Match Thread: Blackburn Rovers vs Tottenham Hotspur

[Neil_Vaughan]

Talk about the game in here before, during and after.

[singapore spur]

ooh i get to go first

3-0 keane , lennon , woody

[TURKISH]

2.1 to rovers who need the points more than us. I can also see us going back to our old push over self again as we will get to confident after the chelsea win. Also having Lennon playing for England tomorrow night I got a feeling he could feel the strain on an early sat kickoff.

Lets hope I'm wrong like I normally am on you know the score on fantasy football.:001_smile:

[gomessi]

2.1 to rovers who need the points more than us. I can also see us going back to our old push over self again as we will get to confident after the chelsea win. Also having Lennon playing for England tomorrow night I got a feeling he could feel the strain on an early sat kickoff.

Lets hope I'm wrong like I normally am on you know the score on fantasy football.:001_smile:

I'll predict the exact opposite to turkish. Lennon will be on fire arry will make sure JJ hasnt got the cigar out and we'll outplay them for the majority of the game and win 1-2.

[Gino Ginelli]

Was going to this one, but now I can't as I've got an interview in the Smoke on friday and won't get back in time... bollocks!

Either way, I predict a 4-0 drubbing to Blackburn, purely as I'm a pessimstic bastard, and every time i say we'll lose, we win, so there :001_tounge:

[mjbmedia]

a win for Spurs seeing us into top ten and onto Wigan and Wham coat tails, 2-1 Lennon and Modric to score

[hastingsyid]

2-2..................................

[berbzy 'G']

I sense draw all day long :glare:

[Shelfside]

If we win this one we will be over the 40 point total and 'officially' safe and three points closer to a European place.Blackburn may well need the points,but we are on a good run and are not pushovers at the moment.The longer we can stop Blackburn scoring,the more nervous they will get and what little of their crowd turns up will be on their backs and we can nick it.
I'll say 2-0 to Tottenham.

[TURKISH]

If we win this one we will be over the 40 point total and 'officially' safe and three points closer to a European place.Blackburn may well need the points,but we are on a good run and are not pushovers at the moment.The longer we can stop Blackburn scoring,the more nervous they will get and what little of their crowd turns up will be on their backs and we can nick it.
I'll say 2-0 to Tottenham.

I hope you right pal.:001_smile:

[Ioang]

If we win we'll be in a Europa League place already, early kick off.

Crazy season!

EDIT: and City have Arsenal, Fulham - Liverpool, Wigan at Everton. Just have to hope Sunderland manage to beat WH and it could be a fantastic weekend.

[olly27]

1-2 Spurs :001_smile: Pav and Lennon to score. Blackburn havn't been scoring freely so I cant see them scoring more than one goal. I think Ledders can manage Jason Roberts!

[mjbmedia]

Crazy season!

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you said it, the fact we are even contemplating a serious European finish shows what a weak & weird league season this has been all round.

[irishspur]

Draw:sleep:

[highlander]

its gona be a big ask of Gomes. big sam will definately target him and try and rough up lennon and modric but im fairly certain they can handle it. despite some fine form from both keepers recently im gona go out on a limb and say this one will be a draw with the equaliser coming late on due to a keeping clanger

[wayne wonder]

I cant believe im gonna say this but i'm gutted benty isnt playing in this one :scared: lets hope pav has his shooting boots on

[TURKISH]

I cant believe im gonna say this but i'm gutted benty isnt playing in this one :scared: lets hope pav has his shooting boots on

Same here!!!!:scared: :scared: :scared:

[wayne wonder]

Same here!!!!:scared: :scared: :scared:

I think he would have done well here i think pav will get bullied by samba to be fair :thumbdown:

[corkspur]

2-0 spurs,didnt realise sky were showing this game,nice!!

[TURKISH]

http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/football/gallery/2009/mar/28/tottenham-hotspur-premierleague/Joe-Richardson-6794.jpg

[Gino Ginelli]

http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/football/gallery/2009/mar/28/tottenham-hotspur-premierleague/Joe-Richardson-6794.jpg

::w00t::::w00t::::w00t::

[berbzy 'G']

http://static.guim.co.uk/Guardian/football/gallery/2009/mar/28/tottenham-hotspur-premierleague/Joe-Richardson-6794.jpg

2 of the very best in a suit :sleep:

[Yido Iz LiFe]

Blackburn to score first ..dont know where frm:S but tink well go behind and then come back. 2-1 COYS!

