From the beginning of the season, i have been looking forward to this game, believing for the first time in a few years we could actually go there and give a performance, not just get a result. Then they decide to produce the Hillsbrough report, meaning we will be the first team to play there since it was published, the onus for the disaster was brought squarely where it's always been obvious it should reside, on South Yorkshire police force and the British establishment.
I hope we respect the silence, but i'm not having all this respect bollocks, there a lot more skeleton's in Liverpool fans past, that the press, seem to either ignore or conveniently forget. They will always be the enemy to me and most of my generation of reds, City will never touch them on that score. Growing up seeing Munich 58 in the middle of the kop on football highlights, never mentioned on TV or in the press at the time and then being old enough to go there and hearing all the Munich taunts and the arm plane waving, well, you just don't forget it. United fans may not be angels, well in the past anyway, but we're a cut above them, then again who isn't.
Reports like this are what do your head in, the rivalry has become unique since the power drifted to this side of the east lands road in the early 90's. What a complete load of dross, where were these clowns in the late seventies and eighties, when United v Liverpool games were a battle on the pitch and even more so off it. The atmosphere may be charged when we play them nowadays, but it is absolutely nothing like it used to be.
Fergie has claimed there is enough pressure on the players and has likened the game to the 50th anniversary of Munich when United put in such an abysmal performance in losing to City. I wish he hadn't brought that up, it was only by actually winning the champions league in Moscow that May, that i was able to forgive and forget that day. It wasn't the defeat that rankled but the performance, especially when you remembered the Everton game after Busby had passed away, which saw us put in a display worthy of the occasion, even if the scoreline that day, didn't reflect that.
I suppose the news that Ashley Young will not be returning to the squad any time, means Nani's return to favour will continue in the coming weeks, though i 'll be amazed if he is in the starting eleven at Anfield on Sunday.
Advance base - A shut in's prayer: Not a bad album, it's full of quirky tunes, a six out of ten job.
Christian Scott - Christian atunde adjuah: I read glowing reviews for this, and after a few listens, i do like it. I'm not sure it's quite as good as some of the reviews, but i am sure it's too long, clocking in at almost two hours.
Ladyhawke - Anxiety: Her first album was critically aclaimed, and whilst it had it's moments it was bit too tee for me. This is a big advance to my mind, full of cracking hooks but with a lot more balls than her debut.
Pavement - Wowee zowee: I never took any notice of these first time around in the 90's but since is started to go through their release's i've found out what a mistake that was. One of the best indie/rock/guitar bands of the 90's, so many cracking tracks on this their third album.
Soft Machine - Third: Another cracking album from the late sixties, early eventies, jazz/rock meets progressive meets psychedelia and i love it, not for the pop pickers amongst you though.
The congos - Dub feast: A lovely slice of dub from one of the genre's classic acts, i haven't heard the reggae version, i'd probably prefer this verssion anyway.
THEESatisfaction - awE naturalE: Leftfield hip hop that really hits the mark, an excellent album.
I hope we respect the silence, but i'm not having all this respect bollocks, there a lot more skeleton's in Liverpool fans past, that the press, seem to either ignore or conveniently forget. They will always be the enemy to me and most of my generation of reds, City will never touch them on that score. Growing up seeing Munich 58 in the middle of the kop on football highlights, never mentioned on TV or in the press at the time and then being old enough to go there and hearing all the Munich taunts and the arm plane waving, well, you just don't forget it. United fans may not be angels, well in the past anyway, but we're a cut above them, then again who isn't.
Reports like this are what do your head in, the rivalry has become unique since the power drifted to this side of the east lands road in the early 90's. What a complete load of dross, where were these clowns in the late seventies and eighties, when United v Liverpool games were a battle on the pitch and even more so off it. The atmosphere may be charged when we play them nowadays, but it is absolutely nothing like it used to be.
Fergie has claimed there is enough pressure on the players and has likened the game to the 50th anniversary of Munich when United put in such an abysmal performance in losing to City. I wish he hadn't brought that up, it was only by actually winning the champions league in Moscow that May, that i was able to forgive and forget that day. It wasn't the defeat that rankled but the performance, especially when you remembered the Everton game after Busby had passed away, which saw us put in a display worthy of the occasion, even if the scoreline that day, didn't reflect that.
I suppose the news that Ashley Young will not be returning to the squad any time, means Nani's return to favour will continue in the coming weeks, though i 'll be amazed if he is in the starting eleven at Anfield on Sunday.
Advance base - A shut in's prayer: Not a bad album, it's full of quirky tunes, a six out of ten job.
Christian Scott - Christian atunde adjuah: I read glowing reviews for this, and after a few listens, i do like it. I'm not sure it's quite as good as some of the reviews, but i am sure it's too long, clocking in at almost two hours.
Ladyhawke - Anxiety: Her first album was critically aclaimed, and whilst it had it's moments it was bit too tee for me. This is a big advance to my mind, full of cracking hooks but with a lot more balls than her debut.
Pavement - Wowee zowee: I never took any notice of these first time around in the 90's but since is started to go through their release's i've found out what a mistake that was. One of the best indie/rock/guitar bands of the 90's, so many cracking tracks on this their third album.
Soft Machine - Third: Another cracking album from the late sixties, early eventies, jazz/rock meets progressive meets psychedelia and i love it, not for the pop pickers amongst you though.
The congos - Dub feast: A lovely slice of dub from one of the genre's classic acts, i haven't heard the reggae version, i'd probably prefer this verssion anyway.
THEESatisfaction - awE naturalE: Leftfield hip hop that really hits the mark, an excellent album.
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