Not content with being inflicted with the horror of Spurs suffering a humiliating defeat at the hands of Arsenal, God has seen fit to allow 'Pool to win the Carling Cup. The Mickey Mousers will be out dancing on the streets of Mersey, tonight, to Gerry And The Pacemakers and Cilla Black's greatest hits. This has got to be the lowest point I have reached, in recent times. I shall call this day Black Sunday.
The only thing you have to do with a penalty is get it on target - if the keeper makes an amazing save then fine. But Cardiff put 3 penalties wide (2 hit the post but still wide) - I completely accept they were out on their feet and exhausted but one final effort was all that was needed! Perhaps the pressure got to them - especially when it looked like 'Pool had handed it to them on a plate.
One thing to consider is that, more often than not, winning the League Cup causes teams to coast it for the remainder of the season. It happened to us with our endless draws after winning it in both '99 and '08, whilst last season Brum kept finding new ways to lose games as soon as the final whistle went. If their players switch off, they'll do enough to stay in touch with the Top 4 for a few weeks, but never actually challenge for a place within. Then again, they've been doing that all season anyway.
The one thing that didn't change was the fact that Carroll remains a donkey. He couldn't get a goal, not even against a lower division side Now he has a cup medal. I know he's probably not the first donkey to blag his way to a cup medal, but it's still unbelievable!
Stephane Guivarc'h managed to get a World Cup winner's medal, despite being quite possibly the worst forward to ever play in a World Cup final. He was a donkey throughout the tournament, before being signed by Newcastle - at the time managed by a certain Mr. Dalglish...
Good sides win trophies, unlike average sides who are happy to finish 3rd, and get gloriously beaten by Inter.
Such as the Mickey Mouse Cup! Does that now guarantee you Thursday night football, even if you don't finish in the top 5? Or did EUFA make a ruling that the Mickey Mouse Cup was too... well, er... Mickey Mouse to guarantee automatic selection? Superb result, though. Taking the mighty Cardiff all the way to a penalty shoot-out
And beating city twice in the process. Thanks for the congrats . How did your game against the goons go today?
Silverware in the cabinet, medals in top pocket, happy days. Unlike getting totally ****ing humiliated at your biggest rivals.
Oh God, someone sound the bell for the end of break. Two great football matches on telly today then you come on here and have to read this.
And get gloriously beaten by ageing italian sides. Excellent sides win it 5 times, and want more. Show me your trophies.
Sorry mate, I subscribe to every post 'Hoddle is a God' posts, because his delusion amuses me, and I can't help biting. I do apologise.
Have you actually grown a third testicle to talk so much bollocks, or is there something in the water on Merseyside? Inter's side - the one we also happened to beat 3-1, which you somehow forgot - wasn't "ageing" by any stretch of the imagination. The Milan side that brushed you aside in the 2007 Champions League final was ageing (to notch up their seventh trophy, by the way), but of course you forget that. How utterly unexpected. Also, those "excellent" sides, whose "excellent" fans that got English teams banned from European competition for several years, qualified for European football based on final league position. In other words, good job on highlighting what a piss poor outfit you are these days...
Show me the silver. Can you? Go on. Please? We can show you what they look like. Do you want me to show you?