[Indianspur]

Anyone know if i can get tickets at the gate tomorrow!
im going with some blackburn and spurs associates, they said i should be alright as blackburn dont sell out too often!

[TURKISH]

Anyone know if i can get tickets at the gate tomorrow!
im going with some blackburn and spurs associates, they said i should be alright as blackburn dont sell out too often!

Blackburn never sell out, you could bring a 1,000 mates and you could all get tickets on the door.

[Chewy]

Can see this ending a draw but obviously heart says we'll win :)

Gomes

Corluka
Woodgate
King
Assou-Ekotto

Lennon
Jenas
Palacios
Modric

Keane
Bent*

subs: Cudicini, Hutton, Dawson, Zokora, Huddlestone, Bentley, Pavy*/Campbell

*If bent is injured

[apr82]

two nil spurs!back to business should be the message from redknapp.decent size pitch will suit keane and bent together.

[deadleyledley]

we are in good form so we should beat them
2-0

[peterc]

I think that we will win this one 0-3. COYS.

[JuicE]

Easy win!



say................1 - 3 at least. I've not been wrong yet i don't think! :001_smile:

[LifeTimeYido]

2-3 Spurs, well so my 6yo son says....he just played FIFA 09 with a Keane Hatrick.....so i will go for that.

[matthius23]

Here we go! Not bothered about the score, as long as we pick up the 3 points that will put us RIGHT in the Europe mix!

[TURKISH]

Come on you spurs! Yid armyyy!

[Shelfside]

Unlucky Ledley,but that should have been 1-0.

[TURKISH]

Great save by robbo.

[matthius23]

It's a very scrappy game, then Lennon gets hold of the ball and we play some sublime football. Unlucky Bent... great save Paul Robinson!

[TURKISH]

BAE saves us on the line.

[denis-cro]

Come On You Spurs !!!!!!!! We re better than Rovers...cmon lads...cmon Dazza !!!

[peterc]

Pedersen off injured, that might help.

[matthius23]

PENALTY to Spurs!!!

[TURKISH]

KEANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't on the pen spot just like Diof's corner!!!!!!!

[GQCoolest]

Get In Robbie!!!

[Shelfside]

Yes!,C'mon Spurs.The ball wasn't on the spot,but the ball wasn't in the quadrant when Blackburn had a corner,so thats one cheat each.

[matthius23]

KEANO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wasn't on the pen spot just like Diof's corner!!!!!!!
Great minds think alike Turk, was just about to write the same thing!

Good thing I put Keano as skippe in my Dream Team today =)

[peterc]

Will someone please shoot Andy Gray, does he ever stop bloody moanig and supporting any team that plays us?:cursing: :cursing: .

[denis-cro]

Nigel Winterburn is a ****ing CVNT !!! COYS !!!!!!!!

[Shelfside]

Why didn't Modric shoot first time?.:cursing:

[TURKISH]

We have really dominated Blackburn and I will be disapointed if we didn't get the three points now. Everyone playing well and with Harry being able to pick the same team each week we are able to play with familiarity.

We need that second goal because they will improve in the second half.

[TURKISH]

Isit me or is Nigel Winterburn putting on a exaggerated voice in the commentary box?

[TURKISH]

Great minds think alike Turk, was just about to write the same thing!

Good thing I put Keano as skippe in my Dream Team today =)

I was thinking about putting Keane as captain but I bottled it in the end and went with Arshavin. I bet that **** won't play now.:001_rolleyes:

[matthius23]

"He had a nibble at him" - He's just shouldered him in the face Andy Gray you cnut!

[peterc]

Where do they get these referee's from, jobcentre maybe???????.

[Shelfside]

Get a second goal and kill this game off FFS!.

[TURKISH]

JJ playing very well along with everyone else. Keane been the difference IMO so clever and what more does he need to do to be recognised as world class? I've not seen a striker work so hard, become a 5th man in midfield, link up play and still score 20 goals a season along with assists?

Fantastic.

[TURKISH]

"He had a nibble at him" - He's just shouldered him in the face Andy Gray you cnut!

That is atrocious even Nigel Winterburn is going nuts at what he did. Andy Gray is a ****.,

[matthius23]

Thats right,,, give him a yellow for NOT tackling!

[TURKISH]

Unlucky not a second yellow but palacios should know better.

