Benitez's Beach Bums
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BillyIdle on Tue, 10/20/2009 at 2:57pm.
Benitez's beach bums
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Jose Reina complains after Sunderland's freak goal.
This weekend I've mostly been laughing at Liverpool. Their defeat at Sunderland has to rank as one of the funniest reverses in history. Long have Kopites felt everything and everyone is against them, now even the fickle world of inflatable beach accessories has turned.
Never have Liverpool been masters of their own downfall so acutely. A young scally buzzing off his napper on fizzy pop whacked the beach ball onto the pitch with all the gay abandon of a child skipping home from school after breaking up for the summer. And as it flicked on Darren Bent's shot Pepe Reina suddenly disregarded years of training by following the oversized, inflatable tomato instead of the white round thing and Liverpool lost yet another game.
The icing on the cake would have been Benitez taking a pounding by the bruiser opposite him on the sidelines. When Steve Bruce reacted furiously at something he said, Rafa realised the imminent danger he was in and gave it the time honoured Scouse classic 'calm down' gesture. It would have been a viciously short fight.
Benitez's beach ball has truly burst, he's always been full of hot air, and now his decision to play three at the back has left his club deflated. Leaving the puns aside for a second, he's washed up on the shore. Rafa must now realise that without Stevie or 'Nando the team he has built is no better than average.
Go on Liverpool fans, disagree with me. I dare you.
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