Wayne Rooney
That name presents a lot of hope for England and it multitude of fans.
Personally, I am a big fan of England. After all they have fantastic players, not the least being Steven Gerrard. I also liek alot of international teams, I like football and the world cup provides an opportunity to watch great players.
However, for England to progress to the latter stages of the tournament they need Rooney. He is one of the best strikers in the world and ut him with a midfield of Gerrard, Lampard and Beckham and he wil shine and star.
But he broke his foot and a fight has started betwen club and country. His club and manager do not want him to play. If he injures himself in the tournament then their 2006/07 season is in trouble. He may be out for a while and with Rud Van Nistlerooy also looking set to leave, their team looks poor. If he comes and plays before being 100% fit then he may exacerbate the injury or do something else and may miss a part of the next season.
They could do a Liverpool and compete with a strong midfield and defence but they have John O'Shea in the midfield and that says is all!!
Now SVE does not really give a damm and he has FIFA to back him up. FIFA says that a country can pick any player and the club has to let them go. Plus, SVE is leaving England after the world cup and he does not really give a damm what he does or who he upsets.
So he may play Rooney even if he is 75% fit to allow England to advance. If England go all the way then he will be regarded as a god.
If Rooney gets injured, then he has an excuse for failing. SVE is not a decent manager and looks out only for himself.
But if Rooney does get injured, then ManU may see him miss a bit of the season. Or Fergie wil prove that no player is bigger than a club and get rid of him for defying him like he did with David Beckham and Ruud Van Nistelrooy.
Then ManU are stuffed.
So if Rooney plays and England win then that is a win for me as I like them. If Rooney gets injured or gets sold by Fergie, then its even better because ManU will suck next season and that would be great!
Friday, June 09, 2006
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
6 things why Australia can make it to the next round
Why am I optimistic that the Australian football team will do well in Germany? Well below are some of my reasons:
1. The Group
Ok so we drew Brazil but we also drew Croatia and Japan. While they definetly will not be easy beats, those teams are not as bad as say the Czech Republic, Argentina, Portugal even Sweden who we could have been drawn with. It will be tough but some advantages we have are that we play Japan first. This is a crucial game, we win and the ball is rolling in the right direction.
Next we take on the best team in the world that is Brazil. They are tough but I hope they throughly destroy Croatia so they are over confident and we can give them a hard time.
The last match will probably a playoff to get to the next round, if we beat Japan. This game has significance to us because there are 3 players in the opposition who learnt their trade in Australia. Some of the Australian croatians know these players and it will be quite an emotional encounter.
However neither Croatia or Japan had to beat a team like Uruguay. Japan topped a group that consisted of North Korea, Bahrain and Iran. Not exactly hard to play against and they were not tested.
Croatia topped their group but were not really troubled during qualification. So they are not as match hardened as us.
2. Harry Kewell
Just as he was returning to his best, he hit a hurdle when he had to come off the FA Cup final with a groin injury. He was man of the match in the semi final against Chelsea and the fans knew that, so it was a shame. However things are looking good and he should be able to play.
How much, I am not sure but probably not an entire match, maybe 30-40 minutes the first match and then he can play more as the tournament progresses.
Kewell brings a lot of creativity on the pitch and this is one area Australia needs to improve in. With his creativity, defences will be guessing and this should free our strikers and hopefully this results in goals.
Given the dissappointment he endured in the Champions League final I am sure he wants to prove he is a big stage player. I hope he will do what he did against Uruguay and tear that defence up!
3. Being an underdog
No one has given us a chance and I think that being an underdog will help us. We can sneak up on teams and bite them where it hurts, the scoreboard.
The team also is not under any pressure so they can concentrate on the games and not worry about distractions apart from some beer drinking and shouting Aussie supporter.
4. Guus Hiddick
In the last 2 world cups, his teams have finished in the top 4 - Netherlands in 1998 and South Korea in 2002. Any man who can coach South Korea to 4th spot has to be regarded as a genius.
He has not had as much time for Australia as S. Korea but he is a tactical genius and a great man manager. Hopefully he can weave the magic again and make us progress through the group stages. Luck will play a factor as it did with the koreans and a few dodgy decisions from referees but we shall await that.
5. 32 years
That is how long it has been since Australia last participated in a world cup. The players all know that and the football public know that. Both players and supporters are looking forward to the first match. All the bad luck we have experienced seems to have been washed away so lets hope it all goes well.
