Monday, August 31, 2009

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly!

If i am going to see papers/headlines/people saying 'Manchester United got a glorious win in the match against Arsenal', it will be clear to me that the world is coming to the end in a couple of years. For godsake, Manchester United sucked at playing football tonight. It was very much evident. Arsenal played far below the level that was set by them in the first half, after they conceded the penalty. I think that this team doesn't like going a goal or two down. That's good but, you need to be able to cope with such circumstances if we were going to win a title this year. If we cannot put up a comeback, we should atleast make use of all the opportunities that are thrown at us at he other end. That didn't happen. We missed quiet a few sitters, especially in the first half and one in the second which was made and then wasted by Diaby.

I am not totally disappointed but, this was a game that Arsenal could have won quite easily. That's why I am pissed! The refereeing was average. But, no complaints on that, except for the penalty shout by Arshavin. I think that it would have been a penalty in most cases. Arshavin pulled the ball back before he was run over by Fletcher/Carrick. If he would have been going forward that would have been more dramatic and would have resulted in a penalty and a sending off, maybe. But, I would blame it on our players, who didn't finish the game when there were many chances to do it! An Arshavin low cross was met by Van Persie and was cleared off the legs of Foster. I thought that VnP could have been more clinical in his finishing. Every Arsenal player played well, i thought. Luck has deserted us in the right moments. Van Persie hit the post from a wonderful free kick and that could have wrapped up the mach if it has gone in. I should admit that the team lacked creativity in the center of the park though they were brilliant on the wings. Manuel Almunia is looking like he's gonna make a mistake every game that will eventually result in a goal and make it a blunder. He had a touch on Rooney, who was waiting to go down, and gave away a penalty. Anyway we go into the international break now, for two weeks. Hope the lads do well for their countries and return without any new injuries! Put this game in a sack and throw it into the ocean. Gun for Glory!

THE GOOD

Arshavin had a penalty shout turned down by the ref. He could have scored even before the was tackled was made. He had that much space. But, it didn't go as planned. Within minutes he got the ball on the left hand side from Denilson. Vidic didn't close him down and he showed why he is considered such a dangerous player. He blasted the ball into the top corner, to the right side of Foster who got fingers on the ball but, it wasn't enough to stop the cannon unleased by the little Russian.

THE BAD

Some one played a through ball into the Arsenal box. Rooney was right behind it. Almunia called and was charging at the ball. He made a dive, only to find the feet of Rooney, who immediatly went down and took the penalty.

AND THE UGLY!

It was a free kick to Giggs. Some 35-45 yards out. A ball was played into the box. It didn't look dangerous. The next moment, the ball was in the back of the net. I would have liked to see a United player's name on the scoresheet then, but unfortunately it was Abou Diaby. He was having a good game and suddenly this happened. It wasn't dangerous, he wasn't under pressure by any player but he made a blunder that had cost us the match. He tried to cover up his fault, but he couldn't put the ball in the back of the net from the space which he had created for himself. I thought that Wenger would sub him after the incident, there are two sides for every coin and he stuck with Diaby who was trying hard to make amends.

Later then!
Atleast U have a goodnight's sleep!
(Publishing this late coz the server was down)

Friday, August 28, 2009

Look whoz on the Google Maps...

I was just stumbling though my blog traffic monitor this morning and decided to have a look at my home town.

I tracked down my school(Siddhartha Public School). The following image gives an aerial view of it.


Interestingly, I also found a fork and a spoon beside Nalanda Vidyanikethan. Are you thinking that I'm crazy. No, its' the symbol for a restaurant or diner or hotel. It is unnamed. But, anyone living in Vijayawada will know that it's SSS Cool Drinks, a small idly serving hotel, yet largely popular, in Vijayawada. It is my grand father's establishment. :P


Cheers!

UEFA Champion's League Club Logos

Thursday, August 27, 2009

It's like living in a jungle. There are bats, frogs, birds and all kinds of insects entering my room.

UEFA Champion's League Groups

Group A:

Bayern Munich
Juventus
Bordeaux
Maccabi Haifa

Group B:

Manchester United
CSKA Moscow
Besiktas
Wolfsburg

Group C:


AC Milan
Real Madrid
Marseille
Zurich

Group D:


Chelsea
Porto
Atletico Madrid
APOEL

Group E:


Liverpool
Lyon
Fiorentina
Debrecen

Group F:

Barcelona
Inter
Dynamo Kyiv
Rubin Kazan

Group G:

Sevilla
Rangers
Stuttgart
Unirea Urziceni

Group H:

Arsenal
AZ
Olympiacos
Standard Liege

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

:X

It is disgusting to see people leaning on(sometimes sleeping on) the counter in front of them, waiting for their food to arrive in SAC, or any other public place/bank. What kind of a person does that when there are people lining up behind him?


