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The Premier League season highs and lows

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The season’s highs and lows


Donal Benson
Pensioner


Best moment: Winning the double.
Worst moment: Champions League exit.
Most enjoyable victory: At Old Trafford 2-1.
Best goal: All of Drogba’s.
Worst refereeing decision: None important enough that we could complain about. Anyway, refs don’t change their minds.
Player you’d most like to buy: Ribery.
Player you’d most like to sell: None, but Deco will go home to Brazil.
Sum up the season in three words: Chelsea’s three trophies.
Who do you want to win the World Cup? Brazil with style.
Who will win the World Cup? Brazil with style.


Paul Flynn
Red Devil


Best moment: Rooney’s last-minute header against City in the Carling Cup semi-final.
Worst moment: Inviting on Bayern when down to 10 men.
Most enjoyable victory: Owen’s late show against the Biffs, 4-3.
Best goal: The spurs kid, Rose. Belter against Arsenal
Worst refereeing decision: Martin Atkinson not awarding more injury time for United to get a fifth against Citeh.
Player you’d most like to buy: Carlos Tevez!
Player you’d most like to sell: Dimitar Yawnmeister Lardarse Berbatov.
Sum up season in three words: Green and gold.
Who will win the World Cup: England – ha ha ha ha!


Damien Burke
Gunner


Best moment: Beating Porto 5-0. That night was pure football
Worst moment: Not being able to get a victory against Chelsea and United, We ultimately paid the price in the end, as if – and it’s a big ‘if’ – we had taken points or had beaten them, well who knows!
Most enjoyable victory: Probably Arsenal win away to Stoke when Aaron Ramsey broke his leg. We were on a good run. Stoke had beaten us in the cup and we were back in the hunt. A very important three points at the time.
Best goal: Clint Dempsey, Fulham’s fourth versus Juventus.
Worst refereeing decision: The penalty we received against Celtic last August.
Player you’d most like to buy: Someone like Joe Hart or Buffon.
Player you’d most like to sell: Our three keepers – Almunia, Fabianski and Mannone.
Sum up the season in three words: Could do better.
Who do you want to win the World Cup? Spain.
Who will win the World Cup? Spain.


Finbar O'Neill
Spur


Best moment: When the ref blew the final whistle at Eastlands.
Worst moment: Losing to Pompey at Wembley.
Most enjoyable victory: Beating Arsenal for the first time in ten years in the league.
Best goal: Danny Rose’s thumper of a volley against Arsenal.
Worst refereeing decision: Penalty awarded to Pompey in the FA Cup semi-final.
Player you’d most like to buy: Andres Iniesta.
Player you’d most like to sell: Robbie Keane.
Sum up the season in three words: Champions League Baby!
Who do you want to win the World Cup? Spain.
Who will win the World Cup? Spain.


Walter Tuffy
Red


Best moment: Has to be the clip on MOTD2 where we witness three Man U supporters playing cards while attending Old Trafford. It’s not often I agree with Mr Keane, but the prawn sandwiches were probably off that day.
Worst moment: Beach balls are for the beach, surely?
Most enjoyable victory: Not many to relay, unfortunately, but doing the double over the ‘Bitters’ again is always enjoyable.
Best goal: Nando versus Sunderland ... The boy’s a bit special.
Worst refereeing decision: Villa robbed at Wembley when the perpetually clumsy Serb kicked the flying Englishman, but Fergie saw nothing, so nothing it is.
Player you’d most like to buy: Drogba. Best player in the world, no argument.
Player you’d most like to sell: Babel. Got enough chances. Get rid.
Sum up the season in three words: Only get better.
Who do you want to win the World Cup? Spain for El Niño, although I do have a soft spot for Maradona. How wonderful it would be to see the greatest player ever lift the trophy again.
Who will win the World Cup? Brazil under the pragmatic Dunga.


Rob Murphy
Claret


Best moment: Robbie Blake’s belter in the 1-0 victory over United.
Worst moment: Six minutes into the City match at home, I was in Busker Browne’s in Galway with my Man City buddy, we were 3-0 down (heading for a 6-0 thrashing) and I had worn my Burnley shirt out.
Most enjoyable victory: We didn’t have many, but outside of the obvious United win, maybe the 3-1 win over Sunderland in October. We played great football that day and it seemed like we were getting comfortable in our new surroundings.
Best goal: Robbie Blake’s 30-yard effort against the hated Rovers in Ewood Park back in September. It was a false dawn though. How Brian Laws couldn’t find a place for that man when he took over in January is baffling.
Worst refereeing decision: None. We got our fair share tight calls either way and ended up where we deserved to be.
Player you’d most like to buy: A realistic buy would be Jack Cork. We had him on loan from Chelsea for the past few months. A quality player.
Player you’d most like to sell: Danny Fox, didn’t have a clue where he was meant to be on the pitch.
Sum up the season in three words: Coyle, God, Judas.
Who do you want to win the World Cup? France (Henry is a cheat but hating a nation because of it is ridiculous. Allez les Blues!)
Who will win the World Cup? Brazil to beat Serbia in the final.

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