Sunday, April 23, 2006
LIFE, AUSSIE AND EPL
Mood: Happish
Music: Fan motor
Long time no blog, I thought i forgot I have a blog.
Life hath dealt me a harsh blow by rendering me unemployed again! HAHA! Its actually okay, because I needed some time to spend with my parents, friends and books. The past few weeks after ORD have been education beyond doubt. I learnt stuff that I would not learn in books or in school.
Hmmm.... Melbourne, leaving, holiday. I might be stopping by Melbourne soon to visit my friends and experience Australian life in a different way. Accomodation etc.... is not confirmed but I will be definitely enjoying myself there.
EPL
As the season draws to a close in May, many champions/ favourites are desparately trying to cling on to the trophies and league titles. Juventus seems uninterested, Barce is on a roll, Lyon and Bayern are dominant.
Now, Chelsea. The Russian-powered machine. A team which can be so brilliant, no one can beat them and yet when faced with important or sure win matches they struggle. They just lost to Liverpool in the FA Cup, which is not really surprise because for all the great tactics they have, they lack, one thing: understanding. They dun understand their opponents, the game, each other and the fans. Mourinho's style of play is best left on Mainland Europe. Drogba and Crespo should rethink why are they so ineffectual. Fine, Dogba scored against liverpool after how many Crouch-like misses. This guy should be nicknamed: African Player most like Peter Crouch along with Most overrated African of the Year. I dun really think 24 million should be spent on a diving, spoilt, divisive and misfiring player. He has all the bad attributes of Crissy Ronaldo and Rude Van Listless. Cheater, diver, camper and loves complaining. If he could have Cristiano's ball control or Ruud's predatory instincts, he might be worth 12 million. He doesnt.
Crespo, on the other hand, is bred to play Italian football. His style is ineffectual against English defenders. Paul Ince can attest for how hard Serie A is.
Man Utd are another team who punters dislike. They have a fantastic run then crash against Sunderland. The same team that squandered a 1-0 lead to lose 4-1 in 45 mins. Makes me wonder why English teams have so much trouble winning the Champions League. Fergie cant do things he could in the past now that AIG is boss. American Idiot Glazer also the sponsors for Man Utd's new shirt deal. 56+ million pounds to wear a jersey that looks like a Division 3 jersey. I guess money is more important than the fans. Lets see what Fergie's legacy will be. The man who created world-class teams or a sell-out has-been? Only time will tell. Ironically AIG didnt do itself any favours getting Park and Rooney to unveil the new Jersey. They could at least gotten Cris Ron to do it. He is not as ugly as say Park. The Asian market is big but not stupid. Even Boro's jersey looks better than Man U's AIG one. And Boro's is a plain 888.com. Chelsea and Liverpool's are not bad. Arsenal's too.
Liverpool: A great team. Misfiring strikers, small transfer budget yet in he top 3. Unlike Man U or Chelski, they are not in the news for any funny money issues. ( Man U no money, Chelsea too much money). The passion of the team is genuine which is smething i respect as a Chelsea fan. Where else do you see a player who earns like millions from property willing to return to his first club just to wear the jersey? Yeah, Robbie Fowler. He had his 15 minutes of fame in fact more than 15 months of it. Every match he plays he scores, for 4 matches. Its passion. Chelsea lacks this, Man U cant focus enough to achieve this. Liverpool has much home-bonre talent. Gerrard and Carragher never left. Fowler left, became infamous, came back and regain some fame.
Now we go to Tottenham and Arsenal. London rivals, competitors for 4th place etc... First of all, why is Arsenal even fighting for 4th place? It has a world-class squad, on-target strikers, a strong defence. So what is wrong? Simple they dun have an experienced midfiel enforcer which was Vieira. Fabregas can do the task of Vieira but he lacks the experience and aggression. Henry is distracted by his ambition, Sol Campbell by his lost confidence and Ashley Cole by his greed. Toure, Eboue, Senderos and Flamini only recently clicked as a unit. Thats why Arsenal are in the mess they are in now. Perhaps, the time has come to let Walcott replace Henry. Henry and Cole are distracted my greener pastures so they lost their killer instincts.
