7-0

I’m not a typical sports fan: I don’t support one team exclusively. When it comes to football (English, of course), I tend to cheer on three clubs: Arsenal, Manchester United, and Liverpool. (And I have a soft spot for Newcastle, too.) But I’m more interested in watching a good match than seeing “my” side win at any cost.
All of this is a roundabout way of explaining my distinctly mixed emotions at watching Liverpool’s 7-0 thrashing of Birmingham in tonight’s F.A. Cup quarter-finals. This was not a good match. By half time there were really only two open questions:

  1. Would Birmingham snatch a consolation goal, and
  2. Would Liverpool’s score get into double digits?

Ah well. Let’s hope that Birmingham is relegated from the Premiership: based on recent form, they’re less deserving than Portsmouth.