Shrewsbury (H) - FAC 3rd Rnd, Sun 9th Jan 2022 (2:00pm)

[Carvalho Diablo]

1 minute ago, Anubis said:

Get in. Cry you Bovril cunts.

Hey, I like Bovril.

[suzy]

Great pen! I was worried who would take it!

[El Rojo]

Fabipen.

Peninho.

[xabi the red]

is @Caramac working today?

[magicrat]

You don't see handballs like that in the PL theses days. Stupid cunt forgot about the cameras 

[alles ist gut]

1 minute ago, Em City said:

Fabinho scored 15/15 pens at Monaco. You could make a case he should be our main penalty taker.

Some people did, until he missed his first one for us.

[Jimmy Hills Chin]

I can’t impress enough about how great it is to not have to listen to numerous bellends chatting shite or bile whilst passing themselves off as commentators. It’s fucking awesome!

[Carvalho Diablo]

1 minute ago, Grinch said:

What a plonker handling that 

Maximum wankerishness.

[Megadrive Man]

1 minute ago, Em City said:

Fabinho scored 15/15 pens at Monaco. You could make a case he should be pur main penalty taker.

22 out of 23 across his entire career. 

[Anubis]

Saddest handball shout ever. And we’ve seen Everton at close hand for years.

[Carvalho Diablo]

1 minute ago, Jimmy Hills Chin said:

I can’t impress enough about how great it is to not have to listen to numerous bellends chatting shite or bile whilst passing themselves off as commentators. It’s fucking awesome!

...and it's LIVE!!!

[Anubis]

3 minutes ago, Jimmy Hills Chin said:

I can’t impress enough about how great it is to not have to listen to numerous bellends chatting shite or bile whilst passing themselves off as commentators. It’s fucking awesome!

Astro sound like a couple of blokes won a competition to be commentators for the day.

[dockers_strike]

Considering there's only van Dijk, Robertson and Fabinho in that team that can call themselves first team regulars, I honestly dont think that's a bad showing from the boys.

 

2nd half to go.

[Torvald Utne]

Efan ekoku doing commentary on mine with an appropriate level of enthusiasm

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

Decent first half and happy to be in front at half time. Bradley looks a decent prospect imo. Brilliant goal from Gordon, apart from that he hasnt shown anything in particular.

 

Curtis Jones playing well I thought, he’s got the ability to completely boss this kind of opponent.

[Torvald Utne]

Curtis Jones has been disappointing

[magicrat]

I've got a dutch fella who makes infinitely more sense than Tyler

[Pidge]

Entertaining this, Shrewsbury playing it physical without getting dirty (can live with the snide push in Kelleher's back off the long throw) and the kids showing they want it. Lots of players needing improvement in the long term, but all of them capable of playing their part in a game like this.

 

Really like Bradley but he could do with a little experience in a side that needs to defend a bit more than our youth sides.

[A_S]

Konate actually did get caught 'on the hop' for their goal. It was like he got his feet mixed up at the exact moment the ball came in, so he couldn't push off to block the cross. 

[El Rojo]

1 minute ago, dockers_strike said:

Considering there's only van Dijk, Robertson and Fabinho in that team that can call themselves first team regulars, I honestly dont think that's a bad showing from the boys.

 

2nd half to go.

Even if we weren’t battered by Covid and ANC absences, games like this are the only real opportunity to see if lads like Gordon and Morton can progress. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

2 minutes ago, fungus said:

Efan ekoku doing commentary on mine with an appropriate level of enthusiasm

His voice should come with a warning not to operate heavy machinery whilst listening to him.

[stringvest]

I thought all of our senior players were massively underwhelming in that half.  

[Babb'sBurstNad]

2 minutes ago, A_S said:

Konate actually did get caught 'on the hop' for their goal. It was like he got his feet mixed up at the exact moment the ball came in, so he couldn't push off to block the cross. 

Been watching him closely, and it's odd how often he seems to square up in a cumbersome manner, putting his weight heavily to one side or the other.

[magicrat]

2 minutes ago, stringvest said:

I thought all of our senior players were massively underwhelming in that half.  

Often seems the way when you throw in a couple star players with a bunch of kids.  

[sir roger]

Just now, A_S said:

Konate actually did get caught 'on the hop' for their goal. It was like he got his feet mixed up at the exact moment the ball came in, so he couldn't push off to block the cross. 

He has to be on the point of the 6 yard box for those situations and didn't push hard enough to get there.

 

On the recurring discussion re playing the percentages , we came back from a goal down to be leading with 2 minutes injury time to be played and decided the most sensible way to play it was in pretty triangles under pressure on the edge of our own box and conceding two chances. Put your fucking foot through it and move the whole team up 30 yards.