He didn’t have the bottle to second yellow their keeper, and I think the keeper knew that.
The ref did ok overall, considering that what we really needed was a St John’s medic wearing the black on the pitch instead, to cope with all the horrific Roma injuries…
(Can’t recall if the ref was in...
You know, we’ve just been knocked out of Europe but I’m on a real high, it’s an odd feeling! Not feeling especially sad, but I am feeling immensely proud of this club
I was a little disappointed with the Roma fans, I was expecting noise/pyros etc. Maybe their hard core have travel restrictions..
Overall, Marseille fans I felt were the best at the Amex followed by Athens.
Not a ‘highlight’, but the Athens headed goal was the best I’ve ever seen (with a head)!
Just occurred to me that not only did we beat Ajax, Marseille and Roma at the Amex, we didn’t concede a goal in any of them!
I fully expect the Twitter trolls of Chelsea and Palace to be wetting themselves now, but they have no ammunition really - 5 wins from 8 games in our debut season, and...
I've just started doing the one match acca thingy bets. For the away leg I did:
Both score/Dunk goal with head/Van Hecke card/Gross shot on target.
Tonight I fancy:
Bton win both score/Dunk goal with head/Gross shot on target/over 4.5 goals
In the early Amex days I got super excited wondering who our pre-season european home fixture would be against. Now we are playing Roma, competitively. I’m going to enjoy these nights as and when they come. Ok we may be going out, but it’s about the experience for me. I’m looking forward to...
It’s Roma, at the Amex, under the lights, of course I’m going! Will now either be a relaxed enjoyable match (hopefully), or the chance to pull off the greatest comeback of all time. Plus I’m looking forward to my cheeseburger.