Adopt the squeaky bum position and join us for a tense afternoon in the EPL and Colaship.
Two games. Four teams. Three in deep doo-doo. One Highlander. Etc.
As you can see above, the lads at George Keeley's have graciously jerry-rigged some bootleg A/V with ESPN360 piped onto a TV. Bigus is currently there, wearing a hole in the floor with his frantic pacing up and down the bar as we await kick-off from Carrow Road.
So yeah, you can watch Norwich/Reading on a computer-destroying ESPN360 should you wish.
Oh, and something about Alan Shearer.
TODAY:
Newcastle v. Portsmouth
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The Bland Alans: Shay Given's Less Talented Replacement, Beye, Coloccini, Bassong, Jose Enrique, Smith, Nicky Butt, Hard-Workin' Duff, Aussie who should retire, Martins, Crocked Midget.
Subs: The Evil Krul!, Barton the Thuggish, Guthrie, Gutierrez, Peter "Peace" Lovenkrands, Edgar, Carroll.
Pompey: Butterfingers James, Glen Johnson, Solololol Campbell, Distin, Hreidarsson, Davis, Belhadj, Hughes, Mullins, The Nuuuug, Man Who Hopes to Have Nachos.
Subs: Begovic, Pennant, Pamarot, Utaka, Cranie, Kanu, Basinas.
With Mike Riley in charge, you can almost smell the botched penalty decision that swings the game dramatically to favour one side. Shearer has done nothing to lift the Magpies whatsoever, so I'm going with a dramatic, agonizing 1-1 draw.
Norwich v. Reading
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Canaries: Marshall, Otsemobor, Shackell, Doherty, Bertrand, Gow, Clingan, Russell, Carney, Lee, McDonald.
Subs: Nelson, Cureton, Lappin, Leijer, Daley
Hooped Spoilers: Hahnemann, Rosenior, Bikey, Duberry, Harding, Cisse, Karacan, Kebe, Little, Kitson, Long.
Subs: Federici, Matejovsky, Doyle, S Hunt, Pearce
No clue here. Narrow, fraught, desperate 1-0 home win via a late goal from a teenager. Or something like that.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Monday Open Thread: Relegation Nation
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Hello?
/crickets
The Canaries are looking a little leaky at the back there
The pitch right in the goal-mouth looks like crap. Who is in charge down there at Carrow Road, groundskeeper Willie?
quite an entrance, Georger.
what's your beef?
No beef, just wanted to make an entrance.
good Lord! Russell almost killed a man. I hope baby Bigus tackles better than that.
I take that back, I've got beef. One, it's ninety fucking degrees in April. Two, roughly four billion dandelions have popped up at my complex and the landlord won't mow the grass. Three, I'm sick and have a final tomorrow that I have no notes for. Four, the Dutch.
hooray finally got 360 to work!
Cody MacDonald has ... something like a mullet/undercut combination. The British must be stopped.
Portsmouth will score on 2 of every 3 counters they get today.
Color me surprised that Reading couldn't stay up. An attempted header as a pass goes 30 feet in the air and then over the touchline
Hey now, leave the Dutch out of this.
yellows yellows yellows sounds remarkably like dreidel dreidel dreidel
Bigus would like you all to know that the Canaries' groundskeeper won Groundskeeper of the year last year for his efforts at Carrow Road.
The chat room over at the Justin feed is hilarious.
"3:16ronalio14:norwich fans are tractor riding faggits"
ooooo nice shot
I don't think I can watch a football match after Saturday. That killed a little piece of my soul.
verification word: schiesse
How apropos.
I'm assuming this game is at City, what's up with the box? Do the Marlins play baseball there or something?
I'm convinced that justin.tv chats consist solely of people who have been banned from commenting on youtube.
And are therefore among the funniest things known to man.
I feel like there should be a Traore in this game.
Best Norwich player ever:
Kevin Keelan?
Bryan Gunn?
Iwan Roberts?
Darren Huckerby?
Ruel Fox ftw!
This McDonald kid can run.
Since when did subs get awarded with the POY?
well, it's tough to argue against a guy from Montserrat ancestry who played for Norwich despite being born in Ipshit
oh, that was a vicious strike from Klingon
at 20 minutes we've had one shot and one yellow in the Pompey/Codes game- tres exciting.
Magpies fans should watch the Norwich/Reading game to get an idea of what awaits next season
Danny Guthrie looks:
A) 12
B) lost
I can't tell if this Bet 365 commercial is supposed to be an incredibly stereotypical Asian, or Lee Corso.
a couple of nice shots from norwich, but they need to get a few more clear cut chances going.
on a side note, it's kinda cool listening to the pa announcers on 360. a nice change from the talking heads.
