Frustrating Gunners Squeeze Past Doncaster
Sep 20th, 2017 by 'holic
Arsenal rang the changes from Sunday’s starting eleven. All eleven in fact. As expected David Ospina lined up behind Calum Chambers, Per Mertesacker, and Rob Holding, with exciting prospects Reiss Nelson and Ainsley Maitland-Niles in the wing-back berths. Jack Wilshere returned alongside Mohamed Elneny in midfield behind a potent looking front three of Theo Walcott, Alexis, and Olivier Giroud.
It was a mix of youth and experience that promised a great deal, but it was the lowly opposition who opened with more intent and Kongolo, on loan from Manchester City, drew a sprawling save from Ospina in the opening minute. Arsenal went to the other end where Walcott was unable to apply the finishing touch from Elneny’s pass.
In the third minute Giroud found himself on the floor in the box screaming for a penalty after he was rugby tackled as a cross was delivered. Astonishingly the officials missed it. The big Frenchman then saw an effort from the edge of the box charged down. He was keen to get the opener and from Wishire’s sublime chip he produced an acrobatic bicycle kick that smashed into the crossbar and over.
Alexis was next to try his luck with a long-range free kick that had Lawlor scrambling to his right to save. Ten minutes in and the Gunners had assumed full control of the game. Wilshere was rolling back the years with a range of passes that were threatening to unlock Doncaster’s determined rearguard action. They did manage to mount a rare break in the nineteenth minute. Coppinger, the sole survivor from the last meeting of the clubs in 2005, drew a save from Ospina but the whistle had already been blown for a free-kick.
Again the Gunners poured forward and Giroud’s header was a coat of paint over the bar. The opener finally arrived in the 25th minute when Alexis cut infield and put Walcott in the clear with a superbly weighted lob and the Englishman applied a chipped finish from the edge of the six yard box.
Arsenal 1-0 Doncaster Rovers
There was no reprieve for the visitors and Wilshere’s fierce drive from distance was deflected for a corner that eventually fell to Giroud on the edge of the box. His volley once more cleared the bar. Another Alexis free-kick sailed into the Doncaster supporters in the Clock End. It drew the loudest cheer yet from the subdued Doncastrians. The Chilean responding by looking to send in Walcott again but Lawlor spotted the danger and claimed the ball first.
The Rovers goalkeeper saved equally comfortably from Elneny’s tame volley from the second of consecutive corners. A rare but ultimately fruitless break served warning that Doncaster could still be dangerous while only a goal behind. A long and winding run from Alexis sadly came to a halt on the edge of the box as he threatened something spectacular. Doncaster ended the half as they had begun it. Kongolo put May clear but the ensuing effort was slammed into the side-netting and the Arsenal advantage was maintained.
At the start of the second-half Josh Dasilva replaced Calum Chambers for his first-team debut. The defensive midfielder slotted into the left side of the back three and Holding went across to the right. A rapid breakout from a Doncaster free-kick saw Giroud put Walcott clear again but he fired his effort over the bar and a golden chance had gone begging.
That sparked something of a revival by the League One club who grew in confidence and applied a ten minute spell of pressure without creating anything clear-cut. Not for the first time Giroud attempted a spectacular overhead kick from an Alexis corner but the effort was blocked. There followed a nervous moment as May outsmarted Nelson and bore down on goal but Maitland-Niles was alert to the danger and outsprinted the Doncaster man to prevent the danger.
Giroud appeared to have been hauled down by Duncan but again no award was forthcoming. In the next attack his cross eventually fell to Nelson who draw an excellent save from Lawlor with an accurate thump from the inside-right channel. Giroud finally got a free-kick when Mason caught him late and earned the only yellow card of the night. He was less fortunate moments later when he picked up a largely self-inflicted injury to his left ankle.
Far from overawed, Rovers again pressed for an equaliser and Butler got on the end of a corner only to head over the target. Cue Alex Iwobi being sent on for Walcott with a quarter of an hour to go. Former Millwall striker Marquis came on for the visitors and had a couple of half chances within a minute of his arrival. The home support appeared understandably nervous. Elneny fired a chance to seal the match into the side-netting.
