WAVE OF JOY
Although they are among the rank-and-file members of the “celebration police” who frown upon what they see as football players prone to lavish entertainment in the prosperity of a hard job well done, the experts do not actually have arrest powers. It’s a shame, because a stone-faced Jamie Carragher orders Martin Ødegaard to put down the camera on Arsenal photographer Stuart, then cuffs the Arsenal captain’s hands behind his back, reads him his rights and conspicuously takes him to a cell to sleep. The jubilation would have added to the overall joy of Arsenal’s already entertaining win over Liverpool.
Ødegaard, his manager and the rest of his team-mates were within their rights, having been part of a team that had at least once reduced one of the world’s best goalkeepers and their elegant, authoritative centre-halves to the highly hungover wedges of the Sunday League. to celebrate a victory that was almost certainly crucial to the outcome of the title race. Admittedly, to the extent that it would increase Manchester City’s margin of victory against Liverpool, but it is still very significant. If gossips like Carragher, Gary Neville and Rio Ferdinand think Ødegaard and Mikel Arteta should keep the champagne bottled up until the title is won, they will almost certainly lose their minds when the pair arrive uninvited at the Etihad to help City celebrate their latest Premier League cup on 19 May. will be removed.
“Go down to the tunnel, you’ve won a game, that’s three points,” Carragher quipped as Ødegaard took a snap of Arsenal waving to fans applauding their team’s efforts from the stands. “You were great, you’re back in the title race; Go down the tunnel. I really mean it.” When the former Liverpool player’s criticism was later conveyed to the Arsenal captain, it was met with a smile. “I think everyone who loves football, who understands football, knows how important it is to win this game,” he said. “And if you’re not allowed to celebrate when you win a game, “When will you be allowed to celebrate? We are happy to have won and will remain humble. We continue to work hard and prepare for the next one, but of course you have to be happy when you win.”
Carragher doubled down, whose post-victory celebrations included famously having lashes applied to both buttocks followed by whipping himself and rolling around in some berries. “Of course, enjoy it, but enjoy it with discipline,” he tweeted, following the footage of the Norwegian pilot giving Mario Testino his full shot. His tweet, a joke referencing an infamous Neil Warnock quote, was immediately adopted by many social media users, including Neil Warnock himself.
Deciding to kill time between now and the opening night of his exhibition, the 75-year-old actor tweeted: “I love hearing your ideas Carra, but find your own slogan.” Are you with me? type at York Barbican Theatre, taking up his management post in Aberdeen. While Pittodrie is just a short 1,440-mile round trip from Warnock’s home in south-east Cornwall, his decision to accept the job following the sacking of Barry Robson last week was a no-brainer for a man who has long stated he has wanted a gig. in Scotland.
He said at the opening ceremony: “Aberdeen is a big club with clear ambition and I hope that during my time here the fans will get behind the team and that I can put a smile on their faces.” % of Dons fans actually don’t want him at their club. If Warnock can manage to secure victory against Pope’s O’Rangers in their first game at Ibrox on Tuesday night, they could change their tune; It’s a clear win that will lead to the kind of celebrations that a certain Scouse pundit would almost certainly disapprove of.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Climate change is a big and scary issue. If you are told you have to save the world, you feel useless as an individual. You have to break it down and tell them how they are affected by pollution and everyday things like shampoo and shower gel that come from plastics and fossil fuels. “If you multiply the people making changes by billions, then you can have a huge impact” – Former Arsenal midfielder Mathieu Flamini chats to John Brewin about why football must play a role in tackling the climate crisis.
FOOTBALL DAILY LETTERS
During last night’s game against Leeds United I was surprised to learn that Bristol City no longer have a matchday programme. My further investigation revealed that a further 12 clubs had abandoned them. What’s next for football in the digital age? Online recipes for pies and burgers that will no longer be sold in stadiums? Are online knitting patterns for club hats and scarves no longer sold in club stores? –Mick Beeby.
If we follow Derek McGee’s ‘ringer-bottomed’ pattern of the league table (Friday’s letters), if we find someone at the bottom (insert your choice of Birmingham, Chelsea, Everton, Ipswich, Man City or Southend) it’s the ‘ringer-bottomed Blues’ (else Does it mean a melody made famous by Derek? The same goes for Bury Town if they get promoted and then get relegated” – Tony Christopher.
For a while now I’ve been really annoyed that some commenters don’t fit the job description. Martin Tyler takes a bow (often reading off meaningless lists of statistics) and Andy Hinchcliffe stands up (always telling us exactly what the players did wrong and then telling us exactly what they should have done). They say banal things that have been repeated lately; The worst of these is to add the phrase ‘really so’ or a close derivative of this phrase at the end of the sentence. I think this is down to Glenn Hoddle, then Jamie Carragher picked up on this but now Ally McCoist is taking it to the extreme. I counted 17 examples in the Aston Villa v Newcastle game, but he outdid himself with 23 examples in the Liverpool v Chelsea game the following evening. That’s every four minutes, you know what I mean?” – Richard Page.
Kev McCready included Schrödinger’s complexity cat in his goal celebrations (Friday’s letters). If the only time certain players hit the target is when they throw darts, then they will never hit the (goal) target and therefore will never throw the dart and will never hit the (dart) target. Do they throw darts and not throw them at the same time?” -Richard Hirst.
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