Welcome to live blog #3 of Hunter FC. This is Round 5 of the FA Cup.
Martin Tyler is our announcer and Phil Dowd (Julie's favorite) is our referee.
For the record, I am tired.
1 - Spurs have an early freekick which is wasted.
2 - Early foul against Kevin Davies - looks unhappy.
3 - Spurs are using a full strength lineup this morning, it is pretty clear that they realize the fact that the FA Cup is there to be won.
4 - Spurs away supporters in great voice. Bolton is currently fighting relegation, so this FA Cup run is there only chance at silverware as well.
5 - good header from King off a beautiful ball from Matt Taylor, safely into Gomes's hands
6 - Bolton's first shot of the match comes from Muamba and it goes 20 yards wide... tentative start to this one
7 - Bolton has a bunch of drummers in the crowd, pretty quality... Martin Tyler speaks about the romance of the FA Cup on Valentine's Day, cute indeed
9 - Bolton with the first real chance of the game, Elmander with a real look, but it's deflected over by Corluka for a corner kick... which is punched away by Gomes
10 - Zak Knight with another good look - he shoots it right into Gomes's arms... Bolton with the early chances
11 - another corner for Bolton and it's cleared away
12 - for the record, Robbie Keane is not playing
13 - Gareth Bale with the first real look for Spurs... he puts it over the bar from 19 yards out
14 - Gareth Bale got a haircut
15 - Elmander gets behind the defense but fires it well over the bar
17 - yellow card shown to Huddlestone for a crunching tackle against Lee - deserved
18 - clear foul on Bale - another free-kick for Bolton
19 - the free-kick turns into a corner which turns into another free-kick right at the edge of the area to the side... iffy call against Palacios... that free-kick turns into yet another corner
20 - that corner is turned into a shot by Knight that flies over the bar - Bolton have dominated so far
22 - the ball hasn't left the Spurs half in 6 hours
23 - the ball pings around the Spurs box, but eventually goes out for a Bolton throw without a shot on goal
24 - harsh foul from Palacios, late and deserves the yellow card that he gets
25 - Taylor goes from goal on the free-kick... Gomes stretches well to keep it out... the resulting corner amounts to nothing - the "Gomes has turned it round from his early troubles" has come out in Minute 25
27 - Spurs with their first corner... which turns into Spurs' second corner
28 - which turns into a shot over the bar from Huddlestone
29 - Spurs with a counter-attack... turns into a weak header from Bentley
30 - Bolton with a free kick from 30+... turns into nothing
31 - Spurs with another counter-attack that turns into a shot from Bentley straight into the goalie's arms
32 - Spurs possess the ball well, Bale crosses it over and forces a corner... Spurs starting to assert themselves a bit more
33 - Bale with a cheaky elbow leads to a free kick for Bolton in their half
34 - Bolton Goal Bolton 1:0 Spurs - so much for Spurs reasserting themselves as Bolton comes back the other way and the captain, Kevin Davies puts it away... maybe Spurs will wake up now
36 - quick counter from Bale draws a corner kick... any Spurs attack has come straight from the left-hand side
37 - the corner leads to nothing
38 - Bentley is now #43 due to his bloody nose and bloody #5 shirt... this game stinks
39 - when Dawson has the ball, he is required to pass it to Crouch's head - I saw this in the 2010 Laws of the Game during my referee recert class in January
42 - I'd rather be playing FIFA or sleeping right now
43 - Spurs have been rubbish so far
44 - Spurs have a corner kick... they've held possession for the last 6 or 7 minutes without anything to show for it... the corner leads to a free-kick and a yellow card for Zak Knight - tremendous work from Bale, who has been Tottenham's best player
45 - the free kick is cleared away for a corner for Spurs - the corner stinks and it's a goal kick
45+1 - two minutes to be added here
45+2 - for some reason Defoe and Taylor both receive yellow cards... I'm not sure why
45+3 - Half-time Bolton 1:0 Spurs - a really crappy half ends and i'm going to eat breakfast
I'm done posting - too many things to do during the second half... plus this game has not exactly been inspiring so far.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
So for the record: I, too, am tired. Interesting to see Robbie Keane in there- thought he was on loan to the Hoops.
ReplyDeleteon second review, tottenham is in the dark shirts and bolton has a Robbie Keane look-alike.
ReplyDeleteGareth Bale is one weird looking dude. The haircut helps marginally. He did have a nice, confident shot though. My roommate is noisily making coffee in the kitchen so I can't really hear the crowd noise. Very lively match so far.
ReplyDeleteLove that Mr. Bean is reffing- he always seems to have a good rapport with the players.
a solid free kick from Bolton. Nice save from Gomes. Bolton has dominated recently. I feel a counter attack coming soon.
ReplyDeleteLove that Tottenham has this corner kick play: a high kick to a guy on the top of the 18 yd box who volleys it out of the air as a shot.
ReplyDeleteA few quick passes in the box results in a pretty nice goal from Bolton.
ReplyDeleteUh, half time. I think I'm grabbing brunch with the fam soon, so I wish Pete a better second half to watch.
ReplyDelete