Carling Cup 1st round draw: Bury at home

[boltonboris]

Phew

[Prufrock]

Well that turned out all right in the end. Tranmere and Wolves lost and we beat the Bucket Shakers.

What's the problem ?

[Harry Genshaw]

Well that turned out all right in the end. Tranmere and Wolves lost and we beat the Bucket Shakers.

What's the problem ?

Too right! New 3 year deal for Freedman on the back of that?

[Prufrock]

i wondered what McNulty had been up to since The Wire...

A Jimmy McNulty no less!

[Puskas]

Have any of the Ra-Ras been on?

No?

feck 'em.

Ha...

[Worthy4England]

A home win, three months quicker than last season. A remarkable improvement from last season, if I might make so bold.

Fortress Macron - bring it.

[Lord Kangana]

Unbeaten at home all season!

[TANGODANCER]

In the ninety fifth minute, hanging over the cliff-edge with nuts tied to a buttercup, hurricane Bertha blew us back from disaster and upended Craig Davies in their box. Win, win.

[CrazyHorse]

Awful first 94 minutes. Then pretty amazing game after that.

[ChrisC]

If you didn't already hate the feckers enough..





Hopefully they was caught and beaten to death with an empty bucket.


nice person!

[William the White]

We were outplayed by them for 75% of the game.

I'm being generous to us there.

The pen was unconvincing - a real soft one.

I'm very glad we won!

[Prufrock]

If you didn't already hate the feckers enough..





Hopefully they was caught and beaten to death with an empty bucket.


tw*t!

Hanging is too good for them!

[TANGODANCER]

We were outplayed by them for 75% of the game.

I'm being generous to us there.

The pen was unconvincing - a real soft one.

I'm very glad we won!

It sounded like Wheater was our best player. Would that be right Will?

[Prufrock]

New favourite player



EVERYBODY DANNS NOW!

[William the White]

We were outplayed by them for 75% of the game.

I'm being generous to us there.

The pen was unconvincing - a real soft one.

I'm very glad we won!

It sounded like Wheater was our best player. Would that be right Will?

Certainly a case to be made for that... Danns cameo wasn't lengthy but was very effective...

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Hahahahahaha! I want to see photos and videos of them when the penalty went in.

But seriously. Pratley AND Trotter in central midfield. Oh my hat. I think sometimes he's having a twisted laugh.

But Dan: you surely aren't wishing for us to play *Man* United in the next round? Because the last thing this club needs is to be beaten by the team it hates most in all the world, who operate at a higher level. Imagine how much that must hurt. Maybe ask a bucket-shaker, if you can find one.

[LeverEnd]

Wheater headed everything out. And he needed to because we were definitely 2nd best.
The penalty as Will said looked soft, having seen it again looked like Lainton got to the ball at least at the same time. Davies went down over him in a genuine attempt to get to the ball and smashed the penalty right in the corner. He made a difference when he came on. From doing nothing at all Beckford then got a couple of chances which he fluffed. Awful night for him. Wilkinson looked promising, like when he clicks he could be good. Pratley was poor, Trotter better but nothing more than average.
Bury were robbed basically, but let's call it karma for the statue thing. Balls to them.

[LeverEnd]

EDIT. Everything except the 2 goals from crosses. There could have been more.

[bobo the clown]

Well, just back due to road works on the M62 and M56.

Firstly, I have no idea whether it was or wasn't a soft penalty because it was given in the 97th minute when I was having a piss as I'd decided to leave. I saw the goal. We hadn't deserved it but hey.

Extra time we pushed them over but then let them have another bite and it was a bit hanging on in the end.

I enjoyed Feeney. He only knows one way to play ... fast and direct ... and it works. Very refreshing. I wonder how long before we try and coach that from him. Wilkinson showed some promise ... Beckford didn't. I liked Devitte and Wheater played well. We regularly reverted to our old failing of letting midfielders run at us as if we were playing statues.

... and playing a midfield central two of Trotter and Pratley is an astonishing decision. Incredible.

Well, he got away with it by the skin on the skin of his teeth but don't let that fool anyone.

We weren't awful. We weren't good but "OK". Which is alright till you realise a Bury team from Division 4 (sic) made us look distinctly average.

[General Mannerheim]

re the statue - id be pretty pissed off if id gone to that trouble and sacrificed a shirt, that there is not a better photo knocking about than that!