Not such a great night for English clubs. The logical place is to start out my laughing at the dirty Scousers. HA HA HA. The scene of their greatest triumph under Benitez less than three years ago and now the scene of the worst Liverpool performance in history. Well the worst was probably losing 6-3 to the Gooners in the League Cup last season, but that’s not the point.
It now looks as though the season is crumbling for the Spaniard and his team. Not good enough to win the Premier League, European success has kept the managers job. Now they have lost that- whilst Utd are spanking the Ukrainians 4-2. I am so glad I am not Scouser. How long has Benitez got his job? More time than Martin Jol but if their form keeps slipping as it is, probably not too much longer. A 2-1 loss to Besiktas will not be good enough for many of the clubs fans. I just hope they finish in the UEFA cup and then get beaten by Everton in the final. That really would make my day.
Keeping up in the “Crazy Manager Competition,” Benitez for some reason decided to play Pennant and left him on for most the match. If he ain’t good enough for Arsene, then why is he good enough for Rafa? I thought these two sides are trying to their best to finish second. In addition, it appears Stevie G wasn’t passionate enough- this can be the only explanation for him playing the full 90.
Chelsea were the only British team to get any points, let alone win last night. Drogba seems to love the club although his mood changes every day, it is often hard to tell what he is thinking. Gifted both goals in their 2-0 win. This is no surprise for Chelsea but Schalke but have let their whole country down. With a more efficient performance the minnows would probably have sneaked a win.
In Scotland, Celtic went about letting their country down, with a 1-0 loss against Benfica. Although not necessarily a bad result, it must still have let down their fans. Not the performance but now Rangers have the clear bragging rights in Glasgow after a 3-0 old firm win and a draw against the second best team in the world. Not a great week for Celtic.
Other big football news of the day is that Megson looks like he will get the Bolton job which leads me to two questions:
1] why join a club and then feck off a month later. He must have been spending too much time with Drogba.
2] why the hell do Bolton want him anyway. He doesn’t exactly have the best C.V in the world. His recent acheivments? Getting Forest relegated and winning 1 out of 7 league games for Leicester. Not exactly the new Mournhio is he?
Friday, 26 October 2007
Tuesdays Football
A fantastic night for British clubs. Best result of the day was of course United’s win in the Ukraine. An outstanding attacking display with some quality goals. Rooney’s was brilliant and it was nice to see Giggs back to his best. I will admit it was a bit of a dodgy penalty decision but ref’s do favour the big clubs as I have said before. Almost got into the knock-out stages and will be top of the league in two weeks time. Things are looking good. All this with a an injury crisis and a load of youngsters playing. These youngsters include Tevez, Rooney and Ronaldo so the future is looking bright.
Those three shared three of the four goals in the 4-2 win. Rooney’s was brilliant, Ronaldo’s two were pretty routine. Rio is keeping his little scoring run going with yet another goal The defender must have upped the goal bonus in his contract recently. It was also nice to see Vidic come back to partner Rio. He probably should have conceded a penalty, but United are a big club. Once Gary Neville and Patrice Evra come back we will finally have our best defence. Midfield is looking good even with so many injures. Could do with having Hargreaves back just to shore us up a little. Up front and there are now no problems. Rooney and Tevez have proved they can play together and Ronaldo is approaching his best.
The other English team playing were of course the dirty Gooners. I have to say it was an alright result. Not exactly against the best team in the world but Theo Walcott scored. Finally Wenger is picking an Englishman. More of an Englishboy but at least it’s a start. Walcott managed to score goals, meaning he tripled his previous tally of one. He’s starting to make Benjani look prolific. Playing up front and with your team winning 7-0, you would hope to score though. The only save the keeper made was to stop Walcott scoring a hat-trick. That must of pissed off the youngster.
The other player to score twice was other youngster in the side- Fabregas. The future looks bright for the Gooners as well, which isn’t such good news. A week on Saturday will be their first loss however. There is no chance that they will go to Old Trafford and get a win. Arsenal are having a better season than I expected though. This proves how wrong I was- I though Spurs would beat them to fourth place. Not much chance of that happening now.
