Hereford Utd 0 Leeds 0. Looks like Hereford almost won this one, unlike our prediction yesterday.
We forgot to add that kudos should go to FSC for its coverage of Argentinian football. On Monday morning (early! or late!) they are showing Boca Juniors against Velez Sarsfield at 3am Eastern, midnight Pacific 12 Nov 07.
LA Galaxy’s new coach Ruud Gullit sees opportunity in the States. When asked why he would move to LA, he cleverly replied, “Why not?” Ruud might be harking back to the bar/discotheque called “Why not?” in the Dutch city of Haarlem in the 1970s. Bobby McMahon was surprised at Gullit’s sacking as manager of Chelsea by then-owner Ken Bates. Ruud’s move to Newcastle was not such a happy one, though.
Chicago Fire were predictably beaten 1-0 by New England Revolution in the Eastern Conference Championship, the goal scored by Twellman, the striker Bruce Arena should have taken to Germany for the 2006 World Cup.
FSR previewed the Man Utd - Blackburn Rovers game. Sir Alex Ferguson said, “Teams reflect their managers”. According to Bobby, Blackburn are “solid” and Blackburn have “built from the back” meaning they are defensively strong. I think the FSR team smell an upset at Olde Trafforde, but we at FSCWatch don’t.
Portsmouth have added strike power since the summer. There’s no denying that. Can Man City “pull out at Fratton?” [Royal Navy personnel who travel by train with their significant others will know the provenance of that untoward expression].
Chelsea v Everton. Petr Cech and Terry are both injured. Who fancies a bet on Everton to win at a somewhat generous 7/1 offered by certain British bookies? Cahill is back and Everton are returning from a morale-boosting away win in Germany. But this game is at Stamford Bridge.
Fox Soccer Report reports that Adriano is not happy at Inter, and who would be with their less-than-die-hard fans? In the past only 9,000 of them would turn up to support their team when they were not playing so well, and this in the cavernous 90,000 Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. According to Bobby, Inter haven’t lost to Lazio since 1998.
It looks like Totti will play for Roma against Cagliari at the weekend, but we are not told by the FSR team whether they think this will affect the result.
Liverpool must be still pinching themselves after their Champions League record-breaking 8-0 thrashing of Besiktas. I’m interested in Bobby McMahon’s take on the contribution of Peter Crouch, but he stays mute on the subject. Bobby doesn’t like Peter.
Rooney’s out for four weeks due to injury. This will be of some concern to Manchester United, but of more concern to the boss of the England national team, Steve McClaren.
