Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2006)
A squillion synchronised cameras all trained on Zinedine Zidane – what’s not to like?! The directors, Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno, I think, are attempting to address the awkward question of Football as Art? And they certainly put Football in its best clothes. But suitably lo-fi soundtracks (provided by purveyors of the craft Mogwai) and […]
Liverpool’s pair-shaped season
Our new Bi-focal post series invites new regular(ish) contributor and Liverpool fan (Boo, Hiss) Rob Wicke to share his thoughts on the comatose giants we love to not like very much. Ying-yang, heaven-hell, Barry Elliot-Paul Elliot and other dependent opposites have an important part to play in our understanding of the world. They […]
Case File #1: The Diving Hell and the Footer Spy.
He may no longer play for United, but we have managed to get our grubby little hands on the archived, top-secret, investigations he undertook while he was still under our employment… Raised in the crime capital of Europe, Liverpool. Micky has spent most of his covert investigative career in the underworld of gambling cartels. […]
Leeds 0 – 3 United
Great to see Michael Owen getting a couple to keep the competition for places healthy and to prove that he still has a big part to play in the squad. Despite seeming to mock Owen a lot on Twitter and in various blogs I write, I actually really like him and secretly want him to […]
A Tale of two Owens
Michael Owen’s arrival at United was a kick in the teeth for Liverpool fans. ABUs laughed at the signing of a player considered way past his prime. And that was after laughing at the brochure he had made to parade his abilities around boardrooms up and down the country. Now another Owen, this time an […]
United 4 -2 Blackpool
It’s a shame we had to be the team to consign Blackpool through the Prem trap door, but I still celebrated every goal we scored with no sympathy (Apart from maybe the O.G, ouch). Finally Owen got his goal! I can’t take credit for a great prediction on that one, I’ve been predicting an Owen […]