Wheat from the Chaff
They are all starting to line up now aren't they?
The top four have started aligning their assult on the top four positions as was expected.
With Arsenal & Liverpool with a game in hand, it seems the same old familiar position of the top four teams being the top for teams in the table.
Or does it?
What does Man City have to say about it?
Why are Wigan climbing dizzy heights? They do suffer from vertigo, do they?
One thing though, the teams this term have learnt from Reading's gutsy play of last year and Sunderland's opening day surprise win over Tottenham at the death.
Play gutsy, give yourself a chance, and you will steal something if you go for it. Liverpool were put on the foot by Sunderland, Chel$ki by Portsmouth and Arsenal had to reach on their toes to be the first team to finally get one of Svennis & Man City.
Is it going to be a walk in the park? Doesn't seem so after 3 weeks.
La Liga Farce
What?
Because 2 stations are bickering [quite literally like children] the rest of the world has to suffer from non-broadcasting of 2 of the most anticipated games of the summer:
- Barcelona's opening match
- Real Madrid's opening match [against cross city rivals Atletico]
Well, at least some consolation, we got to view the 4-1 mauling of Getafe by Sevilla and Villareal's surprise demolition of Valencia at the Mestalla!
It seems there is a bit of a problem with indiscipline with the Getafe, Villareal - 3 red cards in the opening game?
Now that's a sight you will not see often this side of the continent.
Valencia especially - with diving and complaining David Villa who got 2 yellow cards that his coach will definitely lambast him about. Because of that, the team may lose 6 points overall.
What about moaning Joaquin? Call doesn't go for you - hey ... shout out and walk it off - if you harass the assistant ref, you're opening yourself up for arrest! Hah Hah.
3 match ban for him, just because he could not keep his trap shut.
Arggh ... que ratta son estes equipos.
Bulda comico.
Hasta semana que viene, disfrutalo su futbol!
Monday, 27 August 2007
Monday, 20 August 2007
Kasper and the Invisibles
Kasper the friendly Ghost
Just ask the Mancs what they think of Schmeicel and they will tell you today that they'd rather not have met the latest reincarnation of the Great Dane
Working with the rock that is Micah Richards, Sven Goran Eriksson gave the rest of the league a taste of hard working defense - Manchester City style.
Micah was solid at the back, leading by example and doing all the hard things that a centre back is supposed to do - keeping the attack frustrated.
Nani, Giggs, Scholes and Teves and at time Scholes + Tevez were kept at bay by the athleticism, pace and strength of what could be a great English centre back.
When they got by, they found Kasper Schmeicel ready on hand to provide some added frustration to ManU's forwards. Who can forget that freaky star jump of Peter during the bad old days of the 90s? [Yes, if you haven't figured, I'm the biggest Liverpool fan]
So, was Schmeicel the toast of Merseyside - heck, I would say he was the toast of the UK, save for Old Trafford and odd parts of London - not sure why Leytonstone boys love ManU? Must be the colour!
The Invisibles
Rob Styles, Fulham, Lawrie Sanchez - what do all of these have in common?
Well, they have led the fore front in the calls for television replays to the game.
How in tarnations do you give a penalty against a player who gets jumped into?
How far over the line do you want a ball to be before you give a goal?
Heck, I learnt how to give yellow cards in primary school. You hold the card up and you put it away. You don't walk around for 45 seconds boasting to everyone that you have one and flash it out by mistake again??
Surely the referees of the "best league in the world" can do better?
Who wants to be a referee?
Move of the Week: Save from David Dunn's shot at the oppositions side during Blackburn's match at Ewood Park with a certain London team.
Just ask the Mancs what they think of Schmeicel and they will tell you today that they'd rather not have met the latest reincarnation of the Great Dane
Working with the rock that is Micah Richards, Sven Goran Eriksson gave the rest of the league a taste of hard working defense - Manchester City style.
Micah was solid at the back, leading by example and doing all the hard things that a centre back is supposed to do - keeping the attack frustrated.
Nani, Giggs, Scholes and Teves and at time Scholes + Tevez were kept at bay by the athleticism, pace and strength of what could be a great English centre back.
When they got by, they found Kasper Schmeicel ready on hand to provide some added frustration to ManU's forwards. Who can forget that freaky star jump of Peter during the bad old days of the 90s? [Yes, if you haven't figured, I'm the biggest Liverpool fan]
So, was Schmeicel the toast of Merseyside - heck, I would say he was the toast of the UK, save for Old Trafford and odd parts of London - not sure why Leytonstone boys love ManU? Must be the colour!
The Invisibles
Rob Styles, Fulham, Lawrie Sanchez - what do all of these have in common?
Well, they have led the fore front in the calls for television replays to the game.
How in tarnations do you give a penalty against a player who gets jumped into?
How far over the line do you want a ball to be before you give a goal?
Heck, I learnt how to give yellow cards in primary school. You hold the card up and you put it away. You don't walk around for 45 seconds boasting to everyone that you have one and flash it out by mistake again??
Surely the referees of the "best league in the world" can do better?
Who wants to be a referee?
Move of the Week: Save from David Dunn's shot at the oppositions side during Blackburn's match at Ewood Park with a certain London team.
Thursday, 16 August 2007
Self Worshippers - The Shameirates
Write about good football and what happens?
