‘Tinkerman Mark II’ escapes to victory at Stoke

THERE is nothing more exhila-rating than an injury time winner — the explosion of emotion and joy — especially when you have all but given up hope.

‘Tinkerman Mark II’ escapes to victory at Stoke

That said, I’m not sure one of our better-known supporters would agree as flying joyous bodies managed to dislocate his shoulder when Malouda found the net in the 94th minute of Saturday’s game against Stoke. I hope he just thought of the three points as hospital staff popped his arm back into its socket!

As painful as that may have been, it was probably akin to watching the first half. It was a frustrating 45minutes and it looked to me that our boys were not up for the battle.

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