ref abuse than was warranted. Refs should be abused from the moment the walk on the pitch, if only for the yellow bits at the bottom of their shorts. And this one was crap and deserved it even more.

 

[Matt_B]

Perhaps it's not only the ref who should be making a trip to Specsavers. The trip was indeed a yard inside the box - but it was Fryatt who was tripped.

He was completely unsighted for the first handball; he definitely didn't see it. The second occurred immediately before the winning goal, so it's perhaps forunate that he didn't give it.

His behaviour at the time of the winning goal was very odd. He certainly appeared not to know what had happened and, as far as I could see, never signalled the goal.

I was very pleased though that he did finally get to grips with the gamesmanship of the Bristol Rovers players. They were getting away with far too much and he seemed to realise that when they were trying to get Barry Hayles sent off. His failure to be suckered into that and his booking of their goalkeeper for time-wasting seemed to get them rattled and together with the upping of the atmosphere by the crowd, it was enough to give us the opportunity we needed to stage the smash-and-grab.

Yes - a crap ref - but just good enough for our purposes.

He didn't signal it, I said the same to my dad after the game. For a few seconds I assumed he had blown for a foul, which wouldn't have suprised me the way the defenders and Fryatt flew in, he gave kicks for less during the game.

 

[spionfox]

Perhaps it's not only the ref who should be making a trip to Specsavers. The trip was indeed a yard inside the box - but it was Fryatt who was tripped.

My view was partly obscured by a goalpost so I bow to your superior vantage point.

Still thought it was Howard though, I mean, how could Fryupp be obscured by a goalpost

 

[Blue Maniac]

My view was partly obscured by a goalpost so I bow to your superior vantage point.

Still thought it was Howard though, I mean, how could Fryupp be obscured by a goalpost

Probably the same way Howard could????

 

[spionfox]

My view was partly obscured by a goalpost so I bow to your superior vantage point.

Still thought it was Howard though, I mean, how could Fryupp be obscured by a goalpost

I just spoke to somebody else who was at the game and he thought it was Howard too.

Maybe if enough people think that it will turn out to be true :icon_lol:

 

[lazzer]

He didn't signal it, I said the same to my dad after the game. For a few seconds I assumed he had blown for a foul, which wouldn't have suprised me the way the defenders and Fryatt flew in, he gave kicks for less during the game.

I dint even celebrate the goal as he just stood with his hands behind his back then he shook his head. He definately didnt signal a goal.

 

[bocadillo]

I just spoke to somebody else who was at the game and he thought it was Howard too.

Maybe if enough people think that it will turn out to be true :icon_lol:

Only if LCFCWorld airbrushed out the 9 on Howard's shirt and replaced it with a 12.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Only if LCFCWorld airbrushed out the 9 on Howard's shirt and replaced it with a 12.

During the game, such as that I could see it from the Kop? That's some quality airbrushing :icon_razz

 

[bocadillo]

During the game, such as that I could see it from the Kop? That's some quality airbrushing :icon_razz

eh?

 

[Blue Maniac]

eh?

Eh? indeed sir. Deride my travel arrangements if you must but even I could see the chap who went down had number 12 on his back :icon_bigg plus he was about four inches shorter than Howard. Almost certainly Fryatt :icon_wink

 

[Innocent]

Whoever it was, it was a peno.

And that's without the two clear hand balls. But whatever. We won.

 

[bocadillo]

Eh? indeed sir. Deride my travel arrangements if you must but even I could see the chap who went down had number 12 on his back :icon_bigg plus he was about four inches shorter than Howard. Almost certainly Fryatt :icon_wink

I know it was Fryatt - I said it was Fryatt - look at post #126.

Also, I don't think I have mentioned your travel arrangements more than once and I don't think that amounted to derision.

 

[Blue Maniac]

I know it was Fryatt - I said it was Fryatt - look at post #126.

Also, I don't think I have mentioned your travel arrangements more than once and I don't think that amounted to derision.

Yes, I'm aware that you know it was, I read it earlier. I obviously made that joke far too obscure and esoteric. Apologies.

And no you haven't, quite right. That was hyperbole for (apparently failed) comic effect. Again, I apologise for not being funny.

If it carries on like this I'll have to start putting asterisks where the jokes are :icon_wink

 

[bocadillo]

Yes, I'm aware that you know it was, I read it earlier. I obviously made that joke far too obscure and esoteric. Apologies.

And no you haven't, quite right. That was hyperbole for (apparently failed) comic effect. Again, I apologise for not being funny.

If it carries on like this I'll have to start putting asterisks where the jokes are :icon_wink

It might be better to actually put jokes there.