GENERAL: Boring, boring, boring

I'm getting sick of football. And it's not just because Liverpool is going through a bad spell.

There's just too MUCH football going around. There's football on TV almost constantly throughout the day, there's football in newspapers everyday, and live football every week.

It's come to a point where I'm just kinda sick of it all.

Soccernet.com used to be the first website I'd open when I go online, but these days, the 'news' has become so predictable and bloated that I can go DAYS without even opening the damn site.

Even talking about football is getting so predictable that I don't bother anymore. The only pleasure I get out of the sport nowadays is gloating at Man Utd fans. And even that seems a bit tired now...

I think I'll go play some carrom instead...

Football: How quickly they forget...

I'm getting pretty sick of Man Utd fans moaning and groaning about how 'arrogant' and 'boastful' Arsenal and Chelsea fans are becoming. How short their memories are.

dudes, how do you think all the rest of us football fans felt about you Man U fans when your club was so dominant in the 90s'? Everywhere we went, they were singing 'We Are The Champions' like that was their theme song, even when they lost the league.

It came to a point where a Man Utd jersey was probably one of the most hated sights among the ABU (Anything But United) fans. Heck, I even chased someone out of my car once for trying to enter my car while wearing his Man Utd jersey (dude, doesn't the sign saying 'This is Anfield' on my car window mean anything to you?).

I started supporting Liverpool when they were past their prime, (during 1996 FA Cup final, to be exact), so I wouldn't know anything about how Liverpool fans were like when WE were dominating the football scene. What I DO know is that now, Liverpool fans are pretty much used to people calling the club a 'has-been', and saying we are 'reliving past glories'.

Now that all the talk this season has been all about Arsenal and Chelsea, Man Utd fans are resorting to complaining and moaning about how other fans are stepping all over them. Well, get use to it, I say. It could be a lot worse. You could be a Liverpool supporter.

Football: Goals, Goals, Goals!

What a weekend it was. Lots of goals everywhere, Liverpool winning, and a thrilling North London derby to savor. Lots of great goals, lots of abysmal defending, but lots of fun to watch.

First up, Liverpool won 3-2 at home to Crystal Palace. Baros scored a hat-trick, which included two penalties he himself won. The second penalty was the match-winning one, scored in the dying minutes of the match, when I thought we'd be drawing the game. Thank god Baros is on form. With our lack of strikers now, I'm just glad that the only one left standing is at least scoring, and that he is not Emile Heskey.

Next, the North London derby. Tottenham 4-5 Arsenal. NINE goals, some really bad defending, and a match that was more like an NBA match, with both teams trading goals for fun. It was great fun to watch, but not as fun for my brother, an Arsenal fan, who was left biting his nails when Kanoute scored Spurs' fourth goal to make it 4-5.

Good entertainment overall, with the only blip being Newcastle losing 3-1 to Man U at home, and Valencia slipping further off the pace in La Liga by drawing 0-0 at home.

Football: This and that and a bad weekend

Nothing has been happening in the sports world, except football news. So my opinions have been few and far between.

But for the record, it was a bad weekend for football last weekend, for me at least. Liverpool lost, Baros got injured, we lost our 100% home record and Chelsea went top of the EPL when Arsenal lost.

The only consolation was that Man Utd's so-called and supposed 'revival' after beating Arsenal hasn't come to be. After losing to Portsmouth 2-0, they went and drew 0-0 to Man City at Old Trafford. Looks like they STILL can't win with 'just' eleven men, and they can't get a penalty at Old Trafford without Mike Riley officiating...

Football: Deportivo 0-1 Liverpool: Yay!

Liverpool won! Liverpool won! Sure, it was due to an own goal, but who cares. Liverpool won! Liverpool won!

Andrade gives Liverpool the initiative

Badminton: Junior champions today, where tomorrow?

First of all, congratulations to the new world junior badminton boys’ doubles champions - Tan Boon Heong and Hoon Thien How! It's no mean feat, being junior champions, and these two look to have a bright future. Or DO THEY?

TWO Malaysian pairs have won the same title before - Chan Chong Ming-Jeremy Gan (1996) and Chong Ming-Teo Kok Seng (1998), and neither have made an impact in the senior level (except Chan, of course). What happened?

Anyway, BAM may have 'big plans' for Tan and Hoon, but it remains to be seen whether if BAM can REALLY nurture this pair properly. If we're lucky, they MIGHT go on to become world beaters. More likely than not, BAM will screw up again by spliting up the pair to 'help them improve'.

IMHO, rather than all the constant 'restructuring' of their training programs, what we REALLY need is to get Park Joo Bong back as head coach. Look at what he did for Korea's badminton AFTER Malaysia let him go!