*Official* English Football Season 2005-06

[Tom Halsey]

We're playing truly *****.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Shadows of last January. If you do this today, Albion, you're entirely and conclusively forgiven for beating us at the Park in September. COME ON YOU BREWERS!

 

[Tom Halsey]

Bog off back to West Brom, Richardson.

I can't believe how bad we've been.

 

[luckyeddie]

Bog off back to West Brom, Richardson.

I can't believe how bad we've been.

Difficult to tell which one is the Conference side on play at the moment - Brewers certainly shaded the first half.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Judging from the play so far, I'd have said that both are Conference sides. Burton, while undoubtedly playing well, aren't playing incredibly - we're just *****.

 

[roseboy64]

Entirely understandable the state of play considering who's on the pitch.

 

[superkingdave]

Entirely understandable the state of play considering who's on the pitch.

Manchester United?

 

[roseboy64]

More like Manchester United Reserves.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Still should be able to beat this lot.

 

[roseboy64]

Yep should. Too bad Rooney had to be brought on.

 

[Neil Pickup]

How you haven't learnt. You're a pathetic excuse for a football fan.

Just the nine Internationals playing today.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Don't think he disputed that, but it doesn't alter anything, it's still our reserve side, whether they're Internationals or not.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Pique, Bardsley, Jones and Rossi are reserves.

Howard, Brown, Silvestre, O'Shea, Richardson, Saha and Rooney aren't.

The problem I have is that he's not giving Albion any credit.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Howard, Brown, Silvestre, O'Shea, Richardson, Saha and Rooney aren't.

Rubbish.

van der Saar is our goalkeeper. Brown is feeling his way back from injury and has only played a few matches of late. Silvestre, O'Shea fair enough. Richardson is in no way, shape, or form in our 1st XI. Saha is, similarly to Brown, just coming back from injury. If all went to plan, Rooney wouldn't have played. He's a sub.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Well played Burton, thoroughly deserved. We were ****. Think they're all going a bit overboard with this save.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Rubbish.

van der Saar is our goalkeeper. Brown is feeling his way back from injury and has only played a few matches of late. Silvestre, O'Shea fair enough. Richardson is in no way, shape, or form in our 1st XI. Saha is, similarly to Brown, just coming back from injury. If all went to plan, Rooney wouldn't have played. He's a sub.

Doesn't make them reserves. We have a squad of twenty plus, but no reserve team. They're squad players, not reserves.

And well done Burton, fantastic advert for Conference teams again.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Doesn't make them reserves. We have a squad of twenty plus, but no reserve team. They're squad players, not reserves.

No, they're not used in our squad in any way (not in a squad rotation system or anything) - therefore they're reserves. Just because they've not played for a team called 'Manchester United Reserves' doesn't make them not reserves in effect.

 

[luckyeddie]

Don't think he disputed that, but it doesn't alter anything, it's still our reserve side, whether they're Internationals or not.

Well, perhaps your reserves ought to apply to play in the Conference. Come to think of it, better not. Some of your fringe first-teamers might struggle at that level.

Until Rooney was brought on, United were definitely second-best today. Attitude problem?

Well done, Brewers (opens bottle of Peddy in celebration).

 

[Tom Halsey]

Until Rooney was brought on, United were definitely second-best today.

Rooney had absolutely no impact on the match today (I thought he was quite disappointing).

1st half, Burton had the best of. 2nd half (even before Rooney was brought on) we had the best of.

 

[luckyeddie]

Pique, Bardsley, Jones and Rossi are reserves.

Howard, Brown, Silvestre, O'Shea, Richardson, Saha and Rooney aren't.

The problem I have is that he's not giving Albion any credit.

Weren't some people involved with Man Utd saying the other week that Rossi was "the most gifted natural striker they had seen in years"?