Fulham 1-0 Liverpool: The View From South Texas
(Rich’s report was eaten by the internet, so here’s the next best thing: HatterDon’s View From South Texas) Historic Victory for Fulham At Uninspired Liverpool Ho-hum, yet another double by the Mighty Whites. There’s a point to be made that Liverpool purposely fielded a weakened XI against Fulham Tuesday evening, since they have the...
Liverpool 0-1 Fulham (not yet a report)
All of which goes to prove that goals change games: on Saturday the early goal was conceded; this time we scored it.
Full report in the morning.
Hodgson for England?
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter- tomorrow we will run faster, stretch our arms further… And one fine morning- So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past. Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby...
Everton 4-0 Fulham
I’m reading Simon Reynolds’ “Retromania”, the thrust of which seems to be that modern music has effectively ground to a halt because we’re all so enamoured with the past. I have only just started the book so can’t expand on the theory, but it sounds about right: music from the past has never been so...
Aston Villa
Not to take away from Rich’s most recent post, but lost among Chelsea’s guerrilla tactics on Tuesday was the fact Aston Villa choked a lead away and lost, at home, to relegation candidates Bolton. So, with three games left, Aston Villa are just three points above the drop. And if Mark Schwarzer’s parry hadn’t fallen to the feet of...
Odds and ends
Did you enjoy the Champions League semis? Hard not to I reckon. Some thoughts: People have been very quick to write Barcelona off, but they’re still about as good as it gets. We all know that anything can happen in football, and the semi-final played out almost perfectly for Chelsea, scoring at just the right...
Readers write: the myth of the Olympics
The following is a fantastic diatribe by Simon Shaw. Simon’s not a big fan of the Olympics. Readers who don’t like politics on a football message board are advised to not read on. The Myth of the Olympics/the Great Olympic Swindle. We are continually peddled a myth that professional sport exists in a rarefied atmosphere...
Dempsey joins the elite?
One thing we don’t seem to do very much of in football is look at a player’s career arc. So when people talk about Robin van Persie scoring all these goals it’s hard to know whether it’s a monumental fluke or something he’s been building up to. I confess to having assumed the former, but...
No Dempsey, Again
Hey look kids, Clint Dempsey is not in the PFA Team of the Year! That’s right, the player that’s tied for 4th in the league for goals and isn’t even a striker! And is responsible for nearly 50% of Fulham’s entire offensive output! The same team that is tied for the least amount of away...
Fulham 2-1 Wigan
The best moment today came after the game. I was cycling away from the ground when I spied a young lad, blonde hair, maybe 9 or so, proudly presenting the world with a large white shirt: DIARRA 19 it said on it. “Is that from today?” I asked him. “Yep,” he beamed back, like he’d...
