fa cup round up
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Colchester United 1- 4 Tottenham Hotspur
The game started off with a bang - of two defenders' heads clashing together. One had to be taken to hospital, and the other one played on gamely for fifteen minutes but had to be taken off
George Moncure (left in vertical blue and white stripes) is supposedly being watched by PL sides. I can see why, he has tidy feet, keeps his head up and can find space on a postage stamp!
Overall, despite the scoreline, Spurs could have played better. Lamela was trying hard, but nothing came off for him
Nacer Chadli has gone on record to say that he's ready to take responsibility and get goals to his name.
I can see why Pochettino wanted Wimmer. He's solid, does the basics right, and takes instruction well. He won't be bombing forward for a goal, or up to foolishness in the box ala John Stones. Does his job and does it well. He's like a good bread and butter
Aston Villa 0- 4 Manchester City
An image to sum up the game, I guess
Poor Villa
Arsenal 2- 1 Burnley
Arsenal's new signing got a run out. Elneny has promise, I've read
Giroud speaking with his new teammate. I'm going to assume that this is another French bloke
LOL, I just like this picture
Sanchez came back from Christmas break
Portsmouth 1- 2 Bournemouth
Portsmouth started off brightly. Goal in the first minutes of the game.
And then proceeded to block shots from Bournemouth
The cherries came back and boom! 2- 1!
Nottingham Forest 0- 1 Watford
I watched the game. Forest were really good defensively, and a tight unit. Considering their form in the first part of their Championship (division 2) season, it was nice to see them so disciplined
Up to eighty minutes, the score was 0-0, and I was like, "OMG we might get through?!"
Then this *!@£@%$!!!! came on and it was all over
Crystal Palace 1- 0 Stoke
Zaha got the sole goal 17 minutes in, and then proceeded to troll the hell out of Stoke
Still can't believe Shaqiri is playing at Stoke
Well, Pardew will be happy. If anyone knows the magic of winning an FA cup it will be him. *sings* Glad all over
Liverpool 0- 0 West Ham
Jurgen Klopp in his first three months as manager has done more than what Brendan Rodgers did in his three years. In three months Klopp has done the following: gotten LFC booked for a cup final, tapping academy talents for the first team, and essentially keeping up in FOUR competitions and it's after the Christmas break. Klopp is so far, handling his EPL experience with good humour and relative grace
Last night, Joe Allen captained the side. Considering that he was held at bay when Klopp first started, this shows progress
West Ham fielded a strong side to Klopp's academy talents. Considering the last two times LFC have met West Ham this season, we've been soundly beaten, so this seemed a gamble
Texiera (not pictured) and Stewart (above) were standouts. Controlled the defence, looked lively
Benteke.... well. Like a tweet said, "Benteke can't even finish a sandwich". It's more than just scoring goals, it's the fact that he doesn't hold up the ball, do link up plays, pass, or read the game, and seems to have concrete filled shoes on top of everything. You look at Suarez who did all that... and wonder what the hell Brendan Rodgers was thinking buying Benteke when Benteke doesn't suit the way how LFC plays. Oh well! Klopp will be tapping the academy for players to be sure
Other leagues
La Liga
Barcelona 2- 1 Atletico Madrid
Suarez and Messi hug it out
This game was a hot mess. Atletico Madrid are great to watch when they are on the right side of intensity and temper. Once they cross the line, they implode. The latter happened yesterday
Bundesliga
Bayer Leverkusen 3- 0 Hanover 96
Chicha scored two of those goals. He has sixteen goals to his game so far. The best revenge is living well, eh?
Borussia Dortmund 2- 0 Ingolstadt
I wonder why Auba doesn't invest in Invasline. Those teeth are only going to get worse as one gets older
Since when does TinTin tweet in English
I'll always wonder, if you don't like my flowers
Christian Pulisic made his first team debut at 17 years old
OP: done! Cheers, jeers, corrections and commentary pushback, you know the drill! Watching the Djokyvick (?) Murray final in Australia. Can someone please do the tags for me? Thanks!
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Date: 2016-01-31 12:28 pm (UTC)I'm pretty sure this is the football equivalent to sex. I love Yannick. I think he's probably my favourite signing.
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Date: 2016-01-31 12:50 pm (UTC)Alex Sandro
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Date: 2016-01-31 12:52 pm (UTC)they still want de gea?
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Date: 2016-01-31 01:11 pm (UTC)perez gonna perez i guess.
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Date: 2016-01-31 12:57 pm (UTC)lol
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Date: 2016-01-31 03:19 pm (UTC)That's a great photo of Koscielny! :D
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Date: 2016-02-01 05:22 pm (UTC)yeah, Forest is a local club here
Date: 2016-02-01 10:45 pm (UTC)Notts Forest and Notts County are good clubs with long histories (the reason why Juventus wear black and white is because of Notts County- they sent over some spare uniforms to Juventus back in the day, and the colours stuck. Before that, Juventus used to wear pink).
I've a soft spot for Forest and Notts, but ugh, both clubs have been mismanaged over the years. Notts County especially drives me batty.
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