Cardiff drew the short straw this week and were the first team to face Leicester after the tragedy. Leicester were always going to win this week no matter who they played and Cardiff probably did well to keep it to 1-0.
Lee Probert dropped a bollock when he somehow failed to spot Sol Bamba turning a Vardy shot onto the bar with his hand. Sometimes you know by how vociferous the protests are that you’ve got one wrong. The Leicester players were going nuts and Probert was stood there clearly thinking “ah shit, I must have fucked up there but I can’t give it now”.
It was a bad day all round for the ref, who got dogs abuse after booking the goalscorer Demarai Gray for removing his shirt and revealing a message in tribute to the late chairman. You could see the grimace on the ref’s face when Gray started removing his shirt because he knew what he had to do next.
He could have just said “fuck it” and thrown the rule book out of the window I suppose, but I’m not entirely sure how these things work. If he’s downgraded by the match assessor that might cost him a cup final or a glamour game between the top clubs. I don’t think he deserves the abuse he’s been getting. He wasn’t being a twat about it like some refs might have been, he was just doing his job.
Then again, you can say the same about traffic wardens but I hate those fuckers. So actually yeah, fuck Lee Probert the bad jobsworth goon.
West Ham had a good win on Saturday but they were only playing Burnley so it was to be expected. Burnley have gone from being involved in games with only one or two goals in them to conceding by the bucket load every week. Only Fulham have conceded more than them so far. It’s been quite the fall from grace for them, and they were a mess at the weekend.
Tarkovski turned like the QE2 and was robbed by Arnautovic for the opener. He’s shite him. Just a big yard dog, but for some reason he’s been talked up as being a player. He’s not. He’s a Poundland Harry Maguire.
On a bad weekend for the officials Roger East missed the clearest of penalties when Defour lunged in and caught his man. Shocking decision that. Burnley took full advantage of the let off and equalised through Gudmundsen.
Anderson restored the Hammers’ lead but Wood’s towering header got Burnley level again with 13 minutes left. Not looking good for West Ham but they regained the lead in fortuitous circumstances when Anderson’s deflected shot left Hart helpless.
Burnley kept plugging away and Wood headed against the bar before West Ham wrapped it up on the break in stoppage time through Hernandez. Nothing worse than a Hernandez goal when Jonathon Pearce is on commentary. All that “Cheecharito” bollocks. I’d rather have Motson than that shit.
The best game of the day was at Molyneux, where Spurs just about held off a spirited fightback by the home side.
Spurs have been a lot like us. Every time I watch them they look shite, jaded, and just not as dynamic as usual, but they’ve churned out results.
Lamela (hate him) put them in front with a shot the keeper should have saved. The Brazilian Andros Townsend doubled their lead with a header and Kane made it 3-0 after Wolves had seen a perfectly good goal ruled out for offside.
At that point it looked done and dusted but Neves converted a penalty to give Wolves hope. Costa then missed a sitter before Mike Dean awarded Wolves a second pen, which was converted by Jiminez. Spurs held on but Wolves got screwed on that disallowed goal. That Gibbs-White kid for Wolves looked boss. One to keep an eye on him.
After me talking Bournemouth up last week it was inevitable they’d shit the bed this weekend. Had I know who they were playing I’d have kept my big mouth shut, so that’s on me.
In fairness, they battered United in the first half and should have scored three or four. They managed only one though and the Mancs were much improved in the second half and somehow came away with a win after a stoppage time goal from Rashford won it for them.
I’m still up the wall after the house move, and we’re getting the whole place rewired this week, so I had to watch MOTD in my Mum’s. She watched a bit of it with me and the bit she saw was the Everton game. She’s worse than me when it comes to slating players.
Sigurdsson had a great early chance that he fluffed and my mum scoffs “of course he missed, he was moving. He can only kick a ball when he’s standing still.” A few minutes later the same thing. “See? If he’s not standing still taking a free-kick-kick or corner he’s useless”. You can see where I get it from can’t you? She’s ruthless.
Richarlison opened the scoring with a smart finish to round off a lightning counter attack from a Brighton corner. Brighton set the record straight on their next corner, when Dunk powered in a header to tie things up at 1-1. Seamus Coleman restored Everton’s lead. Not going to say anything snarky about him after what he did for Sean Cox.