Next time, stand straight! Unless you are required to!
:P

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Big 5 Clash No.1

Well, i have decided to include Manchester City in the race for top four spots, but it's just for the sake of contention. It may be Tottenham Hotspur who might give the big 4 a run for their money, if they keep up their good form. But, I seriously doubt that.

***I am currently facing difficulties trying to login to the Fantasy Premier League site. So, I couldn't think of anything else but write this post.***

I has been a good week of prediction for me. Many of the outcomes were very obvious. Manchester City's mere 1-0 win over wolves and United's unexpected 5-0 win over Wigan may be misplaced score lines in my prediction book. We had to share the T.V in the common room, 15 minutes Arsenal game and 15mins ManU's. Didn't watch it the way I wanted to but, we've seen a lot of goals. The goals that I liked were those of Diaby(1st goal, nice work by Eduardo), Ramsey(finishing a good through ball from Van Persie), Owen(i liked the neat finish but Nani made the goal possible, he was shouting for Owen to make the run he wanted!) and that of Berbatov. In all fairness, I thought that Wigan were threatening at times. I would have liked to see them finish with a couple in the back of the net, but the goal keeper ruined all efforts.

Update: I've got 28 points and 5 players are due to play tomorrow. Song was subbed out for Carr and I'm lucky to get his 6 points. :)

Well, this only means one thing. The build up for the match next week between Arsenal and Man United is very good. Both teams are in scoring form. So, we could expect a fast paced, "both teams scored" match the coming weekend. Or, it will end up as a disappointing 0-0. I will be satisfied with a draw at Old Trafford but, I am predicting the score to be 2-1, in favour of the Arsenal.

Your predictions can be posted in the comments.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

The day of the Underdogs!

Well, I am loving this premier league. It's going to be a lot tougher than anything I've seen for some time. Game week 2 is finally over and the results are as follows:

Sunderland 1 - 3 Chelsea
Wigan 0 - 1 Wolves
Birmingham 1 - 0 Portsmouth
Burnley 1 - 0 Man Utd
Hull City 1 - 5 Tottenham
Liverpool 4 - 0 Stoke City

Firstly, Chelsea did not impress me when they conceded in the first half. I had fielded Ashley Cole and Mikel in my fantasy league and Cole came up with two bonus points but, I would have also liked to have the 4 for a clean sheet as well. Mikel, has lost his starting place now. I only bought him because he is only 5 million and the manager made the following quote on his deal extension:

"I have a lot of trust in Mikel, I think he can be the playmaker of this team. He is a young player, but has great quality, both technical and tactical. For the present and for the future he is a very important player for us. We are very happy he has signed a new contract and I hope that he stays at Chelsea for a lot of years."

Apparently, I now believe that it was only said to facilitate the deal and he was playing only in the first halves for the last two games. And now he will be confined to the bench.


Birmingham won over Pompy at home. I kind of predicted the result correctly before the match. Though it was only a late late goal, the win was deserving. Wolves and Burnley picked up wins against Wigan and Manchester United respectively. I have a feeling that MU's hopes of retaining the title might be all but over by the end of this month. An away game against Wigan, then the two tough fixtures at home against Arsenal and Manchester City might be the time when United fans go into a state of shock and Alex will be looking for answers from the transfer market. They might be fighting for Champion's League qualification from then on! But, lets not draw too many conclusions from the so little we have seen here. But, I would love the prospect of them trying to hang on to the Champion's league spot. (:P)


Liverpool won comfortably at home to stoke city. While Defoe and Tottenham blasted Hull away 1-5. I will not be drawing too many conclusions here but, I think it would be very unlikely that, they would be maintaining this kind of form through out the season and will be a fiercely competing for the fourth spot.

That's it for now! 35 points from game-week 2. Not disappointed!
Cheers!

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Aaaaaahhhhh

No, it's not about the 1-0 score line that Arsenal are enjoying at half time, at Celtic park. It's for the matter that I could not watch the game, live. We have a f**king problem here. Hello! Anybody listening? Firstly, there is no 10Sports on the TV. Amazingly, there is Zee Sports which is telecasting live footage of the Sporting- Florentina game. After zapping through all the channels, which is very annoying when you have a broken remote and shattered buttons on the TV panel, I return to the room and am now watching the game(text only commentary) on the network.

H.Rep Sandy, why don't we get a new TV for our hostel or as a matter of a fact a new remote would be fair enough for the time being.

Monday, August 17, 2009

End of Gameweek1

The end of game week 1 and i have 49 57 points in my first ever fantasy premier league game week.

Sorensen and Rooney top scored for me with '9' points each :P while Carragher finished at 0.

What a waste!

Hoping to do well in the next game week.
Good night.

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