That Was The Best Manchester United Moment From 2008

There was a great deal to savour in last season's Champions League final – so why is the abiding image of John Terry's slip as he took his penalty in the decider, and the ball's subsequent skid off a post to what Manchester United hailed as safety and Chelsea gloomily accepted as oblivion?

It was not, after all, the end of the story; but for Nicolas Anelka's subsequent failure to beat Edwin van der Sar, the decider might have gone on long beyond 1.34 on a Moscow morning. Yet, because Terry seemed the very heart of Chelsea, the driving force through a campaign that only notionally had been led by the Israeli coach Avram Grant, his miss stuck in the mind.

We have witnessed previous instances of icons falling short from 12 yards. To name just a few who comfortably outrank Terry, Michel Platini, Zico and Socrates frustrated in the magnificent 1-1 draw between France and Brazil in Guadalajara, Mexico, during the 1986 World Cup (France won the decider but lost limply to the Germans in the semi-finals) and watched Franco Baresi and Roberto Baggio clear the Brazilian bar at the end of the goalless 1994 final in Los Angeles.

Meanwhile you could imagine Cristiano Ronaldo winking. The young man destined to pick up just about every trophy going in 2008, individual or team, might himself have proved the focus of anguish for, after putting United in front with a gorgeous header and proceeding to torment Michael Essien, he had his penalty saved by Petr Cech. Anderson and Ryan Giggs then kept United alive until the time came for Anelka.

The Frenchman had declined to take a kick when Grant was asked to nominate his initial five. A 115th-minute sub after Didier Drogba's dismissal, Anelka had not felt ready to face Van der Sar. Yet he had been on longer than Anderson, whose penalty had raged past Cech.

Penalty deciders may not be football, but they are drama. At first you wonder if the victims will ever get over it. But they do. Zico, surely one of the greatest players never to win a World Cup, has seldom been out of work as a manager. Gareth Southgate, whom Terry Venables so heart-warmingly ran to console after his miss ended Euro 96 for England, is making his way at Middlesbrough.

Terry's tears have dried in next to no time – though you may see a couple more if redemption comes at the end of this season.

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John Terry - Why Wont He Just Go Away ?

John Terry's Bentley here.
Someone said to me he
has parked it in the wrong
place, I said "No, he hasn't".

It takes a certain degree
of arrogance to just park
your car wherever you
feel like. Some poor dis-
abled person will now
have to park away from
the store and struggle to
get inside. As long as
John Terry is alright
though, it doesn't matter !!

Then again, the nearer he is to the door the better. His
record of staying on his feet is a bit grim after all, lmao. Oooops, he's down again !!

There's only one thing that pisses me off more than John Terry and that's that
fat one, Frank Lampard ! I have a burning ambition to cut off his middle finger
on his left hand. Why ? Every time he scores, which isn't that often if I'm honest,
but when he does he runs off to the crowd kissing his ring. You can kiss my ring
too Frank !!

Anyway, enough of my favourite pastime, that is to say extracting the urine from
those two. I wanted to mention John Terry's announcement that Ronaldo peaked
last season and can't possible be as good again this year. United also apparantly
had the season of their lives and we only just beat Chelsea to the league. We have
no room for improvement, as we have peaked and will now go downhill.

Chelsea, however, were on free fall last season, didn't play at all and yet, they still
ran United real close to the end of the season.

Mr Terry had a little attempt at these mind games two weeks ago and Fergie took
him apart. Now he is saying things like this. It makes me laugh if nothing else.
He should check out the average age of the two squads ... I back the youngsters to
win this season, not the Chelsea Pensioners !!!

R.I.P John Terry

More "JT" Ridiculing ....

Oh dear me I have just seen these out here in
'Looney Land'and I just couldn't resist adding
these too.This could end up as 'Take The Piss
Out Of JT' blog.

Is that such a bad thing ... ?

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Let's All Laugh Some More At JT ...

Now that the excitement of
Manchester United winning
Champions League number
three along with title number
seventeen, I guess it is time
to let John Terry recover from
what seemed to be a crushing,
devastating blow to both him-
self and his ego.

He has suffered big time since
that day in Moscow. I'm not
one for breaking tradition either,
so, let's take the piss out of JT a
little bit more. It's not cruel, I
look at this as an 'alternative'
sport.

Oh and JT, if you happen to look in and see this can I just say .......
Piss Off !!!!

This is a permanent statue to be placed outside Old Trafford to
remind us all of the night JT wore banana skins on his feet.

Well done JT, you blew it big time when your boys needed you
and you let us walk off with the cup. As they say in Moscow,
Spaisiba !!!