For a second time Maitland-Niles pace came to the rescue after he himself had made a mistake. The match was gripping, if uncomfortable, if that makes sense? Joe Willock was sent on for Nelson and the side hadn’t settled when Mandeville’s effort was deflected for a corner by Mertesacker. Giroud volleyed another Alexis chip into the side-netting. Jack Wishire was next to try his luck but his ferocious drive was deflected away for a corner.
Four added minutes were announced and started with another wasted Gunners corner. A last Doncaster riposte was seen to safety before Iwobi warmed the palms of the excellent Lawlor. All our missed opportunities hadn’t cost us at the final whistle. For that we can be grateful, but there is some work to be done before those on show tonight get back into the first team for tougher tests.
189 Responses to “Frustrating Gunners Squeeze Past Doncaster”
A win is a win. I didn’t watch it, don’t care about the performance in a competition like this, as most of the players could score a billion goals and they would not get picked for a league game.
Positives are a win and the name in the hat, Wilshere playing, another game under Alexis’ belt aand a goal for Feo, who is easily the most unappreciated player we’ve got.
Next!
It’s ok Cynic
We have no divine right to murder lower league teams, but 27 attempts, 8 on target, and one goal with that front three. What’s that all about. They aren’t earning a recall anytime soon.
Another clean sheet! ?
UTAAD&AN With A Tight As Feck Defence!
If only we could break as fast as Holic can produce a report. Pints on the bar Guvna.
Home to Norwich next round.
pints on the bar ?
.
one for a cantankerous arsehole ?
(asking fer a friend)
.
.
oh shit
clives in
Just woke up and read the report
, thanks Guvna, a great report.
Back to sleep now.
Oh yes, well done on getting through
lads, agree with Cynic @1 except
the Theo part.
“The match was gripping, if uncomfortable, if that makes sense?”
it makes sense. my stomach still in a knot.
at least the young’uns know what they’re up against to rise in the ranks. and theo (just for cynic 🙂 )
Pint of cantankerous coming up. ?
Neither Reiss Nelson nor Sir Arthur Maitland-Niles is a wing-back.
Neither should be playing there.
?
d’ye know what ‘holic
i really like you
and indeed most of the ‘holics
(know yer limitations thunder T)
.
?
a moooooooooooooooooooooo mow mow
papa moooooooooooooooooooooo mow mow
.
.
spain ?
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Thanks for the report Holic.I didn’t see the game but have seen the goal and the overhead shot from Giroud. I am surprised that a young player making his debut comes in for the first team in a position he doesn’t play normally. I’m talking Da Silva but we are already doing to Nelson what we did for years to Ox.
Was Chambers injured or just only fit for half a match? Good to see Wilshere back. I’d love to see him re- establish himself and hope he can stay fit. He is too big a talent to lose.
Norwich next and I might go to that one.
Bit of a mixed record in the League Cup against Norwich. Lost in the quarter-finals in 1972, won in the third round in 1981, drew in the third round in 1993 but won the replay.
oh shit
thunder Ts in
Apart from Alexis and a couple of young bucks,our line up consisted of experienced players desperately needing game time as they aren’t going to be getting much if any in PL.
Unless a first 11 player gets injured,those that played tonight apart from Alexis, are going to be our squads for the Cup competitions.
Every side now has big squads,take a look at the Utd lineup tonight against little old Burton Albion,they could field that side in the PL and probably finish top 6. !!
So what used to be line ups of reserves and youngsters in these types of games in the past,has changed forever.
It must be mentally frustrating for the players chosen,to know that this is probably their lot for the season.
Good luck keeping everyone happy.
haven’t listened to albums
whole albums
no skipping
in ages
.
low
sulk
and vol 4
.
just fuckin marvellous
.
.
And just to make my night,
Little old Real Betis who’s entire squad cost about threepence ha’penny,
went to the house of the Billionaires of Real Madrid as despised 20/1 outsiders in a La Liga game this evening,and nicked a 1 nil win with a goal in the 94th minute.
Once in a Blue Moon i do believe a football God somewhere decides to give the teams of arrogant self entitled peacock preening Prima Donna’s at the top of the football tree a massive kick in the nuts.
