It’s not the winning but the losing that counts
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Created: Tuesday, 21 April 2009 10:46
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Written by Ian Shine
As seasons across Europe come to a close everyone is supposedly neglecting the rear parts of their seats and experiencing bouts of incontinence.
But why? Most seasons ended a long time ago when certain teams decided to lose the odd game or two.
The Portuguese league was decided in favour of Porto when Benfica lost at home to Guimarães in March and Sporting lost at home to Braga in February.
The Premiership is supposedly wide open but you know Man U are going to win it. This was decided when Middlesbrough popped a cap in Liverpool’s ass in February and Chelsea were guffed on by Tottenham in March.
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Groundhog day in La Liga, but judgement day is just around the corner
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Created: Monday, 20 April 2009 22:13
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Written by Benjamin Cullen
Those of you who read Last week's liga review could be forgiven for thinking this report describes the very same round of fixtures. But despite Real and Barca squeeking to narrow victories again,
Valencia securing fourth spot, again,
Sevilla and Villareal stumbling again,
Atletíco Madrid making up for lost ground with a win, again,
Emana repeating 2 goal heroics for Betis and Racing and Bilbao continuing their slide from mid-table mediocracy to relegation flirtation.
I assure you, this really is a completely different report!
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