Radio gaga as comments are foolish

I CERTAINLY hope that the Gunners aren’t as dismissive of the threat posed by Villarreal as Alan Green was in his “Luck of the draw?” comments in last Monday’s Irish Examiner.

According to the Radio 5 boyo, the Champions League quarter-finals are a foregone conclusion as far as Man U and the Gunners are concerned. You’ll know by now how much of a say Porto and Villarreal have had from last night, but if football was anywhere near so predictable, it would not be the punters on poor street.

Complaints forced Villarreal to reduce the cost of away tickets from e75 to a slightly less extortionate e70, after they fleeced Celtic and Man U fans of a similarly outrageous amount. We were entitled to a warm welcome, as it would appear that we’re subsidising their club president’s generous offer of free season tickets for the unemployed. As the town’s largest employer, this would appear to be a “let them eat cake” type sop for the locals. So if Fernando Ruig is forced to make fans redundant, they might struggle to feed their kids but they can still make Saturday’s game! However, with the return of Fabregas, we’ll be feeling fairly optimistic about a potentially thrilling denouement to this season’s campaign.