*Cheers for Betis*
‘holic
come out of retirement
do live radio doins like blogs does
just special occasions
don’t make a fuckin meal of it
after ye play bloody fuckin deacon blue
20 million times ?
you’d be fuckin brilliant
.
go on
go on
go on
roll away the stone
.
*avoids eye contact wiff baff*
.
.
.
*attempts nonchalant whistle*
May I just say – Great Western Trains – completely incompetent c*nts. That is all.
i once shat on a train
couldn’t manage a no.2
sort yer bouncers out , hol
that makes no sense
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEFlahbrMjk
Man, I wish this happened soon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGZqDzb__bw
i’ll shut up
not another word
will i utter
nope
and
double nope
not me
*intuits*
Didn’t see the game but it sounds like it was a tough one to watch against a team verging on dropping to three divisions below us. Did somebody forget to light a match under somebody else’s fanny?
samoyeds
*Cheers for Betis*
samoyeds would be a word
my thin lizzy story
shall remain untold
39 et tu bt8
?
*ploughs last furrow*
Pray tell the Thin Lizzy story. Perlease!
“when you have harrowed what i have ploughed !”
With most of this team short of playing time, not to mention playing alongside strangers in a strange formation, why would anyone expect them to blow away a team that play together every week in a set formation? Even allowing for their relative status. It’s why lowly teams often do spring surprises in cup games.
Just give thanks for the win, and if this ‘team’ ever play together again expect them to improve with every game.
And remember, Theo, scoring winning goals will never be enough in the eyes of some. Perhaps if you got out more (on the pitch) and scrubbed off that rust? Ditto Ollie.
45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKpVQm41f8Y
YA BIG GALAH !
Little Eva? Nothing little about her I can see.
Et tu, Theo?
Should be speaking Latin to you there, cba. Et tu?
Little Eva swinging more than the hips.
Back at ya, cba … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVeG-MllgXI
Also, the late great … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkSqlwQCc9Y
chris
i’ll see your 52
and raise you
as my illegitimate son
have you any allergies ?
karaoke preferences ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otAiRNxZbDk
I only itch in the right places.
Thanks for the offer, Caoimhin, but I’m well raised already and probably old enough to be your sire. Old enough to be this guy anyway … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTymtAbaG08
There used to be 57 like him in the day, but they don’t make ’em like Heinz any more, ay. 😀
ahhhh
mighty
mighty
.
MIGHTY
yer no dozer
?
clunky links
are only clunky
to them what getsem
@TTG 15
Chambers was a hip injury I heard,
out for a couple of weeks.
And I guess the thinking was that’s
it’s better to give Da Silva
the experience at 1-0 than use
Nacho who was the only other
defensive option.
From Doncaster, birthplace of
Robin Hood, to Norwich, home
of the quiz of the week, we can’t
complain about the draw.
Another chance for games and I’d
like to see Jack playing at No 10
in the League Cup and Ropey
League. If Ozil’s off then it’s an
opportunity for Jack.
I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
Well, time to be doing other things anyway. Gotta go. Have a nice day cba and gooners everywhere.
oh oh
japans in
.
*assumes lurking position*
64
meh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS06KFkGsXk
where you fae ?
you fa. . . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d76p3af79Ao
Have a nice day Roy 🙂
Our attack certainly wasn’t on
fire.
44,000 crowd, lowest Emirates
attendance but nearly double
the LWCs pitiful rabble.
Japan is out CBA, a new day
dawns (well actually it’s 10.00)
and I’m off out for some
not well-earned R & R.
Sweet dreams of Delia Smith.
But thanks for the Shonen Knife
🙂
Er…it’s the thought that counts.
why the BIG LETTERS ?
always the big letters
why the BIG LETTERS ?
?
.
i think the assembled overly educated
HERE
are jealous of my entirely made-up persona
enough
WITHOUT
the big letters
BIG LETTERS
wHy ?
*gives up*
not got the stamina fer the ton
?
moooooooooooooooooooooo
sOrrY cbA
Or “gomen nasai” in Japanese.
To be said in a contrite voice,
while bowing your head.
Hope the free Japanese will make
up for my mistake.
