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« Reply #180 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 12:45:23 » |
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We were pretty good 2 weeks ago at Coventry, we played some good football but somehow got beat.
I sort of enjoyed the 6-1 defeat at top flight Ipswich in 85 too when we had nearly 6,000 travelling fans on a cold Tuesday night in the League Cup, don't remember the football much that night but I felt entertained.
Cup defeats are different to league defeats because the most enjoyable defeats were against big teams. I missed leeds (unfortunately) but listened to it, stoke away was a cracking night which ended in defeat and that fulham away was fantastic- all fantastic turn out by town fans trying to upset a prem team
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« Reply #181 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 12:49:26 » |
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I've only been reasonably happy/entertained at one defeat and that was at molineux a couple of years back.We played some superb football that day.
We were incredible that day, Kasim played out of this world
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« Reply #182 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 12:50:06 » |
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Cup defeats are different to league defeats...... stoke away was a cracking night which ended in defeat
![Hmmm](//thetownend.com/Smileys/tefsmile/hmm.gif) We've only ever lost 1 cup game to Stoke in 1949. That of course was the FA cup, we've always come out on top in LC encounters.
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« Reply #183 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 13:09:48 » |
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We were pretty good 2 weeks ago at Coventry, we played some good football but somehow got beat.
I sort of enjoyed the 6-1 defeat at top flight Ipswich in 85 too when we had nearly 6,000 travelling fans on a cold Tuesday night in the League Cup, don't remember the football much that night but I felt entertained.
A magical night. Entertainment came mainly from ourselves. Imagine if we HAD won!
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« Reply #184 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 13:13:56 » |
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![Hmmm](//thetownend.com/Smileys/tefsmile/hmm.gif) We've only ever lost 1 cup game to Stoke in 1949. That of course was the FA cup, we've always come out on top in LC encounters. ![](//thetownend.com/Smileys/tefsmile/roflmao.gif) for some reason that (having checked) 3-4 win felt like a defeat. i remember the stoke big guns coming on as subs and turning the match around. lets go with Fulham instead!
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« Reply #185 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 13:17:47 » |
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We were pretty good 2 weeks ago at Coventry, we played some good football but somehow got beat.
I sort of enjoyed the 6-1 defeat at top flight Ipswich in 85 too when we had nearly 6,000 travelling fans on a cold Tuesday night in the League Cup, don't remember the football much that night but I felt entertained.
Was going to add Forest away 7-1 defeat but Batch beat me to it. So instead I'll go with another League Cup defeat - going out to a Paul Robinson goal in the last couple of minutes against Leeds away, we were superb, thoroughly entertained and very proud of the team.
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« Reply #186 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 13:18:21 » |
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A magical night.
Entertainment came mainly from ourselves.
Imagine if we HAD won!
That optimism went after about 5 mins though when Key conceded on his debut! great night out, almost exactly the same amount of away fans as home fans.
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« Reply #187 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 13:20:02 » |
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Was going to add Forest away 7-1 defeat but Batch beat me to it. So instead I'll go with another League Cup defeat - going out to a Paul Robinson goal in the last couple of minutes against Leeds away, we were superb, thoroughly entertained and very proud of the team.
I didn't go to Lids away but on the radio it sounded superb...right up till that fucking goal by the keeper Robinson.
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« Reply #188 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 13:39:29 » |
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Was going to add Forest away 7-1 defeat but Batch beat me to it. So instead I'll go with another League Cup defeat - going out to a Paul Robinson goal in the last couple of minutes against Leeds away, we were superb, thoroughly entertained and very proud of the team.
[pedant] we went out on penalties, not Robinsons goal [/pedant]. Fair point, but cup games are a different kettle of fish in that you're expected to lose against a team from a higher league and in that sense you don't really have any expectation.
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« Reply #189 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 13:52:45 » |
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We were pretty good 2 weeks ago at Coventry, we played some good football but somehow got beat.
I sort of enjoyed the 6-1 defeat at top flight Ipswich in 85 too when we had nearly 6,000 travelling fans on a cold Tuesday night in the League Cup, don't remember the football much that night but I felt entertained.
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« Reply #190 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 14:01:06 » |
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Was going to add Forest away 7-1 defeat but Batch beat me to it. So instead I'll go with another League Cup defeat - going out to a Paul Robinson goal in the last couple of minutes against Leeds away, we were superb, thoroughly entertained and very proud of the team.
I didn't go to Lids away but on the radio it sounded superb...right up till that fucking goal by the keeper Robinson. I did and I was thoroughly pissed off all the way home.
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« Reply #191 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 14:04:39 » |
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[pedant] we went out on penalties, not Robinsons goal [/pedant].
Fair point, but cup games are a different kettle of fish in that you're expected to lose against a team from a higher league and in that sense you don't really have any expectation.
But the original point was that sport is all about winning, and stuff the entertainment. And I argue that it isn't, it's not all about the result, there needs to also be a decent contest and some entertainment as well as a good result. It's a combination, not an either/or
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« Reply #192 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 14:35:22 » |
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The Leeds game was one of my favourite town games. 1998 WC loss against Argentina is my favourite England game.
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« Reply #193 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 14:37:36 » |
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that England game we spanked Holland in during Euro 96 was good. not that I was actually there mind
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« Reply #194 on: Thursday, February 1, 2018, 14:59:37 » |
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We were incredible that day, Kasim played out of this world
Yep him and Luongo. Pritchard and Mason
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