Same cannot be said of Joey Barton. Why the hell do we have to endure another season of the thug? Wasn't he last seen serving consecutive life sentences for being so ugly? Not to mention repugnant and utterly useless as a professional footballer? He's even gone and gotten himself a 70's style moustache. Really adds to that shit-I-hate-your-face look.
Before getting to the news of the day, a few words on Old Trafford itself.
Nice. Quantum leap from Anfield.
Case in point: match day, everyone just wants to go the club store, right? Grab a souvenir if it's your first time? At the Emirates, yes. No problems there. Great store. Easy to get around, even with a couple of thousand fans milling about.
Same too at OT. Great stuff too, just walking through. I stress: I did not buy anything. I've added enough to Sir's kitty with my match ticket. God forbid what I'd do with any Man U things about the house, apart from burn them when I'm feeling shitty after a hiding from Man U.
Anyway. Anfield? Tried to, but that little shack for a store? Small little thing, which had a line of some 100 yards (metres?) just to get in. Sad. So we gave it a pass, of course. Kinda sad.
But more on the Theatre of Dreams. Did anyone know that they serve Singha at the club? Funny. So I had Carlsberg in a plastic bottle at Anfield - but skipped the Singha at Old Trafford. More importantly, I suppose, I had a pretty good seat, and must admit the home atmosphere at the stadium was pretty neat too. The walk out from the tunnel to the middle of pitch is something especially nice.
I'm not going to bother with any talk of the game, but here're a couple of other pics for the few Man U-likers out there. Anyone??
Two here to get used to: Barton challenge, shit face, yellow card:
Hey look - a Nani corner. Quite a few there were that night...
By the way, sitting there in my seat, I saw these anti-racism things going round, about how we should eradicate it from the face of English football, how anyone caught slagging anyone off on racist terms would be expelled from the stadium, etc etc etc. OK, fine.
But...
Is it me or is it not at these stadiums that you get the vilest bile spewed in all other forms, accents, and slangs? Race is OB, but it must be alright to have a whole stadium shout out in joyous unison: WANKER! WANKER! WANKER! (Good thing little Arsewiper probably couldn't figure out what it was all about). It must also be alright for a whole section of Old Trafford to slag off Chris Foy (for those unaware, the ref at the Newcastle game, and, unfortunately, a Merseysider) as: "YOU SCOUSE BASTARD, YOU SCOUSE BASTARD, YOU SCOUSE BASTARD!"
I suppose in the latter example, it must be fine since it's one white guy slagging off another white guy on the basis of his origins, accent, whatever. Kinda cute, that. Just can't have people of different skin colours doing the same.
Just cut it all out, okay? There are children around! Ha...
On the Arse front, the only thing of note happening relates to goalkeepers.
Almunia: feeling kinda isolated, unwanted, discarded.
Fabianski: feeling kinda isolated, unwanted, discarded.
Schwarzer: feeling like he wants to be at the Arse.
Given:feeling kinda isolated, unwanted, discarded.
Throw it all in a bowl, mix well, stick your hand in, and wait a week. Then we'll see who's at Arsenal, Fulham and Manciti in a bit.
One version of the merry-go-round has Schwarzer coming to Arse, Given to Fulham. Is it me, or does that seem like us getting the wrong end of the stick? Maybe it's just me.
Okay then. This seems to be it. I'm going to log off till Friday, turn on the computer again then, and hope to see some news on a goalkeeping signing. Ciao.
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