What was the major factor (according to their official website) in Chelski’s exit from the Champions league on Tuesday? Beaver Ron’s classy goal? Was it Drogba’s / Crespo’s inability to finish?
Why no. It was of course the man in black, (Not Jose) Marcus Merck. Aha - the referee.
”Chelsea were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League at the Camp Nou in a game which never got a tempo beyond referee Markus Merk’s whistle. He gave 20 fouls against Barcelona and an astonishing 31 against Chelsea…….”
All this and a generous, to say the least, penalty award (which was only Barca’s 20th foul)
With this in mind is it time for Marcus ‘your mate got Graham Taylor the sack’ Merck to go to to the retired referees sanctuary along with last years victim Anders Frisk. Media–view says not, however Jose (the real man in charge) may disagree !! More proof of why Chelski have risen to become the most popular team in the country.
Pleatisms
If there is a pundit who is less adept at European co-commentary media-view has yet to hear them. (Steve Claridge aside.) Every time he tries to discuss the merits of ‘Johnny Foreigners’ tackle he always makes a complete numpty of himself by trying to pronounce his name:
Take Carlos Puyol – Not a tough name you’ll probably agree. However, in the space of a couple of minutes the poor bloke was subjected to being called ‘Piyal’, ‘Peyul’ and also ‘Poyet’ (Close David, I suppose he did play for Chelski). Is it any wonder poor little Carlos wants to hide his face with that lovely head of hair?
Oh yes and it is reasonable to assume because Petr Cech doesn’t have an ‘a’ in it you can’t call him Petra all the time. I wait with anticipation for old ‘Kerby’ to get his tongue around Polish midfielder Miroslaw Szymkowiak during the forthcoming World Cup. (Media-view has no idea either to be fair!!)
Clive, Oh when
Will you ever surprise everyone and not mention ‘that night in the Nou Camp’? There is a suggestion whilst commentating on your wife’s Victoria Sponge it was mentioned. Please, please just shut up.
Heartbreak Hotel
Yes Niall the fans and players are now most definitely heartbroken at least 7 times. (MV has already ran out of Prozac) OK so we know he’s a big softie at heart but if big Niall is going to co-commentate on Liverpool games it would be nice to be a bit objective from time to time. I just hope for Sunderland’s sake (if the rumours are true.) he toughens up a bit.
Spot the Difference
“Peter Crouch struck the outside of the post with an 11th-minute effort that deflected off the fullback Leo. He later headed a Gerrard corner against the same piece of woodwork.” – The Independent
“Liverpool responded as you would expect and Crouch hit the same post he had hit earlier with a 43rd minute header.” – Liverpool official website (and they have replays to look at !!)
“The centre-half meandered forward again before the interval to thump Gerrard's corner against the post”. – The Guardian in a rare feat of accuracy could tell Carragher from Crouch.
To be fair given Peter’s profligacy in front of goal, converting him in to a centre half may be a viable option, especially after Djimi’s latest performance.
Questions of the Day
Does ‘the special one’ read The Bible because he sees it as salvation or as the only true competitor to his own biography?
As for young Wayne - MV was surprised by the Harry Potter choice. We thought his limit was Where’s Wally.
If Liverpool have (according to Opta) had 411 shots in the premier league, does it include every Djibril Cisse 90 mile an hour cross in to the Kop, every Morientes air kick and every Peter Crouch Toblerone-scuffed header?