Football's a funny old game. Liverpool hadn't beaten Man Utd for 85 years in the FA Cup and there's been a few meetings between then and now.

It wasn't the greatest of matches though today and everything was overshadowed by the injury sustained by Alan Smith. A broken leg and dislocated ankle isn't good for anyone and he'll either take a long time to return or may end up retiring altogether.

Can't say I've taken much interest in the current Winter Olympics this year. Not that I've taken much interest in years past. We're not a winter sport country though. The odd medal comes along here and there. I do have problems with a lot of the "sports" included though.

The motto of the Olympics is "Faster, Higher, Stronger", three words that cover most sports. What it doesn't cover though is voting or marking. Ice skating in particular. There's a "sport" that has come under intense scrutiny since the scandals from Salt Lake City four years ago. Yet again the system for voting was attacked as a pair of skaters who fell, stopped for four minutes and then resumed their routine were awarded a silver medal.

I'm all for the exhibition and enjoyment of others of watching some of these "sports" but nowhere can they be considered true sporting (and Olympic) events when the outcome is based on someone else's opinion.

That would also remove a lot of other events from the Olympics, both winter and summer, but at least the winners in the events that were left would be true winners for being faster, higher or stronger.

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