it's finally here.
Oh my fucking lord, football has finally turned me into a manic-depressive.
- It would have been fucking funny that it was Masche who lost Tevez on that goal, had it not been in the third minute of the sodding game. I prefer a little cat-and-mouse before someone gets comprehensively schooled.
- Albert Riera Flash Judgement #1: Seems to have a mild inner ear infection.
- Dear Dirk Kuyt, I love you enough to defend your reputation and manly honor on a weekly basis, but I really despair when you send golden opportunities straight at the keeper WHO IS ON THE GROUND, YEAH, OKAY??
- LOL WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT OWN GOAL. I'll take it; that was hilarious.
- Albert Riera Flash Judgement #2: Fashion victim. (If this were hockey, that equalizer would have been credited to him, since he was the nearest player to the goal when the ball went in.)
- Summary of the first half, in the form of bitching: JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A DEFENDER (OR WAYNE ROONEY) IN FRONT OF YOU, DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO TURN BACK THE WAY YOU CAME. THERE IS A THING CALLED DRIBBLING IN THIS SPORT. IT CAN BE A BEAUTIFUL THING.
... What on earth did Rafa say at halftime? Totally different team. Mindblowing.
- But why do they completely blow their dead ball opportunities? Seriously, it's not like they never have target men or people who can deliver a good ball, but either people who are capable of delivering a good ball never do, or the targets never connect. It's just fucking poor, all the time.
- Albert Riera Flash Judgement #3: Mechanical bull on a fixed track, and at the end he just falls off the rails. Unfortunately, three is all we had time for this afternoon.
- A;SLKFJADSKLSSKSK WHAT DID MASCHE JUST DO, WHAT DID I JUST SEE. He smoked Giggs on the touchline, Kuyt was there to cut back a half decent cross, and then Babel bounced it in. It's basically the same thing Berbatov and Tevez did in the third minute. Only with more work involved. And it was gorgeous, finally, is this what it feels like when your team makes its chances pay off and doesn't bottle it????
- But oh, Masche Masche Masche. His highly improbable runs, all that fight and recovery. I can never say enough, it seems. MOTM, ffs.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR SEVEN SEASONS.
(Carra's face said it all.)
It's a good day to start reading Paul Tomkins's Dynasty, y/n. For the first time this season, I can think about Shankly without burying my head in shame. For the first time this season, they made me believe, they thrilled me, they wooed me. Christ, I'm so happy.
- It would have been fucking funny that it was Masche who lost Tevez on that goal, had it not been in the third minute of the sodding game. I prefer a little cat-and-mouse before someone gets comprehensively schooled.
- Albert Riera Flash Judgement #1: Seems to have a mild inner ear infection.
- Dear Dirk Kuyt, I love you enough to defend your reputation and manly honor on a weekly basis, but I really despair when you send golden opportunities straight at the keeper WHO IS ON THE GROUND, YEAH, OKAY??
- LOL WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT OWN GOAL. I'll take it; that was hilarious.
- Albert Riera Flash Judgement #2: Fashion victim. (If this were hockey, that equalizer would have been credited to him, since he was the nearest player to the goal when the ball went in.)
- Summary of the first half, in the form of bitching: JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A DEFENDER (OR WAYNE ROONEY) IN FRONT OF YOU, DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE TO TURN BACK THE WAY YOU CAME. THERE IS A THING CALLED DRIBBLING IN THIS SPORT. IT CAN BE A BEAUTIFUL THING.
... What on earth did Rafa say at halftime? Totally different team. Mindblowing.
- But why do they completely blow their dead ball opportunities? Seriously, it's not like they never have target men or people who can deliver a good ball, but either people who are capable of delivering a good ball never do, or the targets never connect. It's just fucking poor, all the time.
- Albert Riera Flash Judgement #3: Mechanical bull on a fixed track, and at the end he just falls off the rails. Unfortunately, three is all we had time for this afternoon.
- A;SLKFJADSKLSSKSK WHAT DID MASCHE JUST DO, WHAT DID I JUST SEE. He smoked Giggs on the touchline, Kuyt was there to cut back a half decent cross, and then Babel bounced it in. It's basically the same thing Berbatov and Tevez did in the third minute. Only with more work involved. And it was gorgeous, finally, is this what it feels like when your team makes its chances pay off and doesn't bottle it????
- But oh, Masche Masche Masche. His highly improbable runs, all that fight and recovery. I can never say enough, it seems. MOTM, ffs.
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS DAY FOR SEVEN SEASONS.
(Carra's face said it all.)
It's a good day to start reading Paul Tomkins's Dynasty, y/n. For the first time this season, I can think about Shankly without burying my head in shame. For the first time this season, they made me believe, they thrilled me, they wooed me. Christ, I'm so happy.