6. We have the team
Australian teams in the past either had a very strong defence or some good attacking options. Back in 2002, the defence was decent and we had Harry and Viduka toscore the goals, but the midfield was average.
This year we have guys like Marco B, Vince Grella, Tim Cahill, John Aloisi who ply their trade in top leagues around the world. Teh starting 11 plays in a good league.
Japan has a handful of players that play outside Europe and the rest are from the j-League. Not disrespecting the J-League, while it is better than the local league, it is not considered a top world league like the EPL, La Liga or Serie A.
Croatia does not have any big time performers as most of their squad are in the belgium, austrian, swiss leagues who are second tier european competitions.
Go AUSTRALIA
1. The Group
Ok so we drew Brazil but we also drew Croatia and Japan. While they definetly will not be easy beats, those teams are not as bad as say the Czech Republic, Argentina, Portugal even Sweden who we could have been drawn with. It will be tough but some advantages we have are that we play Japan first. This is a crucial game, we win and the ball is rolling in the right direction.
Next we take on the best team in the world that is Brazil. They are tough but I hope they throughly destroy Croatia so they are over confident and we can give them a hard time.
The last match will probably a playoff to get to the next round, if we beat Japan. This game has significance to us because there are 3 players in the opposition who learnt their trade in Australia. Some of the Australian croatians know these players and it will be quite an emotional encounter.
However neither Croatia or Japan had to beat a team like Uruguay. Japan topped a group that consisted of North Korea, Bahrain and Iran. Not exactly hard to play against and they were not tested.
Croatia topped their group but were not really troubled during qualification. So they are not as match hardened as us.
2. Harry Kewell
Just as he was returning to his best, he hit a hurdle when he had to come off the FA Cup final with a groin injury. He was man of the match in the semi final against Chelsea and the fans knew that, so it was a shame. However things are looking good and he should be able to play.
How much, I am not sure but probably not an entire match, maybe 30-40 minutes the first match and then he can play more as the tournament progresses.
Kewell brings a lot of creativity on the pitch and this is one area Australia needs to improve in. With his creativity, defences will be guessing and this should free our strikers and hopefully this results in goals.
Given the dissappointment he endured in the Champions League final I am sure he wants to prove he is a big stage player. I hope he will do what he did against Uruguay and tear that defence up!
3. Being an underdog
No one has given us a chance and I think that being an underdog will help us. We can sneak up on teams and bite them where it hurts, the scoreboard.
The team also is not under any pressure so they can concentrate on the games and not worry about distractions apart from some beer drinking and shouting Aussie supporter.
4. Guus Hiddick
In the last 2 world cups, his teams have finished in the top 4 - Netherlands in 1998 and South Korea in 2002. Any man who can coach South Korea to 4th spot has to be regarded as a genius.
He has not had as much time for Australia as S. Korea but he is a tactical genius and a great man manager. Hopefully he can weave the magic again and make us progress through the group stages. Luck will play a factor as it did with the koreans and a few dodgy decisions from referees but we shall await that.
5. 32 years
That is how long it has been since Australia last participated in a world cup. The players all know that and the football public know that. Both players and supporters are looking forward to the first match. All the bad luck we have experienced seems to have been washed away so lets hope it all goes well.
6. We have the team
Australian teams in the past either had a very strong defence or some good attacking options. Back in 2002, the defence was decent and we had Harry and Viduka toscore the goals, but the midfield was average.
This year we have guys like Marco B, Vince Grella, Tim Cahill, John Aloisi who ply their trade in top leagues around the world. Teh starting 11 plays in a good league.
Japan has a handful of players that play outside Europe and the rest are from the j-League. Not disrespecting the J-League, while it is better than the local league, it is not considered a top world league like the EPL, La Liga or Serie A.
Croatia does not have any big time performers as most of their squad are in the belgium, austrian, swiss leagues who are second tier european competitions.
Go AUSTRALIA
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Talking Singapore
I read this article in The Age newspaper written Michael Backman. Thought I would post it here for you to read.
I like the place, for a holiday, its is clean and very safe with low crime. You can walk down the street in the middle of the night and not worry about being mugged.
However, it is interesting to note that some of the civil liberties I take for granted could be denied over there is I was Singaporean. I would not be able to write about how much of a clown John Howard is (not that I do but I like to know that I could if I wanted to).
