Other Games - 2017/18

[bob rowe]

Not
surprisingly they get a mention here.

[mr underhill]

anyone know why Derby are playing tonight and not on Saturday? Cardiff are playing their game in  hand but Derby have played 31, hence the question

[cheltenhamlion]

anyone know why Derby are playing tonight and not on Saturday? Cardiff are playing their game in  hand but Derby have played 31, hence the question

Clashes with a cup game at the weekend?

[Damo70]

Am I the only one who looks at that Boggies squad and thinks that actually they shouldn’t be anywhere near adrift at the bottom of that league?  They’ve got no superstars but in Foster, Evans, that Polish bloke who’s on loan from PSG and diving Rodriguez up front they’d appear to have a decent spine there.  They’ve also got some reliable fodder around that, players like Barry and Brunt and Morrison who aren’t brilliant but are sort of steady and consistent, they've got some classic oafish centre-half support and they’ve got a bit of pace in Phillips and Burke.  They’re not a young squad but they’re not that ancient, and in this situation you’d think that experience would count for something.  Look at our relegation squad in comparison and it’s no wonder we plummeted, with our ragbag assortment of over-the-hill couldn’t-be-arsed wasters, unknown French kids and Championship punts.  There was barely any proven quality in there.  Don’t get me wrong, the Bitters are clearly bollocks and you’d have to pay me handsomely to go and watch them, but on paper they look at least as strong as some of the other teams down there.  Surely it can only be dreadful management that has them cut adrift like that.  Which is an enormous shame, of course.  Haha.

I always have a theory that at least one of the sides relegated from the PL will be a previously solid team who have gone stale. I felt this season that both Albion and Stoke fitted the bill perfectly.


As for the strength of their squad you could argue the squad we went down with a couple of years ago had a few decent players 'on paper' just like the handful of Albion players you listed, but like the current Albion side didn't produce on the pitch. Don't forget we finished rock in bottom '87  with a team that included Spink, Dorigo, Evans, Keown, Hunt, Walters, Daley, Stainrod, Thompson and Andy Gray. Good on paper, great mix of youth and experience but a total shambles all season.

[olaftab]

Oh dear Spurs 1-0 down after 2 mins.

[Toronto Villa]

Oh dear Spurs 1-0 down after 2 mins.

Make that 2-0 after 8 min

[taylorsworkrate]

2 down after 8

[olaftab]

2-0 Higuain again

[Stu]

Sky Sports: 'Yeah, Spurs are a really good side these days, they could do very well against Juventus *shows montage of spurs scoring goals*

Anyway - let's go to the game: "We're 1 min in and it's 1-0 to Juventus, Jeff."

2-0 now.

[Sexual Ealing]

That's a shame.

[Stu]

Denied a penalty now, dive from Kane.

[olaftab]

Yes real shame and Kane is a useless diver.

[lovejoy]

Sheff weds 1-0 Derby

[Stu]

Get in Wednesday!

[andyh]

Park the bus now Wednesday.