Tottenham - what were you thinking? A spectacular 4-4 draw may of been salvaged due to a late Robbie Keane strike but the decision to play highlights from your Carling Cup success before the game is utterly baffling. Why give Chelsea even more ammunition after their pathetic 2-1 reverse?
All said and done though, what a game. We were even given more reasons to dislike Ashley Cole and Pascal Chimbonda!
And I don’t just mean Titus Bramble’s defending. To celebrate the return of the King (cough) that is Keegan, here’s my top twenty seven (there’s too many to have a top ten) of his collected ramblings. I think this what they mean when they say “He’s got a good football brain”, i.e. it’s made of plastic and full of air.
“I know what is around the corner - I just don’t know where the corner is. But the onus is on us to perform and we must control the bandwagon”
“I don’t think they’re as good as they are”
“I’m not disappointed - just disappointed”
“He’s using his strength and that is his strength, his strength”
“There’ll be no siestas in Madrid tonight.”
“Argentina won’t be at Euro 2000 because they’re from South America.”
“We don’t get any marks for effort like in ice skating.”
“I’m not trying to make excuses but I think the lights may have been a problem.”
“You can’t do better than go away from home and get a draw.”
“Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no choice.”
“Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose.”
“England have the best fans in the world, and Scotland’s fans are second-to-none.”
“Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they’re different countries… ”
“In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg.”
“It’s understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up the chimney.”
“I’d love to be a mole on the wall in the dressing room.”
“The tide is very much in our court now.”
The ref was vertically 15 yards away.”
“That would have been a goal if it wasn’t saved.”
“The good news for Nigeria is that they’re two-nil down very early in the game.”
“That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong.”
“It could be far worse for me if it was easy for me.”
“They’re the second best team in the world, and there’s no higher praise than that.”
“You’re not just getting international football, you’re getting world football.”
“Football’s always easier when you’ve got the ball.”
“The Germans only have one player under 22, and he’s 23.”
“We managed to wrong a few rights.”
Never mind all that “I would love it” stuff, this is the real Keggy.
In complete contrast to what we saw from Dida, take a look at former Arsenal keeper Graham Stack (then on loan to Belgian side Beveren), and see how he deals with fans coming onto the pitch.
It’s the range of different goals he scored that made him so great.
Technically the best player England have ever produced. Would he have been as effective at a club like Arsenal, Liverpool or United? Who knows but Saints fans were lucky to have enjoyed goals like these for his entire career.