Another home defeat for the Hornets and another last minute goal conceded by Wednesday. Sean Scannel did the damage. He one of ours?
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Another home defeat for the Hornets and another last minute goal conceded by Wednesday. Sean Scannel did the damage. He one of ours?
Apparently born in London, but has represented us at under 17 and under 18 level. Still only 17!
Initial reports about Frankie Simeks injury are not good either, and with Johnsons loan running out imminenetly and Richard Woood still out our defence is looking very frail :(
Did you see his goal? Really clever chip/lob over the keeper from an angle.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
I saw it :( Does one ever admire a goal scored against the team one supports no matter how good? Clinton got the other one as well. Infamy, infamy, the Irish have it infamy!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
:eek:God we were clueless.......no wins at home since October!.......only hope we will get enough points to STAY UP!:oQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Still good enough to win away :(:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet
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Originally Posted by OwlsFan
I was surprised ( and pleased ) and with other results going for us, maybe the Hornets will have turned the corner.....Wednesday should have enough in the locker to be safe
Depends what happens regarding us possibly going into admin during January, if that happens and we lose the likes of Whelan, Spurr and Johnson we could be in big trouble. We need to start picking up points against the likes of Hull and we need to do it fast in my book (tomorrow in fact! :))Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet
Spurr!! The guy is hopeless. I'd be very sad to see Whelan go though. In fact if he goes, Wednesday will be relegated.
Why do people keep saying that?! I actually quite like him, although he hasn't come on in the last two seasons as I thought he would. Since you dislike him though Owlsfan you'll be sad to hear that we turned down a 500k offer for him from QPR :)Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Wednesday now in the bottom 3 and Hornets get stuffed at home by QPR.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet
Watched the Coventry vs Ipswich yesterday and the Sheff U vs Palace game. Both reasonable quality matches with some Irish interest. Garvan isn't a bad player and having regard to our lack of decent midfielders may well get his chance sooner rather than later.
yet another good three points away for the Hornets.We are rebuilding the stadium at present and wouldn't it be great if it was closed for the rest of the season ( 2 points from last 21 at Home );)
Very satisfying Christmas for QPR, the best of three wonderful pressies being the 4-2 win at Watford. In your face Hornet! :D
Nerves over relegation are beginning to abate, hopefully the arrival of loads of new players over the past two days (and more to come tomorrow) will help secure a mid-division finish, and, way more importantly, better than Wednesday by one agonising goal. :)
The division is always hustle and bustle, but this season seems particularly Christmas Eve on Grafton Street esque. Not at all beyond the bounds of possibility that half the teams could either get relegated or promoted. Here's hoping QPR can 'do a Sunderland' and win a trip to Wembley in May. :p
Yes, noticed QPR getting 2 or 3 players from their London bigger brothers during the transfer window. Whether they prove to be any good is another matter.
Very topsy turvy division and a good run from any of the teams in the lower half could see a play off place. Equally, a bad run could spell doom with no team from about 10 down safe.
I see Ray Wilkins is worried that the family club that is QPR may be ruined by the 5th richest man in the world taking a 20% stake. I'd say the fans would be really worried about that :rolleyes:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/mai.../sfnqpr104.xml
Still think QPR won't be a force until next season when they have a summer spending spree, but if you win this bet Hoop it will be down to Wednesday's sloppiness more than anything I feel! :0
Championship teams acquitted themselves well in the games I saw. Burnley played some nice football, Stoke mixed it with Newcastle and Wednesday should have won at Derby while QPR restricted Chelsea to only one goal.
I see Graham Kavanagh is linked with a move to Watford......how was he at Hilsborough Owlsy?
He was good. They wanted to extend the loan but Sunderland wanted him back and Kavanagh said he preferred to fight for his place in the Premiership. :o Not sure he'll suit the Hornet's long ball game.
Wednesday just turned down a bid for Whelan and Yoann Folly from Plymouth. Apparantly Plymouth didn't even spell Folly's name right in their faxed offer :o
Marlon King gone to Fulham for £5M:(.....even though we didn't NEED the money ( apparently they are paying him £40k a week so can see why HE wanted to go )
I think he is a Championship player. The sort who would get you up but wouldn't keep you there. Makes me wonder about Hodgson's judgement, a man much touted for the Ireland job.
Bad loss for Watford and could cost them millions in the long run but my eyes are on the other end of the table.
Big Sheffield derby this weekend. One of the biggest genuine derby games in England.
I'd still take him for Ireland - big difference between international management and club management. Hodgson was never a great club manager, and so on these Islands, he will be looked upon as a nearly man - yet in Europe he is lauded for his international work. A bit of luck and he'll be sacked by Wednesday and he'll come here for his sins.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Is working part-time at Hilsborough as well?......no wonder he looks so tired!;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bluebeard
Sacked (by Fulham) before Wednesday, I meant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sligo Hornet
Tough he could well be doing part time there too - he already looks ten years older.
