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Greetings,

Question: Your a football manager, your playing away from home against last years Premiers, its the second half and your 1-0 up.
Do you (a) go all out and try and grab another 2 goals because you want to smash them into the ground?
or (b) do you take a more conservative tact and try and soak up their pressure and hope to nick a 2nd goal on the counter?

99% of managers within the world of football would select option (b) without a second thought. It is the most sensible option if you want to keep your job and any of the 3 points you have in your hands at the time. Mr Andy Harper on the other hand last night demonstrated why he is NOT a football managers left testicle and why he has gone a long way in my book to becoming the most hated football commentator in the world. Yes thats right, even more hated than Robbie "I have a Premiership winners medal dont you know" Slater.

Last night the mighty Newcastle Jets were playing away from home against the Melbourne Victory. A very tough away game, one in which i was hoping that we could some how sneak away with a 0-0 draw. So it was to my great delight that after around 7mins Adam Griffiths appeared at the far post to head home the opening goal of the game. Beautiful to watch, but even i would admit it was against the run of play, Melbourne were lively in the opening minutes. Now hang on a minute, there isnt anything irregular there, Melbourne were the home team, of course they would be the more attacking team early, should we expect anything different?
Andy Harper does!

Straight after the goal Melbourne threw everything at the Jets defence, trying to get the goal back. Here i must add that while Melbourne had a lions share of the possession they did sweet FA with it. The main reason for this, was The Jets defence was of world class standards, especially North and Griffiths, and did the commentators acknowledge this? Oh no, they just pointed out that The Jets were wasteful in attack. Now im sure most Jets fans expected the boys to be on the defensive for quite some time after getting the goal and im sure that most Victory fans expected their boys to hammer the Jets defense for the remainder of the half.
Andy Harper didnt! He couldnt understand why the possession was so 1 sided!

The second half began with the Victory smashing the Jets penalty area and pinning them in their own half. To the most educated, no scrap that, to just about all football fans, this was to be expected. The home team was 1-0 down, they had just had a halftime serve from their coach and their fans had found their voice and were trying to sing their team back into the game.It was to be expected, it was my thought, as im sure it was for alot of you, that if The Jets could withstand the onslaught for at least 15 mins then they would stand a huge chance of getting something from the game.
Andy Harper didnt! He couldnt understand why The Jets were struggling to get out of their own half.

The game was starting to heat up as the Victory struggled to find a way past a very impressive Jets defence. Tackles were flying in all over the place from both teams as Matthew "Im an Orc from the Lord of the Rings" Breeze started to lose control. Then the inevitable happened, Joel Griffiths lost the ball and snapped, chased Pantelidistheoklitoscookiemonster down the sideline and fouled him several times before the guy got the shits and elbowed him in the face. Stupid thing to do as Breeze had blown the freekick at the moment he lashed out. Now everyone knows, as strange as a sounds, its actually harder to play against 10 men.
Andy Harper doesnt! He thinks its easier.

With 20 mins to go, the home team is still 1-0 down, the crowd are getting even louder than before due to the sending off and Melbourne are quite rightly throwing everything they have at the Jets to try and salvage something from the game. For the next 18 minutes Andy Harper wanks on about how he doesnt understand why the Jets are not 5-0 up, "why are the Jets not dominating the game?", "why are Melbourne still in the game?", "why dont i have any friends?". Here is something for you to think about Harper, how about you actually take notice of how the game is unfolding instead of sticking your head in a bowling ball cleaner to get that nice "shine"!

Then on 88 minutes it happens, exactly what The Jets have been playing for since the opener. An opportunistic, against the run of play goal. Imagine that, its unbelievable, unheard of, its football Harper! Joel Griffiths got the goal his hard work deserved and The Jets were going on to win and all there was from Harper was silence! Looking back it was perhaps his finest 5 minutes of commentary all season, if only he would shut his useless mouth for 90 minutes then he would be the complete commentator!

During the game i messaged Henry Bergkamp and expressed my disdain for Haper, "He is SO pro Melbourne it is making me sick". Bergkamp replied and said that he didnt think he was pro Melbourne, just anti away team holding onto a 1-0 scoreline. The truth is i think he is right, but it only makes it worse. If Harper was pro Melbourne i could just brush it aside and say "oh well he is just saying that cos he wears Victory underwear, but he isnt. I have come to the conclusion that he has no idea about the game of football, i think he is a halfwit when it comes to football tactics. What else does he expect a team away from home to do with a 1-0 lead? Throw it away? Dickhead.

I was thinking that maybe i was being a bit harsh on the man, i mean he did play in the old NSL for years, he did play for the socceroos..................hang on a minute......... he didnt, hahahahahahaha, he never made it.......hahahahahahaha, that has to hurt. I just read somewhere that "he is the best player to never play for the socceroos", what a joke! Pele never played for the socceroos, does that make Harper better than Pele? What a tosser, i bet he was the one who came up with that quote, him or his mother.

The sooner Fox Sports realise that Harper and Slater are just has beens with no ability in calling the game, the better.

Its just my opinion

Sir Boom


p.s. Where was Robbie "I have a Premiership winners medal" Slater last night anyway? At the hairdressers getting an orange rinse put throgh that hair of his? Do you know he was once known as the "Ginger Maradona" hahahaha Tosser