United they Fall?/ RoQQ vows Revenge after Simmons Snub

Here is a message I left in the Manchester United forum. I think I was fairly respectful....

get it into united heads - either way united r screwed if u dont take 3 points from a very good city side

if liverpool win they will be 2 wins out of 2 - game in hand

if chelsea wins they will be 3 wins out of 3

dont forget united did not beat chelsea or arsenal last season or in the community shield

(penalty shootouts do not count as wins)

Theoretically, United should want a tie, so each gains only a point. on the other hand, if I were you, I'd be pulling for Liverpool, since, if the last 15 or so years are any indicator, Liverpool will blow a few points here and there. Chelsea, on the other hand, will be hard to catch, just as ManU was hard to catch last year. Honestly, the only way I see anyone else breaking into the top two is if the injuries for United and Chelsea persist. (Of course they may--Carvalho just injured his knee...)

Anyway, when was the last time Chelsea went to Liverpool and won? I'll be satisfied with a point, and some typical Mourinho spin to wash it down, though Gerrard's broken toe I am hopeful.

Right now I am watching the replay of the Pompey game jsut to watch Ronaldo get red carded.... (gloating)....

.....(more gloating)......

......(more gloating)...... Pompey fans calling someone a word that rhymes with anchor that this forum will not allow; can't tell who though,

if you lose to City you may begin panicing in earnest.

Especially if Blues beat Liverpool, BUT I don't think we will...

--roQQ

Meanwhile, the Sports Guy finally came out with another mailbag, but neither one of my emails made the cut.

I had no idea fan mail was so competitive.

He ran the mailbag immediately after Bonds broke the homerun record, so I figured there was a decent chance my related letter would make it (see my July 6 post). No such luck. I'm not sure if my humor is too risque, or just not as funny as I think it is.

ManU two Behind Table Leaders

I was gloating for the first 83 minutes of Fulham at Arsenal, as the Gunners had trailed 1-0 since the first minute. Unfortunately, Arsenal tied the game in the 84th minute, and won it in injury time. Oh well.

The worst news of the off season (other than ManU finally getting Tevez) was that Fulham picked up LG Telecom as their sponsor, and are acquiring a Korean player. Why is this bad news? Because this will lead to the Korean stations deciding to show Fulham's games, instead of other teams they could show. Now I read somewhere that Fulham have picked up some players and may be vastly improved, and they did hold onto the lead for nearly the entire Arsenal game, so I guess we'll see.

Incidentally, if the Korean stations are going to show Fulham, why not show the Arsenal game? (They did, but the next day.) At least that was against one of the big teams...especially if Spurs are going to lose to newly promoted teams like Sunderland. I know they got off to a slow start last year, but came on strong at the end, but a slow start isn't going to get Spurs into the top four like all the talk is hoping for. Incidentally, my pick is that the top four stay as they are, though Chelsea are racked with injuries, and Wayne Rooney looks to be out for two months with a hairline fracture. If Liverpool or Arsenal are to step up and jump ahead of the Blues and Red Devils, now, while injuries are slowing them down, would be the time to do it. On the other hand, the danger for Chelsea may be that their healthy players may be overworked, and that this could lead to more injuries. In the case of ManU, Rooney's injuries come just as United finished the process of signing Carlos Tevez, who could actually be an upgrade at striker, at least according to that top 50 players list that came out recently.

Meanwhile, before ManU got down to it and took on Reading in the late game (it's late here in Korea, at least) I got $20 on the over, at like 1:1.45 or so. In other words, if more than 2.5 goals were scored by both teams, I would win $13 and some change.

The way Man U was routinely running up 3-1, 4-1, even 6-1 scores in the preseason, I figured United would have little trouble hitting the over themselves, and if Reading got a goal, so much the better. To make a long story short, I took the over.

Naturally they played to a scoreless tie.

Early on I was rooting for any scoring at all, but by 50 or 55 miutes or so, I realized that any scoring would likely lead to a 1-0 United win, so I stopped rooting for scores, and just pulled for Reading. Since they only attempted 3 shots on goal the entire game, the 0-0 result was about as much as I could hope for. I was out some cash, but at least I got to gloat, and at ManU's expense, no less.

There will be plenty of time to gloat at Arsenal's expense later. And Liverpool's.

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