Monday Mar 18:
Trying to avoid the fallout from yesterday as I’m still angry and gutted about it. As I said in the match report, I’ve made peace with being out of the cup, as winning everything was always going to be a tall order and this was bottom of the wish list for most of us. It’s getting beat by them that stings, and specifically the manner of it. It’s not so much about us losing that way, it’s about them winning that way and the joy it brought them. Their joy bothers me far more than our disappointment. I fucking hate the idea that they went home happy, those tragedy chanting cunts didn’t deserve a happy ending but we gave it to them anyway.
That’s probably the best moment they’ve had since Ferguson left you know. I just hope they think it’s some kind of turning point, because it absolutely isn’t, they’re still shit. As for us, we better fucking learn from this and put it right in three weeks, because honestly I’ll struggle to forgive these players if they fuck up Klopp’s farewell by failing to beat these losers three times. I know that sounds melodramatic, but that’s how I feel. Failing to beat them in a few weeks, combined with the other two results, would effectively cost us two trophies and ruin Klopp’s happy ending, because quite frankly, fuck the Europa League. If we win the league then the Europa will be the cherry on the top of that, but without the league then sorry, winning the Europa is going to mean fuck all in the grand scheme of things. So yeah, in three weeks they better fucking go there and win as it will take a lot of forgiving if they don’t.
A little bit of good news today as Egypt haven’t called up Mo and good ol’ Bielsa has given Darwin time off too. He’s a good egg him. Would have been nice if we’d been able to get a few more players out of it too (Diaz, Macca, Endo and Robbo especially), but Darwin and Mo getting some time off and then spending the week training here with us is helpful, so I’ll take that small win.
Elsewhere today, Forest have been docked four points. We knew it was coming, the only question was whether it would be more than that. Four isn’t bad, they should be quite pleased with that I think. Everton will get at least that I assume, so basically the four points they got back will be taken off them again. Some rumours that Chelsea will get an even bigger one than Everton’s initial 10 point one. What’s the point though? Doesn’t matter, they’re not in contention for Europe and won’t go down, so essentially there’s no punishment for them cheating really is there? You could take 20 points off them and they’d be fine. Even if it’s next season (which actually, when I think about it, it will be) I don’t see much changing. Not gonna be top four, not gonna be bottom four. Somewhere in the middle so the deduction won’t mean anything. Still funny though I suppose.
The U21s beat City, which initially had me thinking was quite an impressive result. We tend to struggle against them at the Academy levels so this felt like a feather in the cap, only it turns out that City are second bottom of a 26 team table and are proper shit at u21 level. They’ve only won two of 17 games this season. I’m not actually sure how that’s possible as they’re always really good at u18 level and have loads of kids in their first team squad. How can their u21 stink? I’ve just had a look and they are second in the u18 league this season (we’re third, miles behind them) so what happens to their players between the ages of 18 and 21? They sell them to Burnley for vastly inflated fees, probably.
Anyway, Kone-Doherty and Rhys Williams got the goals in a 2-0 win. Isaak Mabaya made his return from injury too. He’s been out for ages, to the point where I’d forgotten about him completely. Shame, as he’d have almost certainly had a chance in the first team by now. You know who else I’d forgotten about? Oakley Cannonier. Where the fuck has he been all season? He’s fallen behind Koumas and Danns now through no fault of his own. Injuries really can make or break a career for young lads. Get one at the wrong time and it can fuck everything up. I fear for Kaide Gordon now, he’s fallen behind and it’s a long road back, and even Ben Doak as he’s missed so much football this season where he could have really established himself. Now he’ll have to prove himself all over again to a new manager, who might not play a system that suits or who might not be big on promoting youth when he’s trying to prove himself at a new club. You get an injury at the wrong time as a kid, it can absolutely change the course of your career drastically.
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