Weekend Football 19/20 December

[AthleticoSpizz]

....and another clean sheet for Marcus @ Wolves

That would be the same Marcus who has displaced the Welsh international GKfrom the first team at Molineaux.

lol at those on here, that scoffed when it was suggested that MH would be a Premier goalkeeper again.


Our loss and well done USA

Yep, and Hammond still keeps his job. I just cannot understand it.

Marcus moving on has reinvigorated him. I think we'd still be languishing in the lower reaches of this division if he'd stayed on.

Well, I'll give you that one......based on Fedders goalscoring record in comparison to Marcus's

[No Fixed Abode]

Lampard scores 3 penalties in a row.

[(.)Boobies(.)]

Wigan match is off tonight due to the snow.

[BR2]

Wigan match is off tonight due to the snow.

Bournemouth match is still on-it's raining.
A chance to assess whether Brett Pitman would be good enough for us up front-Shane Long to go there on loan to realise what a comfortable life he has had swanning around for a proper club since coming over here?

[1960]

Lampard scores 3 penalties in a row.

The laws state that if defenders encroach and the penalty is scored then the goal stands. OK, a few Chelsea encroached a little, but the vast lemming-like waves were all West Ham players - surely the ref should have allowed it. On the other hand the law is on the ref's side:

a player of both the defending team and the attacking team infringe the Laws
of the Game: the kick is retaken

You would have thought he could have used his discretion, but then again the encroachment was so over the top that he might have thought it was time to take a stand. Next move: stop goalkeepers moving forward to save penalties.

While I'm having a mini-rant I'm sick of Grey pontificating on laws he knows nothing about. Chelsea's penalty - maybe a bit soft and Grey and all the others bleating about Upson touching the ball, as well as a few other times every week. THE LAWS SAY NOTHING ABOUT THE BALL:

A direct free kick is awarded to the opposing team if a player commits any
of the following seven offences in a manner considered by the referee to be
careless, reckless or using excessive force:

kicks or attempts to kick an opponent
trips or attempts to trip an opponent
jumps at an opponent
charges an opponent
strikes or attempts to strike an opponent
pushes an opponent
tackles an opponent

No mention of the ball.

[The 17 Bus]

the lilywhites seem to have found that winning habit...

[Row Z Royal]

the lilywhites seem to have found that winning habit...

's better than the bumming habit of a few years ago, though.