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And didn’t get one as finished 0-0. Enjoyable watch though.

Sunderland giving as good as they get against Manchester City. End to end game. All that’s missing is a goal.

Just to be cold down here although the carpets can freeze quicker than grass allegedly so that might be more of a threat than snow.

Entire coaching team at all levels of football sacked as well. Thinking someone in the government lost a fortune on them.

I was going to say English Championship is footballing equivalent of methadone.

Maresca paying for them winning club World Cup in July. Players have looked shattered and picked up a lot of injuries which could be argued came from playing so many games in the summer.

English Championship and Premiership games today but yes a day without football has me sitting in the corner mumbling to myself by midday.

No games until Saturday when the round of 16 starts with Senegal v Sudan at 4pm and Mali v Tunisia at 7pm.

7709253c-1136-49af-b07b-7b28a483a12e.mov Happy New Year folks.

Great finish to group F. At one stage in first half Mozambique were top of the group and Ivory Coast third then Cameroon equalised putting them top. Second half Cameroon went ahead putting them clear. Then Ivory Coast got the finger out scored 3 and won the group. Mozambique 1-2 Cameroon Gabon 2-3 Ivory Coast

Equatorial Guinea 1-3 Algeria sees Algeria win the group. Burkina Faso seal second beating Sudan 2-0. Sudan finish as one of best 3rd place teams.

Nah it’s non football so in the right place. Despite my own pessimism 9ers are defying the injuries and now go into this weekends game with possibility of being number 1 seed. With the Super Bowl in Santa Clara gives them chance of playing run of home games all the way. As it is I don’t think 9ers will make it all the way as defence just has too many injuries and gives up too many points. As someone once said defence wins Championships. NFC West is wildly strong this season Rams are third on 11-5 record which would have them top of every other division in the NFC.

Hunbos getting their business in January started early.

Did you have to start this already as was hoping for a couple of days of not thinking about having to think about watching this steaming pile of shite.

Last of the group games today. First up are Group E at 4pm Equatorial Guinea v Algeria Sudan v Burkina Faso Algeria have won the group already as they have head to head over Sudan and Burkina Faso. Sudan and Burkina Faso are already through as they have head to head on Equatorial Guinea so just final placings of 2nd or 3rd to sort. 7pm games are last in Group F Gabon v Ivory Coast Mozambique v Cameroon Only final placings to be decided in this group as Ivory Coast, Cameroon and Mozambique are all already through. If Ivory Coast need a win and keep goal difference advantage over Cameroon to win the Group. Cameroon need to either win by 1 more goal than Ivory Coast or hope Ivory Coast don’t win to win the group. Mozambique need to beat Cameroon and hope Gabon get at least a draw again Ivory Coast for them to win the group.

Tunisia and Tanzania drew 1-1 which sees both teams through while Nigeria win the group beating Uganda 3-1. Second set of games saw Senegal beat Benin 3-0 and DR Congo beat Botswana by same score line. Senegal win group on goal difference from DR Congo. Benin get one of best 3rd places.

If he has a great season at Motherwell then more likely he gets a bigger job than us though so you would have to question his judgement and ambition if he did come to us.

I don’t know where to start with that. So many poor players who cannot even do the basics. We move the ball so slowly we are never going to break teams down. Our defence always look like it has a mistake in it and midfield was run through so easily for first. Mitov needs dropped as mistakes are occurring every game now. No idea where Gyamfi was supposed to be playing. More I see of Lazetic less I like.

Where is the width coming from in our team. Are moving Aouchiche out wide.

In now.

Ssshhh the Spoonburners still think it’s raining every home game.

No that’s not me. I live even closer than him. This is how close I am.

Said on Saturday that I was wondering how much of out possession sits with Knooster and Milne. Both seem to have responsibility for moving into midfield with the ball to start us moving forward.

I think he also struggles with physical side of game. Constantly out muscled in challenges on Saturday and not for first time. Don’t think he is suited to game here and would be better off back in MLS.

Thought Hibs looked pretty shakey at the back on Saturday and they will give up chances. Trick will be getting our strikers to take them. Would be tempted to go to back 4 to try and rest Devlin and also maybe allow us to get another striker on the field. If we are sticking with one striker I would stick with Nisbet as don’t think the constant chopping and changing of starting striker is helping either find any form. In Flat then 60 second walk to ground. Away end 60 second walk back to flat 2-2 Nisbet and Aouchiche