Cornish Steve

Cornish Steve -- You've given me too many points.

 

My guess was Sunderland 1-3 Everton, Eto'o, which appears to give me only one point.

Thank you for pointing out my error - and, especially, for your honesty. My day was a little busy, and I muddled your prediction with that of BlueBlood, but all is corrected now.

We've moved ahead of Liverpool and Tottenham.

And here she is - at a few minutes old.

Wow. MikeO is top of every category right now: this week, this month, this season, and points per prediction. Congratulations also to Paddock, who also scored 5 points this week by predicting a 1-1 draw.

Remember, only those who have made at least 3 predictions appear in the final column.

 

A minute after kick-off; hope Steve's in generous mood .

Yup. In a good mood and feeling generous today!

Missed seeing or hearing anything about today's game, in large part because our older daughter had a baby girl this morning - her second daughter and our second granddaughter. Will be driving to Birmingham (that's Alabama, not England) this afternoon so see everyone.

In recent days, a lone coyote has been wandering the neighborhood. We've seen it a couple of times. This evening, I let one of the dogs out, and he raced into the woods, hackles raised, barking aggressively - which is totally out of character. I suspect the coyote was out scavenging for food.

It can get interesting around here at times. We've seen a lot of deer this year in our back yard. A few years ago, friends of ours were out walking their dog and found a black bear blocking their path home.

Is your wife Cornish then Steve, or did you train her?

 

Great pasty "chain" down here in the south west that I used to love (wife still drags me in every time we're in Exeter), amazing stuff.

 

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She's actually from across the river - Plymouth. I must give her credit, though, for making wonderful pasties.

"But the good is that sites like Best Gore show you the truth of this cold world, warning you that life is not puppy dogs and rainbows."

 

Source: bestgore

In the US, we have the worstgore. He's even more scary!

So, I made borscht for the first time today. The outcome was a happy one. I would advise people to use salt moderately; certainly not a whole tablespoon!

Ukrainian, Polish, or Russian? The best I've had was in Kyiv. It's great and a pity you can't send us all samples!

That disallowed goal for QPR was a farce. Hart made the mistake, so why not play advantage and allow the goal to stand?

just watched the game again, since I could barely keep my eyes open on Thursday night. Before going on to the players, just want to praise the club for the floodlights again, it makes such a difference to the game. On the overall performance, it was quite good but not excellent. Better teams would've given us much more to think about during our few shaky moments.

 

Howard - Had nothing to do bar stop a shot in the first half which I think he could've caught. Flapped at bit at a corner but 99% of the game, had nothing to do

 

Hibbert - showed again why he deserved an extension. Solid back-up, very impressed with him over 90 mins considering his support was McGeady then Atsu

 

Distin - has he been away? Didn't even have his brain-fart. Professional performance and had Origi in his pocket when called upon

 

Jags - Apparently we found the original and disposed of the clone. Very confident performance, though not really challenged and a goal. Glad to see his run of form continued, we've needed him back.

 

Barry - same old Mr Reliable. Some excellent longer balls to get Lukaku in too, hope he recovers in time for tomorrow

 

McCarthy - Lynch-pin. Why? Because he does all the dirty jobs. He picks up when others make mistakes. He seems to be in 4 places at once. He is a Jack Russell, absolutely relentless, tenacious, brilliant even by his usual high standards. If it wasn't for someone elses performance, he would've walked to MOTM on his hands.

 

Ossie - The boy still has velcro feet. His control, his ability to turn is exceptional. Faded as expected and misread a couple of lay offs with Lukaku but otherwise it was a good 90 mins from him without any real mistakes.

 

Naismith - 3rd place for MOTM. What a player he has become for us. He is the attacking midfielder version of McCarthy; everywhere, fought well, finished brilliantly for his goal.

 

McGeady - meh. I honestly don't know how else to describe him. For every good piece of play he makes, he makes stupid and careless mistakes. Better than previous games but that wasn't hard.

 

Lukaku - MOTM. Didn't quite work as hard as McCarthy and Naismith but thats an incredible ask for most footballers. Effort wise, he did himself proud. What a difference being fully fit and having some support (Barry, Osman) makes. His hold-up play was 9 times out of 10 excellent, his closing down has improved but needs to improve further. His touch for the 1st goal was sublime, his pass for Baines for the 3rd was brilliantly weighted. He was a pain in the arse for their defence and very unlucky (and wrongly judged offside) with his second disallowed effort. Rom, take a bow mate but, and a big but, don't let this performance be a one off. Point to prove at Sunderland please, that this is no exception.

 

Gibson - did well, but nothing special. I thought I had missed something considering some of the praise being half asleep but I think I saw his performance correctly first time. He had no pressure, some good distribution, but a decent run out. I'd like to see him get some more game time, maybe a run out with Besic for the FA Cup CM pairing.

 

Atsu - I've defended the lad in the past because he looked promising but this run out was poor.

Mostly agree with you. The defence was solid throughout. McCarthy was incredible, and we're really seeing value from Barry. Lukaku was impressive throughout (even though all the BBC website could say was how he missed a sitter and that Jagielka had to show him how to do it). I do think, though, that you're being unfair to McGeady. He provided two assists and made some other excellent crosses in the game.

And for the rugged guys on here: THE MAN WHO EATS ROADKILL!

And why not? Around here, road kill means deer - especially when it's outside hunting season. Venison is a very common sight on the dinner table, so much so that I no longer like it that much.

Having traveled to over 70 different countries, I've eaten my fair share of unusual foods - horse, hare, frog, alligator, crickets, etc. The one thing I've never been able to do, though, is eat food while it's still alive, such as "drunken shrimp" offered in Singapore. When it comes down to it, there's nothing quite like a Cornish pasty, and my wife makes the best!

He has a reputation for creating fireworks - mostly in his own bathroom, though.

We've only won one in 5 home games

Wolfsburg? Lille?

Just read Brendan Rodgers' comments, and it's just a litany of excuses...

1. Bad refereeing: "We need those decisions that are obvious, it was a clear, clear penalty"
2. Injustice: "We deserved at least a point for sure
3. Bad luck: "You need that wee bit of luck going for you and it isn't at the moment
4. Injuries: "We have to keep working hard and hope get some of our injured players back in."

And what about poor team selections, poor substitutions, poor game strategies, a weak defence, the lack of a reliable goal-scoring threat, and being too predictable? The fans can see it and booed the substitutions today.

It really frustrates me, though, how teams that are ahead play all the time-wasting tricks: feign injuries, hog the corner flag, and the like. I understand why they do it, but it is so irritating to watch.

OK - just spotted the Donate box in the top-right corner and did my bit.

Sunderland 1-2 Everton

Eto'o

Chelsea win - and deserve it apparently despite a late shout for a penalty.

So who forgot to put a bob in the meter?

Toss-up between McCarthy and Lukaku. Went with McCarthy.

Sell him in the January window while he's looking good and healthy.

Grow up? What's the point? Age is just a number...only your joints tell you otherwise...so as long as you don't try back flips and somersaults, it's cool!

As my uncle used to say, a man is only as old as the woman he feels.