Up in Scotland, Rangers completed a great night for British clubs, earning a draw against mighty Barcalona. In a result not many were expecting, the Scottish runner ups managed to prevent the powers of Henry, Messi and Ronaldinhio from working. Henry must be pissed off he left Arsenal now. Whilst they are appearing to prove that they don’t need him, his new team can’t beat Rangers. I’m starting to see why he and Darren Bent were apparently the same value.
All in all, an excellent night for the British teams, with 11 goals between the two English clubs. It is nice to see the two best teams being United and Arsenal again. It is the way it should be as they both play the best football in the land.
Those three shared three of the four goals in the 4-2 win. Rooney’s was brilliant, Ronaldo’s two were pretty routine. Rio is keeping his little scoring run going with yet another goal The defender must have upped the goal bonus in his contract recently. It was also nice to see Vidic come back to partner Rio. He probably should have conceded a penalty, but United are a big club. Once Gary Neville and Patrice Evra come back we will finally have our best defence. Midfield is looking good even with so many injures. Could do with having Hargreaves back just to shore us up a little. Up front and there are now no problems. Rooney and Tevez have proved they can play together and Ronaldo is approaching his best.
The other English team playing were of course the dirty Gooners. I have to say it was an alright result. Not exactly against the best team in the world but Theo Walcott scored. Finally Wenger is picking an Englishman. More of an Englishboy but at least it’s a start. Walcott managed to score goals, meaning he tripled his previous tally of one. He’s starting to make Benjani look prolific. Playing up front and with your team winning 7-0, you would hope to score though. The only save the keeper made was to stop Walcott scoring a hat-trick. That must of pissed off the youngster.
The other player to score twice was other youngster in the side- Fabregas. The future looks bright for the Gooners as well, which isn’t such good news. A week on Saturday will be their first loss however. There is no chance that they will go to Old Trafford and get a win. Arsenal are having a better season than I expected though. This proves how wrong I was- I though Spurs would beat them to fourth place. Not much chance of that happening now.
Up in Scotland, Rangers completed a great night for British clubs, earning a draw against mighty Barcalona. In a result not many were expecting, the Scottish runner ups managed to prevent the powers of Henry, Messi and Ronaldinhio from working. Henry must be pissed off he left Arsenal now. Whilst they are appearing to prove that they don’t need him, his new team can’t beat Rangers. I’m starting to see why he and Darren Bent were apparently the same value.
All in all, an excellent night for the British teams, with 11 goals between the two English clubs. It is nice to see the two best teams being United and Arsenal again. It is the way it should be as they both play the best football in the land.
Thursday, 25 October 2007
Monday's Football
Another game into the season and Martin Jol is once again one game closer to the sack. Being in the relegation zone after 10 games is not what the board or fans wanted. The person who must be the most pissed off though, has to be Darren Bent. He must be annoyed that he didn't go to West Ham- more money and a higher league position.
Newcastle on the other hand are having a decent season. After the 3-1 win, Newcastle have lifted to the lofty heights of 8th in the table. Joey Barton even made his magpies debut in the game. He is one bloke who should fit well into the Newcastle mentality. Drinking and fighting- second nature for the scouse reprobate. Seems to be a match made in heavon.
Newcastle on the other hand are having a decent season. After the 3-1 win, Newcastle have lifted to the lofty heights of 8th in the table. Joey Barton even made his magpies debut in the game. He is one bloke who should fit well into the Newcastle mentality. Drinking and fighting- second nature for the scouse reprobate. Seems to be a match made in heavon.
Monday, 22 October 2007
Sunday's Football
Just the one game on Sunday this week, with Sunderland travelling to West Ham. Bloody long journey, the only consolition being pretty much none of their players being on International duty. The onlt one that was scored a own goal. Coincidence- I think not. Well I say that but apparantly it was pretty unlucky. I haven't actually seen the highlights of this game so I don't know but both the radio and paper said it was unfortuanate and I'll take their word for it. Apparantly it was an unlucky day for the Black Cats with them dominating the second half but ultimately losing. I wouldn't really care that much, but Roy Keane is the biggest legend to have ever put on a football shirt. I love that man (not in a homosexual way).
