Football

Villa to the Cup Final. Another Benteke goal.

Stevie G largely anonymous in his final FA cup appearance.

So, no birthday FA Cup final appearance for Gerrard after all, he and Allen were quite simply overpowered and outclassed by Delph and Grealish in the midfield. Someone at Liverpool will have to organise some gift vouchers or perhaps a gold watch for him instead.

May 30th is Libor Kozak's birthday. Meant to be.

I like football and soccer. I enrolled my 2 young daughters in soccer class and they are doing good.  They were already joined the competition last summer.

Ronaldo passing to a teammate in the penalty box, I've seen it all now.

Well, our European adventure was nice whilst it lasted.

Back to reality.

Commiserations, Hervé. Young Oulare looks a real prospect, another Belgian with an incredible future.
 
The recent disdain shown for the Europa League by Mauricio Pochettino annoyed me on so many levels. Looking at the teams in the semi finals this year, you'd have to say at least three of them would be tremendously exciting to play against. Doubly so, I would have thought, when the alternative is getting barbecued in the Champions League's group stages.

Commiserations, Hervé. Young Oulare looks a real prospect, another Belgian with an incredible future.

 

Yeah, I fear we might already lose him this Summer, though Oulare himself has expressed the desire to stay at least one more season. *fingers crossed*

I don't mean to alarm anyone, but we appeared to be playing actual football at times today. A hard-fought point that could easily have been all three. Results elsewhere didn't exactly go according to plan, but we've no control over that. It's all about what we do in these next two home games. Beat Leicester and it's right back in our hands (as long as we're still within touching distance by then), lose and we're hanging by a thread.

Someone's Carv-er-ing out (surely Carver Out? - ed) a pretty hilarious run of results for themselves, as predicted by everyone with an IQ above Alan Shearer's (so everyone? - ed).

Pep and the boys breaking new ground with a very special quadruple! 

Gundogan is brilliant, his ability to accurately pass under pressure is simply wonderful. If Pep's gang go out against Barca, it leaves him with just the league instead of that much sought-after treble. Not exactly 'next level' stuff.

Someone's Carv-er-ing out (surely Carver Out? - ed) a pretty hilarious run of results for themselves, as predicted by everyone with an IQ above Alan Shearer's (so everyone? - ed).

Carver always was a bit of a curious case. He's been at Newcastle for some time now and is obviously more qualified than most, but his attitude somehow remains that of the textbook pub loudmouth. If ever there was someone in football who looks like he'd call one of those radio phone-in shows to howl about the state of his club, it's him. And most bizarrely of all, you still wouldn't rule out the possibility of Ashley handing him the job next season.

Whatever you do, do NOT spill Nigel Pearson's pint and for God's sake remember that he wants ready salted, NOT cheese and onion!

A Benteke brace!

We’ve spent so long thinking that our fate is in our own hands that we simply hadn’t considered Leicester doing the unthinkable and doing what we’ve spectacularly failed to do all season. Thankfully the Lads produced a performance high on guts yesterday, and with just enough quality to run out deserved winners.

 
Dick's record is starting to look reasonably decent, with two wins and a draw out of five. Still in the relegation zone, but at long last we seem to be putting a bit of form together. Where there's life, there's hope, and various other cliches!

Fascinated to see which Everton show up for the Sunderland game on Saturday, the red hot 'Pep' Martinez sex machine version that whooped Yanited or the rancid assembly that we tore apart in the first half. Hull and Leicester seem likely to pick up at least something and as for us, a win against a barely awake West Ham is highly desirable. In spite of their insatiable luster for kamikaze Newcastle's run in isn't even that difficult though Street Fighting Carver keeps defying the odds week after week!

Odd, Juve-Real was almost, kinda entertaining. I had been expecting a dire snoozefest based on the two teams involved.

It was a more open game than I would have expected, thanks in part I suppose to Real playing with two passengers in Bale and Ramos. I hope Allegri sticks to his guns and doesn't go ultra defensive at the Bernabeu.

Well. That wasn't half bad, was it?

I think Boateng didn't quite know where he was after that second goal.