Also Crooks - "It gives me no pleasure watching a club of Everton's stature going through such turmoil. They've been through difficult times before but I can't help but feel some sympathy for the new owner Farhad Moshiri and chairman Bill Kenwright." That's new owner Moshiri, who has been there for two years.
I don't get the feeling sorry for Everton for throwing money around acting as if they are a big deal, and yet having **** all strategy and it back firing on them. So they are not doing great in the league...they're in no real danger of going down, and why does that mean anyone should feel sorry for them anyway? Weird.
Every time I see the way Adams concedes that FF is a lot of things but your comment about him not being good at penalties didn’t seem right with me, so I did a check. Over his career, and not including this season, he has faced 43 penalties and saved 16 which is quite a decent return, for what should be a no hope situation. Granted the majority of saves were in Scotland but then he wouldn’t have been facing the same level of quality players taking the penalties, as he would in the Premier League. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fraser-forster/elfmeterstatistik/spieler/52570
I should have said not CURRENTLY good at pens, that is a good record previously Stats say 15 of his Pen saves were for Celtic so ... insert your own reason here, I don't want to offend anyone My concern is that they always see him move before striking it and go the other way, so its not that he doesn't save any so much as that the ball always goes to the other side, so he will never save any I have said for a while that they should analyse his technique as he think he is always giving an early sign where he will go, but you would think they would do that Im sure only high quality pen takers are able to do that
Sky "Ref watch". Dermot says Stuart Armstrong's challenge on Laporte was a yellow card not a red, basically because there was no intent. Other pundits agreed. Fair enough. Keith Hackett disagrees.
I don't think that's right. The Etihad has always been the biggest pitch in the prem since they started playing there.
You’re right, but ours is by no means the snallest: Club Stadium Dimensions Arsenal Emirates Stadium 115 x 74 yards Aston Villa Villa Park 115 x 74 yards Brentford Brentford Community Stadium 115 x 74 yards Brighton & Hove Albion Amex Stadium 116 x 75 yards Burnley Turf Moor 115 x 73 yards Chelsea Stamford Bridge 113 x 73 yards Crystal Palace Selhurst Park 110 x 74 yards Everton Goodison Park 112 x 78 yards Leeds United Elland Road 115 x 74 yards Leicester City King Power Stadium 110 x 76 yards Liverpool Anfield 110 x 75 yards Manchester City Etihad Stadium 116 x 77 yards Manchester United Old Trafford 116 x 76 yards Newcastle United St James’ Park 115 x 74 yards Norwich City Carrow Road 114 x 74 yards Southampton St Mary’s Stadium 112 x 74 yards Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 115 x 74 yards Watford Vicarage Road 115 x 75 yards West Ham United London Stadium 115 x 74 yards Wolverhampton Wanderers Molineux 116 x 74 yards
Another interesting fact, I believe it's still true. The Etihad has the biggest camber on a pitch at 18cm's high in the middle. St Mary's is the flattest.
Worth mentioning that City couldn’t beat us, this season, on their own BIG pitch, which just emphasises Laporte’s excuse for Saturday’s result is poor.
Odd I was just doing the same bit of research. Saints pitch in 2012 - 13 was 115 X 74.5 yards. The Etihad was 116.5 X 78 yards
As you say it's like he is just a parody. Is it all just to cause controversy and more clicks or does he actually believe the utter bollocks that he spouts.
Any proper fan of an underdog like ourselves gets great pleasure from seeing a club of 'Everton's stature' going through turmoil ManU are quite a laugh at the moment too, Spurs losing to Chelsea 3 times in 3 weeks is hilarious, Newcastle are the car crash that just keeps on giving Sport is a competition not some god-given priveledge to the few Nothing personal though as I've met many Geordies and proper local Mancs I got on fine with ... and Man City are a phenomenal team to watch, they must be even better when they win, I wouldn't know I haven't seen that happen recently
I liked him when he played guitar for Genesis but I've never rated him as a Ref (Not606 is soooooo slooooow todaaaaay)