Back to the game the Hammers ended up winning 3-1 courtesy of goals from Craig Bellamy (alright), Craig Gorden's own-goal (diasappointing) and Carlton Cole (laughable). Not a good day for Sunderland and to make matters worse Newcastle will probably beat Spurs tonight. Expect plently of fights up in the North East over the coming days.
Back to the game the Hammers ended up winning 3-1 courtesy of goals from Craig Bellamy (alright), Craig Gorden's own-goal (diasappointing) and Carlton Cole (laughable). Not a good day for Sunderland and to make matters worse Newcastle will probably beat Spurs tonight. Expect plently of fights up in the North East over the coming days.
Saturday's Football
The big result of the day had to be Man Utd's demolition of 9 man Aston Villa. A comfortable 4-1 win for the Red Devil's. It was however quite disappointing to see Rooney miss the penalty for his hat-trick. It is also always nice to see Lawro wrong with his predictions. The question is why did he think Villa would beat Utd, when we haven't lost against them since the start of the 95/96 season. On MOTD that night Hansen claimed that "you can't win anything with kids." We proved him wrong as well- went on to win the double. Scottish bastard.
Back to the match, and after a dodgy start it was pretty much a walk in the park for Utd. Villa weren't helped by two sending off- but on the other hand if they weren't a dirty team, their players wouldn't get sent off. I've seen the two incidents and they were both clear dissmisals. Therefore, why was Martin O'Neill going off on one. He's always seemed a bit crazy and now I think he's finally losing it. Probably just waiting for MaClaren to get sacked so he can pinch he job. Never trust an
Irishman is something I've always been told and I'm now starting to see why.
The other big game of the day was the Merseyside derby. This match basically proved that the referee's do in fact favour the big clubs. Some of the descions in the match were laughable. For example, how was Kuyt's challenge not a sending off. Look at the picture. A two footed challenge is supposed to be a straight red. The "tackle" by the dutchman is not only two footed but also knee height. Eric Cantona would be proud of that- except for the fact that it was aimed at a player not a member of the crowd.
Other dodgy referering moments include the two Everton penalties that weren't given. Since when was getting wrestled to the ground by a dirty scouser 6 yards from goal not a penalty. Even if it wasn't a penalty just give it anyway to stop Liverpool winning. No-one likes to see them win, espically not the manager who took of his teams best player because he was playing with too much passion. Some teams would love their players to show some passion whilst playing. It seemes Benitez is having a "crazy manager" competition with O'Neill. Prehaps he wants the England job too. Anywho it finished 2-1 to the dirty scousers.
At the end of the day's play, yet again top of the table are the dirty foreign bastards- namely Arsenal. All that foreign talent and yet it took an Englishman to change the game in their favour. Prehaps Wenger should learn from that and actually buy some English players. However, considering his other English signings include Fannie Jeffers and Dick Wright, you can see why he has some resevations about it. The 2-0 result may seem comfortable for those gooners but it was far from it. Bolton held out for quite a while but were ultimately undone by a speculative free-kick from a defender- Kolo Toure. As soon as he goes off for the African Nations, Arsenal are going to be fudged- their best back up is Senderos. We'll see who's top after that tournament. Serves them bloody right for buying foreigners if you ask me.
On to the Chelsea game now. Going through a mini-crisis and what teams do they have to face? One week they get Bolton in ultimately Sammy Lee's last game in the job. Next bloody game is Middlesborough- something tells me that a Chelsea man is pulling the strings when it came to deciding the fixture list. Without playing well the ex-champions won 2-0. They're probably going to be a bit disappointed considering who they were playing.
Another good result over the weekend was Blackburns 4-2 win against Reading. The only good news for Reading fans is that when they travel they are guarenteed to see goals. In the past two away games the 17 goals have been scored for or against. They are therefore probably the only fans in the league that actually get value for money when their team is playing. Quite impressive when you think of how much ticket prices actually are these days.
