april 22nd
08.56 – So yesterday’s results weren’t as kind as I’d hoped they’d be. Bolton picked up a point against Blackburn, but West Ham beat Boro 1-0. That means Bolton still need soemthing from the game on Saturday, and should Leeds lose against Fulham today, that would leave them only 3 points above the relegation place and it means they’ll be scrapping (more than usual) for points.
West Ham manager Glenn Roeder was taken to hospital after their game yesterday with chest pains. I suspect it’s the shock of actually seeing his team win a game. Anyway, we wish him a speedy recovery.
James Lawton writes about Arsene Wenger in The Independent, saying his ‘hypocrisy is simply without bounds’ as the Arsenal manager tries to have Sol Campbell’s ban overturned or at least reduced. He says Wenger fails to see Keown or Cole play-acting or some ‘gut wrenching venom from Dennis Bergkamp’. Far be it for me to accuse a veteran sports writer of talking shite, but Lawton’s fatness, and quite probably his cholesterol, are simply without bounds.
If you want hypocrisy, look no further than “Sir” Alex Ferguson, whose bleating about being worried about the prevelance of elbows in the modern game would have had them rolling in the aisles if he’d been on stage. Roy Keane was sent off for a deliberate elbow this season, David Beckham deliberately elbowed Lee Bowyer and Ruud van Nistelrooy deliberately elbowed Fulham’s Legwinski before scuttling up the pitch to score last month. If he can’t see the difference between Campbell’s ‘elbow’ and those of his own player, I suggest he gets stronger glasses. Or he could tear his own eyes out. Either way suits me fine.
That new Honda ad (low res Flash version here) – they say it was all done in one shot, although it did take something like 600 attempts to get it all correct. How do they make the tyres roll up a ramp then, if not without some kind of camera trickery, and if they’re using camera trickery, why did they need 600+ takes?
Finally, some classic Merson quotes, via Danger Here (love that front page pic and caption of Fergie as well).
