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There was a moment on Match of the Day (midweek Bigger Cup version) when presenter Mark Chapman observed that the five English teams in the competition had won by an aggregate score of 19-2 and enquired of his studio pundits if this was indicative of the financial heft of the Greatest League In The World™. Not a man widely renowned for his vast repertoire of zingers, the former Liverpool full-back Stephen Warnock was quick to point out that if had not been for the outstanding performance of Guglielmo Vicario in the Tottenham goal away at Monaco, the aggregate score in matches featuring teams from the English top flight would have been closer to 19-19. In an ideal world, Warnock would have unclipped his microphone, dropped it on the pristine studio floor, walked out of Salford’s Media City and taken his one-gag, one-man show on a nationwide tour. However, being a consummate professional he elected to remain in the company of Chappers, Andy Cole and Guillem Balagué to watch the goals from a series of shellackings that took place in Uefa’s blue riband club competition in gameweek three.
All this talk of Big Ange’s defenestration (yesterday’s Football Daily full email edition), followed in the next paragraph by Lucia Kendall’s surreal Lionesses experience made me think of erstwhile NWOTNW (ask your dad, kids) tyros S*M*A*S*H and their pop hit “Real Surreal”. It would be nice to think Ange was humming “A table’s not a table it’s a chair, you said, so I’m not sacked, I’m still a red” – David Bell.
Can Guardian Towers enlighten me as to why former players and managers are so churlish about calling for a manager to be fired? Is it that horrific to then fall into the Bayern/Rangers/Sweden/Forest/West Ham/Leverkusen/Besiktas (that one’s niche) job among many many others? Or is it truly that bad to be on gardening leave and having to appear on the Overlap while they wait for their next pay day a la Moyes, Solskjær and Dyche? After hearing the usual lot tiptoe around Amorim’s job security before he gave himself a weeks grace with the Liverpool result I just want to shout at the TV: ‘Relax, he’ll be fine!’” – Jake Shepherd.
This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions.
Continue reading…Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!There was a moment on Match of the Day (midweek Bigger Cup version) when presenter Mark Chapman observed that the five English teams in the competition had won by an aggregate score of 19-2 and enquired of his studio pundits if this was indicative of the financial heft of the Greatest League In The World™. Not a man widely renowned for his vast repertoire of zingers, the former Liverpool full-back Stephen Warnock was quick to point out that if had not been for the outstanding performance of Guglielmo Vicario in the Tottenham goal away at Monaco, the aggregate score in matches featuring teams from the English top flight would have been closer to 19-19. In an ideal world, Warnock would have unclipped his microphone, dropped it on the pristine studio floor, walked out of Salford’s Media City and taken his one-gag, one-man show on a nationwide tour. However, being a consummate professional he elected to remain in the company of Chappers, Andy Cole and Guillem Balagué to watch the goals from a series of shellackings that took place in Uefa’s blue riband club competition in gameweek three.All this talk of Big Ange’s defenestration (yesterday’s Football Daily full email edition), followed in the next paragraph by Lucia Kendall’s surreal Lionesses experience made me think of erstwhile NWOTNW (ask your dad, kids) tyros S*M*A*S*H and their pop hit “Real Surreal”. It would be nice to think Ange was humming “A table’s not a table it’s a chair, you said, so I’m not sacked, I’m still a red” – David Bell.Can Guardian Towers enlighten me as to why former players and managers are so churlish about calling for a manager to be fired? Is it that horrific to then fall into the Bayern/Rangers/Sweden/Forest/West Ham/Leverkusen/Besiktas (that one’s niche) job among many many others? Or is it truly that bad to be on gardening leave and having to appear on the Overlap while they wait for their next pay day a la Moyes, Solskjær and Dyche? After hearing the usual lot tiptoe around Amorim’s job security before he gave himself a weeks grace with the Liverpool result I just want to shout at the TV: ‘Relax, he’ll be fine!’” – Jake Shepherd.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading…
