Millwall Match Thread

[leon]

Sorry if it's not sensationalist enough for nob heads everyone.

How about this:

McCarthy's sh1t I hope we loan him to Celtic and he gets stabbed to death in a nightclub by an irate protestant.

funnily enough i was agreeing with you...

Didn't say you weren't.

ok, good show

[sandman]

This is really getting boring now. You all sound like a bunch of 14 year old girls at a Justin Bieber Concert. Federici is in goal because Brian thinks he is the better option and he is right because he has passed all of his coaching badges, sees them on the training pitch and hasn't let us down during his tenure as manager. You all like McCarthy, I get that, he is going to be a very good Keeper but ,that is no excuse to denigrate a keeper who is one of the best in this division in Feds.

Just be thankful that we don't do average Keepers at this club and we have three very good players in that position.

Wind your neck in chap. I can understand why someone might say he wasn't at fault and had an ok game, on balance I disagree, we'll see if the highlights change my mind. But 9 out of 10, making him man of the match? Bizarre.

Didn't mention anything about urz13's rating Ian (I'd give Feds a 7 pushing an . My point is that the constant squabbling about the goalkeeper position is stupid and incredibly dull.

[Ian Royal]

Hmm. Poor from Pearce for both, lost Henderson allowing hima free header for the first. Federici should have come out and caught it or clattered Henderson challenging for it. Instead he stood on his line watching and he was never going to stop Henderson at that point blank range like that.

Second one, I still think Federici was poor in tipping it direct to their player. But Pearce was beaten for pace for teh cross coming in (where was Harte?).

So Pearce and Federici at fault for both goals, Harte taking some responsibility for the second too.

[Handsome Man]

Hmm. Poor from Pearce for both, lost Henderson allowing hima free header for the first. Federici should have come out and caught it or clattered Henderson challenging for it. Instead he stood on his line watching and he was never going to stop Henderson at that point blank range like that.

Second one, I still think Federici was poor in tipping it direct to their player. But Pearce was beaten for pace for teh cross coming in (where was Harte?).

So Pearce and Federici at fault for both goals, Harte taking some responsibility for the second too.

You didn't see the BBC then?

[knobby_1871]

thought that was kebes best ever game in terms of consistent delivery.loads of great balls in. Shame no one got on the end of them.

[urz13]

This is really getting boring now. You all sound like a bunch of 14 year old girls at a Justin Bieber Concert. Federici is in goal because Brian thinks he is the better option and he is right because he has passed all of his coaching badges, sees them on the training pitch and hasn't let us down during his tenure as manager. You all like McCarthy, I get that, he is going to be a very good Keeper but ,that is no excuse to denigrate a keeper who is one of the best in this division in Feds.

Just be thankful that we don't do average Keepers at this club and we have three very good players in that position.

Wind your neck in chap. I can understand why someone might say he wasn't at fault and had an ok game, on balance I disagree, we'll see if the highlights change my mind. But 9 out of 10, making him man of the match? Bizarre.

Having seen the FLS I revise my rating to an 8. But he kept us in the game at times.

[Libertine]

Actually I am happier with this kinda draw than I would have been with a 3-0 victory. Opening matches are funny things and I don't usually take too much, positive or negative, from the results. But the way the team clawed back and got the point does tell me where their collective competitive heads are at...and that looks to be a very good place. So I am not too concerned with how the individual players rated on Saturday...heart-wise I give them all a 10.

[The Real Sandhurst Royal]

Only one change to the team from last season with Bongo in, failed to jump to win a header which is a bit concerning since he is a centre back.

The side needs to be freshened up as the the back four did not look good with Harte and Griifins days numbered... We need some youth in these positions, if we do not change it now we will get exposed game after game.

I saw too much of the old, same play, no one in the box, no delivery from Kebe, how many times did he hit the 1st defender.

Take the point, we are better off than we have been over recent seasons mid table after one game, not bottom three, 107 points is on!!

[Barry the bird boggler]

Good first half
Crap second (until last 5 minutes)
Thanks god Manset had picked up the get out of jail free card before he came on

Got a feeling we'll be out of the League Cup and still only have 1 point when Barnsley visit in a couple of weeks though.

[Hoop Blah]

First goal is, like most goals, down to 2 or 3 errors not just one.

Federici could well have reacted better to a ball that was in the air a long time and resulted in a header within the width of his posts and just 4 or 5 yards out. For me it's not a massive mistake but is one that I'd expect a decent keeper to come and claim.

Was Pearce at fault too, for losing Henderson? I don't think he was to be fair. Watching the highlights back I think it was actually Harte that was picking him up, he switched off so much that by the time the Henderson wins the ball it's Pearce coming back to pick him up who looks responsible. Watch the start of the move though and you see Khumalo has pushed out towards Griffin a bit, then Pearce is only half picking up Marquis but Harte is in a good position goal side of Henderson.

As the ball comes in Harte just stands watching as Henderson runs past him leaving Pearce caught between Marquis and Henderson. Not good defending by any of them really but Harte's role is more culpable than Pearce's.

