No, I haven't been taking the Kool-Aid.
If you look at the fixture list between now and the New Year (well, January 2nd to be precise)
you can see that we have every reason to be optimistic.
We have 11 games between now and then, taking us conveniently to the half way stage of our
campaign.
It's sometimes easy to laugh at Yanks. I remember watching a pulsating FA Cup tie at Stamford
Bridge in 1995 when Manchester United roared into a miraculous 5-0 lead against Chelsea only to
concede three goals in the last twenty minutes, leaving them desperate to hang on for the 5-3 win.
As the huge crowd drew breath at the end a lone American voice was heard saying, 'Wow, that was
some game!
"You have to respect Sir Alex's achievements at United though, don't you?"
Well no, not at all actually. I can't understand why any normal person wouldn't hate the scum.
They represent everything that has been wrong with English football since 1990. The evil empire,
and not a football club, but a Chinese tourist's idea of what a football club is like.
"Oh Anti-Power Rankings, someday I'll read you 'til you die
Oh Anti-Power Rankings, Punch you in the Eye"
Another Friday brings another edition of the Anti-Power Rankings. This week I discuss Fernando
Torres, FIFA's witch hunt against the Snood, a triple threat match in the media and more.
8:30am ET, live in the US on FSC
Last four head-to-head:
2-3 United (a) 09.19.10
1-2 United (a) 03.21.10
2-0 Liverpool (h) 10.25.09
4-1 Liverpool (a) 03.14.09
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 1-3 Blackburn (a); 2-1 Bolton (h); 0-1 Wolves (h)
United: 2-1 Stoke (h); 2-1 West Brom (a); 1-1 Brum (a)
Goalscorers (all competitions):
Liverpool: Gerrard, Ngog 8; Torres 6; Kuyt 4; Maxi 3; Babel, Cole, Jovanovic, Kyrgiakos 2;
Johnson, Lucas, Skrtel 1
United: Berbatov 15; Chicharito 9; Nani 7; Park 6; Fletcher, Owen, Rooney, Vidic 3; Bebe 2;
Anderson, Evra, Gibson, Giggs, Macheda, Obertan, Scholes, Smalling, Valencia 1
Referee: Howard Webb
Howard Webb has to be in charge of any Liverpool/United match.
Been meaning to do this piece for awhile. In fact, killing two birds with one stone here as our
SF club team, the Black Sox, got a refresher on the same info heading into the January's playoffs
this evening. (Update: Thankfully after a red card induced MMA-meets-soccer affair in the 1st game,
we cruised to our first 2011 championship in the 2nd.
