Taking Sides: Liverpool vs Everton

Manchester City midfielder Barton, called up by England for the first time, said in January that Gerrard and Lampard could not play together in the same midfield as they "needed a ball each to succeed".

He also condemned some England players for bringing out autobiographies after the dismal showing in the World Cup last summer, of which Gerrard was one.

But Gerrard added: "I haven't seen Joey yet but I'll give him a knock on his door and present him with a signed copy of the book so he can read it over the next couple of days.

Actually it is not witty at all, but it will have to do.

At ease.

I was surprised to read, during the transfer window, that Joey is an Evertonian - considering the stick they gave him about his half-brother.

If his complaint had finished here I'd back him to the hilt but otherwise he just sounds like a moany douche who can't find the point

Exact quote from Joey Barton here. Dude's got a point.

I've just changed it again to The Cabbage Cats

Everton midfielder Lee Carsley says Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez's comment that the Toffees are a small club was a "stupid thing to say".

At bleeding last. I am slightly troubled at the club being owned by meat billionaires; I hope the shirts don't end up being sponsored by Turkey Twizzlers or whatnot. Still, I suppose they might have endeed up with DIC written across them.

Wimbledon FC footballer Robbie Earl is working with the Society by appearing in promotional literature as part of the 'Men and Meat' campaign, to show that leading sports people are vegetarian, including the male of the species.

Meat billionaires! Shirts red with the blood of slaughtered cattle. Enduring image.

I wonder if they own Hafnia?

I haven't seen the article in which he learned about these connections, and don't know whether or not they're true.

:(

However, the reason for me thinking this is he invited Ron Saunders back, and he is a born again Christian fundamentalist.

What on earth am I talking about? I don't know.

(That was my Martin O'Neill impersonation.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dONtFBuCztM

It's true, they are into both Dubya and Giuliani. I agree that you don't expect billionaires to be nice, but it would help if these ones were tactfully discreet and enigmatic about their views.

My sense was that Benitez didn't call Everton a small club: he said (something like:) they had done what you would expect a small club to do - which is not really the same thing. Yet I have read in more than one newspaper that he made a point of going around and sounding off on this point repeatedly, so perhaps my judgement is too generous.

I think that Moyes said that Everton were 'one of the big clubs in England', didn't he? I think I agree with him. Possibly even one of the great clubs of Europe.

...But Liverpool's new co-owner George Gillett denied the attraction was to take advantage.

"If you were to put down the list of objectives we have, money would be nowhere near the top," he said when announcing their Anfield arrival to a room of cynical onlookers.

"It would start with winning, it would start with passion, it would have respect for tradition and history. It would have the word legacy very near the top and it would have the word thank you to David Moores for giving us the chance to own this wonderful franchise and hopefully add to its history."

Kind of spoils it there

I can't find the picture I saw on someone's back page, which I would have amusingly captioned "No, he's the one with the short fat hairy legs". But you have probably all seen it and thought the same thing. Or perhaps you thougth something better.

PPS: It was Lampard who was really mardy about Joey B's comments.

-- Sir Tehrance HoBB (j__...), February 6th, 2007. (later)

Oh well, if we're top of the table this time next year we can stop giving a toss anyhow right?

www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news.php?Psection_id=2&Psub_section_id=1&Open=2449

Oh well, if we're top of the table this time next year we can stop giving a toss anyhow right?

Don't worry - it's still fucked. I've just tried to limit my grumbling (or do it in other places) to avoid sounding like a single-issue madman.

"genuine scouser" on the radio this morning saying "If it makes us more like Man Utd or Chelsea then it can only be good thing."
-- I don't know whether to play the trumpet, read a book or be a lesbian. ([email protected]), February 6th, 2007 12:43 PM.

It's taken me quite a while to realise that business about the trumpet and the lesbian is a new username, and not a baffling response to the thoughts of the scouser.

I suspect my screen name will change again after the next TV Burp.

Benitez seemed to be sort of revelling in the petty spite of the small club remark when he made it, but I may be misremembering it.

We need more comedy loose cannons in football, though I do not approve of Barton's cigar stubbing antics.

*possibly not directly, with his bare hands

Evidence of possible Christianity:

"But we are not changing the name Villa Park - and we are also not opening a super casino. We are not in the casino business. In fact, I have never been inside a casino."

See? I told you so.

We really are woeful. Completely outplayed until the penalty. At least we managed to string some passes together then. I guess the second penalty was a goal we fashioned from open play but still, wouldn't inspire you with confidence. Leiva looks pretty good.

Even I must apologise to Michael Jones for that last decision. No doubt it was a penalty. Possibly the one earlier too with Finnan.

What's the opposite of schadenfreude? Gluckschmerz?

Worst refereeing ever.