It was the FA Cup semi final this weekend. Chelsea played Liverpool at Old Trafford and they lost 2-1. It was a pretty good game. Although Liverpools first goal was lucky – it wasnt a free kick they took there chances. Chelsea had a few good chances themselves – Drogba missed when one on one with the keeper (LOL) and Joe Cole should have scored right at the end.
As usual Jose Moanrinho said they didnt deserve to lose etc etc.
On Sunday West Ham beat Boro. I am glad they did for a couple reasons. I want West Ham to win the cup (for one thing Teddy Sheringham plays for them) and also if Boro loses it may go some way to stop McLaren being England manager.
Talking about the England manager job its just getting more and more stupid – typical FA. They needed to announce and sort this out ages ago. What we have now is stupid speculation about who the manager will be. It changes every day and seems to depend on the previous days results. If Boro win, McLaren will be manager; if they lose then he wont be manager. Apparently he is now not favourite but joint favourite with Scolari. However Scolari has said he has not even had an interview.
We should have got Hoddink as manager – he has fantastic experience. If we want a British manager it should be O’Neil. There isnt really any obvious English manager for the job.
The London derby was played over the weekend at Highbury. The final score was 1-1 but will be remembered for the controversial goal. In the build up to Spurs goal two Arsenal players accidently bumped into one another and ‘appeared’ injured. Of course they werent. When it looked like Spurs were going to score instead of getting up they started rolling about on the floor.
Spurs manager Martin Jol said he didnt see the incident and watching MOTD you can see he didnt. Arsene Wenger has called him a liar about not seeing anything. How many times has Arsene claimed not to see some incident. Hypocrite!
There are some great quotes from the weekend from Jol and poor losers Wenger and Mourinho – read the quotes.
The PFA Player of the year awards were last night. Steven Gerrard won the main award and Rooney won the young players award for the second time running. I would have thought it would have been Henry or Rooney for the main award. Gerrard has done well but not consistantly in my opinion.
Premiership Team of the Year:
Shay Given (Newcastle), Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan), John Terry (Chelsea), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), William Gallas (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).
The PFA awards are voted by the players themselves. The players get 2 votes. Gerrard voted for Henry for the main award and for Rooney for the young players award. Rooney said: “I voted for Fabregas, but it was close between him and Darren Bent.”
