West Ham lost to Manchester United, not really a surprise but disappointing all the same as I still feel that we have been playing good football, and if Scholes hadn't blatantly fouled Noble in the middle of the pitch, or Captain slow had held his position, then it may have gone to the draw that looked nailed on for much of the game. Fair play to Ryan Giggs, he did well to get it through a forrest of legs and into the net. He is, despite his unrepentant Mancunian ways, a model Professional who is hard to dislike and has been there seemingly forever.
Much has been made of West Ham supporters gently teasing Christiano Ronaldo about his recent driving mishap, can't say that I find it either shocking or terribly upsetting that a player who does his best to gain an advantage in any way possible, usually involving flinging himself dramatically at the floor, has been getting some abuse from the Hammers. He deserves everything he gets, the multiple step over, piss taking trick pony cheat. It's one of the great joys and strengths of football that is still available to us now standing and swaying along with mates in the terraces and having a beer at the game have been taken from us, they can't take away the natural inventiveness and quick wit of the fans.
I did try and watch Tottenham and Arsenal's attempt to bore us all to a mid afternoon nap, the only notable incidents in a full 90 minutes was a referee contriving a method of disallowing a perfectly good Arsenal goal, and the sheer stupidity of Eboue in getting himself sent off for two priceless acts of petulance. Despite being down to 10 men, Arsenal always looked the most likely despite Bungpuss's protestations of adequacy for his side.
The other notable occurrence of the weekend was Tony Adams being sacked by Portsmouth, handed a poisoned chalice by 'Arry was never going to go well especially for a man whose management experience only extended to a poor period at Wycombe Wanderers and then putting the cones out for Twitchet whilst he lined up the next purchase of a geriatric journeyman on a long contract for a few million. Curbishley is favourite to replace him for now, i think his unique brand of blandness would suit Pompey well.
And finally, the sporting event of the weekend. Whilst North London's smuggest residents plodded hopelessly around the Emirates Stadium, ESPN America aired a fantastically bad tempered encounter between The Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. The biggest rivalry in Hockey ended with a 5-2 win for the Leafs, but the stats told the truth of the game with 33 penalty minutes to the Leafs and 28 to the Canadiens going into the last five minutes of the game.......But the Leafs new signing Jason Blake made the difference and was a different class.
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