The Gooners start shouting ... "what about us? What about us?"
So instead of writing about the juicy return of Chel$ea to Reading or the interesting encounter between ManUre and Portsmouth or more interestingly about why Ronaldo tried to pull 'a Zidane' - let me talk about the Arses game on opening day.
Fulham v Arsenal
So Fulham 'held' Arsenal to a 2 - 1 win on opening day. Why?
Well, with the 'young guns' who have been hyped since their big win at Anfield a couple of months back - why would lowly Fulham provide a 'test' for them?
Especially playing in the Emirates?
Surely this was going to be a 4 nil goal fest?
They would not need the ref to come to their rescue, especially at home?
On the road maybe, but in front of your own fans? And against a fellow London team with whom defeat at the Emirates has become synonymous with trying to keep the score as low as possible?
I'd say the Arses got of lightly. Fulham could not bear to watch themselves win this game. Their season would have ended right there with claims of "... we've done it!"
So there you go, the Arsenal have been mentioned - I have struggled to find good things about their opening game ... let's see:
Verdict: 3/10 [At home? To Fulham? More was expected than an 80th minute equaliser and a 90th minute clincher - made for a pensive match though!]
The Gooners start shouting ... "what about us? What about us?"
So instead of writing about the juicy return of Chel$ea to Reading or the interesting encounter between ManUre and Portsmouth or more interestingly about why Ronaldo tried to pull 'a Zidane' - let me talk about the Arses game on opening day.
Fulham v Arsenal
So Fulham 'held' Arsenal to a 2 - 1 win on opening day. Why?
Well, with the 'young guns' who have been hyped since their big win at Anfield a couple of months back - why would lowly Fulham provide a 'test' for them?
Especially playing in the Emirates?
Surely this was going to be a 4 nil goal fest?
They would not need the ref to come to their rescue, especially at home?
On the road maybe, but in front of your own fans? And against a fellow London team with whom defeat at the Emirates has become synonymous with trying to keep the score as low as possible?
I'd say the Arses got of lightly. Fulham could not bear to watch themselves win this game. Their season would have ended right there with claims of "... we've done it!"
So there you go, the Arsenal have been mentioned - I have struggled to find good things about their opening game ... let's see:
- Fabregas played
- Fabregas played
- Fabregas played
Verdict: 3/10 [At home? To Fulham? More was expected than an 80th minute equaliser and a 90th minute clincher - made for a pensive match though!]
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
The First of the Month
So, the season got off to an interesting start for the bottom four. Or 'should' they be the bottom four? What do you think?
Sunderland
What a great start for Keano. His ideologies of solid defence and putting his money on the table by getting a 9 million pound goalkeeper seemed to have been spot on.
Build a solid back four and who knows, you can steal your way into the top four by scoring last minute goals. What a way to answer your doubting fans who give you stick for being one of the big rivals players by sticking in one in the 93rd minute of play to give your time their first win of the Premiership season
Verdict: 8/10
Derby
What a scare for Portsmouth - they were definitely luck to not have lost all three points!
These boys have come out to play.
Verdict: 7/10
Birmingham
Before the game, Michael Essien said: "Lose to Birmingham? Us? Not this lifetime!" I'm sure his heart was racing at 1000 miles after the beautiful goal from Kapo which is currently contender for Goal of the Season.
It raced by Petr Cech at 72.6 mph - that's above the national speed limit!
Verdict: 8.5/10
Manchester United
I'm not sure what that array of talent that should have been walking to the 90th minute up 3 nil against poor 10 man reading was doing.
Why would you have them warming leather on the open air Audi seats instead of doing damage to Marcus Hahnemann's goal?
At the end of the day Hahnemann was MVP and all the Mancs could show for it was [yet again] metatarsal hell.
Will the Mancs adjust to life after Wazza fast enough or are we going to experience opening day jitters carrying forward?
Verdict: 2.1/10 [After all they are defending champions!]
Sunderland
What a great start for Keano. His ideologies of solid defence and putting his money on the table by getting a 9 million pound goalkeeper seemed to have been spot on.
Build a solid back four and who knows, you can steal your way into the top four by scoring last minute goals. What a way to answer your doubting fans who give you stick for being one of the big rivals players by sticking in one in the 93rd minute of play to give your time their first win of the Premiership season
Verdict: 8/10
Derby
What a scare for Portsmouth - they were definitely luck to not have lost all three points!
These boys have come out to play.
Verdict: 7/10
Birmingham
Before the game, Michael Essien said: "Lose to Birmingham? Us? Not this lifetime!" I'm sure his heart was racing at 1000 miles after the beautiful goal from Kapo which is currently contender for Goal of the Season.
It raced by Petr Cech at 72.6 mph - that's above the national speed limit!
Verdict: 8.5/10
Manchester United
I'm not sure what that array of talent that should have been walking to the 90th minute up 3 nil against poor 10 man reading was doing.
Why would you have them warming leather on the open air Audi seats instead of doing damage to Marcus Hahnemann's goal?
At the end of the day Hahnemann was MVP and all the Mancs could show for it was [yet again] metatarsal hell.
Will the Mancs adjust to life after Wazza fast enough or are we going to experience opening day jitters carrying forward?
Verdict: 2.1/10 [After all they are defending champions!]
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