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by norm the jedi
Tue Feb 03, 2015 9:24 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Bijou Bob's Bargain Basement Buys - Jan transfer thread
Replies: 1322
Views: 196911

Re: Bijou Bob's Bargain Basement Buys - Jan transfer thread

so - since Lenny's arrival: incoming talent.. EIGHT players Eidur Heskey Le Fondre bazza Rochina Slavchev Twardzik Janko presuming that he actually intends to USE these players - who are the casualties gonna be from the starting lineup? In an early bid for the 2015 'stating the bleedin obvious awar...
by norm the jedi
Sat Jan 10, 2015 2:34 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Red v white, a thorny contest - Leeds United (H) 10/01/15
Replies: 144
Views: 25012

Re: Red v white, a thorny contest - Leeds United (H) 10/01/1

Abdoulaye's Twin wrote:Shame it isn't Roy. You could of all enjoyed a game of catchphrase on the big screen at half time :)
judging by our average age in the attacking third Murray was more of a possibility..
by norm the jedi
Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:17 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: FA Cup - Third round at home against Wigan.
Replies: 192
Views: 30672

Re: FA Cup - Third round at home against Wigan.

Lovely first visit to the renamed concrete football shed... As a tourist I think the Clough Hype was largely due to his positive approach.. we had significant periods of largely bloodless possession yesterday where we protected the ball and shovelled it about between us without ever looking particul...
by norm the jedi
Sat Jan 03, 2015 10:31 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: FA Cup - Third round at home against Wigan.
Replies: 192
Views: 30672

Re: FA Cup - Third round at home against Wigan.

First visit to the Macaroon today... Still the Reebok in our house Used to be the best day of the season 3rd round Saturday.. now it lasts a fortnight and only one or two of the 3 O'clock kick offs today offers the prospect of " T'romance of T'cup " Match of the day will be a hard sell tonight! Look...
by norm the jedi
Tue Nov 25, 2014 5:50 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Gudjohnsen training with the squad
Replies: 297
Views: 54147

Re: Gudjohnsen training with the squad

wiki pedya

"A bounce game is generally a non-competitive football match played between two sides usually as part of a training"

evry dey a skool dey
by norm the jedi
Sat Nov 01, 2014 9:28 am
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: The Norwich away, match thread
Replies: 200
Views: 27027

Re: The Norwich away, match thread

I was much more dissappointed with the display than many seem.. Limited is the principle adjective that springs to mind over and over. Seemingly our purpose for ball retention is to prevent us conceding because whilst we knocked it about tidily enough at times we didn't look like scoring at any poin...
by norm the jedi
Sun Oct 12, 2014 4:32 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Lennon announced on Offish site
Replies: 412
Views: 68659

Re: Lennon announced on Offish site

Happy enough with the appointment as long as he is given the resources I'm hopeful. If he's left with the same shower of shoite I imagine we'll scrape us up a bit and then struggle limply on. But then I've never really believed in the cult of the messiah manager. He'll do but he'll need supporting f...
by norm the jedi
Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:40 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..
Replies: 235
Views: 26484

Re: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..

Mar wrote:Chelsea through. Surprise of the night is we gave a good account of ourselves and got a goal. Aside from the late rally from us it's clear we gave them too much respect.
Irony?

We couldn't get near them for 80 minutes
by norm the jedi
Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:33 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..
Replies: 235
Views: 26484

Re: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..

jaffka wrote:beckford should have got on the end of that mason cross/shot
Think he would have been offside if he'd touched it..
by norm the jedi
Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:30 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..
Replies: 235
Views: 26484

Re: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..

Spearing dives to fillet Oscar, making his bid for first use of the soap
by norm the jedi
Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:28 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..
Replies: 235
Views: 26484

Re: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..

Chelsea playing out time by letting us have the ball safe in the knowledge we are utterly clueless..
by norm the jedi
Wed Sep 24, 2014 9:01 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..
Replies: 235
Views: 26484

Re: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..

Oscar turns like the Queen Mary and is invited towards goal and buries one in the bottom corner..
Starting from an attacking Wanderers throw in where in an intricate training ground routine we threw it straight to a blue shirt...
by norm the jedi
Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:45 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..
Replies: 235
Views: 26484

Re: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..

TANGODANCER wrote:A good build up, some promising play and.....a two yard pass goes astray?
That just about summed up our approach play... great run down the wing - easy ball for an on running midfielder to shoot and we couldn't complete a 4 yard square roll in...
:lol:
by norm the jedi
Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:39 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..
Replies: 235
Views: 26484

Re: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..

CrazyHorse wrote:It's the longest of long shots like but I'd love for Chelsea to batter Bolton to no avail in the second half and then us to get a jammy penalty in the 97th minute ftw.

I'd fecking love it.
We can only win 3-2 after extra time in this competition...
by norm the jedi
Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:39 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..
Replies: 235
Views: 26484

Re: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..

officer_dibble wrote:Bad times good times maketh better
Or something
Aye but back then it was less about the size of your wallet...
These days if you're skint you'll be shit - Still need to spend your cash wisely
but without it the outlook is bleaker than the halcyon days of yore, whatever that means..
by norm the jedi
Wed Sep 24, 2014 8:20 pm
Forum: The Trotters
Topic: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..
Replies: 235
Views: 26484

Re: Once more unto the Bridge dear friends...Chelsea..

malcd1 wrote:One more goal than I thought. Just noted that Chelsea have have 14 shots to our 1. Going to be a very long night for those players.
make that 15