The article makes a pint that Singaporeans like their lifestyle but there are those who may want to live and think outside the box. The attitude by some of these people is to place scorn and derision on them. For examples, if my ambition was to be a musician rather than a doctor, lawyer or engineer, I would be looked down upon by peers including friends.
Singapore is very much a status place, what you do, what car you drive and how much bling you carry. Some people may live in some shallow of an apartment but if they drive a BMW or Mercedes then they are successful.
Sometimes their thinking is sterile and very much along the same line as the country. Individual expression is not encouraged.
Anyway....I have probably offended my Singaporean chums enough. Read on.........
Downsides devalue Singapore Inc
by Michael Backman
KIASU is the term Singaporeans use to describe the unpleasant side of their culture. Acting in a kiasu manner means being greedy, unwilling to share and insensitive to others. Many Singaporeans feel this is a good description of the Government and its approach to power. The winner-take-all attitude is out of step with other nations.
No one can deny that Singapore is an easy place (although not necessarily a good place) to do business, compared with its neighbours.
Singapore scores highly on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index: it is ranked No. 5 of 158 countries. The Global Competitiveness Report ranks Singapore No. 6 of 117 economies.
The Government likes to broadcast these figures. But it doesn't broadcast that it executes more people per head a year than almost anywhere else. Reporters Without Borders has Singapore No. 140 of 167 countries for media freedom.
It is as if Singapore is more a ruthless corporation than a country with a civil society, its people more employees than citizens, and its broadsheet, the Straits Times, more like a staff bulletin than a newspaper. As a Singaporean diplomat once told me, "We don't have journalists in Singapore; only propagandists."
Increasingly, people around the world are beginning to laugh at Singapore; they laugh at its Government's petty and self-serving restrictions on what people can and cannot do. But in Singapore, many people are unaware of this because the Government-controlled media feed them a diet of only good news stories.
Race relations are often used as an excuse for restrictions. But Singapore has one of the most homogeneous race profiles in the world: 77 per cent are Chinese, the rest comprise Malays and Indians. Singapore does not have the racial complexities of many countries.
The Maria Hertogh case is cited as an example of how Singapore is on the edge racially, and used to justify various restrictions. Rioting erupted among Malays after a court allowed a Dutch girl who was raised as a Muslim to be returned to her Catholic parents. This was 56 years ago.
No viable opposition has been allowed to form, and without robust national debate Singaporeans are becoming politically de-skilled. Accordingly, the Government comprises plenty of ministers but few politicians, and there is little elegance to their art. They know only how to clobber: too often alternative viewpoints are responded to with public humiliation, threats, defamation writs and detention. Business should consider these aspects and not just competitiveness when assessing Singapore as a place for investment.
The Singapore Government hates people like me commenting on what it regards as its internal affairs. It hates it because foreigners cannot be controlled. But that does not stop the Singapore Government from intruding in the internal affairs of other countries.
Eddie Teo, Singapore's new high commissioner to Australia, has written letters to The Age critical of my recent columns. This is the first time Mr Teo has lived outside Singapore in 35 years and no doubt he finds a free media refreshing.
In one letter, Mr Teo claimed Singapore's defamation laws follow the English model. He is wrong. The British government does not sue opposition politicians so they are bankrupted and cannot run for parliament. If the British are to be blamed for Singapore's laws, then they can be blamed for Singapore's economic success. It was they who established Singapore as a free-trade port, which has made Singapore rich.
He says Singapore has a good legal system. That is true, but only compared with Indonesia, the Philippines, China and Thailand. Laws that have not had the benefit of open public debate and passage through a robust parliament are not really laws but decrees.
Rule of law becomes rule by law and many things are possible. Execution without a jury trial is one; torture is another.
Geoffrey Robertson, QC, writing last month for the Open Democracy Foundation, describes how torture was used in Singapore in the 1980s. A group of young lawyers, Catholic aid workers and women playwrights were rounded up by Singapore's Internal Security Department and detained without trial because they were suspects in an alleged Marxist conspiracy. They were not terrorists, they were political activists. The worst they seemed to have done was distribute Marxist literature.
They were deprived of sleep, doused with cold water and blasted with refrigerated air. The torture was not physical and left little evidence, which was its point. Instead, it was psychological and left what Robertson terms the Singapore scar. The minister then responsible for the ISD was Lee Hsien Loong. He is now Singapore's Prime Minister.