[GQCoolest]

**** off Peter Walton.

[TURKISH]

They don't deserve that, ffs.

[denis-cro]

**** Off You Blackburn ****... I Hope You Drop Dead ****s !!!!!!!!!!!!

[StevenYTID]

This referee I will find his house and petrol bomb the ****

[peterc]

Referre is a total w*nk, however, we missed enough chances to score a couple more.:cursing: :cursing:

[TURKISH]

Referre is a total w*nk, however, we missed enough chances to score a couple more.:cursing: :cursing:

Agree ref has cost us the game, bent was onside, mokeona should of been sent off and Palacios was unlucky.

[TURKISH]

What A ****ing Save!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[denis-cro]

**** Off You ****s !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TURKISH]

I knew it. I said 2.1.

[peterc]

Miss all those chances, that is what one gets. Only ourselves to blame with the help of a poor ref.:cursing: :cursing:

[denis-cro]

Allardayce you fat bastard...you´ll relegate with Black****s anyway !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TURKISH]

This is a joke, how on earth are we gonna lose this?

[GQCoolest]

The old Spurs reared their ugly head there. Terrible 2nd goal to concede.

[nuttyhotspurs]

knew it was too good to be true. too many missed chances.

guess its back to the old feeling of being a spurs fan again

10 minutes of madness in the defence

it was good while it lasted!! what was it 6 games??

*sigh*

[TURKISH]

2.1 to rovers who need the points more than us. I can also see us going back to our old push over self again as we will get to confident after the chelsea win. Also having Lennon playing for England tomorrow night I got a feeling he could feel the strain on an early sat kickoff.

Lets hope I'm wrong like I normally am on you know the score on fantasy football.:001_smile:

:sad: :sad: :sad:

[denis-cro]

An absolute disgrace of a referee !!!! ABSOLUTE DISGRACE !!!!!

[GQCoolest]

knew it was too good to be true. too many missed chances.

guess its back to the old feeling of being a spurs fan again

10 minutes of madness in the defence

it was good while it lasted!! what was it 6 games??

*sigh*

Well, so long as that 6 match run will see us safe. We have 2 or 3 more wins in there against WBA, West Ham, and City at home, but barring a collapse by Fulham, Wigan and West Ham, we can kiss the Europe League goodbye.

[nuttyhotspurs]

An absolute disgrace of a referee !!!! ABSOLUTE DISGRACE !!!!!

yea he got decisions wrong for both sides, absolutely disgraceful defending by spurs at the end aswell

shame because that would have been another fantastic 3 points away. like i said before , too good to be true

[Shelfside]

The ref did get some decisions wrong.But he gave us a harsh penalty.You cannot blame this on the ref.We dominated the play and had numerous chances up to the 80th minute.We did not consolidate that dominance and we payed the price for that.
It seems Harry hasn't quite got rid of our tendency to self destruct.:cursing:

[TURKISH]

Bent has a shite touch and we put some great balls into the box for him and he just stays rooted on the pen spot. He has poor movement in the box for me and if jd or pav would of played I'm sure they would of knocked one in.

[GQCoolest]

Well, we certainly miss JD, that's for sure. He'd be bagging goals left and right the way were playing with the chances we're creating.

[nuttyhotspurs]

i know its depressing and pointless but out of interest can anyone remember how many games in the league we have let in goals late that has cost us points?

i can remember barcodes (1 point) bolton (1) blackburn (1/3) wigan (1) west brom ?? (1) anymore

[denis-cro]

The ref did get some decisions wrong.But he gave us a harsh penalty.

It is not a harsh penalty... 7 of 10 referees would made same decisions...it is matter of opinion, but MokenaCVNT "tackle" on Palacios was 100% red card, and referee was watching it from 10 meters directly and he aint given Mokena even yellow for that ???? bollocks... BOLLOCKS !!!

[GQCoolest]

Sunderland home was a late one too.

[hastingsyid]

fu/cking ref needs a good kicking

[GQCoolest]

It is not a harsh penalty... 7 of 10 referees would made same decisions...it is matter of opinion, but MokenaCVNT "tackle" on Palacios was 100% red card, and referee was watching it from 10 meters directly and he aint given Mokena even yellow for that ???? bollocks... BOLLOCKS !!!

Mokoena is gonna get a ban for that. Won't help us at all, but "justice will be done".

[denis-cro]

Mokoena is gonna get a ban for that. Won't help us at all, but "justice will be done".

