Premier League 2012-2013

[dtaai-maai]

2-2
Could have been worse.
Could have been a feck sight better too.




At least we managed to get 1 point from 6 off the team 3rd from bottom with a goal difference of -23.
The we wonder why we can't quite break into the challenge for the title.

[GLCQuantum]

arcadianagain said ...

Ah hindsight is a wonderful thing. I couldn`t reply earlier as my computer was compromised and I`ve had to re-register as arcadianagain. If I could be arsed I would trawl through ancient posts to see if DM was one of those who advised us Arsenal fans to "mind the gap" last season, but I`m far too busy worrying about this season.

There's something very strange going on here. I don't believe arcadianagain is 'our' arcadian. Has anyone seen 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers' or 'The Invasion'...

"My computer was compromised", it says. Yeah yeah we've heard that before. Forgot ya password too no doubt. It all seems too 'out there'. Implausible.

Give us back Arcadian you little green man.



You may ask why I aint watching the game. I lent my tv to a nice family while their grans down, so now I get to stare at my true visions box imagining the result.

[BaaBaa.]

Spurs need to go all out and get a World Class finisher and maybe a Silva/Mata type, they've got the makings of a very good side.

[GLCQuantum]

For some reason I thought we were playing Chelsea today

Internet's crap so can't follow anything right now. Dtaii Maii... give us a match report please as HHAD is the fastest thing running when I have limited internet (plus ya reports normally hit the nail on the head regarding the way we played, set up formation and the effectiveness of any changes throughout the game)

Cheers in advance (come on... I know you want to - I can't even open 'The Sun' homepage for the match reports right now).

[BaaBaa.]

Try a decent site then, The Sun is about as insightful as Dandy and Beano.

[Bamboo Grove]

Them red Scousers are playing quite well today, although their game is a lacking a bite a bit.

[GLCQuantum]

I know that Baa Baa... (was brought up on the sun. Bad habits are hard to change pal)

Can't get anything at the mo as each site I try has some 'minute by minute' update which the piece of shite I'm using can't handle.

Can you suggest anything mate that I can go to just for a match report. No lovely little icons popping about the screen and all that...

Cheers

[BaaBaa.]

BBC, Sky, ESPN.

Spurs forums no good?

We're playing decent anyway.

[GLCQuantum]

Have tried most mate and nearly all of them has some image/running commentary/ interviews running on the page that completely freezes the stone age piece of equipment I'm using. Here's an example... my lovely piece of borrowed technology can't handle the little emoticons moving - they just stay still.

Good luck anyways Baa Baa with the footie - have always liked Liverpool myself (this statement get's thrown out the window when we play you mind)

[BaaBaa.]

What are you using?

[BaaBaa.]

Beeb match report for you.

A last-minute own goal by Emmerson Boyce denied Wigan what would have been a crucial victory over Spurs and left their survival hopes in the balance.
Wigan had been within a minute of a first league win since March when Boyce deflected beyond his own goalkeeper.
Spurs had taken an early lead through Gareth Bale, only for Boyce to head Wigan level within two minutes.
Wigan fight on
There were 104 seconds between Tottenham's opener at Wigan and Emmerson Boyce's equaliser.
Wigan have conceded the first goal in 22 of their 34 Premier League games
Callum McManaman's stunning strike had put Wigan on course for victory before Boyce's late own goal.
This was a result that did little for either side. Wigan remain in the relegation zone two points behind Aston Villa, who play Sunderland on Monday, while Tottenham missed the chance to move above Chelsea and remain in fifth place.
In their 300th Premier League fixture, Wigan did much to dismiss the growing sense that this season may be one relegation battle too far with a performance that owed more to perspiration than inspiration, but in the end Roberto Martinez saw a vital two points slip away to leave his side facing a desperate battle with four matches left.
Martinez believes three victories in the final four matches - against West Brom, Swansea, Arsenal and Aston Villa - may be needed to ensure Wigan will not repeat Middlesbrough's feat in 1996-97 of reaching an FA Cup Final and going down in the same season. It remains to be seen how costly the two points dropped today will be.
Wigan had never beaten Spurs twice in a season and after nine minutes it appeared that would again be the case as they made the worst possible start. Maynor Figueroa, making his 200th appearance for Wigan, hesitated as he exchanged passes with goalkeeper Joel Robles.
Bale immediately spotted his opportunity and closed down the Wigan goalkeeper, whose lacklustre clearance deflected into the net off the Welshman's outstretched right leg.
But within two minutes Wigan had struck back as defender Boyce rose above Jan Vertonghen to thump a header beyond Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris from Shaun Maloney's corner.
It was the response the Latics had needed. Wigan battled, tackled and denied their more celebrated rivals space as Spurs struggled to find their rhythm. Kyle Walker was a constant source of danger down the Spurs right, as was Bale, but Wigan's work-rate was admirable, their players doubling up on Spurs' main threats.
Jermain Defoe did, however, find space. The England striker went close after a mazy run, only to be denied by some last-ditch Wigan defending while Bale headed narrowly over the crossbar from Kyle Naughton's pin-point cross. Tom Huddlestone had earlier struck the outside of the post with a clever free-kick from a narrow angle.
But Wigan recovered their poise to produce some typically eloquent attacking moves at the start of the second half. It was from one such break that they snatched the lead, as McManaman cut in from the right before unleashing an unerring left-foot strike that fizzed beyond Lloris and into the roof of the net.
The goal rocked Spurs. Bale was struggling to escape the attentions of Wigan's dogged defenders, as was Clint Dempsey and Defoe.
Wigan, on the other hand, kept creating chances. Arouna Kone might have done better when well-placed twice in the dying minutes, while Jordi Gomez was fortunate to escape punishment after his boot connected with Lewis Holtby's head. But Spurs kept coming, winning a controversial free kick as Walker and Jean Beausejour tangled on the right of the penalty area.
Huddlestone's low cross caused panic in the Wigan defence, Bale swung a boot but the ball flicked off Boyce's shin and into the net. Defoe, Bale and Clint Dempsey all went close in the dying minutes but in the end neither side went away happy.
Wigan manager Roberto Martinez:
"It is another point. First and foremost we were playing against an outstanding side, who are fighting to get into a Champions League place. When you think of that you must see it as a point gained, I thought we were magnificent throughout. The equaliser is what disappoints me.
It is not a free-kick in the first place, when you are the table it seems you attract the ball to be in the back of the net sometimes but those are the small margins that sometimes affect the results. But I couldn't be happier and prouder."
Spurs boss Andrew Villas-Boas:
"We did ever so well in the first half, ten shots against their two. The problem is that when we came back on after half-time we thought we were in control and Wigan scored almost straight away and that really shook our confidence. It seemed to be against the run of play. But it is good to salvage a point, hopefully it can turn out to be an important point

[GLCQuantum]

Cheers Baa Baa.

Good to see human decency is still alive and kicking. I mean... what's the world coming too if ya can't rely on fellow man to copy and paste a match report for ya.



P.S Whatever machine I'm using doesn't seem to have a name. Probably means t'was born before names were invented.

[BaaBaa.]

No problem.

We're 4-0 up, Coutinho looks an absolute steal at £8 million.

[BaaBaa.]

I spelt 6-0 wrong.

[Zidane]

Sorry to say this chaps but the Spuds were lucky to get a draw last night !
You need United to do you two mega favours now if youre gonna make the top 4.

Who needs Suarez,eh ? You can sell him to Chelski for 100m now and buy Darren Bent for a cut price 60m.....shades of the Torres/Carroll debacle !