And who headed the ISD and Defence Ministry's Security and Intelligence Division for much of the 1980s? Eddie Teo, Singapore's high commissioner to Australia, the man who now enjoys our media freedoms, but who has spent much of his career denying Singaporeans similar freedoms. Some might regard that as kiasu.
I like the place, for a holiday, its is clean and very safe with low crime. You can walk down the street in the middle of the night and not worry about being mugged.
However, it is interesting to note that some of the civil liberties I take for granted could be denied over there is I was Singaporean. I would not be able to write about how much of a clown John Howard is (not that I do but I like to know that I could if I wanted to).
The article makes a pint that Singaporeans like their lifestyle but there are those who may want to live and think outside the box. The attitude by some of these people is to place scorn and derision on them. For examples, if my ambition was to be a musician rather than a doctor, lawyer or engineer, I would be looked down upon by peers including friends.
Singapore is very much a status place, what you do, what car you drive and how much bling you carry. Some people may live in some shallow of an apartment but if they drive a BMW or Mercedes then they are successful.
Sometimes their thinking is sterile and very much along the same line as the country. Individual expression is not encouraged.
Anyway....I have probably offended my Singaporean chums enough. Read on.........
Downsides devalue Singapore Inc
by Michael Backman
KIASU is the term Singaporeans use to describe the unpleasant side of their culture. Acting in a kiasu manner means being greedy, unwilling to share and insensitive to others. Many Singaporeans feel this is a good description of the Government and its approach to power. The winner-take-all attitude is out of step with other nations.
No one can deny that Singapore is an easy place (although not necessarily a good place) to do business, compared with its neighbours.
Singapore scores highly on Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index: it is ranked No. 5 of 158 countries. The Global Competitiveness Report ranks Singapore No. 6 of 117 economies.
The Government likes to broadcast these figures. But it doesn't broadcast that it executes more people per head a year than almost anywhere else. Reporters Without Borders has Singapore No. 140 of 167 countries for media freedom.
It is as if Singapore is more a ruthless corporation than a country with a civil society, its people more employees than citizens, and its broadsheet, the Straits Times, more like a staff bulletin than a newspaper. As a Singaporean diplomat once told me, "We don't have journalists in Singapore; only propagandists."
Increasingly, people around the world are beginning to laugh at Singapore; they laugh at its Government's petty and self-serving restrictions on what people can and cannot do. But in Singapore, many people are unaware of this because the Government-controlled media feed them a diet of only good news stories.
Race relations are often used as an excuse for restrictions. But Singapore has one of the most homogeneous race profiles in the world: 77 per cent are Chinese, the rest comprise Malays and Indians. Singapore does not have the racial complexities of many countries.
The Maria Hertogh case is cited as an example of how Singapore is on the edge racially, and used to justify various restrictions. Rioting erupted among Malays after a court allowed a Dutch girl who was raised as a Muslim to be returned to her Catholic parents. This was 56 years ago.
No viable opposition has been allowed to form, and without robust national debate Singaporeans are becoming politically de-skilled. Accordingly, the Government comprises plenty of ministers but few politicians, and there is little elegance to their art. They know only how to clobber: too often alternative viewpoints are responded to with public humiliation, threats, defamation writs and detention. Business should consider these aspects and not just competitiveness when assessing Singapore as a place for investment.
The Singapore Government hates people like me commenting on what it regards as its internal affairs. It hates it because foreigners cannot be controlled. But that does not stop the Singapore Government from intruding in the internal affairs of other countries.
Eddie Teo, Singapore's new high commissioner to Australia, has written letters to The Age critical of my recent columns. This is the first time Mr Teo has lived outside Singapore in 35 years and no doubt he finds a free media refreshing.
In one letter, Mr Teo claimed Singapore's defamation laws follow the English model. He is wrong. The British government does not sue opposition politicians so they are bankrupted and cannot run for parliament. If the British are to be blamed for Singapore's laws, then they can be blamed for Singapore's economic success. It was they who established Singapore as a free-trade port, which has made Singapore rich.
He says Singapore has a good legal system. That is true, but only compared with Indonesia, the Philippines, China and Thailand. Laws that have not had the benefit of open public debate and passage through a robust parliament are not really laws but decrees.
Rule of law becomes rule by law and many things are possible. Execution without a jury trial is one; torture is another.
Geoffrey Robertson, QC, writing last month for the Open Democracy Foundation, describes how torture was used in Singapore in the 1980s. A group of young lawyers, Catholic aid workers and women playwrights were rounded up by Singapore's Internal Security Department and detained without trial because they were suspects in an alleged Marxist conspiracy. They were not terrorists, they were political activists. The worst they seemed to have done was distribute Marxist literature.
