Congratulations to Liverpool FC – winners of the UEFA Super Cup (whatever that is) in Monaco last night. Pardon me if I give you the names of the players in the triumphant Merseyside side:
Reina, Finnan (Sinama Pongolle 55), Hyypia, Riise (Cisse 79), Luis Garcia, Alonso (Sissoko 71), Hamann, Josemi, Morientes, Carragher, Zenden. (Manager Rafael Benitez).
Now can you spot the scousers therein? Okay, so that’s an unfair question; what about "Can you spot the Englishmen therein?". Still unfair; so how about "Can you spot the British players therein?" If you think that Steve Finnan is a likely candidate, then you’re wrong. He’s Irish. Only Mr Carragher comes from Britain (Bootle, actually).
Funny, really, to recall how worked up we all got when English county cricket imposed a limit of two overseas players per side. Football teams in this country are now only as good as the cheque books that buy them, and nothing more.
By the way Liverpool’s opponents last night, CSKA Moscow, seemed to have as many Brazilians as Russians.
About Me
- Rumbling Nappa
- Sometimes referred to as the Rumbling Nappa I occasionally return to blogging. This time it is to comment on the Languedoc marriage of my neice, Louise Ticehurst to Rich Astley.