4-0 to the Watford. Troy to continue his rich vein of goalscoring form, and put himself in course for reaching double figures for the season. Formula farking One.
Why do people get so tetchy about cycling as a sport or hobby. I thought everyone associated with the sports was on drugs anyway.
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West Brom are no better than a mid table League Two side so we will win this whatever team we put out. For this reason we should go with a highly experimental line up and try out new tactics. Recall a few loans and go for: Worst sport is rugby. Everyone I know who likes it seems to justify it as being because the men are real men and are tough. Doesn't make them entertaining to watch, quite the opposite. If I want tough, I'll watch boxing thanks.
It's West-***kin-Brom, the park the buss and hit em on the break or with a set piece merchants. Hopefully though they now need wins so will actually need to come out and try to score, as long as we don't do anything stupid early on so they can shut up shop this should be a home win. OK 5hit sports to watch.... in no particular order Cricket Just why?? Rugby (both codes) big grunty blokes hugging each other. F1 It's a procession of fast cars. Dressage/Show Jumping...Never did it at my school during games. Synchronised swimming ... Just feet sticking out of the water. Fishing...It's just maggot drowning. Wrestling...It's just OTT pantomime.
Rugby is a good game. Rugby fans do piss me off though, when they crap on about footballers being wusses (which is true) and how you can atomise a rugby player in an industrial incinerator and they'll still get on with the game and respect the ref etc.
If you want to see something wildly different, Youtube 'Jacques Se******'. A 70s defensive TT player. Would routinely play rallies from 10 yards back from the table, looping the ball into the last 6 inches of the table. 4-0 by half time. Pardew sacked in the tunnel.
It's odd how rugby types naturally assume the moral high ground when their game is riddled with systematic cheating (eg ball not straight into the scrum) about which the ref shows no interest. And the whole scrum trotting off at 60 mins to be replaced by subs. Didn't something in rugby die the day Jonah Lomu steamrollered over the Underwoods?
A few years ago I went to a golf tournament at the Grove. I hate golf and have never played (at 52 I'm far too young for it) but was enticed to go along by the offer of an unlimited free booze and food pass. I saw Tiger Woods hit one shot then spent the rest of the day getting pi55ed with Michael Douglas who I'd approached because I thought he was Kirk Douglas. So, like you, in my experience, a day at 'the golf' is superb.
With Liverpool and Arsenal both away following this match, I would say we probably have to win this one. A defeat, could well lead to three on the spin and again we'll be looking nervously over our shoulders. Win, and that's it. We can all give a huge sigh of relief. West Brom have only one weapon, and that's their strength and bullying at corners. For this reason, I hope Gomes is recalled. He would deal far better against this style of play than Karnezis. I'm please Pardew is still in charge as that's beneficial to us and Tierney is a decent ref, so the omens look good. However, Watford are a side that can lose to absolutely anyone, so we must put in the same level of commitment as we did against Chelsea and Everton. Play like we did at West Ham and you can forget taking anything from this game.
Yesterday evening I sat with my father in-law, who always goes on about Rugby being a game for thugs played by gentlemen, whereas football... , and thoroughly enjoyed his silent embarrassment as we watched the news showing footage of Ryan Wilson gouging Nathan Hughes' eyes.
2-0 to us MMA - sitting for hours in a bar with a bunch of tossers waiting for an event which is over after 7 seconds of violent hugging. no thanks
If it was, I'd be Michael Phelps. This is a game we should win, but West Brom simply have to win to keep any lingering hopes of survival alive. They're so desperately poor that we should win at a canter, with our 4th string starters and with 2 men sent off in the first minute, but we'll probably still contrive to make hard work of it and possibly allow them to get a draw. Football - no idea what the attraction is.
It must really fail as a spectacle, as one player has the bat, serves, and the other player, impotently watches it bounce past him, whilst he awaits his turn with the paddle.
I actually wouldn't be surprised if this Watford side lose to WBA but then get a win at either Arsenal or Liverpool. Our record against the "big" clubs has been pretty good since we got promoted (noting that we've also had our fair share of hidings from them as well) but we are perfectly capable of losing against the bottom of the league
2-0 win. American 'gridiron' 'football'. What a complete yawn. Wait 5 minutes. 5 seconds of steroid-fuelled idiots in crash helmets running full pelt into each other. Wait 5 minutes. 5 seconds more of running and bumping. Wait 5 minutes. Apparently they're mystified as to why no other country in the world has any time for it.
Arsenal have 5 difficult games in 13 days including City and a two leg tie against AC Milan. We have a great chance of beating them.
Have to agree about the self-righteousness attitude of rugby union fans. I went to a rugby playing school so I have played the game at least. But trying to catch a randomly bouncing ball is just plain daft. It's mainly a game of chance and luck. The rule changes have been worse than even for soccer. You can go to ground and score a try by sliding over the line nowadays. Don't start me on forward passes, knock-ons, playing advantage and penalties. At least when I see Richarlison or Delafau play well they bring a different skill set than say a Holebas or Prodl. I hate Rugby but the fans are even worse...no passion except at internationals. They talk even worse twaddle than we do when analyzing the game. Too much coverage in the papers as well. 4 - 1 to the Horns building confidence ahead of free hit against a declining Arsenal?
Player A could lob the ball high into the heavens, whilst tossing his bat, magnanimously, to Player B. Player B could twirl his moustache, whilst waiting for the ball to bounce, & then adroitly lob the ball up, whilst tossing the bat ... & repeat. Would put the spectacle somewhere between ski jumping (not great) & ice hockey (a bit better) on my personal, finely calibrated scale.
Totally agree about rugby. At its best it can be a great sport but has tied itself in knots over the years with the rule changes you mention. On top of that certain teams have learnt how to stifle the exciting passing and running game by killing the play in the scrum and relying on kicking. England were the great pioneers of this in the 90s. Someone (possibly Steven Fry?) once said that there is something fundamentally flawed about a sport where it is a ‘good thing’ to kick the ball out of play.
Surely this is a much more acceptable version of cheating than diving/ feigning injury on a regular basis? The latter is far more pathetic. To me, your examples are closer to what goes on in football all the time: nicking a few yards after a free kick/ throw in; run ups/ goalkeeper positions at penalties; grabbing at corners etc. This is the equivalent to a long ball in football. Many teams hoof it long to clear the danger and try and exploit a defense close to the opposition goal(line). It's boring, but it can work. However, there are also advantages to controlling the ball and the pace of the game, in both sports. International rugby union > club football > international football > club rugby IMO. I do prefer the routine of football matches, and think that football is a more spectator friendly due to better ball visibility. However, this is trumped by the ability to drink at your seat - I'd take that over the 'atmosphere' at the Vic any day.
I had a big bet on West Brom to beat Huddersfield last weekend as I thought after what happened in Barcelona they would be busting a gut for 3 points in a must win game. After that performance I think that the players will be happy to see the back of Pardew so hoping for a Watford win before he gets the tin tack.
This is overrated. I went to VVV-Venlo v Groningen in the Dutch Eredivisie a couple of weeks ago and had numerous beers in my seat during the game (plus a few beforehand). The upshot was I was wasted and the whole experience is quite hazy. It is safer to spread them out and have a gap whilst the game is on.
1-0 snoozefest, but we will be glad of the win. I can't say there's a sport I hate, but when the RideLondon cycle race kicks off it always closes all the roads round my area, so I can't get out until the afternoon unless I park my car really far away.
