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e hawthorns one things for sure their two signings this january have done nothing to harm their chances tony pulis at it again in the transfer window city middlesbrough match report january 24 2015 january 26 2015 liambooth97 leave a comment manchester city 0 middlesbrough 2 karanka masterminds cup shock to knock out league champions city it wasn t supposed to be like this manchester city were expected to dispatch championship side middlesbrough with some ease ahead of this fourth round tie yet instead what transpired was a true cup shock masterminded not through parking the proverbial bus or dodgy refereeing decisions although we had one or two but through boro s tenacious approach to taking on the champions by playing them at their own game producing a classic cup tie in the process it has been a strange season so far for city fans after last seasons league and cup double many expected this year to bring further silverware and progress in europe however the reality has turned out to be something rather different in the league it s been a struggle for city to stay in touch with leaders chelsea who opened up a five point gap at the top of the table last weekend meanwhile in the league cup city succumbed to newcastle in the fourth round rather meekly and although they remain in the champions league by the skin of their teeth the next round pairing with barcelona suggests they may struggle to reach the quarters for what would be the first time in the clubs history with chances for a trophy this season looking diminished the fa cup looked to have taken on further significance and middlesbrough at home appeared a very winnable tie yet warnings that this might not be as straight forward as many predicted were plentiful after all middlesbrough are enjoying something of a revival this season after a troublesome period since their relegation from the premier league in 2009 before saturdays game they were second in the championship table having conceded the least in the division with just 18 goals going against the boro aitor karanka s appointment in november of 2013 may have surprised many at the time but now it appears to have been fully vindicated and karanka s range of contacts throughout the game particularly with jose mourinho have helped bring a wealth of young talent to boro the best use of such contacts has been the signing of patrick bamford who arrived on loan in the summer a great coup given his goal scoring record on loan at milton keynes and derby last season the match itself began with middlesbrough seemingly buoyed by their vast away support from the north east all who came with hope rather than expectation for an upset a sea of 5 500 red and white shirts greeted the away side and the sporadic use of flares helped create a proper cup atmosphere within 30 seconds of the game kicking off boro immediately put the pressure on the city back four dedryck boyata s surprise inclusion in the starting eleven appeared to give middlesbrough cause to attack city s perceived vulnerability in the centre of defence however after a feverish opening five minutes the game began to settle into a predictable routine of city pressure without boro ever looking in serious danger of conceding the first real chance of the half came after a nice piece of build up play allowed james milner to shoot from just outside the box only to be denied by a decent save from keeper tomas mejias a spaniard signed from real madrid in the summer mejias was at it again two minutes later to make an almost identical save once more this time from a david silva effort as the tie began to resemble mejia s coming of age after an inconsistent start to his boro career half time came with most city fans fairly confident that more pressure in the second half would bring an early goal to calm any nerves middlesbrough on the other hand were delighted with the state of play on a few occasions they had looked dangerous on the break giving them hope of perhaps snatching a goal in the second half with neither side making a change at half time the second half began with city on the front foot once more yet the first goal of the game came not from the champions but from the away side in the 53rd minute persistent forward play from alberto adomah helped boro to take advantage of a terrible defensive mix up allowing bamford to slot home from close range amidst desperate attempts from city midfielder fernando to avert the ball away from the net the ball hitting the back of the net was met with mass delirium in the boro end to which middlesbrough were attacking towards it s these moments that truly define an fa cup campaign and all those in the away end on saturday will remember bamford s goal for many years to come suggestions that middlesbrough might resort to defending their one goal lead with ten men behind the ball were proven wrong immediately with two clear chances for boro to deliver a killer blow coming shortly after the opening goal firstly after 62 minutes adomah was played through by lee tomlin for a one on one with city keeper willy caballero only for the ghanaian to deliver a weak chip straight into the arms of the thankful argentinian then just four minutes later a wonderful piece of play by the ever dangerous tomlin should have created proper daylight between the two teams tomlin produced a wonderful turn past the city captain vincent kompany and then shot powerfully to beat the keeper only for the ball to hit the inside of the right post and go out of play tomlin was incredibly unlucky not to score his wonderful piece of play would have been the talk of the weekend had it found the back of the net both chances appeared to finally wake city from their slumber and from the 70th minute onwards the game began to be played out in the boro half however city failed to produce any chances of note until finally in the 89th minute a deflected effort from substitute frank lampard hit the bar just inches away from earning city an undeserved leveler a few moments later middlesbrough delivered the final knockout blow with a second goal in added on time to seal a memorable victory it was another substitute spanish striker kike who slotted past caballero to send middlesbrough into the fifth round for the first time since 2009 so into the fifth round middlesbrough go and nobody who watched this game could say they deserved otherwise some of city s players performed as though they believed their mere appearance would be enough to deliver victory and manuel pellegrini s decision to take the club to abu dhabi in midweek looks to have been a crass move given the capitulation that followed on saturday and as for the fa cup well the magic is still very much alive attendance 44386 5 500 middlesbrough city middlesbrough match report bury wycombe match report january 18 2015 january 19 2015 liambooth97 leave a comment bury 1 wycombe wanderers 1 shakers settle for a share of the spoils it has not been a season to remember thus far for bury supporters despite what summer signings and early season form may have promised the shakers have stalled alarmingly over the past two months going out of two cup competitions and sliding down the table to the position they occupied before saturday s match ninth wycombe on the other hand have enjoyed a promotion campaign that nobody upon nobody saw coming it was only thanks to a bristol rovers defeat on the last day of the season to mansfield that the chairboys managed to preserve