They were deprived of sleep, doused with cold water and blasted with refrigerated air. The torture was not physical and left little evidence, which was its point. Instead, it was psychological and left what Robertson terms the Singapore scar. The minister then responsible for the ISD was Lee Hsien Loong. He is now Singapore's Prime Minister.
And who headed the ISD and Defence Ministry's Security and Intelligence Division for much of the 1980s? Eddie Teo, Singapore's high commissioner to Australia, the man who now enjoys our media freedoms, but who has spent much of his career denying Singaporeans similar freedoms. Some might regard that as kiasu.
Friday, June 02, 2006
The one thing that p's me about the Skippies
For those not in the know the white Australians are sometimes known as 'skippies' so named after the Australian TV show "Skippy the bush kangaroo".
Now back to my story.
There is one thing I do not like about skippies and that is their attitude forAussie Rules Football (AFL) and Cricket and how it is the best game in the world. See the problem i have here and the reason I like to stir the skips up, is that Australia is the only country that plays AFL and one of a handfull of countires that play cricket.
So when the skips say they are the best in cricket, I say 'well that is because there is only 4 or 5 decent countries that play the sport'. The reality is that cricket is played by countires that belong to the commonwealth and about 10 countires can play internationally and be competitive.
So being the world champions in cricket does not mean much when u are playing against maybe 5% of the world.
As for AFL, i like the sport as it has a good combination tomake it interesting. However Aussies are obsessed by it and they degrade football/soccer. They call football a game for 'sheilas, wogs and poofters' but there is a lot of skill and fitness involved. AFL is definetly a tougher sport with all the body contact but worldwide it does not compete.
But things are changing in some respects, football is getting a lot more coverage and will grow. AFL will be comepting but will be okay, it is a unique game and will have a lot of support.
Cricket is ok but too damm slow and sometimes boring.
What gets me is the negative attitude the skips have to football and basketball which are the 2 most popular sports in the world.
Now back to my story.
There is one thing I do not like about skippies and that is their attitude forAussie Rules Football (AFL) and Cricket and how it is the best game in the world. See the problem i have here and the reason I like to stir the skips up, is that Australia is the only country that plays AFL and one of a handfull of countires that play cricket.
So when the skips say they are the best in cricket, I say 'well that is because there is only 4 or 5 decent countries that play the sport'. The reality is that cricket is played by countires that belong to the commonwealth and about 10 countires can play internationally and be competitive.
So being the world champions in cricket does not mean much when u are playing against maybe 5% of the world.
As for AFL, i like the sport as it has a good combination tomake it interesting. However Aussies are obsessed by it and they degrade football/soccer. They call football a game for 'sheilas, wogs and poofters' but there is a lot of skill and fitness involved. AFL is definetly a tougher sport with all the body contact but worldwide it does not compete.
But things are changing in some respects, football is getting a lot more coverage and will grow. AFL will be comepting but will be okay, it is a unique game and will have a lot of support.
Cricket is ok but too damm slow and sometimes boring.
What gets me is the negative attitude the skips have to football and basketball which are the 2 most popular sports in the world.
Thursday, June 01, 2006
The World Cup is nearly upon us
The kick off to the world cup is only 8 sleeps away. After that there will be plenty of sleepless nights and early wake ups to catch a match.
This time, the world cup has more importance to me as a result of AUSTRALIA qualifying. After 32 years of disappointment, we have made it after a dramatic penalty shoot out against Uruguay. It was quite and experience and when they march out onto the pitch to face Japan on June 12, Australian football supporters will be very happy.
My football experience has been disappointing since I started to delve into the sport. I supported Liverpool in the EPL so you can say that I have not had a good ride. But maybe there is a renaissance with my football teams. LFC look the goods and are winning and now Oz is in the big stage.
On the topic of Australia, the biggest most heart wrenching disappointment was against Iran in 1997. We were up 2 nil with 15 minutes to go. Then they score 2 and go through on the away goals rule. Heart breaking.
Next week it starts and I think Australia can qualify for the 2nd round, after that it is a dream. But we have super coach Guus Hiddick and he may be able to do some magic.
We shall see......
This time, the world cup has more importance to me as a result of AUSTRALIA qualifying. After 32 years of disappointment, we have made it after a dramatic penalty shoot out against Uruguay. It was quite and experience and when they march out onto the pitch to face Japan on June 12, Australian football supporters will be very happy.
