EPL: The Runt vs the Beanpole

Michael Owen = 5 goals in four matches
Peter Crouch = 0 goals in 12 matches

Go draw your own conclusions, Rafa.

Liverpool: Beanpole Woes

So, we're supposed to believe that a player who

• still has not scored a SINGLE goal in eleven matches for Liverpool
• is SO low on confidence that he doesn't seem to know where to stand half the time
• can't seem to head the ball towards goal because the crosses always come LOWER than his head,
• uses every single part of his body EXCEPT his HEAD and FEET to dribble the ball, AND
• did fuck all against a FIRST DIVISION TEAM (Ok, CHAMPIONSHIP team),

is worth seven million pounds, supposed to help Liverpool win the Premier League, defend the Champion's League and help England win the World Cup next year as well?

Please Rafa, put him (and US) out of his (and OUR) misery.

La Liga: Red Cards for all the Beautiful Footballers!

"David Beckham's Real Madrid team-mate Pablo García yesterday claimed that the Englishman's third sending off in Spain owes more to his good looks than his bad behaviour, after the England captain's red card during Sunday's 2-1 home defeat to Valencia."
- Guardian Unlimited Football (Beckham 'punished for his looks')

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Now THAT'S the most brilliant justification/excuse for being sent off EVER. It ranks all the way up there with Beckham's 'The ground was moving' excuse for doing a Jonny Wilkinson and whacking his penalty into Row Q during the last Euro.

If Beckham was sent off for being 'good-looking', so what was Wayne Rooney sent off for when he did exactly the same thing Beckham did, when Man U played Villareal? For being UGLY?

GYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

EPL: Business As Unusual

So, Chelsea finally drew (though Mourinho is adamant they 'won', which admittedly they did, but not all the points eh? eh? eh?), the Tyne-Wear derby was a cracker of a game, Man United and Spurs got all tangled up together, Wigan kept on winning, and Arsenal made probably the STUPIDEST penalty miss in the history of the game.

Business as unusual in the EPL then. I take back my post about it being boring a few weeks back.

Ah, but some things never change. Liverpool lost (again). I'm gonna go support Wigan now. Pah.

Oh well, at least Valencia won, and beating Real Madrid at that. Woot!

Oh BTW, if you think Chelsea dominating the EPL was bad, think of how relieved the Norwegians football fans must be feeling right now... (Norwegian fans happy as Rosenborg's monopoly ends)

Golf: We love Wie!

Golf is one sport I don't get. I don't like watching it because its... so... boring. I even wrote a whole post about how I don't get golf a year ago, when I just started this sports blog (wow, even THIS blog has lasted a year. I'm amazed...) Here it is: Sports I Don't Get (No. 1) - Golf.

Anyway, my thoughts about golf have not changed. I still think it's boring. No offense to people who like their golf, and love watching players putt and swing their way through vast spaces of green, but me, I prefer my sports on TV to have a lot more action, thank you very much. And preferably with a lot of crunching tackles as well.

But anyway, I've found myself looking at the golfing pages that bit more lately, because of this chick:



This chick just turned pro, and though her first pro tourney didn't turn out too well, she's gonna be around for quite a while. Which should spark a lot more interest in golf eh?

But..... wait.... she's... only.... SIXTEEN!

GAH!

I guess it's back to tennis and drooling over Sharapova then. But before that, here's another shot of Wie I found in Google:


(Photo taken from ESPN, via Google)


Can't wait for her to grow up, eh?

When and WHY did you start supporting your favorite club?

Ok, all you four people who read this sparcely updated sports blog. I wanna know this:

When and WHY did you start supporting your favorite club?

No shirking now. No lies, no made-up romanticized stories. I want the TRUTH. If you're a bandwagonist who supports a team because they happen to be the team who keeps winning right now, I wanna know.

Me, I started supporting Liverpool ever since I watched the first English football match I'd ever watched, which was the FA Cup Final between Liverpool and Manure. The Mancs won that day, and I HATED the sight of Cantona, so I decided to support Liverpool from then on.

Plus I kinda thought Steve McManaman was pretty cool back then. Before he ran away to Real Madrid.

Right now, I still support them. Best moment ever? last years Champion's League Final, what else? Why I still them even though they're broke, have not won the league for AGES, and still appear to be playing CRAP even with some good players and a damn good coach?

It's passion babeh. Passion of belonging to a club, of supporting a club because you genuinely like it. But exactly WHY so much passion for a club that I have not even SEEN? Donno. Maybe it's the feeling of belonging to a group of people and a club, with so many friends supporting the same thing.

It's not just the football per se. It's the whole social culture! It gives me somethign to talk about when I'm with other guys. And it gives me a sense of belonging. (sad, I know). Sigh...

Anyway, I'm not saying anyone here is a bandwagonist fan, but GODDAMN I hate those. Any around here?

PS: How did this post come about? Lets just say I met a bandwagonist who pissed me off somewhat...

EPL: The League of One

Before Fernando Alonso won the F1 this year, a certain Michael Schumacher and a team called Ferrari was on a rampage, winning every single race and wrapping up the championship WAAAAAY before the final race.

That was when I decided not to follow the F1 anymore. There just wasn't any excitement anymore, because the Big-F was just untouchable.

Seems like the same thing is happening at the EPL, folks - Big team with lots of money and resources buys any player they want and just sweep the floor with the competition.

There just isn't as much excitement anymore. Look at the table: Chelsea WAAAY ahead of everyone right now. Take them out of the equation, the table would look a lot more fun and exciting.

So here's my suggestion: Let's give Chelsea the trophy to keep, start a new league that consists of them ALONE, and then the rest of the league can go on fighting in another league WITHOUT them. Would make things a lot more interesting wouldn't it? Eh? eh? eh? :P

(BTW, disregard the fact that Liverpool aren't doing so well either. I'm USED to that anyway)

Bah.

I don't wanna talk about it.

TRAORE SUCKS.
CROUCH SUCKS.

Time to change tactics, Rafa. The Beanpole is NOT doing well...