Therapy

by The Bard of Bethnal Green

Saved penalties offend Manchester mood,
Misses conclude English interest - fans happiness curfewed.
Trite penalty shoot-out, no, never gripping,
there endeth Lags cup run, Final experience expiring.

Game without conclusion, midfield wasteful, forwards immobile -
Holland hold-on, last gasp attempts prove futile.
Shoot-out deflates, provides cheap photo thrill,
like matchday soup, end result hardly brill.

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In response to a number of queries from the North London legal fraternity, "If Selected..." would like to state categorically that the portrait used on this page is not that of Mr Malcolm Dick, despite the obvious similarities.