Maybe it's just my blind faith in the Owls but get on Wednesday to win 3-1 this weekend. In Robson We Trust
:eek: I'll have some of what you're on jebus...Quote:
Originally Posted by jebus
.. I mean, we'll score at least five and I can't see where United would get a goal from! :)
"If you don't f*****g bounce, you're a Blade. There's only one team in Sheffield". Can't say I enjoyed it until the final whistle. Too nervous. Whelan Sky's man of the match.
Jebus, I told you Spurr is useless. Almost cost Wednesday two goals and couldn't pass to one of his own players if his life depended on it.
Unted haven't scored in their last 3 away games so what does Robson do? Start with one man up front :rolleyes: When he changed it to 2 up front, 2nd half was much different but luckily Wednesday survived.
Happy for ye today (just for today :D) lads.
Comforting to see the bottom three being cut adrift a little as well. Chances are it'll be those three you'd think. Leaving Wednesday and QPR free to fight it out for 11th, oh the joys. :D
Do we think Robson will be with United much longer? What self-deprecating loser talk he came out with today;
"We didn't have any drive about our game. We were playing in the comfort zone. There was no real purpose in our game. (surely your fault for not formulating a purpose, even for the big derby, Bryan?)
We're over halfway in the season now and we felt things were coming together nicely, but maybe we're not good enough to get up there. (maybe you're the problem Bryan?)
Maybe the expectations at the start of the season were too much for the players to take on board because the league table doesn't lie." (hmmm, maybe. or maybe it's your job to temper expectation and relax the players?)
Excuse the sarcasm, don't know what came over me. We shouldn't be complaining about him anyway I suppose. :)
Familiar words from a man who is about to leave by "mutal consent" if the Blades can afford the mutual consent :D
Carlsberg don't do scoreboards but if they did....hang on a second they do!!
http://i27.tinypic.com/8yi7bm.jpg
I'll admit Spurr had a stinker against United, but I still don't think he's as bad as you have him Owlsfan, nor do I think he's as good as some sections of the press make him out to be.
Heart in the mouth time for much of the second half of Saturdays game though, but what a goal from Tudgay!! :) As I said before the game, In Robson We Trust
For all you Owls and Blunts, I found this in the Guardian's sportblog section. Barney Ronay calls it right, I think.
:ball: PPQuote:
Originally Posted by Barney Ronay in the Guardian - Five things we learned this weekend
MARLON KING has been told he may have to quit the game in three years due to the condition of his knee.
The 27-year-old underwent a stringent two-day medical at Craven Cottage at the weekend after Watford accepted a £5m cash offer for the 11-goal striker.
Tests and scans revealed King has a deteriorating problem in his right knee and it understood that the problem is inoperable.
In November 2006, King underwent complex surgery to repair a small tear in his meniscus but upon closer inspection, the surgeon discovered there was piece of cartilage flapping and a bit of bone had come away. The operation sidelined King for six months.
In light of the results of the medical, Fulham asked Watford to drop the asking price and renegotiate the deal on a year-by-by installent basis. The Hornets rejected the proposal and are understood to have made it clear King has no future at Vicarage Road.
Fulham may even end their interest altogether after signing Erik Nevland yesterday (Monday), leaving King in limbo.
As a long time Watford fan I can only say this is one big **** up!
Watford give a £25k a week contract to a bloke with a ricked knee.
Then, they try and sell him for £5m.
The buying club finds the problem during a medical, and quite understandably doesn't want to pay that price for dodgy goods.
What do Watford do? Try to blame the player and then say they don't want him back.
Who at the club is responsible for giving what must be one the most lucrative contracts in its history to a player who has a career-threatening injury?
This mess is of Watford's making - King wanting to go is all part of football.
But handing out fat contracts to injured players with no chance of a sell-on fee is utterly shambolic.
It's the sort of major error people in other walks of life lose their jobs for.
I don't think Graham Simpson's programme notes for the Charlton match have done the club any favours at all in this regard SH. The notes were naive in the extreme and totally unprofessional. Reminded me of Gerald Ratner's comments regarding the lack of quality in products sold in his shops, and we know what happened there.
Watford have two choices here as Marlon obviously wants away; either take Fulham's reduced offer (with Collins John as part of it) or hang on to MK until the summer and punt him then. Irrespective of which path is followed the club loses out and at least part of the blame for this must go to GS.
:ball: PP
Another 90th minute goal conceded and Wednesday teether on the brink with Preston beating league leaders WBA. Irishmen score for pleasure against the Owls.
Will be a long season.
I see Mick has signed Kevin Kyle on loan from Coventy.Did'nt he just sign two strikers a couple of weeks back(Ebanks and Edwards) and he already has Keogh,Elliot, Eastwood,Boothroyd and Stephen Ward.Whats gan on Mick?:eek:
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Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Surely is record with international teams should carry much more weight on your suspicions that King may not be a great signing. Ferguson signed Verson and Wenger signed Francis Jeffers so not all managers get it right.
I can only judge Hodgson on what I have seen of him and that's his time with Blackburn and Fulham. Wasn't impressed with the former and so far (albeit very early days) not impressed with the latter. It will be a tough job to keep Fulham up but there is a fair bit of dross down there (Wigan, Derby, Bolton, Birmingham) so it's not an impossible task.
Owls fan, there is more to life than English football.