Shoot first to avoid awkward silence

IT’S been an extraordinarily busy few days. A royal wedding, an assassination attempt on Gaddafi, the Emirates match, Osama being the only Bin taken out on a bank holiday… And spare a thought too for FC United, whose astonishing rampage towards promotion (having been all but bottom in January) was thwarted by a late goal in the play-off final at Colwyn Bay.

Having had to cover all these matters professionally for various outlets, I found myself waving my fist at the TV and PC this morning, shouting, “please, no more news, for God’s sake”. But it’s that kind of week. We Reds stand this morning on the brink of a season-defining few days and the Arsenal setback has to be consigned to the memory’s dustbin. No time to dwell on the abysmal Giggs-free midfield display, the shockingly negative tactics, or the bizarre attempts to blame the ref from Ferguson, doing a passable impression of Mourinho.

And if you’re going to stop me there and ask me why Giggs wasn’t even in the squad, I’m afraid it’d be illegal for me to comment.