Justice will be done if we demolish pikeys and barcodes next two home games...:001_smile:

[peterc]

Let's hope that we will appeal Palacios's last yellow that lead to him being sent off, there was no contact whatsover.

[Shelfside]

It is not a harsh penalty... 7 of 10 referees would made same decisions...it is matter of opinion, but MokenaCVNT "tackle" on Palacios was 100% red card, and referee was watching it from 10 meters directly and he aint given Mokena even yellow for that ???? bollocks... BOLLOCKS !!!

That I agree with.How could the ref not see it from 10 metres away?.Yes,justice will be done with a retrospective punishment but sadly it won't change the result and won't disguise the jaw-droppingly bad defending at the end by us.The second goal in particular was .......well I still can't fathom it out.:confused1: :confused1: :cursing: :cursing:

[LifeTimeYido]

So who else feels deflated after that ??

REF was garbage....i think he needs to go back to reffing Sunday league games.... he was so inconsistant.

[corkspur]

sickener of a result,we really needed that second goal but we never seem to finish teams off when we are on top.we would have been in a great position if we claimed the 3 points today.ref had a shocker,no way was it a red card for wilson.sick!!

[hastingsyid]

miss jd so much its un real,still prefer pav up front with keano,bent is utter fu/cking s/hit

[Ioang]

Don't think you can appeal against yellows, can you?

[Indianspur]

Just back from the game..absolutely f/uckin gutted!!
Harry should have made a change before palacios got sent off as the game was losing its edge and would have saved us a sending off. to bring on zokora afterwards when we needed to keep the ball is utter garbage decision (thud please).
Harry should also accept responsibility for his crap and his good decisions,

surprised Pav didnt come on for bent as he werent winnin any headers and also not doing much!

Palacios is still my hero what a performance before getting sent off.
Think were crying out for a natural left winger to tuck modric infield as he cant help getting dragged into the middle.I'd even have modric as second striker instead of bent.

bring back taraabt and dos santos :001_rolleyes:

Never mind you win some you lose some. Not being relegated is enough for this season. Then we will see if Harrys made of magic next season!

[yid1962]

Don't think you can appeal against yellows, can you?

correct... only striaght reds!!..... ****ing ridiculous!!.

[gomessi]

That was probably our as good as we have payed away from home all season!

Some of the footie was triffic to watch the counterattcking was great and the overall passing was superior for the entire game.

Sure we conceded 2 sloppy goals but was it really the fault of the defenders. Do the attacking players get no blame for missing so many great chances (think JJ pass for a tap in).

After a sending off like that (never a sending off maybe a red 1 ttime out of 100!) I honestly lost all concentration so I actually understood the players losing their mental strength.

Like harry said it was a "farcical sending off" and it does affect you mentally....


did everyone miss ledley and woody one of the finest centre back pairings in the league lose their mental strength. You all did so instead of knee jerking we need to understand the result in context.

18 POINTS FROM 10 GAMES = CL FORM.

The fact woody and king switched off is a 1 off and I am fed up of reading the same old its like wigan, west brom etc.

NO IT ISNT WE PLAYED WELL BUT THEN OUTR BEST PLAYERS (WOODY AND KING) WERE AT FAULT. Wont happen again and we'll probably get 12-14 points from our last 7.

Well done to the lads I greatly enjoyed the performance if not the result.

If we play like that away from home next season we'd get 35-40 points away from home.

Also well done to the fans who went up north.

Sometimes if you look at the big picture and realise that is the first time in a yearif not more we looked the dominant side for over 80 MINUTES AWAY FROM HOME.

Excellent counterattacking and our passing was superior for the first 80 minutes and that is the first time anyone can say that this season.

You'll all start jumpng when we winournext 2 at home but its this PERFORMANCE which is the biggest posisitve from a defeat I can remember since the scum away when we lost 1-2 (Ok that didnt herald a new dawn) but thisperformance is off the back of villa away, sunderland awat, hull away all 4 games we were the better team. 7 points from 4 is the kind of stuff the cl teams would achieve.

[gomessi]

Bent has a shite touch and we put some great balls into the box for him and he just stays rooted on the pen spot. He has poor movement in the box for me and if jd or pav would of played I'm sure they would of knocked one in.

yeah I agree with you mate he doesnt have instictive movement thatJD possess howeverhe is our 3rd/4th choice striker and will probably be off in the summer.

