The FA Cup Semi-Finals are the driving force of the weekend with Manchester United going to Tottenham’s gaff and Chelsea looking to crush Southampton. We are joined by Steve Armstrong to talk about United and Rebecca Knight to talk about Chelsea.
Then there is the Mighty Boys In Red. Liverpool go to West Brom.
We go through that, all the other games in the weekend and speak to Chris Waugh about the job Rafa Benitez has done.
With Rob Gutmann and Mo Stewart, Neil Atkinson hosts. Click here to pay £5 a month.
still a great manager, better then ever perhaps?! I think so.
Steve armstrong always manages to take a dig at Liverpool when he comes on. Always goes on about how he doesn’t, then he does.
No CL win isn’t a failure for us. If we qualify for CL 2 seasons in a row, that is growth and success given where we have been over the past decade, The reason no trophy is a failure for them because they have spent ridiculous sums of money to play defensive, boring, anti-football. Play like that and you have to win because you are offering nothing else; no entertainment. For me the notion that football is about trophies and success is bullshit. If thats true then why do millions of fans around the world staunchly follow and watch football from teams that never win anything.
We watch football (and football is a multimillion pound business) because it is a game full of phenomenal moments. Moments of sheer joy and pain and entertainment. If you are a team at the top of the world ( and really up there are only a few teams), you have a responsibility to be phenomenal, not just to win trophies. The reason people care more about Liverpool in 3rd than man u in second, is because we are exciting (which is ultimately what football fandom is about), and they are not.
Well put, mate. That guy’s dig was rather desperate. Let’s face it, most rival fans are dreading us potentially winning the CL. Ready to pounce if we fall short.
It’s pathetic but wont affect these Reds doing the business.
Absolutely agree. Steve Armstrong is an utter bellend never fails to have a dig despite claiming he’s this reasoned fan. I know there’s a connection bearing in mind Steve Armstrong is involved in the RedsBet thing with Mike Nevin so I guess that’s why they keep him around as a contributor but he’s absolutely terribly biased which wouldn’t be so bad if he wasn’t such a snide about it.