Posted in match review on Jul 19th, 2009 23 Drinks »
Just gone twelve, we pull into Barnet and head for the Red Lion. ‘Any chance of having the cricket on the telly?’ ‘What channel is it on?’ ‘Sky.’ ‘Er, we’ve got the news on next door.’ I should have realised this is a portent of things to come! Anyway, as the afternoon warms up I […]
Posted in match review, tongue in cheek on Jul 14th, 2009 76 Drinks »
What a day this had been. I suppose it was only a matter of time before Manchester City, with so much money to spend, and so little time to spend it, came calling for Emmanuel Adebayor. Snubbed by the likes of Kaka and Eto’o, the Middle Eastlands club have turned their attention to the apparently […]
Posted in match review on May 26th, 2009 11 Drinks »
I just knew I wasn’t going to escape today tear-free. It was a certainty, but thanks to ITV4 and their 6pm showing of Anfield ’89 I managed to do it while the management was busy elsewhere. Watching the events of 26th May, 1989, unfolding again it seemed like it was just yesterday. The goals obviously […]
Posted in match review on May 25th, 2009 21 Drinks »
Memories of spring games past filled the old grey matter yesterday morning. Shorts and shades were donned, excellent company was enjoyed on the train along with a half-decent glass of cabernet sauvignon to prepare the digestive tract for the onslaught to come. Friends old and new were greeted and Guinness had to be drunk quickly […]
Posted in match review on May 16th, 2009 92 Drinks »
As performances go, that one was beyond reproach. Manchester United are worthy champions, of that there is no question, and congratulations go to them. They will, however, know that they came so very close to being taken to the final weekend. United’s nerves were perhaps apparent in the opening moments when Ronaldo was put clear […]
Posted in match review on May 10th, 2009 73 Drinks »
Reaction, and over-reaction, has started. An astonishing end-of-season game started with Arsenal threatening to demolish Chelsea after a week both sides will want to forget. Yet for all their impressive bobbing and weaving Arsenal were caught by a classic double sucker punch. With a couple of rounds remaining the Gunners are on the ropes and […]
Posted in match review on May 5th, 2009 102 Drinks »
I should wait, I can’t. I’ve got to get this jumbled mess of feelings out now so I have a reference point when the serious discussions start in the cold light of day. Firstly, as a blogger rather than a serious journo, I don’t have to be objective, or magnanimous, in defeat. Therefore I really […]
Posted in match review on May 2nd, 2009 33 Drinks »
Well that was all very straightforward, wasn’t it? Le Boss left eight of the starting line-up at Old Trafford out, played a mix and match team on the south coast, and saw the points secured by his youngsters. The 3-0 scoreline may not be an accurate reflection of what we saw, indeed 6-4 might have […]
Posted in match review on Apr 30th, 2009 11 Drinks »
A day later I am messing with my phone, and find a shot I forgot I took last night that should have accompanied the review. See what I mean about how many we must have had up there? I am to the right of the six yard box and everything to my left was just […]
Posted in match review on Apr 30th, 2009 17 Drinks »
The pre-match mood at Old Trafford was good spirited and quite surprising. We parked up just outside Manchester and came in on the metro, then enjoyed a couple of pints in mixed company at a pub just around the corner from the ground. Unfortunately the bonhomie extended to the pitch, where for half an hour […]
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