[TURKISH]

yeah I agree with you mate he doesnt have instictive movement thatJD possess howeverhe is our 3rd/4th choice striker and will probably be off in the summer.

I just don't get why he takes a deeper role when he knows keane is running into the box late and can't get across goal. :001_rolleyes: He is a numpty Pav would of done fvck all outside the box but he would of scored today if those same situations arose.

[gomessi]

I just don't get why he takes a deeper role when he knows keane is running into the box late and can't get across goal. :001_rolleyes: He is a numpty Pav would of done fvck all outside the box but he would of scored today if those same situations arose.

he gets confusedvery easily.

Harry: "benty make sure you imrove your game outside thebox"

Bent: "Ok so how am I supposed to tap in a pass from 1 yard out then"

Harry: "****s sake even sandra knows you need to combine differnet parts of your game. If I tell you to improve your general game why the **** do you have to be as bad as sandra when you get into the box"

Harry will sell him and I cant wait. Why the hell CAN WE NOT PLAY KEANE AND DEFOE. THEY CAN PLAY TOGETHER (this isnt directed at you turkish).

[JuicE]

Mugged! :angry:

[berbzy 'G']

Jenas was excellent, Everything he done was superb against Blackburn.

Now he will have about 3 bad games, you watch .

[gomessi]

oh wen da spursssss go marchin innnnnn I'm pissed but I love you hope we beat the barcodes and relegate them next week :drool:

[Ioang]

You can't legislate for referee **** ups like that, we have to just see it as a one off, bad luck, get to work for our home games. The newcastle one now particularly is gonna be tough.

Having said that, Palacios had been literally halfway round the world and back to play 90 mins in Honduras a few days earlier, a change BEFORE 80 minutes, a Bentley or a Bale on one of the wings I thought, might just have seen us through.

[Shelfside]

You can't legislate for referee **** ups like that, we have to just see it as a one off, bad luck, get to work for our home games. The newcastle one now particularly is gonna be tough.

Having said that, Palacios had been literally halfway round the world and back to play 90 mins in Honduras a few days earlier, a change BEFORE 80 minutes, a Bentley or a Bale on one of the wings I thought, might just have seen us through.

Agreed.In a game that we were in total control of,Palacios being replaced by Zokora after 70-75 mins wouldn't have lost us that game.There is no doubt that the ref was shite.But he was shite for both teams.We were given a dodgy penalty and scored from it,even though the ball was quite clearly not on the penalty spot.
It wasn't the ref that failed to turn our dominance into a second goal.It was our fault.And it was our fault for the shambolic cave in at the end.Sometimes we and indeed Harry Redknapp,just have to be man enough to hold our hands up and say "we f*cked up".

[peterc]

Don't think you can appeal against yellows, can you?


Have read on another forum that the ref might rescind a yellow card once viewing the evidence. Let's hope the ref does that.

[Smurfitz]

If he doesn't does that mean Palacios is out for 2 games? Going to Saturdays game and would love to see him.

[Rojoknapp]

Agreed.In a game that we were in total control of,Palacios being replaced by Zokora after 70-75 mins wouldn't have lost us that game.There is no doubt that the ref was shite.But he was shite for both teams.We were given a dodgy penalty and scored from it,even though the ball was quite clearly not on the penalty spot.
It wasn't the ref that failed to turn our dominance into a second goal.It was our fault.And it was our fault for the shambolic cave in at the end.Sometimes we and indeed Harry Redknapp,just have to be man enough to hold our hands up and say "we f*cked up".

The whole ball doesn't have to be on the spot. If that ball had been on the touchline, it would not have been fully over the line, so it counts as on the line. I am a qualified referee, and I know that the ball only has to be touching the penalty spot - they even pointed that out on Sky at half time. And apart from that - Keane would have scored anyway; does anyone really think that the half yard made the difference?

[TURKISH]

The whole ball doesn't have to be on the spot. If that ball had been on the touchline, it would not have been fully over the line, so it counts as on the line. I am a qualified referee, and I know that the ball only has to be touching the penalty spot - they even pointed that out on Sky at half time. And apart from that - Keane would have scored anyway; does anyone really think that the half yard made the difference?

