Exactly what I thought. Pantilimon also has a suggestion of that ultra-tall person's stoop. He actually looks taller than 6' 8". To think that Crouch is only an inch shorter.
Went to the match and have to say- congratulations to every player in a red shirt. Thoroughly proud of them. And Poch. The atmosphere was fantastic too. City were lucky to come away with a point, we looked so threatening in attack. Highlight of the day- osvaldo running over to Poch and giving him a hug.
It only takes a second to score a goal. And I did say Cork had a good game over all. If some people can't have a sense of proportion then that's their problem.
Not you, FLT As I say, I'm happy with Cork's performance. I just thought some of the praise went a bit too far is all.
Never happens, not even to the very best. Indeed. In the past, I have often looked back on games where Saints have played brilliantly, excellently, or simply just won well, and I've found the little negative nugget which takes the shine off things. 100% surety never happens. A Conference South team like Eastleigh Spitfires could cause a wee scare for any Premier League defence over an entire match. You simply can't get anxiety free play from any team, especially from any team you support because even the slightest error is magnified. Try watching 90 minutes from any match yet to be played this weekend, adopt the stronger team and watch how many moments become anxious ones, as the slightly weaker team gets in amongst them.
You can aspire, but you won't attain. 11 players from the opposition are doing their level best to make sure you are unsettled.
Looking back at some of the posts on this thread, I see that lots of them are, as usual, written during the game. So, serious question to those posters, are you actually at the game and posting whilst watching it? I wouldn't have wanted to take my eyes off it to post/read replies etc.
It doesn't matter if the mistake leads to a goal or not. If it leads to a scoring opportunity then it leads to a scoring opportunity, how bad the mistake is can be relevant to how clear the opportunity is but not whether it goes in or not. Everyone knows Wanyama's mistake leading to a goal against Hull, but Cork made the exact same mistake against Sunderland and didn't get called up on it. Wanyama's mistake wasn't worse because it led to a goal - Sagbo finished it well while the Sunderland player didn't. "Well, they didn't score" isn't a justification for a defender's mistake.
Doesn't make the mistake any worse. If I got the ball in defence, turned around and played a striker through on goal, then would that striker skying it make me any less ****?
That doesn't quite work either. You've already had the example of Saints having the tightest defence in the league, so far this season, yet I don't see us in the Premier position, and at no point have we been.