The second goal is good play by Henry and Trotter but again you'd have to question the defending. Harte again gets totally lost by Henry so that he's got acres of space to play the one-two under no pressure and then for some reason Trotter is left up against Pearce in the left back area. Pearce being Pearce gets beaten on the turn easily and Trotter (picking up on a lovelly weighted pass from Henry btw) gets in a cross that Federici really should've done better with once he was able to get a decent hand on it.

Pretty similar to the first goal really. Not sure why Pearce was pulled so far out of position to mark a central midfielder, but once there he, and more so Harte could've done better. No excuse for Harte but at least Pearce was done by his physical limitations as opposed to just not being bothered to mark his man properly. Federici then compounds their errors (as he did with the first) and then both Griffin and Khumalo fail to cut out Marquis' header as you'd hope they might.

Not good defending anywhere really.

A cracking opening game though and I quite enjoyed it.

Same old same old from Readng though, but what more can you expect when we've only made one real change from last seasons squad.

[STAR Liaison]

Over on the House of Fun they are claiming that the kid was hit by a coin thrown from the Reading end.

http://www.hof.org.uk/showthread.php?t=26577

To start off with, thats probably complete crap. But say it was real, If they don't want their young ones to get hit by coins...perhaps don't invade the pitch, taunt the opposing fans into a reaction and even attempt to start the violence themselves by getting over the netting in the first place which created the carnage. Millwall giving lectures to other fans on behaviour would be like me trying to run for parliament, laughable. They really are just bias idiots. I've seen plenty of opposing fans who are good for some friendly banter and a chat outside the ground, i've been to ninian park twice and even they had some friendly fans. I've never seen a respectful millwall fan in my time and I must have been to 10 or so games at least with them involved. Not to say there aren't normal friendly ones out there, the vast majority seem like bigoted, aggressive, bias idiots who think they are above the law.

Having spoken to the police liaison officer after the match, the throwing of coins by Reading supporters was not crap, it happened.

[Royal Lady]

I believe something had been thrown by Millwall fans at one point - as I saw Jobi pick something up and throw it off the pitch.

If Reading fans did throw coins, that's totally pathetic, but good skillz if the coin(s) managed to reach a Millwall fan from the distance between them all.

[Jerry St Clair]

Having spoken to the police liaison officer after the match, the throwing of coins by Reading supporters was not crap, it happened.

Chucking coins from behind the safety of barriers, netting, stewards and police is utterly cowardly. I bet the miscreat would have shat his pants if he'd come within 5 yards of a real Millwall fan.

So, we've had evidence from Para Handy and Handsome Man about the numptys in the Millwall support. We've had confirmation of coin chucking from Reading. As well as Ben's video after the equaliser demonstrating what utter morons infest Y25/26.

Sound like we all deserve each other.

[Rex]

Not coming over all pink and fluffy, coin throwing is indiscriminate and totally unacceptable from any set of supporters. If you was hit in the face and needed hospital treatment who would do the most bleating. The recipient or the coin thrower (if caught and evicted). It's chicken shit and just not condoned.

Finerain - the attempt to get over the netting was woeful, never going to happen and to save face the young scrotes were relieved the stewards arrived to 'hold' them back.

[Friday's Legacy]

thought that was kebes best ever game in terms of consistent delivery.loads of great balls in. Shame no one got on the end of them.

his deliveries really let him down yesterday. decent first half but second half was pretty poor, but i felt that was the same for mcanuff also.

[manny96]

I'll confess, I'm not going to read what I assume is an angst ridden thread.

Just like to say that I'm mildy shocked that Millwall's fans are still living in the 80's. Interesting trip on the bus to the ground, full of the sort of people that I'd go out of my way to avoid in a social situation.

Any HOF readers, reading this.. hmm. you lot.. you're a bit wacky aren't you? Bit woo, bit racist. Wish we'd beaten you for lots of reasons, football mostly, but also because your fans are still stuck in some sort of time warp. Along with Stoke, Palace and Wolves you're the most unpleasant set of knobs I've seen at the Madejski. Don't bother telling me you don't care.

This ^

Although not that shocked - more amused at how ridiculous they don't realise they. A chant from the top of my bus of "E-D-L, E-D-L" tells it's own story really.

I'd probably run, yes, but it really is just a lot of hot air. Let's face it, you could achieve the same menacing image by rounding up the local weight-watchers group, shaving their heads, sticking them in stone island and giving them all lobotomies.

Incidentally, I'd take Bengal or the back streets of Delhi over Bermondsey any day of the week, ta.

[Wimb]

Tilehurst End match report

http://thetilehurstend.co.uk/2011/08/07 ... the-beast/

[Big Foot]

Chanting "murderers" at the police is surely chant of the season

[brendywendy]

and i say that ten good deliveries is his best effort so far.including for the goal. And yes he still hit the first man a bit, but its probably better than jobi.The rest of his game was off though.thats wingers for you.in and out of the game. That attack,with a solid defence is worth a playoff spot. Until long goes at the very least.

[Wimb]

and i say that ten good deliveries is his best effort so far.including for the goal. And yes he still hit the first man a bit, but its probably better than jobi.The rest of his game was off though.thats wingers for you.in and out of the game. That attack,with a solid defence is worth a playoff spot. Until long goes at the very least.

Kebe does have the advantage of playing on his natural side though, McAnuff isn't left footed, makes it that bit harder to get a good cross in.