Why do refs look like nancy boys?:001_rolleyes:

[berbzy 'G']

Why do refs look like nancy boys?:001_rolleyes:

Do you have a picture ? :001_rolleyes:

[TURKISH]

Do you have a picture ? :001_rolleyes:

Look at football games most ref's look like posh public school boys.:001_rolleyes:

[gomessi]

The whole ball doesn't have to be on the spot. If that ball had been on the touchline, it would not have been fully over the line, so it counts as on the line. I am a qualified referee, and I know that the ball only has to be touching the penalty spot - they even pointed that out on Sky at half time. And apart from that - Keane would have scored anyway; does anyone really think that the half yard made the difference?

wasnt that more like 5-10cm.

[Gino Ginelli]

Saturday was a good game of football ruined by abysmal decision making; not only in the decisions themselves but the reasoning employed to make them, ie none!

The most obvious from our perspective is the double booking that shouldn't have of Palacios. The first was a foul, granted, but not severe enough to warrant a card. The second, as we can all see, contact wasn't even made! To compound this, how Moekena wasn't gone for his offence is a mystery. This red card visibly sealed our demise, and highlights Palacios' value in the centre. All the gaps he was plugging before became exactly that... gaps, which Blackburn took advantage off, most certainly for the equaliser. After that we lost our effectiveness going forward too.

But was this poetic justice? Because in my opinion, we should have never been awarded that penalty. Not in a month of sundays. And while Robbie is a cheeky little fecker, and he'll grab every advantage he can, that ball was barely on the spot, come on! Why do laws in football have to be so fuzzy. The rule should be nice and clear cut; there's a spot, the ball goes in the middle of it, job done. If there's confusion over something as simple as putting a round object on a round area, then for god's sake footballs in bigger trouble than we thought! And if this was a penalty, then by that rationale B'burn should've had one too for Corulka's "intentional" flap at the ball (despite his not even knowing where the ball was), and Robbie's "chesting" of the ball in the second half.

Anyway, all of this (like the above rant) distracts from what was a very good performance from us I thought. Modric looks classier by the game, some excellent close control and one touch football being exhibited by him. Some very nice link up play between him, Bent and Robbie on the left led to him nearly scoring a goal of the month, jinking past a couple of defenders, before he over-reached himself and lost the chance. And did anyone see his showboating clearance of the ball into touch at the end of 45 mins? Rather than simply nod it out he leaped into the air and kung-pow'ed it into the crowd! Awesome! :w00t:

Speaking of Bent, I thought he looked lively, pulling defenders wide and linking up with the aforementioned well. He could have taken a couple of chances better, as per, but overall is looking much better as a player. Robbie actually seemed quiet in front of goal by comparison, but showed utmost confidence with a pretty much perfectly taken penalty, and again was linking well with everyone.

I'm gonna pick out 4 more players now. First Ledley King. Brilliant. Just Brilliant. Not just in his ability to read any approach of attack, be it through balls, in the air, one two's, dummy runs or covering the full backs. He was there to deal with everything that came his way. But also his actual footballing ability and composure. From a particular corner we had the ball was cleared. At this point the defender normally legs it back to his half to position himself, but Ledley tracked the flight of the clearance, won it in the air and brought it under his control, then immediately swivelled and hit a perfect through ball between two defenders for Lennon to run onto, thus keeping the pressure well and truly on. Just exceptional stuff.

Corluka, again. I really like this guy as a footballer. He read just about everything right, was really composed on the ball and if Lennon lost it or ran into trouble, he was there to cover. There's something just resolutely reassuring about having him on the pitch.

Ekotto. Okay it all went wrong at the end, but for the first half I was impressed. Gut busting running and covering, cut out an afwul lot of stuff, and Diouf only got away from him once or twice.

Gomes. He had, for the most part, a really sound game. Made some terrific saves and commanded the box well. UNTIL! Well... just poor decision that, I don't know where he thought he was going. But while he's a great shot stopper, big and agile, his decision making is on Barthez levels of comedy. Until that's learned, he'll always be a liability in these situations.

In the end, Blackburn would have felt like they were robbed. We certainly were robbed of a player! 1-1 would have been fair from that perspective, but loss of concentration and belief led to them snatching it, when we had been the better team by miles in the first half, and still held our own in the second despite B'burn getting more physical. We've gotta be tougher in these situations. Palacios adds that, but without him we become a pushover again. If we're to push into Europe the other players need to dig deep within themselves to find that same resilience.











