I was rooting for Man City this weekend. I don't know why. Maybe Sven Goran Erection makes me hot the way he makes plenty of Swedish babes hot. Maybe it's fun to see Man U have 3 "good games" and only 2 points to show for it. Maybe it's because so many people have put down Man City's chances this season that I like to see them surprise a lot of people.
A lot of people have written Eriksson off as a manager. His finest moments were probably the early days as England, probably when he led them to thrash Germany 5-1. But I've been a local, and I've been a foreigner, and I can tell you that you're always willing to work harder when you're a foreigner. England does not have people playing in foreign leagues, which is why they're so shit. Except for Owen Hargreaves, who is playing in Germany, which is why he did so well in the World Cup.
When somebody who has had success at every level at the club game goes out and has the incredible privilege of assembling a first team from day 1, instead of taking what his predecessors have given him, it's a real opportunity. If a newly assembled team manages to gel from the get go, it is a tremendous advantage, just like Newcastle during the season when they led the table at christmas: nobody knows who you are, they don't know your weak points. That is why, for newly promoted teams, the 2nd season is always the toughest.
They said that England "only" reached the quarter finals for 3 tournaments in a row. But somebody else pointed out, nobody else reached the quarter finals for those same 3 consecutive tournaments. He's really not as bad as they make him out to be. He may have done some really bad PR stuff, like affairs with mistresses, side businesses, ridiculous salaries. But is his trust in Beckham really as badly advised as some make it out to be? After all he had a hand in most of England's goals during the last World Cup, didn't he? Is it really his fault that Gerrard and Lampard can't play in the same midfield?
And now they're up against Man F-ing U. I was rooting for them to win last year because I was tired of Chelsea sweeping every thing up before Easter, but now they're the ones everybody thinks is going to win - splashed out big on Anderson, Nani, Hargreaves and Tevez. Plus they have Wayne F-ing Rooney. Cristiano F-ing Ronaldo. Paul F-ing Scholes. Nemanja F-ing Vidic. Rio F-ing Ferdinand. Edwin F-ing Van Der Sar. Whole lot can't play properly now, can't walk straight because they've been with too many HK ho's.
A lot of clubs have fat sugar daddies now, like Man City, Newcastle (always been rich but now have a decent manager for once), Tottenham, it's interesting to see if one of them could, for once, break into the top 4.
No wonder they've jacked up the prices for EPL subscription and stopped showing EPL highlights this year. But don't worry, there's still this, so even though some asshole's been going around taking EPL footage off youtube (check out the comments others have left for him), you can still go watch the goals anyway.
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