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2011/12 Show 14::Games of Two Halves
It was a game of two halves at Eastlands with all 5 goals, forearms and stamps coming in an explosive second half and it was a similar story at Craven Cottage where Fulham contrived to lose the first half 1-0 but win the second 5-1.
Football is indeed, a funny old game and this week we try to remain deadly serious whilst we ponder:
- Is the title race now a 2 horse, 1 city race and can the walking wounded of United put any pressure on the embarrassingly well-endowed City?
- Was the reaction to the Oxlade-Chamberlain Arshavin substitution an indidcation that the Arsenal faithfull are losing some of that faith in manager Arsene Wenger?
- Is Kenny Dalglish’s task of turning this Liverpool team around far bigger than he first imagined and does he need to clear out and start again?
- Just how in the middle of the season, do Liverpool end up with 3 games in a week?
- And how many managers are thinking long and hard about their line-ups for this weekend’s FA Cup 4th round given there’s a full midweek Premier League fixture list just a couple of days later?
C’mon you Seagulls!
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