Quote: Tuumble @ September 23 2009, 5:28 PM BST15 miles from where you live? Bit of a problem if you move house - might be better if you said 15 miles from where you were born. What if you were born while your dad was staioned overseas...or on a ship...or a plane. What if you were born while your mother was on holiday on Stornaway?
Not as straightforward as it seems...
Picky! We knew what the man meant! You're just angry cos the Gods dealt you Lincoln 
Quote: Moonstone @ September 23 2009, 5:40 PM BSTPicky! We knew what the man meant! You're just angry cos the Gods dealt you Lincoln
DAMN! 
Quote: Mike T @ September 23 2009, 5:36 PM BSTFor anyone concerned about foster in goal:
Foster - conceded 6
saved 17
% saved 73.91
played 6Reina - conceded 9
saved 15
% saved 62.50
played 6cech - conceded 3
saved 6
% saved 66.67
played 6the list goes on but you know.. its on sky sports website if anyone cares
What exactly do those statistics mean?
Quote: Chappers @ September 23 2009, 8:49 PM BSTWhat exactly do those statistics mean?
It means that Liverpool have a shaky defence and that Reina is a far busier keeper than Peter Cech who hasn't had an awful lot to do because the rest of team are playing so well.
Foster's stats don't look bad on that basis but it sounds like he's in the David James mould of being a good stopper who is prone to mistakes.
Quote: Tuumble @ September 23 2009, 8:56 PM BSTIt means that Liverpool have a shaky defence and that Reina is a far busier keeper than Peter Cech who hasn't had an awful lot to do because the rest of team are playing so well.
Foster's stats don't look bad on that basis but it sounds like he's in the David James mould of being a good stopper who is prone to mistakes.
I'm glad you said that. If I had I'd have been accused of being anti-Manchester United.
I just want to say what an absolute bunch of twats a minority of pointless Chelsea Fans are. They ruin my night on match day and have fights, and break windows and basically make my journey home terrifying and really stressful.
Quote: EllieJP @ September 23 2009, 9:07 PM BSTI just want to say what an absolute bunch of twats a minority of pointless Chelsea Fans are. They ruin my night on match day and have fights, and break windows and basically make my journey home terrifying and really stressful.
They are - I agree - and they have been since the mid-sixties. I apologise on their behalf.
Quote: Chappers @ September 23 2009, 9:47 PM BSTThey are - I agree - and they have been since the mid-sixties. I apologise on their behalf.
Yeah yeah, you're the ring leader.
Well what a boring match United and Wolves was, but we did win 1-0.
On the subject of Ben Foster, he really isn't good enough and Mr Ferguson will have to buy a goalkeeper when Van Der Sar retires.
Quote: Chappers @ September 23 2009, 8:49 PM BSTWhat exactly do those statistics mean?
Thought it was quite obvious what they mean..
Quote: Tuumble @ September 23 2009, 8:56 PM BSTIt means that Liverpool have a shaky defence and that Reina is a far busier keeper than Peter Cech who hasn't had an awful lot to do because the rest of team are playing so well.
Foster's stats don't look bad on that basis but it sounds like he's in the David James mould of being a good stopper who is prone to mistakes.
Tuumble explained it to me.
As a failed Goalkeeper who once had a trial with the might of Hayes Reserves, I would say Shay Given is the best goal keeper in the Premier League; and if he was five inches taller, he would have been up there with Casillas - technically and also literally.
Cech is next, pre and post Stephen *unt.
Why are Premiership teams invited to play in the League Cup? They're not members of the Football League. All they do is treat the tournament with contempt.
Quote: Chappers @ September 23 2009, 11:15 PM BSTWhy are Premiership teams invited to play in the League Cup? They're not members of the Football League. All they do is treat the tournament with contempt.
It's great when your team wins the League/Milk/Rumbelows/Coca Cola/Worthington/Carling/Whatever it trades under these days Cup, but if you get knocked out then it's just a mickey mouse trophy.
They should merge it with the Scottish equivalent and make it just for Football League teams and Premier League teams who hardly ever qualify for Europe. Like Tottenham.
But then again these events can be a needed money spinner for the smaller clubs, and possibly give them a bit of press attention.