Comments for To Russia with love at http://www.wsc.co.uk , comment 0 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.wsc.co.uk Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:19:54 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/787/38/#pc_48 That's the spirit, private imp. By the way: Under Houllier and Benitez, Liverpool have played some of the most, let's call it, pragmatic football around during the last 7-8 years. And still this team which just about no one expected any kind of entertainment from have managed to take part in some of the most exciting Champions League, UEFA Cup and FA Cup finals of the last decade. Maybe low expectations really is the way to go. Maybe low expectations is good. Maybe low expectations are right. Just maybe, low expectations work. Low expectations clarify, cut through, and capture the essence of the evolutionary spirit. Low expectations, in all of its forms -- Low expectations for life, low expectations for money, low expectations for love, knowledge -- has marked the upward surge of mankind. And low expectations - you mark my words - will not only save football, but that other malfunctioning corporation called the UK. - Captain Kurtz Sun, 04 May 2008 11:21:02 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/787/38/#pc_47 Your point is well made, Captain. In deference to your rank, I have now resolved to spend the day in football fervour, wearing rosettes from both teams, and screaming with delight at each and every gritty midfield challenge. Roll on the 21st! - imp Sat, 03 May 2008 16:05:41 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/787/38/#pc_45 Doomed... doomed to another wave of posters bleating on about how they're absolutely not going to enjoy the Champions League final. Why? Because no one apart from the supporters of "the two most disliked teams in English football" will be remotely interested in this highly devalued game of football. No more of the usual CL Fantastic Fiesta Finals where two happy-go-lucky teams slug it out in nine goal thrillers in the usual 2-3-5 formations. This year it'll probably get all tense and tactical-like. Let's be honest: Most Champions League finals (or any cup final, really) are quite boring for the neutrals. Maybe it's because the two team's first priority isn't to entertain the neutrals. If you don't like it, don't watch, but don't act as if this year's final will be some sort of huge exception to the rule. And what's the worst that can happen? Either it's a great game of football and everyone will be happy. Or it'll be horrible and then everyone will be happy to have another reason to complain endlessly about "the two most disliked teams in English football". It really is a win-win situation. Rejoice. - Captain Kurtz Fri, 02 May 2008 15:29:45 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/787/38/#pc_42 Doomed...doomed to a final between the two most disliked teams in English football! Who would want to bother watching it on TV? Only United and Chelsea fans I suppose. Mind you, I'm not sure Arsenal V Liverpool would have been any more attractive to supporters of any side outside of the top four. Russia is a fine choice for the final - just because you need a visa it's controversial? Had the final been at Wembley and CSKA Moscow had been in it, their fans would have needed a visa! Cue complaints from the Russian press I guess. - ericcantona Thu, 01 May 2008 07:23:11 +0100 http://www.wsc.co.uk/content/view/787/38/#pc_39 We're doomed either way. Either to boredom, because it's easy to foresee a 0-0 draw being decided on penalties after two hours of stalemate. Or, on the off-chance it turns out to be an exciting game, we're doomed to weeks (or years, in Clive Tyldesley's case)of hyperbole about the best league in the cosmos blah blah. Makes you wonder who'd want to bother watching it on TV, let alone actually flying over there at great expense to get coshed around the lugs by local coppers and hooligans who still think English fans are stuck in 1982. - imp Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:34:05 +0100