I had a Nick Hornby moment yesterday. We went to a farewell party for a colleague of a friend. It was a beautiful, warm Southern California afternoon. Spring had a spring in its step. Sunshine, birds were singing, there was a slight breeze. The party was outside, in a park near a river. People were…
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A major reason behind Liverpool’s poor form
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/danroan/2010/04/liverpool_ownership_enters_cru.html Non-qualification for the Champions League would cost the club a lot of revenue, and would further increase the pressure on the owners to sell all or part of their share. A self-made problem. No investment resulted in poor performances and loss of revenue. As long as new ownership is responsible and sensible, this a…
Liverpool 4-1 Benfica (agg 5-3)
Have Liverpool found their level? It looks like they will only make the Europa League next season, and after the abysmal performance in this season’s Champions League group stage, maybe that’s not such a bad thing. BBC report…. Liverpool 4-1 Benfica (agg 5-3): “Fernando Torres scores twice to help Liverpool overpower Benfica at Anfield and…
Ferguson shows a typical awareness of the world outside his head
That “typical German” was Frenchman Franck Ribery… And of course United would never do something like try to get another player sent off. From the Guardian… Ferguson slams ‘typical Germans’ as United crash out: “ • Manager felt Bayern players influenced referee’s decision• ‘They got him sent off … typical Germans’ Sir Alex Ferguson slammed…
In Sun and Shadow 