Goal saga

Still people are talking about the 'goal' at Liverpool that apparently never was.
Now, Sky and a couple of boffins have recreated the situation exactly using computer models, and they say the ball needed to travel a further 4.3cm across the line for the goal to have counted.

It still doesn't matter. It still didn't change the fact we needed to score anyway. It certainly can't change anything after the game. Perhaps the game would have gone differently if the goal hadn't been scored so early, but that's also debateable. The longer it went on at 1-0, the more chance there was for a late equaliser to send us to the final.



It wasn't meant to be. There are a lot of what ifs. What if Drogba could control a ball? What if Eidur had stuck it into the back of the net in the last minute of extra time? What if Frank had scored the sitter he missed in the first leg?

Having subsequently seen the prices of the trips to Istanbul, you could argue that we've been done a favour anyway! It's looking like an average £700 for flights and accommodation, plus whatever rip-off Uefa want to charge for the tickets. Plus all the extra costs associated with an away game. That is a lot of giro cheques for the Scallies to spend...