Liverpool lost 2-0 to Boro today, who were second from bottom this morning, after failing to pick up three points in the league since November 9th 2008.
Now I know some of you will find this result confusing, particularly as it means Liverpool now have the potential to go ten points behind if we win our game in hand, as this was supposed to be Liverpool’s year. I know the criticis amongst you will recall that every one of the past nineteen seasons was meant to be their year, but this time, it was true! They were going to stop United from equalling their 18 titles, lead bravely forward by Stevie Me and El Nino.
The climax of the Rafalution was going to be seen in all its glory this season, with the Spanish genius showing us what tactical football was really about, claiming the prize every scouser has been desperate to get their grubby mits on for the past two decades.
Ok, so that pre-match press conference where he brought a list of supposed facts, which actually weren’t facts at all (no matter how many times he mentioned the word), was a bit weird, and selling off a £20 million striker six months after buying him, despite only having the inept Dirk Kuyt and David N’Gog as back-up for the injury-prone Torres, was rather odd, but forget that. The man is a genius!
However, there have been stumbling blocks in his contract negotiations, with rumours that he was actually going to pack it all in. Life-long Liverpool supporter, Rick Parry, the chief executive who has been at the club for over ten years, lost his battle this week though, with it being confirmed he was on his way out of the club in the summer. Benitez won that power struggle and the likelihood of him getting the deal he wants has increased.
As a fan hoping to see the next twenty years as successful for United and unsuccessful for Liverpool, I sincerely hope the Yanks offer Benitez everything he wants, including full control over the transfers in and out of the club, to ensure he is their manager for some time to come. FSW, we salute you!
FACT – Fat Spanish Waiter Has Lost The Plot
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we will win the league, having played at about 70% of our potential. the challenge from the other big three has been laughable, todays result being the sweet finishing touch to an epic fail by Loserpool.
LMFAO!! Repeatedly!
The point blank miss by Kuyt jus moments after Boro got their second goal must have Robbie Keane laughing off his chair! Now that Benitez has won the power struggle against Parry, hope he stays on!
Good shout, Scott. The RedScousers were lucky in the early going this year but they were never, ever good enough.
Basically, the FSW has “assembled” a team of five – StevieGBH, Fernando, Riera, Jungle-arms Carragher and Alonso. Yet, while it would seem that their team has a very strong “spine”, as is so often the case superficial looks are deceiving.
The rest of their players – with the exception of Yossi Benayoun who never gets the call to start when the FSW can choose Dirk Kuyt – would have a hard time fitting in with Fulham or Middlesboro.
For several years – since the days of Harry Kewell !!!!!!!!!!!!!! – their wing players have been shite. Long may it continue.
LOL!!!!!, dippers finishing 4th, how sweet it is!!!!……every day the quintuple looks better and better, glad i got it at 28/1…..dick those yids sunday.
Long live Benitez and long may it continues(Liverpoll dropping points).i start thinking that Chealsea may return as our major threat this season,anyway a win against Newcastle will give us a ten points lead,which is IMHO enough for us to win the league.
I truly hope they keep him.He has discovered a trick to catch teams while they are sleeping in Europe but in England he has no clue.The only reason he was top this season was because we had games in hand and had played all of our tough away fuxtures.The title is not sealed yet though.Liverpool will be out if it for good once we beat them on two weeks but first we have to stay in focus while Hiddink’s luck continues.A win at Newcastle next Wednesday will be a nig blow for both of these teams.
Sorry i meant big blow
Chelsea*
Frankly, I’m a bit disappointed that they didn’t fight until the end of the season. On the other hand, this means that Fergie would be able to use all of our best players for the CL and FA Cup matches, while the youngsters get even more practice in the Premiership. So, if everything turns out really good, we can actually win at least two trophies and prepare for the moment when Giggs, Scholes, and Neville retire.