I don't think Ruel Fox is their best player, I just felt like throwing it out there because I was the only one who could answer Bigus' question last summer of who was the Montserrat who was born in Ipswich that played for Norwich.
Oh wow, Alan Smith, I forgot about this guy. I'll be honestly bummed if Newcastle get relegated, not sure why.
how is the newcastle game looking? i can't get it on any feed. looking like they have a chance to win, or what?
Yeah, Magpies have 4 strikers out there if you count Smith.
Is there a record for the largest ratio of time in the opponents box to shots on goal? Think Newcastle are threatening it for the first half.
Steve:
Newcaastle has what looks like a 4-2-4, they've spent most of the half in the Pompey side of the pitch, and they've maybe forced one save from James.
God I hope Liverpool break the bank for Johnson.
Newcastle have Duff at LB? WTF? Seems like Shearer has accepted their fate.
Martins just cheesed from the front of the 6.
OH MARTINS COME NOW!
thanks, PR. So typical Newcastle ineptitude, then?
oh and I agree with Georger - would be weird to have Newcastle out of the Premier. What would I have to look forward to mid-season if not Newcastle's inevitable sackings?
How the hell was that a corner?
'Arry will poach Johnson, Georger, but we'll gladly sell you Gareth Bale.
When Pompey do start to move forward, it's like they spend time trying to break down a midfield that's not even there.
Strange.
Half. Zeroes.
Do or do not do, Shearer. There is no try.
The fuck we want with a left back that can't defend? We've got those in droves.
i watched a bit of the preshow at my friends house who had setanta
now that it seems like manutd have it in the bag its fun to focus more on the relegation battle ha
Hello, hello. We are the norwich boys(in keeleys). Hello. Hello, we are the norwich boys (in keeleys) if you are an ipswich fan surrender or you die. We all follow the city!
@Georger: That was kind of the point....
I do covet Johnson, though, and hopefully 'Arry can work the old coach angle and lure him over.
but, Georger, do you have a Welsh one?
"That was kind of the point.... " I know :)
"do you have a Welsh one?"
Hm, excellent point.
Norwich better score or a fight better break out, I'm losing quality napping time.
Georger: this isn't putting you to sleep?
Come on, Norwich! On the ball City!
(Did I do this right?)
Apparently Bunny Colvin plays for Reading.
@phil - Jose Enrique had to go off after 25 minutes with a hamstring. Duff moved back then.
Damn, tough angle to hit that for Lee.
Yeah, and then we've got Marlo Stanfield at Villa. The game is still the game. It just got more fierce.
OH NO
See you in League One, Norwich.
What a shit goal. Long shouldn't have celebrated that.
damn! i was trying to figure out what "OH NO," and EB's comment meant, then my feed caught up.
damn.
@ TYER: thanks!
Ah, shit. Poor Bigus.
Camon Norwich!!!
I've not nothing.
i'm off guys - here's hoping Norwich can pull off the miracle.
Newcastle Utd playing at Peterborough next season . . . Best thing ever, or BEST thing ever?
Ouch.
Andrew, I'm just waiting for the match when Shearer decides he's had it with Newcastle's strikers not being able to hit the broad side of a barn, and suits up for the second half.
Keith: based upon the highlight clips the UFers posted a few days ago, I'm not so sure that's a bad idea.
Given how badly Viduka is sucking wind, that could be any second now.
And that's that. Reading find a second. Damn.
Well, he retired from the prem for a reason, but I'm sure he could still fire the Geordies to instant promotion next year in the Colaship.
At his age, he'd still be an improvement over Mark Viduka.
Bigus: Still a GD opportunity for Norwich, regardless if they lose?
But, they do not look good right now.
I kind of want Newcastle to stay up as well. Then they show pictures of Mike Aheley and I think I might reconsider.
At least score to make it interesting for Hull.
@ EF:
Fomr the Yahoo live text: "Norwich will be counting on Barnsley losing at Plymouth on Sunday while they will have to beat Charlton. That is if it stays the same here." So it appears there's still some GD hope for Norwich.
What a run by Johnson!
And he fucks it up.
This game is destined for a nil-nil finish.
Thanks, Phil. Reading looked good. Colahship is having a good season; all around, I've been very happy with all the leagues this season.
Newcastle is basically allowing Pompey in to the area, but Pompey staunchly refuse to score. Wonderful football here.
And Andy Carroll clotheslines Johnson, and is inexplicably not sent off.
+1 to the Pompey fans for singing "You're Worse than Sunderland."
COLOCCINI HOOFS THE WINNER! All kinds of space and he sends it sailing. That's at least the 4th sitter these two teams have hoofed.
Fuck. I was really hoping for good news when I got home.
/There was no joy in East Anglia that day...
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