A football match threatened to break out at one point. Green made a good save on the break after we should have had a penalty. I've gradually drifted off but not much happening now.
On the Bet365 rolling wave, still 0-0 after 40 mins - pretty pathetic if we can't notch up a few goals against this lot! Newport are 6 - 2 in corner kicks. Truly "live" action - some poor sod there pumping these details in.
45 mins 0-0 Newport County getting corner after corner! Add one on the other side (now 8 corners - HT must be a relief for Ramsey to regroup).
Late on Sheffield United 2 Newcastle 2 - the Blades doing well pre-season. Atalanta playing GIANA ERMINIO later - chance to check out our upcoming opposition. Why couldn't we line pre-season against a few PL teams like Sheff Utd are doing. Palace 0-0 against Sporting Lisbon in Cape Town after 25 min. McCarthy started in net - doing a good job so far. Hello and welcome to the Cape Town Stadium where Sporting Lisbon take on Crystal Palace in what promises to be an exciting Cape Town Cup Final. – 24′ offside call goes against Palace – 17′ chance for Palace! But Sporting clear the danger – 15′ mistake by goalkeeper McCarthy leads to another Sporting corner – 14′ corner kick for Sporting, but Palace clear their lines again – 11′ offside call goes against Palace – 10′ corner kick for Sporting, but Palace clear the danger – 9′ free kick for Sporting – 6′ offside call goes against Palace – 2′ corner kick for Palace – Sporting the game underway. They are playing from right to left, while Palace play from left to right. – kickoff Starting XI: Crystal Palace: McCarthy, Ward, Delaney, Dann, Souare, McArthur, Cabaye, Puncheon, Mutch, Gayle, Murray. Sporting Lisbon: Patricio, Jefferson, Naldo, Oliviera, Perreira, Adrien, Semedo, Carrilo, Martins, Gutterez, Slimani Hello and welcome to the Cape Town Stadium where Sporting Lisbon take on Crystal Palace in what promises to be an exciting Cape Town Cup Final. http://citizen.co.za/435228/435228/
Too much trauma from playing them all so recently. We've looked ok. Kpekawa is a big unit and seems decent enough at left-back. Polter doesn't look great and the ball isn't sticking enough but the attacking midfielders look like creating something especially JET* *with the exception of that thundercunt Hoilett
Kpekawa has been our best player in the first half, Chery looks like he needs to toughen up a bit, but he looks classy on the ball. They have had a number of good chances, but Green has been very good.
To be honest the weather isn't great the pitch looks very heavy and there have been a couple of late sliding tackles that a couple of the players have managed to escape from. I get nervous for Faurlin every time he's challenged, Just hope he's fit all season.
If anyone wants to take a look at McCarthy, or Mutch, or Delaney! http://goatd.net/115291/watch-crystal-palace-vs-sporting-lisbon McCarthy just made a fantastic save from a Sporting free kick! Although I also note:- 15′ mistake by goalkeeper McCarthy leads to another Sporting corner
If you'd asked 100 QPR fans five years ago where Damien Delaney would be now I don't think anyone would have said anything above League Two.
We really do, whilst I note goalscoring might Atalanta 2-0 up their friendly today against GIANA ERMINIO at HT - getting warmed up for us?
Match just dropped off the Bet365 screen, so assume a 0-0 snore bore - not paying $10/month for that kind of stuff - will catch a few live stream matches on Bet365 this season.
70 mins - McCarthy still hanging onto his clean sheet against Sporting (0-0) Now 1-0 Sporting - kiss of death, beaten from a free kick at his near post. 2-0 now, just like with us.
Not a bad game today. Hoilett actually looked quite neat in the first half. JET not bad at all. Wasn't so convinced by Wise or Polter. I can imagine Polter will grow as it's a new team and new country for him. But Wise... is he ready yet?
How was Wise and Kakay? And who are they? Denis Wise's son left us and went to Arsenal didn't he? Is he back again??