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And Diouf is a c*nt! :angry::angry:

[olly27]

Sick to my stomach. Thought we were excellent for 70 mins in that game, we really played well at a tough place and just cant believe what unfolded. I think Woodgate got totally bullied by Samba in the latter stages, talking about Samba I could see Harry making a move for the guy - seriously. Not that I want to critisize Gomes as he has been excellent recently but I have know idea what he was doing for the second goal. After the sending off we just seemed to implode - a bit worrying from a mental strength (or lack of) perspective. Yes it was a ridiculous decision but I maintain we still could have held on for the win! Blackburn had done very little for being the home side but we have to be mentally tougher than that! Had we been 2-0 up that wouldn't of happened. That brings me on to the lack of finishing, we weren't clinical - if we had of been it would of been one of the best performances away from home for several years. I honestly think we should of been 3-0 up - game over - sending off or no sending off. As much as Bent is working hard (which we should expect to be fair) I think he didn't anticipate anything on Saturday. I noticed on two occassions if he had of gambled on a run he would of got on the end of at least two balls in their box - but didn't gamble. He had some decent movement outside the box but when he gets into it he seems to go static. I wanted Pav on earlier and I really thinked he would of scored a second for us.

Palacios was excellent and he's arguably the most valuable player in the team at the moment.

Will he serve a one match ban against the Pikeys?

The signs are very encouraging for next season provided we keep our best players. If we dont make Europe we will finish higher in the league next season - bet my house on it.

[MarlowSpurs]

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Rather than simply nod it out he leaped into the air and kung-pow'ed it into the crowd! Awesome! :w00t:




Thats going to be my word of the week......lol

[Gino Ginelli]

Thats going to be my word of the week......lol

Check out the movie I got that from. It's barking but brilliant!! :biggrin:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240468/

[MarlowSpurs]

Check out the movie I got that from. It's barking but brilliant!! :biggrin:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240468/

Is that the film with the fight with a cow??

[Gino Ginelli]

Is that the film with the fight with a cow??

Ladies and Gentleman, from the corner of wrong...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPH87IlqmY4

[wayne wonder]

I've only just recovered from this game its totally ruined my weekend:thumbdown:

We played well but we just cant kill teams off and it gets on my tits regardless of the sending off that game should have been sown up.

Gomes had a decent game until he messed up AGAIN for all his good work he messes up tenfold so i dont expect to see him here next season if harry gets his wish and gets someone elese in.

Diouf??!! is a cvnt i have no other words to describe such a disgrace to the human race and shouldnt be a footballer let alone a human the cvnt!!

ANYWAY lets go out and ebat the east end jellied eel loving pikeys cvnts:drool:

[mjbmedia]

what did Diouf do then? i know hes a cvnt anyway but it seems he done something in thsi game to rile people and I turned off as sson as the final whistle went totally peed off with it all so may have missed something?

[olly27]

Diouf would start a fight with his own shadow!

[Rojoknapp]

Choda seems to be the only one that noticed that Woodgate had a diabolical second half on Sunday. If Dawson had played like that he would have beeen slated - Woody was all over the place - Chris bloody Samba gave him the runaround :thumbdown:

[olly27]

Choda seems to be the only one that noticed that Woodgate had a diabolical second half on Sunday. If Dawson had played like that he would have beeen slated - Woody was all over the place - Chris bloody Samba gave him the runaround :thumbdown:

Not blowing my own trumpet but I mentioned that myself on the previous page!

[wayne wonder]

Choda seems to be the only one that noticed that Woodgate had a diabolical second half on Sunday. If Dawson had played like that he would have beeen slated - Woody was all over the place - Chris bloody Samba gave him the runaround :thumbdown:

Mate woody's had one good game since jan and that was the hull game!!

[Rojoknapp]

Not blowing my own trumpet but I mentioned that myself on the previous page!

Ok, so Choda wasn't the only one - sorry. Seems to just be the Irish contingent that noticed :tongue_smilie:

[TURKISH]

Mate woody's had one good game since jan and that was the hull game!!

Played well against Chelsea jiggy.

[wayne wonder]

Played well against Chelsea jiggy.

Yeah thats about it mate dawson should be playing if its based on form really not him

[gomessi]

Choda seems to be the only one that noticed that Woodgate had a diabolical second half on Sunday. If Dawson had played like that he would have beeen slated - Woody was all over the place - Chris bloody Samba gave him the runaround :thumbdown:

I thought he had a tranquiliser at half time tbh:angry:

He's been great though although it is a tad harsh on daws.

Woody was very good against chelsea, sunderland and hull.