Pregame — No Stevie G. Rooney healthy. Just refresh you page every now and again to keep up with the match commentary.
Balls on the field. We knew that one was coming. Poor Pepe.
And we’ve kicked off. United moving right to left, which obviously leaves Liverpool moving in the other direction.
3 min - Rooney scores. But the flag is up.
Who can remember the smoldering heat of Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium, Argentina were already a goal up against England (due to divine intervention according to Argentinean folklore)…. In a sequence of outright mind-blowing passage of play, Diego Armando Maradona at the halfway waltzed, tangoed, foxtrotted and rumbaed his way past almost the entire England team to score what has since been selected the greatest goal in the history of football. He may be considered as one of the most disreputable figures in English sporting history, but the talent clearly was there for all to see. His vision, skill, speed and above all his endurance was the stuff of legends. He was born to play the game…
My counterpoint to G.B.’s Management Under Fire post may not be as eloquent as the original post, but eloquence isn’t always my thing. The thing is, unfortunately, coaches get blamed for everything and get fired after poor runs. But players are often allowed to suck regardless of the fact that they are megastars on fat salaries who are allowed to get drunk and do the robot on Sunday nights while hanging out of the sunroof of a moving vehicle. It’s not just Rafa. And it’s not just the coaches … although some of them are hot garbage. The players need to be blamed as well.
Liverpool owners: The two old guys from the gallery in the Muppet Show.
Liverpool Football Club is one of the biggest brands in football. However, for the past two decades, the club has struggled to produce the consistent results in the Premier League. This season, four straight losses may signify the beginning of a crisis. But this crisis is larger than inconsistent play on the pitch. It started in the back rooms of the club. Liverpool is struggling because of a management crisis because (drumroll):
If you love perms or Didier Drogba, you’ll love the Les Éléphants shirt …
Spain is trying to conquer the world again. This time, they might succeed.
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