FFS - OK, I'm going to miss the match today and I can't blog the last one... but you saw it yeah?
I'm in the sticks proper and there's none of that internet stuff here... only cows. This sent from moblie (and even then I had to walk to the end of the garden).
Fun fun fun.
I'll get back and update this post.
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OK, back from the sticks and back in London... and it's busy-busy-work-work-bang-bang got to keep it short as I need to catch up.
So - Wenger reckons that:
"I know how it works here. At half-time the referee gets stick and then in the second half every little 50-50 decision goes the other way. "I waited at half-time to see what happened and I was not disappointed." "That's what happened. It's not only here."
No - and it wasn't only the second half, truth be told we had it against us in the first half too... of course Wenger was refering to the meeting that Lee Mason (ref) had with John Robertson (Aston Villa coaching staff) at half time at Villa park.
Martin O'Neil is either charmingly stupid, machlevelianly manipulative or deep in denial as he dismisses the incident (and the obvious for all to see concequences) and proceeds to bang on about what a great bunch of plucky lads he has who deserve ervery blah blah fucking blah...
Other than that - shit old game eh - it was the same old format again... we work for the advantage and then defend with extreme paranoia as the ref makes it up as he goes along. There must be a way of winning games like these?
Meanwhile Fergie slags off the fixture list (for the 87th time in his career), but this time he has a point. He was dismissed with the following reassuring explanation:
"The Premier League fixtures are put together through as random a process as possible. The initial list is created by specialist software before going to the Fixtures Working Party, which is made up of representatives from the Premier League, Football League, FA, clubs and supporters. The police also approve it before it is sent to the clubs, at which point they can raise any objections they may have."
And Ladbrokes, don't forget Ladbrokes - are they not consulted too? And Sky? And Setanta? And the nice illegal underground Asian black market gambling syndicates?
Hmm... anyway:
"There are various factors that go into the structuring of the fixture list - police requests, club requests, involvement in European or Fifa competitions for example - but the overriding factor is the luck of the draw.”
I would venture to suggest that is utter bollocks. If this 'specialist software' is so fair then I would suggest that they make the source code open for scutiny by all the techie twat football fans (me) with a lot of time on their hands (not me) to pour over - i.e. unless there is complete transparency then I will assume corruption has taken place. Fair point Fergie... you red nosed cheaty twat.
Other than that - I had a good new year thanks very much, nice to spend some time with the family... although it's cold up norf and there's not much to do. The outlaws have terrible taste in TV so I spent my evenings repairing all the broken down/handed down antique clocks that they have littered about the place - the house now positively ticks... it would chime too but the missus made me disable them in the interests of a good nights sleep.
hey ho... two more posts to go!
