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Yep. It’s crap. Thinking of driving to East Grinstead to get the train from there but guessing anyone for miles around heading to London will do the same. The whole thing by train/rail replacement bus is about three hours or could try driving the whole way which feels the worst option of the lot.
It was naive but we aren’t good enough to sit in and hope to hold out IMO. I think the issue was more the fitness of one or two who pretty much had to play and not freshening up the midfield than the tactics themselves. The two in midfield always being picked in this system is inevitably going to be a problem sometimes. RND pretty much had to play as Esquerdinha against Whittaker would’ve been a knife in a gun fight.
Some will of course. I’m sure people have been saving up and this is their big thing every four years and good on them if it’s what they want to do. But 60-80000 or even a decent fraction of that? Just don’t see it.
I get the supply and demand argument because America. Don’t like it but.. America (and Canada and Mexico, though I think it’s more FIFA than the hosts)
But surely they’ve misjudged this. Matches where there’s a huge diaspora locally or within a reasonable internal flight distance I’m sure will be busy but the accommodation prices are obscene along with flights and travel domestically. Just don’t see how enough people from even the main European nations are travelling nor enough locals filling the gaps. Maybe I’m wrong.
The best of these now is betting on fouls. Caicedo clatters someone against Arsenal to the point he’s sent off but as the ref played on at the time it’s not technically a foul even though the bloke has received a red card for an obvious foul. Paddy Power used it as a marketing exercise by paying out on it when they didn’t have to.
11/2 best price now third favourite behind Rory Mc and Lando Norris who I wouldn’t recognise if he walked into the room now but is presumably important to people who pretend to like F1.
Back Ben Stokes now while the price is high before our 3-2 Ashes win.
The joy of my connection at Clapham is that Southern Rail will almost certainly be delayed or not able to run a basic train service at all and I’ll have a swift half at the Junction pub down the road.
He’s excellent. Not always right of course but you can see he puts the effort into his research. Think he tipped Sunderland to win the league last season and got laughed at widely. Admittedly they didn’t win the league but still they’re looking ok.
Totally get leaving when we’re 4-1 down as I did against Ipswich on about 88’ but how much time does someone save doing so on 94 rather than 97 when it’s 1-1? On my train from Shepherds Bush National rail it’s a saving of zero minutes. In the car it’s maybe 15 mins at a push. On the tube perhaps you get onto one tube earlier so maybe 5-10 mins. Just seems a bizarre trade-off to me to risk it.
Disappointed to see Hertfordshire Yellow nick a very late point at home to plucky Sheffield Wednesday. It was almost a perfect night. You fear that will cost Wednesday in the relegation battle.
Been there twice and didn’t find it too bad at all getting back to the tube. Certainly easier than Upton Park was. Once went there for a 12:30 game with a Newcastle mate and made it to Loftus Road for a forgettable draw with Hull for about 3:15.
To get 85 points which is probably the bar for second this season, they need 63 points from 27 games which would be extraordinary form. For playoffs they’re probably needing about 50 points which is about what you’d fancy them for with that squad.
Given Charlton v Chelsea will probably be the main Sunday game I’d have thought us being on Saturday is quite likely and they rarely put middling Prem teams at home to lower league teams on UK TV at least. Miiiiilll and Palace both away.
Anyway you’re in my seat. Aunt Beatrice has had this seat every time we’ve played West Ham away since 1927.