“Big Sam” Allardyce in his post-match comments following Blackburn Rovers’ 3-2 victory over Burnley in the East Lancashire Derby: “It’s my birthday tomorrow, so obviously that was an early Christmas present from the lads.” This reminds me of a possibly apocryphal quote attributed to a Met’s announcer (Ralph Kiner?) who said during a broadcast of [...]
Archive for October 18th, 2009
An Early Leader for the “2009-2010 EPL Quote of the Season”
Posted in General on October 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
“A football team is like a piano. You need eight men to carry it and three who can play the damn thing.” – Bill Shankly
Posted in Weekend Open Thread, tagged Dammit Liverpool, Sunday open thread, Sunderland, two yellows on October 18, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I honestly don’t know what to say about the Liverpool deflected goal fiasco. I understand their anger. I watched the Aston Villa/Chelsea and Arsenal/Birmingham matches yesterday, but was following along with the other matches, obviously. When the description came in over the BBC’s live scrolling feed covering all the matches, this is what was written: [...]
