Popular Post Webbo Posted 16 January 2018 Popular Post Share Posted 16 January 2018 1 hour ago, Redouane said: Why is everybody obsessed with the FA cup? I realize many members on here are older, and maybe back in the day the FA cup was prestigious, but those days are long gone. I'd rather we focus on getting qualified to the Europa league than pulling out the big guns for this competition. Would be cool if we won, but not at the expense of the PL We'd qualify for the Europa league if we won the FA cup. If we won the FA cup I'd have seen us win everything we're ever likely to win. When I was a kid I was resigned to never seeing us win anything. Going to Wembley, seeing us lift that cup means more to me than getting knocked out in the quarter finals of a European Competition that nobody cares about. 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecdysiast Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 1 hour ago, SuperMike said: WOW! That video! What a team! And what a crowd (I was there in the Spion Kop)!!! Mind you - that pitch, eh!!!!? team mates squaring off, defence all over the place, Lenny Glover, Steve Whitworth, Frank obviously very hung over. Total quagmire. Everybody knackered after an hour. Christ we've come a long way. I can smell the loos from here. Wander if Kelly is still around? He deserved a medal for their cup run that year 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buce Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 4 hours ago, Crinklyfox said: The game is about glory and this is Fleetwood's chance for it. I expect a performance out of them, it doesn't matter that it's at our place, their motivation should still be high. We take this one lightly at our peril. I remember many years ago we were drawn at home against Leatherhead and were 2-0 down 15 minutes into the second half before Keith Weller kindly got a hat-trick. We were a good Div.1 team at that time and Leatherhead were non-League but they were up for it. Your memory is playing you false, Crinkly - Weller didn’t score a hattrick. It was Sammels, Earle and Weller iirc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicesterlad1989 Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 6 minutes ago, Redouane said: I didn't say throw away the FA cup, I'm just saying that some here are suggesting that we go full strength. Yeah, we should definitely be more capable of winning, but we shouldn't start Vardy, Albrighton, Okazaki, Mahrez, Ndidi, Maguire, Morgan, ect. Sorry, I was more implying that we shouldn't prioritise the league, as you suggested. Neither should be a priority in my eyes. You set up with a team capable of beating the opposition in front of you. We certainly shouldn't be using the players you have listed above tonight. Peterborough may be an opportunity to use Morgan if he's back from injury. If we make it to the latter stages, the stronger the opposition, the stronger our team we put out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinklyfox Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 3 minutes ago, Buce said: Your memory is playing you false, Crinkly - Weller didn’t score a hattrick. It was Sammels, Earle and Weller iirc. You're spot on Buce, I blame anno domini. At the time Weller's goal was the one that stuck in my mind. I stand corrugated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 I’m sure Pompey fans wouldn’t swap their journey down the leagues and FA Cup win for another 10 years of Premier League survival. Certainly not now the club is stable and on the rise again, anyway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecdysiast Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 1 minute ago, Crinklyfox said: You're spot on Buce, I blame anno domini. At the time Weller's goal was the one that stuck in my mind. I stand corrugated. dick in hand, before the corrugated...out of there asap. Still got the sticker album from that year somewhere. Don't remember Sammels or our center backs at all...total blank. Either dementia or they were shyte...(or both) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Weasel Fox Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 Come on Leicester!!!!!!!!!!!!!! up the Foxes 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecdysiast Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 two beers, three hot samosas, four city goals and an hour late for work in the morning! Come on City! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxSince88 Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 Kasper, Fuchs Maguire & Riyad in the squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 I think we'll stick 4 or 5 past them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachhere Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 Really hoping Silva has a good match today - for us in general, but also he needs to be getting back to match fitness to make the world cup, would be so harsh if he missed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeGuy Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 2 minutes ago, Ric Flair said: I think we'll stick 4 or 5 past them All depends on how soon and who will score. They'll play for their life and we must break them very fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buce Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, Ecdysiast said: dick in hand, before the corrugated...out of there asap. Still got the sticker album from that year somewhere. Don't remember Sammels or our center backs at all...total blank. Either dementia or they were shyte...(or both) Cross and Munro. Munro cleared off the line at 2 - 0, iirc. Graham Cross with John Sjoberg formed one of our best centre back partnerships in my lifetime. I have a vague memory that he also played cricket for Leicestershire. Edited 16 January 2018 by Buce 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
urban.spaceman Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 1 hour ago, Wymeswold fox said: Going to Wembley, for many football fans, is a dream for the club they support. You can't turn down an opportunity like this. We've got Spurs at the end of the season.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ecdysiast Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 2 minutes ago, urban.spaceman said: We've got Spurs at the end of the season.... I'd rather it was a bit of challenge if we're going to play at the national stadium... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecdysiast Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 9 minutes ago, Buce said: Cross and Munro. Munro cleared off the line at 2 - 0, iirc. Graham Cross with John Sjoberg formed one of our best centre back partnerships in my lifetime. I have a vague memory that he also played cricket for Leicestershire. Sorry Buce, Sjoberg rings a bell the other two not so much. No disrespect to players or your good self... Just before my time i suspect. Balderstone played cricket and football too didn't he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buce Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Ecdysiast said: Sorry Buce, Sjoberg rings a bell the other two not so much. No disrespect to players or your good self... Just before my time i suspect. Balderstone played cricket and football too didn't he? I believe he did, yeah. I just checked on Cross and he is City's record appearance holder, making an incredible 599 appearances! I reckon that qualifies him as a legend. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Cross Edited 16 January 2018 by Buce 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulW Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 1 hour ago, somebum said: Is this sh!t on tv? Keen fan then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamark Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 Very different for the players from back then John Sjoberg was a really nice guy and one of the first members of Forest Hill Golf Club in the 90s ,printing business,not a huge man but if you are ten years old he looks massive.Died a few years ago sadly Graham Cross plays a lot of golf around the county but football is not a talking point ever..Still a fit active man.Ypu have to remember these lads were making about 50 quid a week in the sixties and had to move on to other walks of life. Respect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecdysiast Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 1 minute ago, dynamark said: Very different for the players from back then John Sjoberg was a really nice guy and one of the first members of Forest Hill Golf Club in the 90s ,printing business,not a huge man but if you are ten years old he looks massive.Died a few years ago sadly Graham Cross plays a lot of golf around the county but football is not a talking point ever..Still a fit active man.Ypu have to remember these lads were making about 50 quid a week in the sixties and had to move on to other walks of life. Respect. Indeed total respect. Glad to know they had fulfilling "after" lives. thanks to them for their service and to you for the update. They just didn't stick in the memory of a naive young kid who worshiped, Weller, Worthington, Wallington, Whitworth, Earle, Glover, Birch, Rofe etc. Not glamour players, too stupid to notice... Respect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Countryfox Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 1 hour ago, Webbo said: We'd qualify for the Europa league if we won the FA cup. If we won the FA cup I'd have seen us win everything we're ever likely to win. When I was a kid I was resigned to never seeing us win anything. Going to Wembley, seeing us lift that cup means more to me than getting knocked out in the quarter finals of a European Competition that nobody cares about. Well said Webster !! ... was wondering how best to reply to Reds drivel without sounding too condescending or telling him to stop talking bolox ... “cool if we won !!” ... I’d be over the fookin moon !! ... he’s only been supporting us a year or two so probably doesn’t appreciate our near misses and that ‘one that got away’ feeling ... anyway, don’t need to now ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 Havent seen any u23 players other than Barnes in instagram, twitter posts etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 16 January 2018 Share Posted 16 January 2018 Iborra hat-trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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