The only problem now is that Chelsea are probably going to string a few results together during their “honeymoon period”, however I don’t think Utd. can throw a lead like this away.
btw, take a look at this, Benitez’s supposed masterstrokes in transfers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/gallery/2008/dec/17/liverpool-transfer-failures?picture=340822714
the descriptions are simply spot on, haha
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I REALY can’t stop laughing
“their year”hahahahahahahaha
anyone for 4-0 wen we play the at old trafford?
i was on bbc 606 lucking for all their early season “hype” “promise” n final piece of jigsaw comments refering to riera and keane! cant find them
gloat all you want mancs liverpools time will come and you will fall
PALETTA!I had forgotten about him!ssmcmullan i checked Chelsea’s fixtures and i think that they do have a tougher program.They have to go to Tottenham,Arsenal and West Ham derby games all of them.And who knows?Maybe now that Adams is gone,Portsmouth may give them a run for their money.And we do have that 10 point cushion,so i think we could be safe.As i said above,i think that a win at Newcastle next week will be a big blow for them.
Totally agree with you . The FSW will never win the league. With his negative tactics he will need everyone else to explode for the to have a chance. He did it in Spain because Barca and Real are well known for exploding every couple of years. I am sure they are done, but the Rent boyz should be killed soon too.
@not a fan
Ok there Nostradamus, care to tell us when.
@Atom79
apparently you do.
Dos beers ya fat bastard!
How funny is this considering last night all the dippers were saying that now Parry gone and Rafa will get full control there will be no stopping them. I really am going to have to go on some Scouse forums and wind the cunts up. Surely this article will appear on their newsnow but where are the idiots? Shocking tactics again from the fat spanish waiter. A 5 man midfield with TWO holding players against a team that can’t buy a goal. Then takes Stevie Me and Carragher off and puts Lucas on. Priceless. Surely to god there are no dippers fans left repeating the frankly stupid line … In Rafa we Trust. The writing is surely on the wall now but I really do urge Liverpool FC to give the clown a new 5 year contract.
A win against Newcastle on Wed and the league is surely sewn up. Can get tickets in Geordies end so am very tempted to go on Wed.
King you definitely should go.It’s a great stadium and United always play majestic football there.One question for you since i am the resident negative fan here.Any concerns about this new Chelsea?Not so much in the League as in the Cup and the Ch.League.My gut tells me that somewhere along the way SAF and Guus will lock horns.
Eric: You are so, so wrong with that last post! A 10 year contract at least!!……………………. Dos beers fatso
Costas: Have been thinking exactly same thing about rentboys. Had a couple of decent results but am sure as someone else said it is a “honeymoon period”. They have the same squad as three weeks ago but seem a bit more interested in playing for Hiddink. This is always the case when a new manager takes over. It amazes me though that a few pundits are saying Drogba back to his best and against Villa he was superb. What bollocks, I watched the villa game and he was shocking. Still very narrow though and have a real lack of creativity and spark. I really don’t think they will be too much of a problem in Champions League as I think they will struggle at Juventus.
I watched some of that game on Wednesday(i was more interested in Panathinaikos’ match) and i thought that Juve should have had equalised.In modern football 1-0 is a great score to take and to be honest i don’t like Ranieri as a manager.I think you are right about the new manager thing.Even Avram Grant had a honeymoon period.Drogba might be a bit more motivated but i think his best days are behind him.You have to be special(like Teddy Sherigham) to play great as a striker beyond 30.
Where’s Scally, sorry I mean Cally, not gonna pop in today?
Just needed to add this: PLEASE, DO sign rafa! He has added something new, that we lacked during the last couple of PLs, something that was missing, and it’s just too good to be taken away, and that is comedy! Who’d make us laugh like he did? At least get us a new clown when he leaves.
Hey guys, much as I’m loving seeing Liverpool shooting themselves in the foot and doing their best to hand the title to us on a plate, let’s not hex this by getting too carried away and celebrating the title with a dozen odd games to go. I’ve been following United for 40 years, and seen them blow bigger leads in the late 80′s and late 90′s. Certainly they have the kind of squad these days that can cope with the kind of horrific injury crisis the team suffered in the latter example, but still, things can happen, as United knows better than any other team in the world.
