Full match account please Phil!
Will you be wearing your lucky Spurs/Nix shirt and taking it off @80 mins?
OK, here it is:
A couple of pints in the Bell and Hare after making the arduous trip up from Liv'poolStreet station. We were a group of five, 2 kiwis and irish pirate, an american and a brit.
we had seats at thePark Lane end, very noisy, and well worth it. The stewards let us stand for th ewhole match, first time I've seen that at the lane. Maybe the FA Cup rules are different from the EPL. Or maybe it's becasue only about 100 Bolton fans turned up, no chance of agro.
so onto the match proper:
Paly was, of course, quite sharp. Bolton gave him some time on the ball for some random reason?
Defoe was a bit quiet TBH, although it was his dart into the box that forced the Bolton keeper to hurry and overstep towards the ball, putting it in his own net while he fell over/tried to take it. Bale looked super. Beating his defender at will every time on the left wing. He's come on alot since a year ago when we all used to yell sort-of-abuse at him. Although, he still looks like a Neanderthal?
The game was in the bag at Half Time. Bolton pretty much had nothing except the occasional direct route up the guts. But they had to shoot from too far out, Gomes had good hands each time.
On the subject of Gomes, we had some classic moments singing to the guy in the 2nd half. He loves to be asked thes score, and responds by holding up the appropriate number of fingers replecating the score. Good value and always gets a solied applause from the stands. He's still doing the half-time crossbar leaping too.
The bench was full of young chaps, although only Danny Rose came on. He's no Lennon, despite simlar build. But he did make some nice runs in the right hand corner of their box.
Our crossing was good, something that has improved no end since 'arry's arrival. Overall, there were some lacklustre moments, but Bolton really didn;t perform, especially conceeding two own-goals, that's just silly.
Pat Jennings came out on the pitch at half-time to draw a winning seat number. The winner get's to play at the lane sometime in the offseason in a promotion match. There's a website for the comp, something like playatwhitehartlane.co.uk or somesuch???
4-0, in spite of Owen Colyes comments, was fair. Could've been more if Eidur hadn't been offside for his super little run. He looked good holding up and running by the way. Luka also had a clear chance after a lovely 1-2 with someone (Hoddlestone?) in the box...
About 85th minute the American dude turns to me and says "isn't this the time when you're guys back home would take their shirts off"?
phil_style2010-02-26 05:52:41