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#60660 The Italian Football Thread
Jonas
Haha, what a farce...
#60465 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Jonas
Great slow mo action, haha.
#60464 The Italian Football Thread
Jonas
'bout time...
#60460 What Are You Listening To?
Jonas
#60142 The General Games Discussion Thread.
Jonas
/nostalgia.
#60135 What Are You Listening To?
Jonas
#59973 The All Other Leagues Thread.
Jonas
Old habits die hard...
#59795 2013/14 Kit Thread
Jonas
Vålerenga.
#59628 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Jonas
Don't know whos the most embarrassing. The paparazzi or Justin "I fuckin beat the fuck out of you" Bieber. Haha.
#59623 Old Trafford Lounge
Jonas
#59610 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Jonas
#58935 UEFA Champions League 2012 - 2013 Thread
Jonas
#58771 Fitness Thread
Jonas
#58222 The All Other Leagues Thread.
Jonas
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#291161 Pump, pump, pump Pompey it up
Jonas
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So with half the season underway it was time to kick off the other half as we entered the new year. And on the first day of the January transfer window we had two new signings joining: Torstein Andersen Aase and Jlloyd Samuel from Stabæk of Norway and Esteghlal of Iran respectively. Both signed on pre contracts in December. Oh, and on-loan midfielder Joe McKee was rewarded with the young player of the month award for December. Well deserved.
The first game of the year saw us play Leytion Orient with both new signings in the starting line-up. However it was young Ashley Harris who got the attention yet again, as he scored the match winning goal in the second half.
In the following game we were up against Cardiff in the FA Cup 3rd round. A tough display on paper. In theory - not. We actually outplayed the Welsh side and infact they didn't even produce a single shot on target. 3-0 the final score, a stroll. After a bore nil-all draw against Carlisle, new signing Andersen Aase presented himself to the Pompey fans with a goal in the 3-1 away win vs Scunthorpe and we were back on the winning track. Or so I thought.
In the second game against Leyton in January we lost for the first time in nearly a month. In a game we dominated, strikers Sidibé and Harris just couldn't get the ball past their goalkeeper and a an early goal from David Mooney made sure all three points stayed in London. Gladly we bounced right back with a win against Stevenage before League One colleagues Brentford waited in the FA Cup 4th round tie.
Facing relegation strugglers Brentford I felt fairly confident of a win, but a cup game will always be a cup game. And I thought we were on for a win when red hot Harris completed his hat-trick in the 53rd minute but the 3-2 lead only lasted for 10 minutes as Scott Barron equalised for the home side and made it 3-3.
It didn't seem to have too big of an impact on the players as Crawley were crushed in the game after. Andersen Aase showing good form scoring two goals. The day after we completed the January transfer window with the loan signings of Chris Wood from West Brom and Jay Tabb from Reading. Ready for the promotion race.
#57904 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Jonas
LOL.
#57899 The Italian Football Thread
Jonas
#57880 The Lower League Thread
Jonas
He does have a point or two if you watch the whole video though. I remember when he was manager at FCK in Denmark, he was only a whisker away from getting sacked one year, but they stood by him and in his last year in charge they won the league by a 26 point margin, played two evenly matched games vs. Barca and progressed to the knockout stages of the Champions League.
I'm not quite sure Solbakken was the right man for Wolves in the first place and that converting to a more continental style of play the right step for Wolves as a club, however - sacking him at the start of the January transfer window makes you think that they never really believed in him nor the project as a whole. In the end I just think Solbakken and Wolves were a bad match at the time.
#57755 The Lower League Thread
Jonas
Stale Solbakken told The FF Show he needed more time at Wolves
#57645 The Night Thread Mk. IX
Jonas
#57309 The Italian Football Thread
Jonas
#57307 The Scandinavian Football Thread
Jonas
CSKA Moscow 0-2
Shakhtar Donetsk 0-1
Olimpija Ljubljana 0-0
Ranheim 0-1
FC Copenhagen 0-1
Spartak Moscow 0-1
BATE and Viking left to play
As you can see we haven't even scored a goal yet. New coach, new players, new formation and all that but we were absolute crap against Spartak tonight. Makes me think we probably should have faced some weaker opposition.
#57290 The Italian Football Thread
Jonas
http://www.inter.it/aas/news/reader?N=61617&L=it
#291160 Pump, pump, pump Pompey it up
Jonas
As if the seven games we played in November weren't tiring enough, we were due to play a total of nine games in the month of December - which would really see us explore the depth of our squad. And I had already added a new name to it, as young Irish midfielder Christopher Forrester arrived on a free from St. Pat's Athletic 1st December. One thing I've forgot to mention is that a takeover of the club was completed and the new chairman's Adam Pearson, part of a consortium.
So with that underway we kicked off the month with the FA Cup 2nd round display away to Scunthorpe. In an evenly matched contest we managed to draw the longest straw as Jack Compton became the big hero with his match winning goal four minutes into injury time. In the following game in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy qtr final it was our time to lose late as we lost the penalty shootout away to Brentford. Actually we missed all of our four penalties. Luckily the guys bounced right back with a win against Walsall. We dominated them completely and one goal proved to be enough to beat The Saddlers.
We then traveled to Oldham followed by another away trip to Coventry. At Boundary Park we escaped with a draw as Ashley Harris stroke late, which saw the game end 2-2. In the following game we weren't quite as lucky however. Harris opened the scoring and put us in the lead, but that didn't last for long as Coventry scored three goals before the break and sailed on a comfortable 3-1 lead. Harris managed to pull one back but it proved to be nothing more than a consolidation. Maybe the loss was a sign of that the best was yet to come? Because the three lost points didn't seem to bother the guys in the next game against league leaders Tranmere.
To my big shock we were by far the better side and also dead effective, which left us with a well deserved 3-1 win. And the margin could have been even bigger, had Joe McKee not missed his penalty in the 94th minute. Incredible stuff! And the good stuff would only continue as we picked up three straight wins at the end of the month: 3-1 home to Yeovil, 2-1 away to Bournemouth on Boxing Day and 2-0 away to Brentford to finish it all off. What a month!
#57151 The Italian Football Thread
Jonas
http://www.football-italia.net/31260/moratti-carew-inter-trial
#57122 The Italian Football Thread
Jonas
Carew at Linate Airport today headed for a series of tests in Appiano Gentile.
Guess we can bring this up again then. John Ceeriiiiiuuuu, John Ceeriiiiuuuu
#57088 English Premier League 2012/2013
Jonas
Hindsight can be quite fun at times.
#57021 The Italian Football Thread
Jonas
Hilarious.
#56963 English Premier League 2012/2013
Jonas
#56892 Benteke vs Lukaku
Jonas