Mood: Happish
Music: Fan motor
Long time no blog, I thought i forgot I have a blog.
Life hath dealt me a harsh blow by rendering me unemployed again! HAHA! Its actually okay, because I needed some time to spend with my parents, friends and books. The past few weeks after ORD have been education beyond doubt. I learnt stuff that I would not learn in books or in school.
Hmmm.... Melbourne, leaving, holiday. I might be stopping by Melbourne soon to visit my friends and experience Australian life in a different way. Accomodation etc.... is not confirmed but I will be definitely enjoying myself there.
EPL
As the season draws to a close in May, many champions/ favourites are desparately trying to cling on to the trophies and league titles. Juventus seems uninterested, Barce is on a roll, Lyon and Bayern are dominant.
Now, Chelsea. The Russian-powered machine. A team which can be so brilliant, no one can beat them and yet when faced with important or sure win matches they struggle. They just lost to Liverpool in the FA Cup, which is not really surprise because for all the great tactics they have, they lack, one thing: understanding. They dun understand their opponents, the game, each other and the fans. Mourinho's style of play is best left on Mainland Europe. Drogba and Crespo should rethink why are they so ineffectual. Fine, Dogba scored against liverpool after how many Crouch-like misses. This guy should be nicknamed: African Player most like Peter Crouch along with Most overrated African of the Year. I dun really think 24 million should be spent on a diving, spoilt, divisive and misfiring player. He has all the bad attributes of Crissy Ronaldo and Rude Van Listless. Cheater, diver, camper and loves complaining. If he could have Cristiano's ball control or Ruud's predatory instincts, he might be worth 12 million. He doesnt.
Crespo, on the other hand, is bred to play Italian football. His style is ineffectual against English defenders. Paul Ince can attest for how hard Serie A is.
Man Utd are another team who punters dislike. They have a fantastic run then crash against Sunderland. The same team that squandered a 1-0 lead to lose 4-1 in 45 mins. Makes me wonder why English teams have so much trouble winning the Champions League. Fergie cant do things he could in the past now that AIG is boss. American Idiot Glazer also the sponsors for Man Utd's new shirt deal. 56+ million pounds to wear a jersey that looks like a Division 3 jersey. I guess money is more important than the fans. Lets see what Fergie's legacy will be. The man who created world-class teams or a sell-out has-been? Only time will tell. Ironically AIG didnt do itself any favours getting Park and Rooney to unveil the new Jersey. They could at least gotten Cris Ron to do it. He is not as ugly as say Park. The Asian market is big but not stupid. Even Boro's jersey looks better than Man U's AIG one. And Boro's is a plain 888.com. Chelsea and Liverpool's are not bad. Arsenal's too.
Liverpool: A great team. Misfiring strikers, small transfer budget yet in he top 3. Unlike Man U or Chelski, they are not in the news for any funny money issues. ( Man U no money, Chelsea too much money). The passion of the team is genuine which is smething i respect as a Chelsea fan. Where else do you see a player who earns like millions from property willing to return to his first club just to wear the jersey? Yeah, Robbie Fowler. He had his 15 minutes of fame in fact more than 15 months of it. Every match he plays he scores, for 4 matches. Its passion. Chelsea lacks this, Man U cant focus enough to achieve this. Liverpool has much home-bonre talent. Gerrard and Carragher never left. Fowler left, became infamous, came back and regain some fame.
Now we go to Tottenham and Arsenal. London rivals, competitors for 4th place etc... First of all, why is Arsenal even fighting for 4th place? It has a world-class squad, on-target strikers, a strong defence. So what is wrong? Simple they dun have an experienced midfiel enforcer which was Vieira. Fabregas can do the task of Vieira but he lacks the experience and aggression. Henry is distracted by his ambition, Sol Campbell by his lost confidence and Ashley Cole by his greed. Toure, Eboue, Senderos and Flamini only recently clicked as a unit. Thats why Arsenal are in the mess they are in now. Perhaps, the time has come to let Walcott replace Henry. Henry and Cole are distracted my greener pastures so they lost their killer instincts.
# posted by Ian @ 2:57 PM 
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