JACK WILSHERE TO LIVERPOOL?

You might think this headline sounds crazy but take a look at this picture.

That might be Vermaelen in the background.

CHARLIE ADAM'S PENALTY MISS MYSTERY: WHERE DID THE BALL END UP?

Charlie Adam had an atrocious penalty miss in the Carling Cup Final against Cardiff.
There are numerous theories as to where the ball landed up.
Take a look at a few of them below.

Why Fergie was Right about Suarez

Alex Ferguson has made a number of curious statements about Luis Suarez recently.
This is what he said,

“I could not believe it, I just could not believe it. He’s a disgrace to Liverpool Football Club, that certain player should not be allowed to play for Liverpool again.”

“The history that club’s got and he does that and in a situation like today could have caused a riot. I was really disappointed in that guy, it was terrible what he did.” 

I for one think Fergie's got it right in this case but not for the reasons you would think.

Suarez's diving and constant moaning at referees for things not going his way is not the way Liverpool players should behave on the field. Him snubbing Evra while telling Kenny Dalglish and the Liverpool management that he would do otherwise was unbecoming of a Liverpool player. His kicking of the ball away at half time in a fit of petulance was similarly undignified. 

Liverpool Football Club are a different breed of football club. They can't be compared to your Man Utds, Chelseas or Man Citys. This is not a club built on money or intimidation of referees and officials. This is a club built on values. Values that Bill Shankly espouses so clearly in the video below. 

Fast forward to minute 3:48 to see what I mean.

Values such as hard work, no one being bigger than the club and playing for the public who pay good money to see you play.  Fans who pay good money to see a good game of football not a non handshake.

This is not a club that tolerates players launching kung-fu kicks on fans (Cantona), players who intentionally miss drugs tests(Ferdinand), players who constantly dive and throw hissy fits(Ronaldo) or players who sleep with their brother's wife(Giggs).  This is not Manchester United. 

This is Liverpool Football Club. Higher standards are expected. 

If Suarez does not change, he should be sold.

Sold to Man Utd.

They tolerate this kind of devilish behavior over there.

Ask Fergie.

EVRA WIPES OUT FERDINAND

Saint Patrice Evra is sooo desperate to plant his studs on Luis Suarez that 

he wipes out Rio Ferdinand instead!!

I kind of respect people like Roy Keane.
If they don't like someone, they'll break their legs and brag all about it in their autobiography. 
Evra on the other hand, almost broke Ferdinand's face!

SKILL OF THE WEEK

All right, here I introduce the skill of the week coming from none other than the Caveman Carlos Puyol in the match against Valencia.

Now what are the chances of Jamie Carragher doing this anytime soon?

THE HYPOCRISY OF WAYNE ROONEY

By now you must have heard and seen Pepe's infamous stamp on Leo Messi's hand.

The incident ocurred in Wednesday's 2-1 defeat for Real at home to Barcelona in the Spanish cup quarter-finals.

For those who haven't ( the referee included) you can fast forward to minute 0:34 to see Pepe in action.

There's been criticism of Pepe from all corners. The Marca, the normally loyal Madrid based paper said that Pepe's behavior was "shameful" and "intolerable". 

The criticism was so intense and Pepe's behavior so bad that Real Madrid have decided to drop Pepe for 2 weeks. 

In a strange twist of fate, some criticism has also come from Wayne Rooney. 

"Pepe. What an idiot. Sometimes people wind u up" he tweeted.

This is strange considering that in the 2006 World Cup,Rooney was sent off for similar incident, 

stamping on Ricardo Carvalho's crotch. 

Is Rooney suffering  from selective amnesia or is he a product of the English media which thinks he can no wrong?

After all most of the media coverage from the stamping incident centered around Ronaldo's attempt to get his Man Utd teammate sent off and his infamous 'wink'.

Cristiano Ronaldo was painted as a villain that time and he feared for his safety once he returned to England after the World Cup.

Well anyway, just in case Rooney reads this blog I've added a sort of Greatest Hits Collection of Rooney's on field indiscretions so that hopefully it might jog his memory.

You can forward to minute 1:03 to see the stamping incident.

Guti, the former Real Madrid player in response to Rooney's hypocrisy said,

"I laugh at Rooney," Guti responded on his Twitter page.


"But there are many saints in heaven, and if you want to be a saint you must lead by example. Making mistakes is human."

Couldn't have said it better myself!

MAN CITY VS MAN UTD (FA CUP): THE VERDICT

Man Utd were absolutely fantastic in the game against Man City. Yes you heard that right.
I am actually praising Man Utd.
Why? You might ask.
For two reasons.

1. They won against a team who absolutely humiliated them at Old Trafford.
2. Their win set up a tie with Liverpool at Anfield in the next round.

I'll get into the first reason.

How do you praise a Man Utd team that struggled mightily to beat a Man City team with 10 men?
Well firstly you have to consider the psychological damage that City inflicted on Man Utd at Old Trafford with THAT 6-1 margin.
To lose by that margin at home must hurt.
It was not just hurt. It was humiliation.

To come back to the Etihad stadium and overcome that same team minus Balotelli, Yaya Toure and Joe Hart involved overcoming a huge mountain of fear.
If you noticed, Man Utd played with a lot of fear against Man City.
That's why they couldn't capitalise in the 2nd half when the score was 3-0(Could have been 4-0 in the 1st half).
They were still afraid even against 10 men.
They were proven right.

City came back.
First with a Kolarov rocket.
Then Aguero pouncing on a Man Utd goalkeeping error.(How many times have you heard that this season?)
Man Utd were shaking from a 10-man City onslaught.
The final whistle couldn't come early enough.

Who has the advantage now in the title race?

Man City.
Why?
Without the need to defend their FA Cup, they only have the League title, Carling Cup semifinals and the Europa Cup to concentrate on.
Mancini has said repeatedly that its the League title he wants this year,so you can bet on Mancini rotating his team for the Europa Cup and then crashing out as he has already done in the Champions League.

WINNERS: MAN CITY

Now the second reason.
With all the furore surrounding the Suarez-Evra matter, this is exactly what both clubs don't need.
With Liverpool left seething at perceived injustice from the FA, Man Utd know they have to face a side trying to seek some measure of revenge and an Anfield baying for blood.

What more if the match needs a replay at Old Trafford.

Man Utd still have a lot of matches to play in the Europa Cup and FA Cup.
Any additional matches between these two titans of English football will only benefit one team.

Man City.

WINNERS: MAN CITY