Phil McNulty Q&A blog

Bit of a weird one this one.

Phil has nicked the catechism format of this blog but has lost his cliched mixed metaphorical soul in the process. Not a mangled metaphor in sight! Come on Phil are you trying to rob your own blog of its weird and unique form of glowing green artificial alien life, and this blog of its raison d'etre?

Verdict

0/10

Man City Prove Mancini Wrong

Phil says Mancini was like some kind of Prof Branestawm, (the finest creation of former Leeds defender Bite-yer-legs Norman Hunter) with a weird blueprint of dead intricate drawings of how to take back the Prem, using a cunningly designed Heath Robinson steam engine or summat... what did he finally do with it today?
-He revealed it of course.

Then Prof Mancini lined up his prediction and shot what through the middle of it?
-A hole.

A prediction with a hole shot in it will stop the season becoming what kind of west London perambulation
-A Stamford Bridge stroll

Mancini raised a cheeky voyeur in the showers eyebrow. (Ed Milliband was in there too with his victorious nose). Chelsea, he said are how much more well-endowed than their rivals?  
-Several lengths.  

Despite of or perhaps because of these well endowed proportions, what does public schoolboy Phil deny that they are?
-Untouchable

And weilding their massive knobs like rubber truncheons on flies, what have they done to their rivals, Phil?
-swatted them aside

Ever wonder what happened to Mancini's flowing locks? Phil informs us. his roots, like triffids, must have ripped themselves up because they held Ancellotti and did what around Chelsea?
-Entwined themselves

Despite the monster phalluses and rampaging triffids, the mad scientst blueprints and the predictions with holes shot in them where did man city still manage to stand with their toes?
-to toe

Toure's toes must be chuffing massive because hes the size of what aristocratic rural residence?
-a large country house

Mistaking it for an appetizing snack, what did the Country Mansion Transformer Toure then do with the ball?
-Fed Tevez.

He must be a haunted mansion because Ramires looked like hed seen what?
-a ghost.

Verdict 

Where have you BEEN, Phil? Visiting relatives in the country pile I guess and reminiscing about your schooldays. Giving us this classic blog. Top notch, old chap.

10/10

Berbatov exposes Liverpool decline

How hard is the Morning Glory brought on by the thought of Tom Hicks?
-hard to the stomach (according to Phil - his words, not mine!)

How average was Liverpool’s Morning Glory?
-too average?

Too average?!?!? Phil's fertile mind coins such dazzling concepts like a mint.

How long were they too average?
-too long

Make your mind up, Phil. Were they too average or too long?

What must bristley old SAF do to the frailty which we saw in the last blog throwing lifelines willy nilly?
-dress it up

What low alcohol beer is Count Berbatov's secret avatar (no bats for this Bela-Lugosi lookylikey)?
-Cantona-lite ( proof : he once Chinese burned a spectator when he got sent off)

What has this lite beer thrown off?
-the shackles

What circus tricks was Berbatov performing against the Liverpool transvestites in completing his treble?
- juggling, bicycle kicks and soaring high

Now the Count has moved out of his Transylvanian shadows and they’ve found a shirt which fits him, which part of the stage does he occupy?
-centre

That point would have been a blooming big point had it been won at all as keen painter and decorator Roy Hodgson could have used it to paper over what exactly, Phil?
-the cracks

P&D Hodgson needs to be saving up his hard earned P&D money now for the inescapeable ransom as, whether or not they win the league, he is going to be what at the end of the season?
-a hostage


Verdict

Back on form, Phil. Carnivalesque cross-dressing and Karnoalesque circus acts aplenty, as befits the occasion.
A few warning-signs, though, Phil; worryingly eroticised imagery used in relation to Tom Hicks and that old Public School obsession with bondage is bubbling back up to the surface. Cold shower before the next blog for you, old son.

8/10

Man Utd 3 - 2 Liverpool

Unexpectedly, what did Liverpools frailty have the strength to do throw Man Utd, Phil?
-a lifeline

What say was Count Berbatov determined to have before he returned to his coffin?
-the final one

Like that other ginger prince, Ron Weasley, what were Liverpool distincly second best for?
- long spells

And like some Houdini of the crustaceous world, what had the Liverpool defense locked themselves up in?
-a shell

Did they ever escape, and perhaps go over Viagra Falls in a barrel of prozzies?
- ?
[Discrete as ever, Phil will hint it but not disclose the BDSM goings on of the after-match shenanigans. ]

Verdict
Bit of a horror show, really. Apocalyptic undertones of sado-masochisticisicism, vampires and despair. Depressing. 2/10. You're slipping, son.

Recommendation
At a time when the BBC is under intense pressure to lower its standards to save money, Phil, more mixed metaphors, light-hearted jokes and inconsequential tittle-tattle should boost readership. You know, like in the writings of Robbo Robson and Chris Charles.

Everton 0 - 1 Newcastle

i cant see why anyone would begrudge the Pope of sports reporting his state-sponsored visit to Goodison Park to produce for us another mini masterpiece of insightful eloquence.


where are Everton rooted, Phil?
- in the bottom 3

what was King Arfa (you can borrow that if you want, Phil) doing at half-time?
-having a stroke

gar. misread that one. sorry. take 2 :

at what resonant tocsin indicative of the half time interval did Arfa score?
-the stroke

as well as being rooted there where are the guys at everton also languishing?
-near the bottom

what was Tom Howard forced to do?
-palm away joey barton

shortly after, what did king arfa deliver of the indefinable essence which made of him a hot property?
- a taste

Phil - how did moyes get life into his side?
-he injected it, it says here

and what did Coleman get on the ball?
-a touch

and was that an example of Coleman's balls?
-(unusually, Phil fails to answer this question)


Verdict.

Phil, you made this game sound like a homosexual orgy in a catholic seminary, a brilliant, if disturbing metaphor for the BBC's approach to sports journalism.

further evidence of your use of Burrough's cut-up tecnique can be found in your concluding remark : "Newcastle held on for three deserved win".

a brave experiment in literary sports writing, but a bit pervy.

5/10.

Ferguson's choice exposes Champions League flaws

what does SAF play with his team selection?
-fast and loose

Phil, by how much is it far too predictable?
-half

what kind of a ship would this tournament be, if it were a ship and not a football tournament?
-a flagship

what did SAF see?
-fit

what kind of a sad reflection is this particular sad reflection, Phil?
-a miscalculation

what kind of Red Indian line up was this?
-a patchy

and by what reckoning was this a patchy line up?
-any

against what immoveable element of the built environment must they have felt they were banging their heads for 90 minutes?
-a brick wall

and into what type of suburban street had they turned?
-a cul de sac

what were they doing for the for the subtle touches of this season's revitalised Berbatov?
-crying out

despite all this pain and crying how will they paradoxically qualify?
-in comfort

what mutually contradictory minor battles and elements of etiquette are these early games comparable to?
-skirmishes and formalities

what is too often missing from the competition?
-a cutting edge

what game did the war of attrition confusingly develop into (clue : you will not often see these two elements in a game of football)?
-attack against defence

what kind of lifting gear was evidently employed by the rangers defence?
-block and tackle

how would you implausibly characterise United's possession, Phil?
-ceaseless

how would you characterise the leg-breaking tackle, Phil?
-innocuous

when did rio's World Cup end?
-before it began

How could one describe this encounter in marked contrast to your own writing style, Phil?
-turgid


Verdict
infectious blogulism 10/10