It’s the least
I can do
And hope i haven’t
Twisted your barbies
Like the mostly
woeful Shonen Knife
Cool and Unusual Punishment
by NoFx
a californey band
Now there’s a cracking song
about Japan 🙂
I’d attach a link if I knew how
🙁
But I’ve seen you through the 80s
And into the 90s.
93 a cup overflowing year
94 was not so fine as I recall
Was 95 the blessed Denis or
does my memory fail, the best
thing the ill-fated Bruce ever did.
And onwards to 96, the glorious
revolution began
89 californey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhpb_-QGPQ0
boooo !
eh ?
and so to 97 and Mr Wenger
was the man to lead our
mighty run
Oh shit, I meant to leave the
ton to you in gentlemanly
fashion but now I’ve gone
and nicked it.
Gomen nasai.
typical gooner
My timing is worse than Theo’s,
it’s the rezzies for me.
as the mighty trev
would say
in off yer knee belly and/or backside
anyhoo
must go off to dig some praeties
and no mistake
ladies and gentlemen
aren’t they a delightful people
back to the studio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAV6HJXKYtw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCE7UNm0aDs
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41340067
just for some details about the Betis rabblerousers’ slaying of the Madrid dragon.
106 and 107 were somethin else
The ton plus the tenth of a ton, and who else has said that?
re: 72. maybe just a little bit. 😉
everybody gone home it looks like,
but good night to anybody remaining,
or good morning to the next bunch o holics.
you’ll make no friends multi-posting here bt8
most who come down to the water’s edge for a sip
are english
a notoriously hard breed to handle
and no mistake
.
just a blur of kiss me quick hats
and liquor
.
.
.
just mention manze’s
and ye know someone who
knots hankies in exchange for whelks
and
ye might get an in
otherwise
.
.
queue
and take what they give you
don’t recall you saying anything against the welsh cba.
but i could be wrong.
nite nite and don’t let the bedbugs bite.
the welsh ?
the WELSH , is it ?
.
.
nope
great bunch o lads
that’s a rare bit then.
For those who appreciate a feast for the eyes as well as ears … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y53boWWi8g
Yes, the fabulous Laura Cox, and here trying out her new Gibson … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fInw28BRb_w
One final Laura, and a test for y’all. How long can you keep your eyes on the guitar during the close-ups? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5fHRxDQVz0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d1jvP8FG1E
now to check out 118-120
@118. Fabulous. Laura Cox is a revelation.
Great voice, Sam Cooke. From a great era.
119 and 120 hold no disappointments!!
Cheers H!
Tremendous musical selection overnight gents. Thanks for that. Do keep it coming.
#67 – cba
Fun fact – I saw Shonen Knife support Nirvana @ Kilburn National some 26 years ago – they were tremendous fun live (the records were not so great!) and Mr Cobain was a big fan apparently…
Really good match report Holic, thank you.
I knew it was going to be a quiet day in the stadium when I got in the Tolly. Plenty of room to swing a (what’s the collective noun for lots of cats?) and time for some badinage with the young barstaff.
In the stadium and I would say the lower tier practically sold out. Very few in the upper tier. 46K looks a bit generous to me and it will count every single club level seat where League Cup games are included in the season ticket (unlike lower and upper tier). Still a damn sight more than the ramblers 23K at Wembley. We should make the whole ground £10 for these games (upper tier £20 at the moment, lower tier £10, both half price kids and seniors).
For a regular match goer like me I love the League Cup because I like seeing the different team we put out and I love the away games. I don’t like the match day experience at home because it’s full of people who don’t go regularly. We have to sit down (‘cos there’s lots of kids – fair enough), they can’t find their seats, they come in 15 minutes late, they leave five minutes before half time and come back in bearing van loads of pizza 10 minutes. They don’t know the songs and there’s even less atmosphere than normal.
I know. I’m just a privileged match day snob. And I do think it’s great that so many people get their first experience of the Ems at these games. I’ll be there for Norwich, of course, probably still moaning.
