Cheering on Spurs and Bolton made me feel physically sick
Add comment March 20th, 2008
The title race does funny things to people. The effect it had on me last night was alarming, as I found myself willingly cheering the efforts of those two bastions of footballing horror that I mention in the title. Fortunately, I have now fully recovered, and the usual dynamic of mutual hatred can be restored.
B*lton, of course, did us no favours last night, rolling over to Cristiano Ronaldo & Co without so much as a whimper. One suspects they won’t do the same when we face them next weekend. Sp*rs, however, played a full part in a thrilling contest with Chelsea that ended 4-4. All of that now means that Manchester United are now clear of us by three points, with Chelsea a further two points behind. With so many of the big four yet to play each other, there’s a hell of a lot of twists and turns still to come in this title race.
The BBC Predictor is pretty good for trying to work out how the title race might play out. If I’ve learnt anything doing it, it’s that beating Chelsea and United is pretty much imperative if we’re to succeed in this exhausting title race. Sunday could be a momentous day. We have the potential – now we need to go and prove it.
Rumours today link us with French midfielder Loic Perrin – the St Etienne captain and a utility midfielder who never scores. Not one to get the hairs on the back of your neck competing to see whose tallest, but anyhow.
That’s all from me today. A demain.
