Tuesday
Agree that Neville’s punditry has been Ok but when the chips are down and he can give the rags a boost over us his bias comes out - "red card for Mario" – and seeds are sown. Who was first with “he could have had his eye out”? Couldn’t have been an ex Spurs player Mabbutt, could it?
Doesn’t look like the club are contesting, which limits the forward options and as for Tevez he could have helped us to the title this year. Infuriating.
So, two games away from another trophy, and a week before our next game, we should go all out. Here’s the it’s a Fix take on Liverpool : 22A) WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25TH CCCUP SF 2ND LEG LIVERPOOL (AWAY) KO 7.45PM
So far this season :we drew at Anfield 1-1 in November, going ahead through Vinny in the 31st minute after Reina could have gone for handling the ball outside the box. Liverpool equalised immediately through a flukey own goal by Lescott from Adam’s shot. Skirtel and co then got Mario sent off and Joe Hart saved us. Silva should have wrapped it up for us at the end. Crowd was 45,071 with 2964 Blues.
At The Etihad in early January it was a comfy 3-0 win. Sergio putting us ahead in the 10th minute when his shot went under Reina. YaYa made it two in the 33rd minute with a header from a corner. Barry was sent off for very little, then Jamie made it three from the penalty spot after a tackle from Skirtel who should have walked. Crowd was 47,131 with 2685 Scouse.
In the Carling Cup semi first leg we went down 1-0 to a Gerrard penalty in the 13th minute, Agger taking a spectacular dive over Savic. Referee Lee Mason was lenient with the cards which is the sensible approach but let’s have consistency from one game to another eh? Crowd was a disappointing 36,017 (City wanted to reduce prices but ‘Pool wouldn’t let us to ensure a smaller gate) with about 6,000 scousers.
So advantage Liverpool, just like in 80/81 when we went there and murdered them but couldn’t quit do it.
History (even though we have none) has not been kind to us at Anfield with only 6 wins in the League and Cup since the war, and that’s a lot of games (1-0 in 48/49; 2-1 in 51/52; 1-0 in 52/53; 2-1 in 55/56 F A Cup 5th rd; 3-1 in 81/82; 2-1 in 02/03) It does not augur well but if this is the new City then we must go all out for a win as another trophy is a distinct possibility with Palace or Cardiff as opponents at our second home - Wembley.
They’re currently 7th in the table with 35 points from 22 games with 4 wins and 7 draws at home, and they’re on a good run at present, tho just had a bad defeat at Bolton. Too many home draws gives us hope, so let’s do em. A bit of needle has crept in with the Gerrard/Mancini spat re the imaginary cards but that should only help to fire us up. We were cheated in ’81 it mustn’t happen again.

Anfield Capacity : 45,362 (6,000 for City, let’s fill it)

Tickets are priced at : £39/£45 – hope you’ve got the dear ones! Sat Nav is L4 0TH, and the Arkles pub is usually OK for Blues.
Dave