As to the match – meh. Only high point was Jack – he really ran the midfield and glided over the ground as in his peak. Nothing else really to add except that for once I completely agree with Chris @45 plus those who say that Nelson and AMN shouldn’t be at fullback.
oriental bands supporting legends
saw the frank chickens supporting the smiths
belfast 84
.
a pattern emerges
a small pattern
but a pattern nonetheless
C100 , Chris and Ned,
We haven’t got the squad resources to play the shape we are at first- team level. We’ve sent Bramall and the Corporal on loan and haven’t brought any wing backs in. We sold Gibbs in a season where he woukd have got a lot of games. But we will harm Nelson if we play him out of position at this stage of his development
I really don’t understand Wenger’s planning nowadays . I’m not alone
Chris, Kathy Kirby’s Malaguena is also a remarkable performance and a rare find for somebody like me who is a bit too young to know about her. Knowing the original Mexican song and seeing her interpretation in English, and the fitting lyrics, shows quite a bit of cultural understanding. Not to mention her great voice and stage presence.
CBA@57,
Heinz was a regular at a pub I used to frequent in Eastleigh back in the 80’s, and I’m sorry to tell you that his drink of choice was pissy lager with a blackcurrant top. Honestly.
dorset M
though i find that dispiriting
i am not entirely unsurprised
.
what was he like
seemed a delicate flower
in yesteryear
.
all said
how cool is that
.
.
i like the cut of yer jib , dorset ?
Dorset Mick
And what’s wrong with that?
I’m jesting….that is a sin. Beer and fruit do not mix.
You’ve done well to win CBA’s approval. He’s a hard man !
eh ?
.
i take as i find
.
i think you’re brilliant thunder T
p’raps my door policy is
two kebabs west of discerning
“double sauce , Vera ”
.
.
” hard man ” ?
rumour and conjecture m’lud
rumour and conjecture
in other unrelated news
i dropped a glass carboy
fulla 3month old apfelwein
.
i say me ?
.
.
herself is one more calamity away from crimewatch
half a dozen gallon o brown sugar cider
gone
.
sorry ‘hol
more non Arsenal shite
and a sticky floor
on the up side
I’m still handsome
?
8.2% it woulda come out at too
women ?
can’t live with them
can’t anonymously buy sulphuric acid
i of course jest
many wife dissolving solvents are available
If she reads this mate you are brown bread. Even though she broke your swally.
oi ! countrystuff
ere !
.
my boy’s a good boy ee is !
actually
good point well made
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Kf1Iy5E6U
just been informed
there are loads of people read ‘holic’s etcs etc
.
not just ned cynic an trev
.
.
and so
in that regard
and to the eternal joy of the boss
i might shut up about my life
.
YOU BULLSHIT HUNGRY CUNTS ARE SUCKING ME DRY
This is a cultural hub. Football, music and insights into CBA’s life. What more could anyone want
yer only sayin that cos it’s true
ton /half
fuckin losers
CBA @133,
You’re quite correct, he was a delicate flower. It still took guts to order that rubbish in a tough pub.
TTG@134,
I’m not sure that Carling Black Label counts as beer, even loosely!
Where I drink they fine anyone a pound if they ask for lager. It is a brewery tap, mind.
Who IS that lady?
The one on the record, I mean.
No, not physically revolving around on the top of the record. The one dancing in the little grooves.
Interesting debate in the comments on youtube about Kendrick Lemar’s version of Who’s That Lady, and whether he ruined the song or not. Here’s a yes vote, but is it valid if I register it here??
Don’t know if I need to apologize for non-Arsenal related posts but I’m probably as guilty as anyone. ‘ceptin’ cba o’ course.
This is an open establishment where one may talk about anything that won’t get them zapped. 🙂
How many of those are there in this day and age? Thank you, Goonerholic. 🙂
Just don’t mention the war.
I nearly did, but I think I got away with it.
(Copyright Cleese and Booth)
item from the “Gossip Column”
Neymar, 25, has demanded PSG sell fellow forward Edinson Cavani, 30, after their on-pitch dispute on Saturday. (Sport via Daily Mail)
BETTER TO SELL NEYMAR WHILE THEY STILL CAN. CUT THE RATE AND RUN.
Ttg@130: Agree with you 100% about where to play Nelson, and why AW is playing him at wing-back. I was surprised Bramall went out on loan. I can only think that when the decision was made, it didn’t seem Gibbs would be offloaded.
