OPINIONS often carry more weight than facts in sport.
And derby day always triggers more opinions then you can shake Rafa Benitez’s neck at, but here are two simple, unadorned facts just for the hell of it.
Everton should have had a penalty after Jamie Carragher’s Judo flip on Joleon Lescott and Dirk Kuyt shouldn’t have been on the field to score the winning penalty for Liverpool.
But I’m stating the bleeding obvious a bit.
Yes, a draw was the only fair result but football and life are rarely fair. Ask Mark Cueto and Lewis Hamilton.
Anyway, here's a few observations on the derby;
* Joleon Lescott was the best player on the pitch. England can do one.
*Jamie Carragher is turning into one of those mouthy, arms held aloft in incredulity, ref-baiting ‘Chelsea style’ players he supposedly detests.
* If Phil Neville hadn’t hurdled Kuyt’s challenge he could have had two broken legs. But don’t worry Dirk Diggler says ‘TV made it look worse than it was’.
* In Steven Gerrard’s autobiography he eulogises for two pages about referee Mark Clattenburg and calls him, ‘one of the best refs around...top drawer...never influenced by the occasion.’
* Clattenburg went out of his way to shake Captain Fantastic’s hand when he was substituted.
* Clattenburg, the new Graham Poll, can say what he likes but after gazing into Stevie’s big, imploring eyes he pocketed his yellow and sent Tony Hibbert off.
*Carragher is such big mates with Clattenburg he avoided a booking despite doing a wanker sign in his face.
*I know he can’t pass to a blue shirt but regardless Phil Neville is a legend for that flying save. And he had a good game.
* Lee Carsley must have upset Moyes in some way not to get a game in midfield ahead of Jagielka.
And last but not least, this Bobby Dazzler;
* Rafa thought our play was poor compared to the slick, free-flowing champagne footy of the Mighty Reds. It’s going to win them the title! They definitely won’t finish third behind Arsenal and United.
PS - Let’s be positive. Vaughn, Cahill and Gravesen are all back for Thursday and we don’t have to have those witty RS fans back at Goodison for a while.
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Craig Henderson wrote...
Notice how All the Scouse Liverpool Fans were already in Town When the Game Ended, Is the Anfield ticketing policy for liverpool's big games "No Scousers?"
I read a stat on saturday, When Everton have won the derby (since football was invented in 1992) at Goodison, There has been no Red Cards... hmmm
Posted by: Craig Henderson | October 22, 2007 11:51 AM