RTE’s answer to Mike Parry - Eamonn Dunphy was as positive as ever rubbishing the Reds following Wednesdays CL exit:
"It was Ragball Rovers out there with Cisse and Garcia. Look at Cisse. Somebody thought he was worth £14million at some stage. He's no left foot and no right. £14million and counting. They bought him a big mansion in Cheshire and now he's no more than a part of the landed gentry. Absolute rubbish."
Actually, that's not quite true. Although the second and third sentence maybe close. MV’s highlight was probably Dunphy's reaction to Li’l Luis:
“They should put Garcia where he belongs – in the dustbin.” Which to be fair is a couple of levels higher to where Mr Dunphy belongs. He will be almost certainly the only Irishman who will not get a warm Cheltenham welcome this week (especially if the MV team bump in to him in the Guinness Village)
More Dunphy related stuff – Spot the difference
March 2003: Roy Keane snubs a Manyoo Blacksox testimonial stating: “I won’t rip off the fans”. A mate also told the Tabs: “Roy knows he’s privileged to earning so much – He doesn’t want to throw that back in the fans’ faces by squeezing more out of them”
May 9th 2006 Old Nafford – Roy Keane’s testimonial. Roy will be glad to know 3000 prawn sandwiches have been ordered in advance. It remains to be seen if Darren Fletcher has been invited to play!
Question of the Day 1
When can we officially start calling Li’l Luis one of Liverpool’s strikers??
Number Crunching 1
£200,000 – the amount raised by Chelski for their nominated charity CLIC.
Peter Kenyon: “Being a responsible club is how I’d like us to be recognised.”
£315,068 – Chelski’s daily spend on wages. As you can see, about as responsible as MV at a wedding with free booze.
Childish giggle of the week
Was MV the only one sniggering at Martin Tyler during the Blacksox game with the Barcodes when he said: “Park (Ji-Sung) is trying to come round the back of Ramage”.
Andy ‘Blue’ Gray does a Keggy Keegan
In a rare lapse of Liverpool bashing Andy Gray had a KK France ’98 “only one team can win it now” moment. The result of this incredulous admission: Within 10 min’s The Reds had lost Xabi and a goal. Thanks for the ‘Kiss of Death’ Andy. Was it on purpose? MV rather thinks so.
Number Crunching 2
‘Fat’ Sam has joined Alan Pardew in calling for more English players in the Premiership: “…At least 50% of players should be English…”
Number of foreign players signed by ‘Jabba the Manager’ since 2001: 46.
Number of English signed in the same period: A whopping 14. Sam - MV makes your contribution less than a third and I’ve never been any good at maths.
Question of the Day 2
Did the Sunday Mirror use a pinhole camera for their back page photo of Alan Curbishley with FA head honcho’s Messer’s Barwick and Johnson? Grainier than a ‘Hovis Harvester’ was MV’s view.
Headline of the Day
Wayne loves his chips – The Times.
Yes we know he does. MV will also hazard a guess the young lad also loves his pies pizzas and pasties
Predictable headline of the Day
Stevie Blunder II - The Mirror.
MV wasn’t enamoured with it in June 2004 even less so this morning. However it was good to see Stevie feeling the pain but making no excuses in his post- match interview. Note to Messer’s Allardyce, Mourinho and Kenyon. Show a bit of class and leave the excuses to school kids that have forgotten to do their homework.
MV’s wish of the week
Fulham’s poor away form will continue for a few days at least
*OK I admit I only play in the Evesham Sunday League but I do have to pay £3.00 a week for the privilege.
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