McBride for Fulham, Convey twice for Reading, Lewis for Leeds... Someone may know, but I doubt Americans have ever scored 4 goals in the same day in England, even spanning the entire League. Congrats guys!
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) Whats Convey's doing actually finishing his chances himself? Come Bobby everyone in this board knows you can't finish. Great news, theres nothing better then having a couple of NAT players in good form for our biggest match in qualifying.
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) This gives some credence to the notion that the few Yanks who do get a shot over there are truly better than the scores of Brits who get to play without worrying about work permit issues. At least if this trend continues.
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) I assume you meant Lewis and McBride as Convey got a red card on Wednesday and won't be playing against Mexico..
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) Finishing is confidence, which may be why Convey's been so absolutely horrific at it until now. Good for him! I hope it continues and I can move on to Steve Ralston as my new whipping boy.
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) The one eyed bandit finally scores two goals in one game? Is this the beginning of Convey reaching his potential, or are the British mocking us with false reports?
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) McBride scored Fulham's only goal this season (2 games). Next up for Fulham -> Arsenal on Wednesday
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) Er, that's sort of the whole point of the work permit thing. The people who come are SUPPOSED to be better than the run of the mill players already here. Frankly, last year Convey was difficult to justify on that criteria.
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) As much as that sucks, he seems to have a really good thing going with Reading and I'd hate for him to lose track of that. He's finally getting his confidence back, an irate Mexican hackfest to end the game might have put a dimmer on things (if we roll them), and to be perfectly honest, I'd just like him to stick with Reading for a while and keep this up. It can only boost his confidence further.
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) Some are calling one of Convey's two goals, a 60-70 yard run, an early candidate for goal of the year in the 1st division. Anyone have a link to that goal?
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) I wonder if it is anything like West's 70 yard run? That wasn't too shabby.
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) From one of the Reading web sites (http://www.royals.org/). Titled, "Royals Go Top": "Reading looked to be struggling until Bobby Convey, fresh from international duty, scored an excellent goal - his first ever for the Royals - against the run of play. Leroy Lita flicked the ball on and Convey went on a determined run from deep inside the Reading half, beating two players, before calmly putting the ball past the advancing keeper and into the far corner of the net. It was an impressive goal from Convey who is already having an excellent season, and it was better when he scored his second not long after. The first goal saw Reading come to life, but the turning point was when the Millwall keeper was sent off for diving to save Lita's shot when well outside his area. It would have been a second goal for Reading and the referee had no choice but to send the goalkeeper on his way. Millwall appeared to have no substitute keeper and, after some shuffling around, Convey took the resulting free kick and stuck it into the side of the net past a confused replacement."
I recorded Sky Sports News and WSReport, but neither had the Convey goal. Would have loved to see it.
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) I haven't heard that. When you say 'SOME are...', Who, exactly? I thought I heard it called the 'goal of the day' on 'Goals on Sunday' on Sky (Fox) Sports. Is that what you're thinking of?
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) Courtsey of wjarrettc over on Yanks Abroad, who we should all rep for putting up the clips and posting the links (go here -- https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5893439&postcount=220 to rep him): http://home.earthlink.net/~mollyacampbell/reading.wmv http://home.earthlink.net/~maxscampbell/reading.wmv http://home.earthlink.net/~lizbcampbell/reading.wmv All three links are to the same clip, so pick one at random, to help him spread his bandwidtch around.
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) Thanks for the link, this is my first time using web torrents, I watched the highlights, convey rocked, even though the camera angle on the free kick sucked. the highlights are between 30min and 33 min
To appreciate Convey's great first goal, and actually see the second, forget the torrents and go to: http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/sub/MatchHighlights/0,,10306~29665,00.html All Convey-doubters, for their penance, must pay the fee, watch Bobby muscle the first challenger off the ball, flick past the second challenger while still off balance, and--completing a 70-yard run with a third challenger closing in--finish past the advancing goalie like an EPL star. Then they can watch Bobby hit the post on one great free kick, and curl the ball low around the wall on another for the goal that makes it 2-0 Reading, before being subbed to a standing ovation from the home crowd in the 59th minute. This is all after being dangerous from the left flank all day for the USA at The Rents on Wednesday, picking up the assist on a great run and a clinical cross to Brian at the goal mouth in the game's only goal. Maybe you can see now why Bruce has kept Bobby around. It's not charity. It's how to invest in players over time in order to build a depth chart worthy of a #6 FIFA ranking. Not all Bruce's investments will work out, of course. But right now, Bobby Convey is a buy, not a hold or sell.
Re: Great Day for YA in England (R) Yes, Andy. Goal of the Day. My mistake. Very impressive goal, nonetheless. BB