Football Daily | Liverpool, Manchester United and memories of the perch

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Razor?s header. That Steven Gerrard camera-smooch. Berbatov?s overhead kick. A red card for Gerrard. The return of Cantona. Carra?s comedy own goals. Mo Salah?s hat-trick. Premier League clashes between Liverpool and Manchester United have coughed up no end of memorable moments over the years although truth be told, Football Daily had completely forgotten most of the above and had to rely on a judicious Google of ?Liverpool v Manchester United + classic moments? to clear that pea-soup of a fog from our long-addled brain. On Sunday afternoon the two sides are due to meet again in a top-flight match that remains the most eye-catching of the weekend, despite how far United have fallen since the halcyon days when Alex Ferguson knocked ?Liverpool right off their effing perch?. Although it could be argued the Anfield outfit?s dead parrot tribute act was more to do with the departure of Kenny Dalglish than the arrival of his compatriot at Old Trafford.
If Wayne Rooney is looking for a new managerial position, yesterday?s Football Daily list of his foibles presents no problem for my seven-a-side team. Hands-off at training? OK with us. We barely practice at all. Enthusiasm for the local nightspots? Hell, that?s most of the reason we sign up to play. And too much time travelling out of town to visit the family? Perhaps the maddening traffic in my Southern California neighbourhood could wean him from that habit. Come west, Wayne? ? Mike Wilner.
I have said it before and I will die upon this hill: Wayne Rooney?s actual future was foretold in Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu?s 2010 World Cup ?Write the Future? Nike commercial, where instead of a clean tackle on Franck Rib?ry, Rooney was shown a straight red for scything him down. I give Wazza five more years before he?s chalking lines on a lower-division pitch somewhere gloomy. See you in 2030? ? Daniel Stauss.
If the darts scoreboard in yesterday?s Memory Lane picture (full email edition) is anything to go by, both players are at least 27 darts in and still going. The already doubtful wisdom of standing so close to the board, as many of the Spurs players are, feels less like a well-thought-out approach and more like foolhardy risk-taking. Tottenham Hotspur are currently managed by Ange Postecoglou? ? Mike Slattery.
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