Wednesday, November 08, 2006

I'm On Your Side Simon

Found it at the backpage of The Guardian sport section today. Brilliant. I competely know what you're talking about Simon.
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Life is all the sweeter after Chelsea's Portillo moment
By Simon Hattenstone

"....Every underdog has it day. Charlton, Sheffield United, Watford - unbelievably, the bottom three all won over one weekend. And West Ham beat Arsenal. Great stuff. But not, of course, as great as Tottenham's epic victory over Chelsea.
In the past, this newspaper has been accused of being anti-Chelsea. While I'm sure it's not true of my more esteemed colleagues, I wish to state categorically that I would never attempt to bring objectivity to my analysis of the club. Truth is I'm so biased that I find it hard to admit Didier Drogba is having a decent season or Claude Makelele hit his goal sweetly on Sunday.

My prejudice knows no bounds. I detest Chelsea. I despise everything about their soul-destroying, peasant-plundering, oil-pimping, wallet-waving, pitch-ruining, ref-abusing, knee-falling, opponent-cussing ways. I despise the fact that they have made me a bigot. I despise the fact that I get more pleasure from seeing Chelsea lose than Manchester City win. I despise the fact that I'd rather Manchester United won the Premiership than Chelsea. I despise the fact that I tick off every week Andriy Shevchenko doesn't score a goal as another victory for the unmoneyed majority. I despise the fact that I take pleasure in Shaun Wright-Phillips having never scored for Chelsea despite the fact that I once loved him so tenderly. I despise the fact that I take comfort in the belief that Chelsea are getting worse and worse - two seasons ago they lost once in the league, last season twice, and less than a third of the way through the season they have already been beaten twice. I despise the fact that I know the word schadenfreude means something akin to bitter, vengeful bastard.

....But we shouldn't get carried away. After all, look what happened to New Labour. Perhaps by 2015, Tottenham will be bankrolled by a Russian billionaire and will be looking to complete a hat-trick of successive Premiership titles. Perhaps by then they will be unaffectionately known as Spurski."
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Wenger's lost his temper, being a bad loser. Chelsea lost, with captain John Terry sent off first time of his career. Man Utd was knocked out early in the Carling Cup against Championship side Southend. What a surprising week in English football! At the same time, Liverpool keeps working hard and waiting for those top teams to take off points from each other.


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