Monday, September 14, 2009

The Good, The Bad, and The Fugly: Premiere League Edition (9/12-9/13)

Ade, Ade, Ade-bay-orrrrr....uh-oh...

The Good: Quality Man Utd v. Tottenham - A high quality match all around, with a scoreline, 3-1 United, that belied how closely contested the game was, especially in the first half. Particularly impressive was Man Utd's ability to overcome Paul "I never met a tackle I didn't like" Scholes dismissal on two yellows and persevere in the face of a solid Tottenham side. Props to Rooney for a superb solo effort to cap off the win -Roo, we know that your particular brand of "bull in a china shop" play has been overshadowed in years past by CR7's dribbling pirouettes, but we do appreciate the efficiency and can't bring ourselves to hate on your shine....

The Bad: Blundering Burnley - Listen, in those heady days of August it's easy to get caught up, and we understand that after your wins against Man Utd and Tottenham, you were sticking out your chests a bit...Prem new boys showing "The Man" exactly what you were made of...but then came the set-back at Chelsea, and, then, well, the thrashing this past weekend with the Reds and one Yossi Benayoun running rampant all over your back line (so much for that international duty fatigue...) and now you've conceded seven in those last two defeats and have barely been competitive; well, at least it was good while it lasted....

The Fugly: We here at Femme Football understand that strikers are peculiar creatures often with, um, well stank attitudes (let's just call it what it is). Bitchfests are often induced when a pass is not played to feet or when a striker *God forbid* is actually asked to defend, but, even with this knowledge, we were still taken aback by Emmanuel Adebayor's overzealous celebration and stamping on Robin van Persie.
Ade reacted in both cases with all the grace and composure of a pre-teen boy, scorned by the popular girl at school. Yes, years later when he attends his reunion to find her a washed up former Miss Maine Pre-Teen Princess, he will want to rub it in her face, but he will refrain because he will have the wherewithal to understand that her demise is punishment enough - now if only Emmanuel could leave the mindspace of a pimply thirteen year old, he would realize that scoring on Arsenal was enough and everything beyond that was just cruel...

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