I have to write this. These stories have been in the papers the past couple of days and they're seriously hilarious.
1. "The only difference between Man Utd and Liverpool was the number of expensive players they have."
Hm. It's interesting, though, to note that Torres was bought for a significantly higher fee than Ronaldo, purportedly Man U's best player. Ferdinand was injured for a big chunk of the season and was replaced by a rookie in Evans. Tevez is on a loan at United. Berbatov didn't live up to his value in most games. Fergie had to play either a kid (Rafael) or a utility man (O'Shea) as a right back for most of the season because of injuries to Neville and Brown. Vidic, Park, Anderson and Evra were barely heard of before they came to United. Fletcher made a significant contribution to the team, yet he's hardly a big name star. Giggs and Scholes have been at United forever, so how do you calculate their value?
It's silly to say that the only reason Man U won was because of money. True, they have a depth in their squad matched possibly only by Chelsea, but that's mainly due to the genius of Ferguson in developing not just his senior team, but the young players he has. And also, credit shouldn't be taken away from the Man U players who don't fall into the "expensive" category. Man U play as a unit and the team has created stars, rather than winning because they already had them in the first place.
2. "If there was another month left in the season, Liverpool would've caught up with/surpassed Man U."
Newsflash, old boy, but there WAS another month in the season. Several, in fact, when Liverpool failed to capitalize in games they should have won. It really comes down to the team that they hit their stride so late in the season. Wishing that there was another month left is completely ridiculous coz they should've been doing the job from the start. Playing really well for a couple of months after consistently underachieving and then saying that the best team hadn't necessarily won is a joke. Winning games is what wins you titles. Not drawing them. It doesn't matter that they only lost two -- dropping two points per game adds up and they're learning that the hard way.
Phew. Okay. Rant over. It's all about being realistic. If Man U played as Liverpool did throughout the season and lost, I'd still say they got what they deserved. No matter how painful it is not to win the League. I said it after the FA Cup final against Chelsea. And I'll say it again if they don't live up to the standard needed to win games and trophies. It's just that simple.
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And that post is evidence to why, in Britain, when women give any kind of commentary on football, it is met with the reply "Have you not got dishes to do?!"
Liverpool lost the league when Rafa went bananas. Still, it's the draws that killed their season - and they ain't been beaten at home. Can't complain overall.
The better team won, and all the glory hunting fans from Australia to Canada and everywhere in between are milking the success for all it's worth.
And people slate me because I live a whole 2 hours from Liverpool haha. Least I can say I've been to a few games ;)
Love much,
Sandy
Good to know you're still reading my nonsense :P And I think I pretty much said almost exactly what you did. Barring the dishes and glory hunting bit :) I don't see how it's glory hunting when you genuinely like and support a team. It is if we fall off the bandwagon when they lose stuff, but so far for a lot of us that hasn't been the case.
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