Football, music and insights into CBA’s life. What more could anyone want
A few million quid in the bank, a fast speedboat and a pet monkey that can play the banjo.
I had one that could play the cello once, but he ran off and had a big career on the telly. Called himself Julian and kept turning up on things like The Val Doonican Show
Isn’t that a re quotation of Gazza talking about his Dad?
He asks nothing of me. Just a 5 series BMW, a canny wage and a speedboat.
I’m afraid it came out of my own insanity, not Gazza’s
Although there’s nowt insane about wanting a pet monkey, banjo player or not.
A banjo? Could you not teach it to play something musical? An alto sax for a monkey would be about right. I’m reminded of James Morrison (an Aussie jazz muso of international renown) who said his brother John had given up music (studied at Sydney Conservatorium) to play the drums. But there’s lots of jokes about drummers.
Thanks for #131, bt8. Kathy Kirby was reputedly the highest paid female UK singer of her generation, which is quite a rap in an era which spawned Lulu, Cilla Black, Sandy Shaw, Shirley Bassey, Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield, Marianne Faithfull and others of whom youngsters like yourself may never have heard. 😀 Of them all Kirby probably had the biggest voice, and definitely the biggest tits.
@165 C100
Thanks for the Gazza quote,
made me laugh on a grey morning.
Must tell my own son that I don’t
need the speedboat and i prefer
old Jags.
a slow speedboat is just a boat, aint it? Ergo, a fast speedboat is also just a boat, what’s fast, p’raps … Schucks – imPonderables, they’re, erm – summat or the other – and no mistake, in my opinion.
Popped in for catch up, only to find that just 7 of the last 151 posts are Arsenal related. Fairly standard goals to shots ratio for us red and white folk
Barack. Somebody ought to investigate your counting. I reckon at least twice that many. 😉
Nattering nabob of negativity that I am.
*Hoping nobody calls me a dotard.*
Percentage going down as we speak. Anyone seen Diaby?
Hope the rules committee doesn’t misinterpret 174.
Diaby’s Wikipedia page says he is no longer with Marseille after appearing in just four games, and “In October 2016, Diaby had to undergo an operation on his right ankle after suffering for weeks with persistent pain. He was ruled out for a period of four months following the surgery.”
Apparently hasn’t decided to retire yet, but has no club.
Hello bt8,
Shame about Abou but nobody
can say he hasn’t given it his
best shot.
I reckon this one and 174 both
count, clearly Arsenalish in tone.
Seems a long wait until Monday.
In fact it will be Tuesday early
morning for me. Monday night
football is a shit idea if you live
in Japan.
And I see the PL is salivating at
the idea of Amazon and Facebook
bidding for the TV rights soon.
That contract negotiation seems to
come round more often than
Theo and AW’s.
Tuesday early morning is about when I normally start thinking about the next weekend’s game. Time zone trauma. ??????
*Toasts Wolfsburg’s second half recovery from 0-2 down at HT to draw 2-2 with the detestable Bayern at their lair. Here’s to the little guys.*
Evening Bath
Must be little guys week after Betis and now the Wolves.
Limerick FC 2 Cork City 1.
There is a limerick in there somewhere …
Watched Swindon on Sky tonight. When I can no longer afford Arsenal I will not downsize to League Two. Utter gash. Maybe non-league and relive my days.
Holic
My local club are Gillingham – they’re not that local but they are in league 1 and they are crap. I wouldn’t draw the curtains if they were playing in my back garden. The last time I went was about three Boxing Days ago . We made an outing of it but the beer was so much better than the football ! And it wasn’t very good beer!
When I give up going to Arsenal I’m going to take up sex.
A limerick, bt8?
A football team known as Cork City
Met their match against Limerick FC
Playing less than full throttle
Poor Cork lost their bottle
Which is why people call them Cork Shitty
Does your wife know about your plans, TTG?
Well limericked indeed, Chris.?
There once was a player from Cork
Whose right foot resembled a fork
He got stuck in the grarse
and fell right on his arse
Letting Limerick take all the pork.
An early preview. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>