But this is MY football team, not my football team - LFC!
Egads, before Xmas there was hope we would come out of the festiove season closing in to the top 3 teams. sadly, I have come to the realisation that we are at the most, the bes tof the rest, outside of Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal.
More distressing is the grumblings from Anfield that the owners are not happy with Rafa and want to let him go. Personally, if they fire Rafa it will be a dumb decision. He is one of the worlds best managers and anyone that can take a teram to 2 champions league finals in 3 years shows he is capable.
The problem with us is that we need greater investment in the team. The likes of Chelsea have spent nearly 200m pounds on players the past few seasons. Manchester have been buying big for a number of years with the likes of Ruud Van Nistelrooy (27m), Rio Ferdinand (20m), Michael Carrick (18m), Wayne Rooney (23m), Owen Hargraves (18m) costing a pretty penny but this has resulted in the team consistently finishing in the top 2 of the English Premier League.
Added to this are players like Nenad Cristic and yes, Cristiano Ronaldo. Both players could have been Liverpool players, but we just could not afford them. Many years ago we had a chance to snap up Ronaldo but we could not afford the fee. Same with Cristic. Imagine them in Liverpool now.
The only club inthe top 4 that has done things on the cheap has been the Gooners. Fair play to Arsene, he has achieved succes by being very astute.
While Rafa has uncovered some well priced gems - Alvaro Arebola and Daniel Agger come to mind. But to maintain consistent sucess, we need the Yanks to open up the cheque book and buy some quality.
If you need evidence look at Fernando Torres.
Anyway, another season. Another EPL title slips from Liverpool's grasp.
* * * * * * * *
Yesterday I witness India hug defeat from the volumptious bossom of aDRAW. How did this happen? Well, the Indian stuffed it up for one and they were aptly aided by the poor performance of the umpires.
As for the sportsmanship that was displayed during the match. Well as a stounch and true blueAussie, I have to admit I cringe at the Australians team attitude and demeanour during matches.
While I believe they should go for the win, the behaviour of the Australian players borders on the boorish. Too many times, the players say they play in the spirit of the game, but the reality is different. Too many times, we hear the Australian captain say they will play properly and as gentlemen, but when Australia get wound up,wehn they are threated by an opponent, they become bullies.
Look at last nights post game press conference. A certain Aussie captan got very sensitive when his integrity was questioned. He took offence and in the moment he came across as a bully to the journalist.
Sadly, Australians love the cricket because they dominate it. How can you love a game where there really only seven other opponents. World games such as soccer and basketball, never get this volume of coverage because, well Australia are mediocre at best.
I always tell people, that you have to measure your sporting achievements outside the sports of cricket or AFL. The way the cricket team carries on sometimes, just puts Australin sportsmen in a bad light.
It is embarrasing to see this display.
As for Harbhajan Singh. Well he said what he says and is a num-nut for saying so. He deserves his suspension. There is no need for racism in cricket.
1 comment:
Post a Comment