Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Biased pricks

Gary Lineker (Spurs) anchored last night’s Champions League coverage with Graeme Souness (Liverpool), Steve McManaman (Real Madrid) and Trevor Francis (Nottingham Forest) on Al Jazeera Sport.
Even then, I did not expect the bias against Manchester United that I heard.
All they did, all night, was write off Manchester United. Their biggest faux pas was ignoring Gabriel Obertan’s dazzling skill to set up Owen’s second. Not even a passing reference to him leaving three Wolfsburg players for dead.
Which is why today’s Christmas tune is a healing one – the original Band Aid, when Africa was in vogue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jEnTSQStGE

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