OUR CUP RUNNETH OVER
The League Cup has always been a strange one. It’s got three handles for a start, and doesn’t have a lid you can wear as a hat. What’s the point, then? Well, it was conceived in the early 1960s by erstwhile Football League boss Alan Hardaker (Little England) in the petty hope of distracting clubs from the new-fangled European scene, a gambit which it would be fair to say had limited success. As a result, the competition has struggled somewhat for an identity ever since. Po’ League Cup! League Cup’s a-cold!
Having said that, The Fiver has always loved it, despite its myriad dignity-stripping associations with hot brands such as Rumbelows, Littlewoods, Woolies, Timothy Whites, Bejam, MacFisheries, Our Price, Do It All, Dolcis, Owen Owen, Panda Pops, Pint of Heavy, Double Cream, Eggs, Yogurt, Beef Dripping, Wang, Mr Tom, Percy Pig and Players No 6. The same can’t be said for Liverpool, though, whose attitude towards their two-legged semi-final with Arsenal has, from the get-go, been ambivalent at best, ever since Jürgen Klopp raised the possibility of deciding it instead by a quick game of rock, paper, scissors. Bob Paisley and Joe Fagan, masterminds of the club’s 1980s four-in-a-row Milk Cup domination, will be churning in their graves.
Liverpool have now got their wish, sort of, in so much as Thursday evening’s first leg at the Emirates has been postponed. This is due to a severe outbreak of ennui at Anfield, though a significant number of players and staff, including both Klopp and his assistant Pep Lijnders, have also gone down with Covid, which doesn’t help. Consequently, the second leg at Anfield next week will become the first, the fixture at Arsenal will now be played on 20 January, and coronavirus fall-guys Leyton Orient are guaranteed to trend for the next fortnight on Social Media Disgrace Twitter, as if people don’t have enough to be up in arms about in the real world. Romelu Lukaku, back in Chelsea’s squad for Wednesday’s game against Spurs in the other semi, sends his thanks for taking the heat off.
I thought this might give you a smile
posted on 5/1/22
Erm, yeah cool. It’s struggling to make me smile though
posted on 5/1/22
I smiled at the. Pint of heavy' sponsorship
And the outbreak of ennui.
Still, each to their own.
posted on 5/1/22
Just me then. Next t I go to see my doctor, I'll ask her to check my sense of humour.
posted on 5/1/22
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 24 minutes ago
Just me then. Next t I go to see my doctor, I'll ask her to check my sense of humour.
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what a sour bunch eh 52. id hold off checking your sense of humor.
posted on 5/1/22
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
I smiled at the. Pint of heavy' sponsorship
And the outbreak of ennui.
Still, each to their own.
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The Wang Cup. sounds like something you'd put in a hockey jock strap.
posted on 5/1/22
Happy new year, 52. I can’t make head or ‘arris of your team at present. From the nano-second you bought back the world’s greatest player, ever, for ever and ever, having just spent £100M(?) on Jadon, I thought ‘this isn’t going to end happily’. And it isn’t.
Your manager, the new one, has yet to build a team for the future. Well, good luck on that one.
In the meantime, my club is still in the Carrabao Cup, and your team isn’t, and I’m sure your great full for that..
I wish you all the best for the coming year for you and your own mate.
posted on 5/1/22
comment by JimmyTheRed (U1682)
posted 32 seconds ago
Happy new year, 52. I can’t make head or ‘arris of your team at present. From the nano-second you bought back the world’s greatest player, ever, for ever and ever, having just spent £100M(?) on Jadon, I thought ‘this isn’t going to end happily’. And it isn’t.
Your manager, the new one, has yet to build a team for the future. Well, good luck on that one.
In the meantime, my club is still in the Carrabao Cup, and your team isn’t, and I’m sure your great full for that..
I wish you all the best for the coming year for you and your own mate.
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Cheers Jimmy, and the very best wishes to you and yours.
Football, who knows, Liverpool are great and we are poor. But while I will always want us to do well, I'm not the fanatic I was. Since I moved to France I no longer see a live game, plus the change in habits and age have lessened my support a little.
But still, Come on United
posted on 5/1/22
comment by son of quebec (U8127)
posted 2 hours, 50 minutes ago
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 2 hours, 37 minutes ago
I smiled at the. Pint of heavy' sponsorship
And the outbreak of ennui.
Still, each to their own.
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The Wang Cup.sounds like something you'd put in a hockey jock strap.
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The wrang cup?
posted on 6/1/22
comment by manusince52 (U9692)
posted 1 day, 2 hours ago
I smiled at the. Pint of heavy' sponsorship
And the outbreak of ennui.
Still, each to their own.
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You stopped liking this cup in 1991