What else is there left to say?! Thirteen clean sheets and nine one-nil victories leaves me all tapped out, creativity-wise.
The Yogi Berra quote, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Check: already used.
The Talking Heads refrain “Same as it ever was…” Check again.
Referencing a fictitious Groundhog Day 2 movie starring a confused, traveling United supporter. Check yet again.
Hummm… I haven’t made any reference to Punxsutawney Phil, but his skill-set involves weather forecasting, not footy predictions, plus the 6 more weeks of winter sound like a piece of cake to us, Minnesotans, as we take perverse pride functioning in our artic conditions. Skip that.
Not even the dinner play list from our wedding looping in the background sparks any original ideas here. Thanks, but no thanks, Aretha Franklin, Belle and Sebastian, Ray Charles, and REM. By the way, don’t go back to Rockville or say any little prayers for anyone.
All that’s left is to reflect directly on today’s decisive moment.
Lucky number 13 brings us the improbable: a right-footed match-winner from the Welsh Wizard. How many time have we seen Giggsy – God bless him – try the outside of the left boot when the right would work immeasurably better?
That’s the brilliance here. With any other player headed to a more central, better angle at goal, you feel that the Hammers may have closed-down the inevitable shot better, but the remaining defenders and Robert Green all seemed too focused on the cut-that-never-came, as the good-but-savable shot moved under and within the outstretched left arm of Green. Giggs has now scored in every single Premier League season since inception, yet another impressive record to for the team stat-bag.
After non-descript first half performances, both Scholes and Giggs combine to provide that magic, guile, and inspiration which won the match, as a certain Bob Marley’s song echos in the background, a truly impressive Upton Park Redemption Song.
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