There were nearly celebrations in the streets down in Valencia when Big B's team came within a minute of that very rare thing in the AG Career league, a clean sheet. In the game again Southampton, the few fans that had stayed that long were treated to a late goal by the substitute Mina that to the uneducated might have suggest Big B was about to get his first win of the season. Those that have seen this team play regularly werent in the least surprised when CookieMUFC's charges equalised in the 90th minute. What had surprised them more was that the goal was so late in coming. In the earlier fixture, Valencia had lost 3-2 despite having been 2-0 up at half time.
Coach Big B said "if the games all ended after 45 minutes, we'd probably be top of the league" Its true that in nearly every game, Valencia can be on top most of the first half but will surrender a decent lead after about 60 minutes, when the whole defence seems to be falling apart. Big B added 'If we're not at least 3 goals ahead by half time, I know we're still likely to draw or lose. Thats the way things have been this season. We're good at going forward but no matter how well we sort things out in training, this set of players seem to balls it up in the second. Before I came out here Gary Neville warned me about how lazy some of the squad were, but Ive seen it myself now, and the trouble is, I'm stuck with this rabble til the end of the season."
Earlier in the evening Valencia had staked their claim on the wooden spoon by losing twice to deareststorm and his Lazio team. Despite leading in both games, Valencia fell apart more the longer the clock ticked away, and lost 3-4 and 2-3 in a thrilling brace of games. Asked whether he should tone down the attacking style to get results, big B bristled at reporters. "Look, if you wanna watch low scoring games with little to shout about, go along to one of niwintz matches. We're here to entertain the crowd with goals and excitement, we're just not getting the results we'd like. At least the atmosphere at our games is loud and boisterous. Compare that to the Southampton crowd at the st.Mary's Library just now. It must be the only place in the league where its that quiet you can hear the linesman fart on the far side of the pitch. Dirty bastard!
Valencia are yet to pick up a win this season, and the most onlookers seem unlikely to change that predicament, but Big B doesnt care, he's off to the Fantasy League next season when his Valencia contract ends.