I am watching the Chelsea v Scunthorpe game on the telly. Not long ago Scunthorpe where refused what I saw as a perfectly good penalty shout. How can it not be a penalty if the the chasing defender ankle taps the attacker in the box, who is brought down?
The commentator reckoned the the ankle tap was only a slight one. Well I'm sorry commentator but slight or not it was a penalty 
Oxford United's third goal was an absolute beauty.
I may have mentioned that I bought my railway tickets cheaply for Milton Keynes away as soon as they were issued.
Someone told me that it was an FA Cup week. At 80 minutes or thereabouts we were losing 2-1 and so were MKD!!! Our midfielder Foreshaw had an open goal at his mercy and I found myself shouting "Miss!" He did! Alas! MKD then equalised in their game. But still, it makes our game more likely to take place, and our away game at Charlton too!
Dirty Leeds 0
I was a bit nervous in the first half as our third choice keeper looked less than confident, I feared the worse and said to the guys next to me, we need to win this from the front, put Leeds under pressure.
The second half was much better in terms of taking the advantage, we were still passing it around but also took our chances, scrappy as they may have been, they all count.
The funniest thing was Leeds were given a free kick in our half, we were in the process of making a substitution (sanctioned by the referee) and for some reason he let them take the free kick (which they scored from) which Forestieri was still walking off. Fortunately the ref went to the touchline, realised the mistake and made them retake the free kick - Cue chants of "Sit Down, Shut Up" from the Wednesday fans. Sweet.
Such as shame that Leeds have some of the worst away fans in football. On my walk home I had to be very careful as a large group of Leeds fans had to be corralled by police to stop them causing trouble (I have not seen any other away support having to be controlled like this). They were also none too polite on the way to the game, opening windows on the Supertram to shout abuse at passers by (not even football fans).
The best bit, we beat them 2-0 and I am pretty pleased with that.
Leicester v Tottingham
Anyone watching?
BBC One / BBC One HD
The big game in Scotland is East Kilbride v Lothian Thistle in the Scottish Cup.
The winners of that match will next meet Celtic.
Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:The big game in Scotland is East Kilbride v Lothian Thistle in the Scottish Cup.
The winners of that match will next meet Celtic.
to give them their full name 
Though it is Leicester v Tottenham on the TV here for the moment.
What a pathetic display against a very poor Liverpool side. Norwich's defence can't defend a goal for more than a minute. Russell Martin's back-pass was a disgrace at Premier League level.
Reading 1 - Sheffield Wednesday 1
I listened to it on the radio and it sounded very much like we were OK in patches but had an off day.
Carnelian posted:What a pathetic display against a very poor Liverpool side. Norwich's defence can't defend a goal for more than a minute. Russell Martin's back-pass was a disgrace at Premier League level.
On the plus side Naismith scored on his debut and will be a handy signing for you.
Chants of “we are staying up” from Chelsea fans at The Emirates this evening!
Lol - have you taken a punt on them for the title?
velvet donkey posted:Sprout posted:Is Savage trying to do a Beckham?
He's a peacock
LOL!
Pep Garibaldi going to Man City in summer. Looks like Man-Ure were caught napping again.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Pep Garibaldi going to Man City in summer. Looks like Man-Ure were caught napping again.
Do you think this was arranged last summer?
I wonder if Pellegrini will stay in England?
Cold Sweat posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Pep Garibaldi going to Man City in summer. Looks like Man-Ure were caught napping again.
Do you think this was arranged last summer?
I wonder if Pellegrini will stay in England?
I saw the news tonight and apparently this deal was done quite some time ago, so my dig at MU was ill conceived. 
Pelle may do if a club he is interested in comes forward. One never knows how the final part of the season will pan out and where the vacancies will be. I would expect foreign sides to be interested in him.
Moonie posted:One wonders who, if any of the players that come in during this transfer window , will be the choice of the current manager...
A bit like Raheem Stirling joining Man City this season to play for Pep Guardiola next season (allegedly)?
Today? It's taken about a year to buy Rhodes. We've been after him each break, the last time the Venkeys upped the price after we had agreed. We bought him again on Saturday then it was called off one more time. Personally I won't believe it until I see him running out in a 'Boro shirt on Saturday against er, Blackburn.
Our leader also took the early plane out to buy a young player from Standard Liege, and we have another Belgian on loan from Leicester. We obtained Gaston Ramirez last week. All the best brains are working to see if we can save our famous La Bamba song.
A good buy is Rhodes, always seems to score against us!!
Did you know his Dad works at Wednesday?
Just making my way home from the match... and cold!
Sheffield Wednesday 1 - Burnley 1
Quite frustrating as we fell asleep and conceded early on but then gradually became the better side, scored and really should have won.
Garage Joe posted:Just seen the goals EC!
On the night I thought there was a similarity between the two goals. Not seen them on TV yet.
I am however a bit peeved that the BBC describing the game as Sheffield Wednesday holding Burnley to a draw. Nothing of the sort, Burnley were lucky not to have gone home without a point. 
Some interesting clashes in the Premier League today.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Some interesting clashes in the Premier League today.
you're not wrong!
WOW!!
Listened to the game on the radiogram today. Injury hit side, loss of keeper early, going 1-0 down but came back through two goals in two minutes from Gary Hooper give us the three points!!!
Great to hear 3000 Owls fans singing their hearts out.
Tonights Japanese meal could be a bit tricky with my mate up from Birmingham. 
