I always think of dwight yorke for this. He was good for villa, excellent for United..Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
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I always think of dwight yorke for this. He was good for villa, excellent for United..Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Yorke was excellent for Villa, to be fair, but you're right that he stepped it up in Manchester. Which was interesting because he seemed to have been around so long when he went to United but he was in his prime, at 28.Quote:
Originally Posted by dynamo kerry
Was it himself and Sheringham that were not talking but still played well together ? ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
No, it was Cole and Sheringham. Apparently, it all went back to when Cole made his England debut, as a substitute for Sheringham, and Sheringham didn't shake his hand.
RMK clearly didn't like Sheringham and mentioned in his first book a few times how he was a shaper. Keane obviously liked Cole as he signed him for Sunderland when he was well past it.
But ultimately, there'll always be players who don't get on in a group but can put that aside when they get on the pitch
Cole strikes me as a bit odd, this was the incident and there was a little handshake there, think Sheringham was just annoyed at being taken off and maybe the foul just beforehand. Certainly nothing that should have caused a lifelong rift.
Anyway, Connolly... :o
A guy could easily be annoyed at been taken off. Did’t Andy Cole go all Andrew Cole there for awhile as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Unstoppable today vs the old magpies el Bambino Pons nicknamed him the little buffalo Rooney on espn Argentina. Hendrick invisible today. Clark on the bench
Beautiful finish for Connolly today, 3-0 up in closing minutes vs Newcastle. Fantastic to see it!
Good goal. Also hit the post in what turned out to be an offside move.
Same thing with both, opened his body and tried to curl into the far corner from the left.
What a goal. james McCarthy could bring the ball there to Connolly. Connolly has to play but in a free role like today. The new Rooney doppelganger Pons dubbed him on espn
Any link for the goal guys
https://streamable.com/mufn3vQuote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
https://streamable.com/hudrrqQuote:
Originally Posted by Diggs246
Flashscore.com have been reliable lately(through mobile browser not the app)
But I would usually check
Reddit.com/r/soccer/new
Think the goal in a weird way shows what I said about Maupay being poor and Connolly making good runs. Look how long it took for Maupay to play the pass, it was almost too late.
Only turned game on just before goal but commentary so I don't know how well Connolly played overall
Lots of decent runs, didn’t receive the ball a lot. Busy as always.Quote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
Won a few good free kicks.
Good hold up and pass to Lamptey on the break from a corner, who should have scored (Lamptey was superb).
Hit the post from a wide left angle, was half a yard offside though, but almost an excellent finish from a difficult angle
Thanks. Lovely goal perfect weightQuote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
I thought that about the runs too. He was getting very frustrated with Trossard I thought. I think the runs issue is probably because he was playing through the middle.Quote:
Originally Posted by elatedscum
But he caused Lascelles problems. Earned them territory. Had bright moments. Lovely goal. Happy days.
An assist and a goal. unstoppable has a bit of buffalo Rooney in him, as the argentinian commentators said. Maupay wants to play for Argentina he also got contacted from Lionel Scaloni from his house in Soller, Mallorca.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
WTF is buffalo Rooney
Nothing about today shows what you were saying about Maupay, but nice try. :) The pass was timed well imhoQuote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
they called rooney that way in affection in Spain Uruguay, Italy and ArgentinaQuote:
Originally Posted by Razors left peg
When Connolly got the ball he had to check back to shoot, Maupay had the chance to play it into the stride. Im gonna keep clinging to this LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Unless you provide proof about these games being on ESPN Argentina, please don't attribute at quotes to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
You used to do this on YBIG as well, and it was really, really annoying.
It was on 'ESPN Play Sur' & 'ESPN2 Sur' in Argentina, according to the Live Soccer TV app.
Appreciate the stewardship Tets, let’s keep that stuff for YBIGQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
espn 2 Argentina is where their headquarters are, and they hire people mostly from Spain and Italy, Uruguay and Argentina. Some colombians too because of their suave accent, argentinian and uruguayan accent and the "vos" person from the french and some frenchiee expressions turned into spanish make it awkward for most spanish speakers.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Pons and the doctor Herbella chose "rooney" Connolly as man of the match since Lamptey was hauled out after 55 minutes
Had they never heard of his Granny Hooker ? ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
when rooney scored that goal against seaman and made that successful partnership with a canadian dude who i dont remember his name but was quick and skillful, they tought in Southamerica that Wayne was irish because of his look and his last name.Quote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
Is the Granny Hooker ever going to get any Credit or an Assist ? ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
Yeap Tomasz RadzinskiQuote:
Originally Posted by seanfhear
Didn’t Rooney say the Granny Hooker was the best Coach he ever had ? I’m out after that one !Quote:
Originally Posted by Bielsa´s irish
Well, bizarre thread but brilliant to see Connolly look the part vs Newcastle. Well taken goal.
I’ll also add the Maupay critics weren’t exactly proven right. Excellently taken penalty and a very cool finish for his goal from open play.
The two can play together and both have an energy and feistiness that will serve Brighton well this season.
Their two league games before Slovakia are United and Everton. Last year, Brighton would often play a 3-5-2, instead of a 3-4-3 like they played yesterday, against the bigger sides. It will be interesting to see if Potter reverts to the 3-5-2 for those matches, which will surely squeeze one of Trossard, Connolly and Maupay from the team. All three did well yesterday so hopefully they persist with 3-4-3 and if they go to 3-5-2 that Potter maintains Connolly.
I think I might be the sole member of the Maupay critics club at the moment to be fair!Quote:
Originally Posted by irishfan86
One kind of sidebar angle to this whole Maupay/Connolly thing is that Connolly was harrying the Newcastle backline and applying plenty of pressure, generated another good chance, and the commentator on the feed I was watching kept calling him Maupay. Then the colour commentator went on and on about Maupay. They must not have been looking at their monitors because the camera was zoomed in right on Connolly after the play. The thing is it happened more than once it was like the commentator thought 9 and 7 were both Maupay.
That doesnt surprise me. I honestly think the standard of football commentary and punditry is absolutely atrocious. You so often hear pundits and commentators pronouncing players names wrong ( DoKherty) or saying things like "I dont know much about this player".Quote:
Originally Posted by irishfan86
Ive started watching a lot more US sports in recent years since moving here and the standard of analysis and commentary of games is so far above what football does. You rarely get the "at the end of the day hes a top top player, class is permanent" nonsense.
Im struggling even to find a proper podcast I like for football these days with the amount of crap thats talked...... sorry, this has been bugging me for ages!!!
I dont think you can say those kind of things anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by irishfan86
Enjoyed that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by paul_oshea
That was NBC/Peacock, must have had the 2019/20 squad numbers whereby Maupay was 7. Wouldn’t get too upset about it, the fans and management can tell the difference
Playing very central against Utd. Brighton have been good. Connolly looks sharp, just the one half chance for a shot a few mins ago. Making good runs again and has held it up well a few times. A couple of good runs not spotted again too.
Opportunity on the counter just now where maybe he didn’t trust his own pace and made a poor decision. Brighton hit both posts and the bar. Penalty now. Pressing Utd really well and Connolly a big part of that.