And to repeat the bit about being a supported for 40 years, yep, I started following the team as a kid back in 1969, and anyone who knows their history would be aware that it was an awful time to get on board given that we had to wait 25 years for the next championship win, whilst watching Liverpool dominate everything during the same period. So you could imagine that nothing gives me greater joy than to see Liverpool go belly up each year, year after year, for two decades. Now the scouse supporters know how I felt for over two decades!
Hey Timbo,
Glad to see a fellow supporter from those far off dark days. Definately a bad time to support United but stayed loyal and am now enjoying the success. Long may it last. I get fed up with the number of times that I have to defend my self against allegations of ‘glory hunter’ and just reply, yeah, i was there on the 1st day of the 74/75 season at that fantastic stadium of Orint (sic!) and on the day we got the 2nd div trophy after beating Blackpool 4 – 0. I also saw George Best’s last game for United at QPR. I have many tales to tell following United over the years but theya re for another forum andanother time so won’t bore you all. Go the boys for tonight, i am having to get up at 1 in the morning to watch the game as I now live inAdelaide, but whose complaining when you are winning.
Listening to you two,often makes me think how spoiled us younger United fans have become.I also say that with 12 games to go,the title is ours to win or lose.SAF will not tolerate complacency.Not now that he is this close to equaling Liverpool’s title record.That will be very satisfactory for both Timbo and Billabongbob i would assume.By the way,i have been meaning to ask a United fan who has seen them all come and go:At the end of the day who would you consider United’s greatest servant?Giggs or Sir Bobby?
Costas: You talk about being spoiled these days as a young supporter.Well I wouldn’t have missed some of the baron years for love nor money. For example, getting relegated was bad but what a laugh Div2 was! Away games were so funny with reds swamping some of the grounds. Dave Sexton’s style was dull but how exiting was the Tommy Docs team? The big one though is the atmosphere at O.T. It was amazing and in the really big matches when we scored and the whole of the Stretford End surged forward the feeling was like nothing on earth quickly followed by wondering if you would ever be able to breath again as you were squashed so tight breathing was impossible……Literally! You missed great players too who are seldom if ever mentioned these days such as Big Jim Holton R.I.P and Joe Jordan the top two players in the history of United who I would least like to play against. Big Jim makes Nemanja look gentle and Joe Jordan finished at least two goalkeepers careers. They were great in the sense that they wanted to play for us and it showed. And anyway it wasn’t all baron we have always been a good cup side.
timbo, we are football fans not key cogs in the United title side so everyone should gloat as much as possible and enjoy it for what it is…no doubt one day it will come back at us again…I rate superstition and karma about as highly as I do Christianity…apply the laws of logic and have a bit of a laugh at the scousers…I said there would be a 10 point gap in January by the end of the season and was laughed at by liverpool fans… it looks as though they were right…20 points is probably closer to the mark, bring on the rafalution
I like the way you put it Rob the Red.Supporting Man United is not always about winning trophies.The sad reality is that a lot of today’s supporters(me included) dread the day United stop going for the league every year.If it comes.
Fuck me Rb the red. Jim Holton what a signing, pure animal, remember one match where he kicked supermac all afternoon and supermac lost it in injury time and threw a punch. Now that was a fight none of this handbag shit. Loved the guy. Class totally agree with you, I wouldnt have missed those dark ages for anything really harden me into being a united fan above evrything else. I hate those scouse bastards with a passion, leeds shit a close 2nd.
But I never count those chickens, cause of those days when United hinted at something then took it away, crushing your hope, building your love even more, bring back the terracing, seating is now so shite.. everytime i jump up shouting fuck sake ref and all these nobends look at me. Pisses me off so much. The blackpool game was great. started queing at 10 didnt get in. stayed got in at the end last 5 minutes on the pitch. 77 stood at wembly when Buchan lifted that Trophy.tears rolling down my cheeks so pround..so over that fucking moon. Sexton what a twat, fucking useless.
