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This week, just when you thought things couldn't get any worse/more funny [delete where appropriate] for Liverpool, they actually do.
First there was news that Martin O'Neil is being lined-up as a replacement for under-fire boss Rafa Benitez, then the side go and draw to Birmingham. At home.
Albeit with a little help from Naughty Frenchman Ngog whose 'terrific dive' made Birmingham boss Alex McLeish go more ginger than usual and former Everton hardman Lee Carsley fume:
"You are supposed to be teaching your kids an example and this is just an embarrassing case of cheating,"
Try telling that to Arsene Wenger.
Anyway. There was also more bad news for the Reds as star striker Fernando Torres may have to undergo surgery for his ongoing groin-knack leaving Liverpool fans to wonder just where the heck their goals will actually come from.
But as always, Benitez has come up with a BLINDER of a solution.
Instead of taking a Spurs hero who can score goals and turning him into a former Spurs hero-turned-benchwarmer who can't score goals (otherwise known as Robbie Keane), Benitez thinks he might like to take a Spurs bench warmer, and turn him into a goalscorer by trying to lure Russian outcast Roman Pavlyuchenko to Anfield on loan.
But if that doesn't work out, we reckon he might be better off
getting this guy!
In the weekends other games.
Chelsea got the better of Manchester United with a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge in a game that wouldn't have been out of place had it been played to the back drop of the music of off Benny Hill.
There was hair pulling and body pushing aplenty as Chelsea battled to open up a five point lead at the top o' the table.
But although John Terry's 'controversial' header sealed the win for the Blues, there was nothing quite so immense as Drogba and his amazing twitching legs.
And while we must admit that seeing people having a fit because they are in pain is not funny or clever, it really is when the people in question often spend most of their time diving for Oscars and get a yellow card for their trouble.
Although it wasn't quite as bad as this....
But obviously, since United lost Sir Freg decided NOT to change
the record by taking a look at his team's performance by
deciding that they weren't actually quite the better side on the
day.
Er, hang on.....
FERGIE LOSES 'FAITH' WITH REFS! Screamed the headlines after the Scotsman thought Drogba was offside and Wes Brown was impeded in the box, which he was, a bit.
"The referee's position to make the decision was absolutely ridiculous, he can't see anything. He's got a Chelsea player (Joe Cole) standing right in front of him and he doesn't even move.
"It was a bad decision, but there's nothing we can do about it. You lose faith in refereeing sometimes, that's the way the players are talking in there."
I don't know about you, but I am quite frankly so fed-up of hearing Sir Ferg bore on about referees because of the fact he sold his best player and now United are a bit crap that I am slightly tempted to buy 16 packs of wriggly an shove them in his gob, all at once, just to stop him TALKING!
Of course I would never actually do anything like that, and neither would the FA who have now handed Sir Ferg a two match touchline ban, and a fine for his criticism of Alan Whiley.
And on Friday Spurs keeper Carlo Cudicini was taken to hospital with fractured wrists and injured pelvis on Friday after being involved in a motorbike accident not far from White Hart Lane - doctors say it could be a 'life-changing' injury, although he will probably still be a better goalkeeper than Gomes.
OTHER STUFF
John Terry loves Carp. No. He really does!
Look at this for a free kick!
NEWSFLASH: FAT Ronaldo realises he's FAT
LISTEN: To this weeks TalkFootball podcast where the team discuss all of the above and more HERE!
R.I.P Germany and Hanover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke who died on Wednesday.
Celtic and Rangers can NOT join the Premier League party!
AND FINALLY
Don't forget to get behind the New Zealand All Whites this weekend as they take on Bahrain in their crucial World Cup qualifier in Wellington on Saturday by getting this ridiculous annoying/catchy song stuck in your head (like the entire tvnz.co.nz office on Friday) while you get behind the boys in their bid to make their first FIFA World Cup since 1982!
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