My football experience has been disappointing since I started to delve into the sport. I supported Liverpool in the EPL so you can say that I have not had a good ride. But maybe there is a renaissance with my football teams. LFC look the goods and are winning and now Oz is in the big stage.
On the topic of Australia, the biggest most heart wrenching disappointment was against Iran in 1997. We were up 2 nil with 15 minutes to go. Then they score 2 and go through on the away goals rule. Heart breaking.
Next week it starts and I think Australia can qualify for the 2nd round, after that it is a dream. But we have super coach Guus Hiddick and he may be able to do some magic.
We shall see......
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Competiton being spoilt by too much money
People say that the influx of money in professional sports spoil the sport. Atheletes are in it for the money and go through life getting things doen their way because these hangers on want to be in their good books and get paid for doing nothing of significance.
That is true but what is absurd to see is how in football a team can buy the players they want and basically win a championship.
This is why I am really disappointed by this new Chelsea. With the deep and almost endless pockets of Roman A, the team is able to buy who they want. They just outbid teams and pay exorbitant prices for players.
For instance last season they paid 21m pounds for Shaun Wright-Phillips and he hardly got a run. Anyone who plays that much for a plyer should expect them to be superstars each week. not Chelsea.
So what is happening is they have bought the English premierships the last 2 seasons. Sure the tactical side comes into play but their weekly domestic domination makes the EPL boring and it is now a race for 2nd.
However the past 2 seasons they have been kicked out at the semi final stages of the FA Cup and Champions League by non other than the wonderful Liverpool. Some slight reward and reason to believe that good things come to good people.
However, now they have bought Andrey Shevchenko from AC Milan. He is a terrific goal scorer and makes it harder for the other English teams to compete with Chelsea. They have also bought Michael Ballack, Germany’s top player I believe. He is gettign paid something like 130,000 pounds a week. That is absurd for a player who has not really done a lot. Frank Lampard deserves more because he has delivered. So do players like Thierry Henry and Steven Gerrard.
My only hope now is for there to be ego clashes in the team. As an old coach of mine said, you can have a team of stars but I would rather a star team. I certainly pray that this statement holds true. But over a 6 month season I find it hard to see Chelsea dropping too many games for LFC to be able to bridge the gap and win the championship.
A shame really. But I hope Rafa gets us some good players and the bond they have will make it hard for teams to beat us.
I can dream can’t I!!!
That is true but what is absurd to see is how in football a team can buy the players they want and basically win a championship.
This is why I am really disappointed by this new Chelsea. With the deep and almost endless pockets of Roman A, the team is able to buy who they want. They just outbid teams and pay exorbitant prices for players.
For instance last season they paid 21m pounds for Shaun Wright-Phillips and he hardly got a run. Anyone who plays that much for a plyer should expect them to be superstars each week. not Chelsea.
So what is happening is they have bought the English premierships the last 2 seasons. Sure the tactical side comes into play but their weekly domestic domination makes the EPL boring and it is now a race for 2nd.
However the past 2 seasons they have been kicked out at the semi final stages of the FA Cup and Champions League by non other than the wonderful Liverpool. Some slight reward and reason to believe that good things come to good people.
However, now they have bought Andrey Shevchenko from AC Milan. He is a terrific goal scorer and makes it harder for the other English teams to compete with Chelsea. They have also bought Michael Ballack, Germany’s top player I believe. He is gettign paid something like 130,000 pounds a week. That is absurd for a player who has not really done a lot. Frank Lampard deserves more because he has delivered. So do players like Thierry Henry and Steven Gerrard.
My only hope now is for there to be ego clashes in the team. As an old coach of mine said, you can have a team of stars but I would rather a star team. I certainly pray that this statement holds true. But over a 6 month season I find it hard to see Chelsea dropping too many games for LFC to be able to bridge the gap and win the championship.
A shame really. But I hope Rafa gets us some good players and the bond they have will make it hard for teams to beat us.
I can dream can’t I!!!
Monday, May 15, 2006
I know, I know.....
Yes it has been a while and yes, i am lazy. But I, Dev Vagel, shall endeavour to blog more.
But first thing first.
Well done to Liverpool - we won the FA Cup!!
REPRESENT!!!
But first thing first.
Well done to Liverpool - we won the FA Cup!!
REPRESENT!!!
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