Definely Bobby but Giggys been a credit.
LOve eat sleep united.
I wake up every morning with a smile on my face, because of thsoe red devils. God I have been so priveldged to be born a Red.
And in my book the shirt does say it all
Alex Is God
Come on you Reds
Left Horsham Sussex 6.30 to Victoria, 8.15 Euston to Manchester Picadilly
in Stretford end by 1.30 and at end of game after Div 2 trophy had been paraded climbed fence along with most others in the Streford end and ran around like a looney!! (things u do @ 16)
The bits that stand out in my memory most is that we all used to wear jean jackets with tartan along the shoulder and in the V slits at the back with badges all over (cloth & tin) we used to have a scarf around our neck, one hanging out of the back jean loop and another tied round our right wrist. Exciting team our Doc provided us.
six foot two
Eyes of blue
Big Jim Holtons after you!
Lou Lou, skip to my Lou
Skip to my Lou my darling
Willie, Wille Morgan,
Willie Morgan on the wing!
You are my Stuart
My only Stuart
You make me happy when skys are grey
And when its boring
You start scoring
Please don’t take my Stuart away
Parry, sign him up
Parry Parry sign him up!!!
We love you Rafa, we do
We love you Rafa, we do
We love you Rafa, we do
Oh Rafa we love you!!!
Yes happy days! it’s all about Manchester United Football Club, trophies are the cherry on top! I was born in ’58 a couple of miles from the ground at a time when the club wanted to sign my dad, so win or lose I will always love the club! I remember going to Southampton for an F.A. cup tie on the train 6am Piccadilly station we drew 2-2 and it was that game where they put us on the running track due to overcrowding in the terrace. Lou Macari scored in the 13th minute and we invaded the pitch to celebrate with the players in front of our supporters, what a feeling that was!!! Trying to escape the plod I fell over in my platform shoes and got thrown out! 500 mile round trip for 13 minutes football! And got mud all over my SILK United scarves, (remember them Billabong?) RedHarry remember Tommy Doc saying of Big Jim he couldn’t trap a bag of cement but if he is fit he plays….Always! So sad the big fella died so early. Cheer’s
Redrob that saints match I was there with my girlfriend at the time and her sister n dad who was a nutter. Year after they beat us in Cup final. Down the saints end sober as a judge. They laughed their tits off at me everytinme United scored. as i had to strangle the shouts of Joy to stop being murderted by the saints thugs around me. At the final whistle coupe dozen of them jump on the pitch to go attack the United fans. All i saw was about 5,000 reds turn on mass and charge towards us. Though survived the match to get beaten up by fellow reds. And her dad wanted to stay to see the “fun”. Wonderful days. Remember Gordon Hill? Pancho Pearson. Holton was a hero. Stiffen up our defence bit like Vidic has done. I love us having a Killer at centre back to inflict pain on any cunt that has the gall to try to score against us. Make them realise that there is a price to pay for even trying. If we manage to win everything it would be 6 trophies if we count everything?
Gordon Hill king of all cockneys? of course I do!! . . . . What happened to him I wonder? One minute he was flying high with us and then his career just fizzled out with some lowly club. Pancho was great too with Jimmy Greenhoff with him. Big Jim was the man for me though! Let’s not forget United near as damn it played in the world cup around that time with all the scots in the side, the best world cup I ever enjoyed. Mind you we had some duffers too, remember Ashley Grimes bless him? I miss the way football was in those days, Roy Keane certainly had a point with his prawn sandwich speech! Went to Hillsborough about that time without a ticket when we played Leeds in the semis. Couldn’t get in though and after the game started I went for a walk down to the Leeds end, unfortunately 3 coaches which had been held up on the road turned up. Well they saw me and came running all 150 of them!! Fuck me I shit my pants and headed at a pace back to our end with them in hot persuit. Little did they know that about 1,000 reds were still outside the ground! For some reason when they came into sight they lost the desire to kill me and legged it back to their own end. It was like the keystone cops!! Happy days.