their football league status in may of last year yet this season manager gareth ainsworth has led his side to the top of league two earning wanderers a range of plaudits in the process his team came to gigg lane on saturday hopeful if not expectant of another three points to add to their already impressive tally so far wycombe s success has been built on their hugely impressive work ethic ainsworth s side have taken a number of notable scalps this season overcoming perhaps higher quality opposition through good old fashioned hard work on paper bury s side is packed with much more quality than their wycombe counterparts players like danny mayor ryan lowe and nathan cameron should not be starring in a side outside the play off positions however wycombe have a team spirit that counteracts this for instance the wycombe midfield is simply built on tenacious players who enjoy playing with each other immensely bury manager david flitcroft knew what to expect on saturday following a tight 0 0 draw at adams park earlier in the season which showed just how difficult this wycome side is to beat the match itself was lucky to go ahead the wintry weather in greater manchester had made the gigg lane pitch close to unplayable this was not a day for being on the receiving end of a slide tackle however once the game kicked off bury had the better of the opening exchanges counter attacking on numerous occasions in the first 20 minutes with the slippery pitch working to the blistering bury attack s advantage this finally reaped its rewards when bury took a well deserved lead on 30 minutes after comical defending from wycombe defender alfie mawson allowed danny mayor to stab home from close range however as the half wore on wycombe ominously began to come more and more into the game with an aaron pierre strike just going wide on the brink of half time the second half began the way the first ended with wycombe continuing to pile on the pressure finally this pressure paid off and a well placed finish from millwall loanee striker fred onyedinma brought the scores level after 68 minutes via joe jacobson s sublime through pass onyedinma was a threat throughout the game and his third goal in as many games was enough to send the 270 chairboy supporters into raptures the bury management team were incensed that the striker had handled the ball whilst controlling before the finish so much so that assistant manager chris brass was sent to the stands for over zealous behaviour nevertheless the goal stood and few could have argued that wycombe did not deserve it the remainder of the game was played out mostly in bury s half who were perhaps lucky to escape with a draw although a danny rose volley at the other end could have snatched what would have been three undeserved points ultimately a point for both sides had its positives for the shakers it made it a reasonable 7 points from a possible 12 in there last four games keeping them within touching distance of the play offs although dropping a place to tenth in the process wycombe meanwhile stayed top of the division after the share of the points the side with the best away record in the league remain on course for a shock promotion should bury get their act together soon expect both sides to finish in the top seven spots come may attendance 2932 270 wycombe bury wycombe match report african cup of nations expect the unexpected january 16 2015 january 17 2015 liambooth97 leave a comment you would have thought that the african football federation caf would have got their act together by now it s 2015 and africa is the fastest growing economy on earth yet still the same problems that have been around for decades persist like they do at every international tournament that african teams take part in we all know them match fixing rumours player fallouts and bonus related disputes are personal favorites but this year we have even had ebola making a surprise appearance causing the tournament hosts morocco to pull out and the less than ready equatorial guinea to step in the word farce does not do the situation justice thank god for the football what else should we look out for well attendances should be poor a fact almost expected by the organizers with one of the host city s stadiums holding just 5 000 seats it s hard to believe that this is genuinely an international tournament at times a tournament that is supposed to be on par with the european championships the copa america the asia cup and even the gold cup yet in terms of infrastructure and preparation is ridiculously poor the 2012 edition of the cup held also partly in equatorial guinea ominously even had the strange situation where reportedly just 132 people turned up to watch sudan face burkina faso alright it wasn t exactly el classico but i would have gone if it was played in england maybe on the bright side look out for a shock country to make an impression on the tournament last time out in 2013 it was burkina faso who made it all the way to the final only to lose narrowly to nigeria expect them to do well this time out similarly in 2012 zambia were the surprise package of the tournament winning the cup against all odds although the decision to host another tournament a year later rather harshly stopped zambia from taking part in the confederation cup of 2013 the african cup of nations provides the lesser countries with a chance to go far in the competition in a way that very rarely occurs in the european championships other than greece back in 2004 the common winners of the tournament have been european powerhouses such as spain france germany and holland who have won five of the last seven championships in the african cup of nations it s hard to rule out any of the 16 participants going far in the competition simply because of the unknown factor anyone can beat anyone on their day and that makes the competition compulsive viewing in many respects if you re into that sort of thing as for the premier league representation manchester city star yaya toure and new teammate wilfried bony will be hoping to win the competition for perennial underachievers ivory coast for the first time since 1992 the so called golden generation that began at the 2006 world cup headed by didier drogba has all but gone after failing to deliver what their potential promised this will be the first tournament without drogba for the ivory coast and it will be intriguing to see how they fare without him personally i think the omission of such a big character in the dressing room will help the players to thrive without having to play under constant pressure from the big man also look out for everton winger christian atsu with ghana and nabil bentaleb and riyad mahrez from spurs and leicester respectively for algeria algeria s world cup heroics suggest they will go far in the tournament but alas with the cup of nations you never know so it may be a poor relation compared to the world cup but at least the afcon provides wall to wall coverage of africa s finest minus nigeria and with a very good chance of at least one shock country going far and no penalties for england to miss what s not to like african cup of nations expect the unexpected ched evans where next january 12 2015 january 16 2015 liambooth97 leave a comment so last week we saw the ridiculous events at oldham athletic unfold concluding with a man who had served the allotted time required by law in prison still unable to get a job now that 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