At some point during the vast expanse of stoppage time at Bloomfield Road last night, ED received a text asking: "Have the last 30 minutes been the most predictable in football history?"
In a word, yes.
As predictable as an England penalty shoot-out meltdown (faithfully recreated by South Korea yesterday).
As predictable as a Jamie Carragher handball going unpunished in front of the Kop.
And as predictable as an Arsene Wenger whinge after Arsenal lose to a gritty Northern team.
In the space of a half-hour last night, in London and Lancashire, dreams were shattered as the little guy got trampled underfoot.
Trailing 1-0 to Ipswich in their Carling Cup semi-final, Arsenal produced a 16-minute salvo of three goals - including strikes by Nicklas Bendtner and Laurent Koscielny.
At Blackpool, it was even more heartbreaking, as Manchester United rattled in a trio of late goals to come back from two goals down against Ian Holloway's men.
Never has the scoring of three goals in a quarter of an hour been less
At some point during the vast expanse of stoppage time at Bloomfield Road last night, ED received a text asking: "Have the last 30 minutes been the most predictable in football history?"
In a word, yes.
As predictable as an England penalty shoot-out meltdown (faithfully recreated by South Korea yesterday).
As predictable as a Jamie Carragher handball going unpunished in front of the Kop.
And as predictable as an Arsene Wenger whinge after Arsenal lose to a gritty Northern team.
In the space of a half-hour last night, in London and Lancashire, dreams were shattered as the little guy got trampled underfoot.
Trailing 1-0 to Ipswich in their Carling Cup semi-final, Arsenal produced a 16-minute salvo of three goals - including strikes by Nicklas Bendtner and Laurent Koscielny.
At Blackpool, it was even more heartbreaking, as Manchester United rattled in a trio of late goals to come back from two goals down against Ian Holloway's men.
Never has the scoring of three goals in a quarter of an hour been less surprising.
surprising.