Richarlison wrapped it up with a well taken goal after a shocking pass from Dunk had presented him with the ball. Took it superbly though to be fair. Wonder whose badge he’ll be kissing next season?
Newcastle finally won one, although Watford will be wondering just how that happened as they dominated the game. Pereyra hit the bar, Success went close and Deulefeu missed a great chance. No no surprise there as I told you about him last week. Good for one or two great goals a season and nothing else other than a silly haircut.
That Ayoze Perez loser headed the only goal of the game and did a weird celebration where he put both fingers in his ears. What’s that about?
Watford missed another sitter late on. Big three points for Newcastle but they’re fucking rubbish. Looks like it’s between them, Fulham and Burnley for the final relegation spot at this point. Fat Sam will be rocking up at Fulham soon though I suspect.
Onto Sunday now. We knew when we drew at Arsenal that it would cost us top spot the next day. There was an outside chance Palace might be able to give Chelsea a problem, but Man City’s win over Southampton was a foregone conclusion. Still, was it too much to expect for Southampton to at least stay in the game past the opening 12 minutes? Fucking cowards.
Hoedt’s own goal at least robbed Sterling of his customary back post tap in. Sterling was offside and the commentator claimed the defender would have been better off letting him score, but you know the linesman wouldn’t have flagged as I mean, come on, it’s City. Hoedt had little choice but to try and clear it.
Sterling put one on a plate for Aguero soon after and Southampton just folded like a cheap suit. Ings did win and convert a penalty from a rare Saints foray, but other than that it was one way traffic.
Sterling scored the next one but it summed up exactly why his stats just don’t match the eye test. He completely missed his kick and that took the defender out of the game, allowing him to score at the second attempt. He added another in the second half with a low finish that the keeper allowed to go through his legs.
Sterling’s numbers are really impressive but he just never manages to look good doing it. As I’ve said before, for a good player he does a fantastic impersonation of a shit one.
If you watch Sane and Sterling there’s no comparison. The German looks miles better than him but in terms of production Sterling blows him (and most others who play in his position) away. It’s weird. My eyes tell me he’s shite, but Sterling’s production says otherwise. I just think it’s an anomaly based on how dominant City are. Look at Sterling for England and then you get the true picture. Has he ever even scored for England? One or two I’d say.
*googles* Four in 46 apparently. That’s actually better than I thought but it’s still turd and he’s never done it in a tournament. Bet those goals were against dog shit nations.
*googles* Lithuania and Estonia. Sounds about right. The other two he scored were against Spain a couple of weeks ago, showing once again that the sun even shines on a dog’s arse somedays.
If we’re relying on anyone in the bottom half to give City a game then we’re fucked. Most of them just aren’t interested. They’re beaten before they even start and just want it over with. City are a great side but it makes me sick to my stomach seeing these teams just roll over and have their bellies tickled by them.
Put a tackle in, kick a few of them and get in their faces. Show some fucking pride at least. Who was it earlier in the season that didn’t even commit one foul in the first half? Huddersfield I think. It’s pathetic. You’re not going to stand any chance to sitting off and letting them play, you’ve got to kick them a bit and make life uncomfortable.
Mark Hughes though. Useless. Southampton need to fuck him off because they’ve got too many good players to be getting bummed like that. Absolute loser he is, and a right miserable, downbeat twat.
Chelsea had a routine win over Palace. Morata has started scoring now (six so far this season) which isn’t good for us as the lack of a goalscorer was the biggest thing holding them back. He scored two against Palace, with Pedro adding the other. Andros Townsend got Palace’s goal with a good finish. Can’t get used to seeing him with hair though, it’s weird.
Finally, Monday night’s game saw Huddersfield finally get a goal at home and a win. Fosu-Mensah had another ‘mare for Fulham. He followed up the pen he conceded last week with an own goal this time. Huddersfield worked hard and were always a threat from set-pieces, but Fulham were just so disappointing.
They were playing great stuff early in the season but the schoolboy defending was undermining all the good stuff they did. Now they just look crap. He’ll be the next manager to go, which is a shame considering the great job he did getting them here.
Mind you, their next game is against us so maybe he’ll be able to earn himself a stay of execution. Our misfiring attack against their wide open defence. It should be a big home win but I’m taking nothing for granted anymore after watching the way we’ve been playing of late.
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