Portsmouth ke
pt up their impressive with a good 2-0 win. I say good but then it wasn't actually that good because it was against the mighty Wigan Athletic. So bad even Benjani managed to score against them. This is the guy who makes the Neville brothers look prolific. At one stage the striker was Pompey's record buy. If you add the £6m for Nugent I'm starting to wonder why Redknapp is known as the king of the wheeler-dealers.
The relegation battle of the day was the game was between Fulham and Derby. Neither side could complain at the 0-0 result but pretty much anyone watching could complain at the quality of the game. The only real incident of note was Konchesky being aggresive (what a suprise) and getting himself set of (what a suprise). Apart from that nothing. Therfore can't really say anything else.
The only other result was dirty City's 1-0 win. I don't want to talk about them so I'm not going to.
Back to the match, and after a dodgy start it was pretty much a walk in the park for Utd. Villa weren't helped by two sending off- but on the other hand if they weren't a dirty team, their players wouldn't get sent off. I've seen the two incidents and they were both clear dissmisals. Therefore, why was Martin O'Neill going off on one. He's always seemed a bit crazy and now I think he's finally losing it. Probably just waiting for MaClaren to get sacked so he can pinch he job. Never trust an
Irishman is something I've always been told and I'm now starting to see why.The other big game of the day was the Merseyside derby. This match basically proved that the referee's do in fact favour the big clubs. Some of the descions in the match were laughable. For example, how was Kuyt's challenge not a sending off. Look at the picture. A two footed challenge is supposed to be a straight red. The "tackle" by the dutchman is not only two footed but also knee height. Eric Cantona would be proud of that- except for the fact that it was aimed at a player not a member of the crowd.
Other dodgy referering moments include the two Everton penalties that weren't given. Since when was getting wrestled to the ground by a dirty scouser 6 yards from goal not a penalty. Even if it wasn't a penalty just give it anyway to stop Liverpool winning. No-one likes to see them win, espically not the manager who took of his teams best player because he was playing with too much passion. Some teams would love their players to show some passion whilst playing. It seemes Benitez is having a "crazy manager" competition with O'Neill. Prehaps he wants the England job too. Anywho it finished 2-1 to the dirty scousers.
At the end of the day's play, yet again top of the table are the dirty foreign bastards- namely Arsenal. All that foreign talent and yet it took an Englishman to change the game in their favour. Prehaps Wenger should learn from that and actually buy some English players. However, considering his other English signings include Fannie Jeffers and Dick Wright, you can see why he has some resevations about it. The 2-0 result may seem comfortable for those gooners but it was far from it. Bolton held out for quite a while but were ultimately undone by a speculative free-kick from a defender- Kolo Toure. As soon as he goes off for the African Nations, Arsenal are going to be fudged- their best back up is Senderos. We'll see who's top after that tournament. Serves them bloody right for buying foreigners if you ask me.
On to the Chelsea game now. Going through a mini-crisis and what teams do they have to face? One week they get Bolton in ultimately Sammy Lee's last game in the job. Next bloody game is Middlesborough- something tells me that a Chelsea man is pulling the strings when it came to deciding the fixture list. Without playing well the ex-champions won 2-0. They're probably going to be a bit disappointed considering who they were playing.
Another good result over the weekend was Blackburns 4-2 win against Reading. The only good news for Reading fans is that when they travel they are guarenteed to see goals. In the past two away games the 17 goals have been scored for or against. They are therefore probably the only fans in the league that actually get value for money when their team is playing. Quite impressive when you think of how much ticket prices actually are these days.
Portsmouth ke
pt up their impressive with a good 2-0 win. I say good but then it wasn't actually that good because it was against the mighty Wigan Athletic. So bad even Benjani managed to score against them. This is the guy who makes the Neville brothers look prolific. At one stage the striker was Pompey's record buy. If you add the £6m for Nugent I'm starting to wonder why Redknapp is known as the king of the wheeler-dealers.The relegation battle of the day was the game was between Fulham and Derby. Neither side could complain at the 0-0 result but pretty much anyone watching could complain at the quality of the game. The only real incident of note was Konchesky being aggresive (what a suprise) and getting himself set of (what a suprise). Apart from that nothing. Therfore can't really say anything else.
The only other result was dirty City's 1-0 win. I don't want to talk about them so I'm not going to.
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