Saturday, May 13, 2006

FA Cup Finals Preview #2 - Hyping It Up

Referee: Alan Wiley
Assistants: Peter Kirkup and Darren Cann
Fourth Official: Phil Dowd.

Team Colours
Liverpool: Red shirts, Red shorts, Red socks
West Ham United: White shirts, White shorts, White Socks

Guest of Honour: Prince William

FA Cup Honours:
Liverpool - 6 Times Winners; 6 Times Runners-up
West Ham United: 3 Times Winners; 1 Time Runners-up

Venue:
Millenium Stadium, Cardiff
Inauguration: 1999
Building costs: £130 million
Capacity: 74,500 seats


Drogballs: Come on you Reds! Let's make it 3 Cups in 2 seasons, and make us proud! Go on and play with all your heart and good luck. You'll Never Walk Alone....



Movie Marathon Report

Before I start with my personal views on the movies, HUITING gave me this YouTube link and its surprisingly, about football! Haha after i made a fool out of her 'netball', she's still nice and kind enough to send me that link. Anyway here it is!


I laughed so hard that my dad was giving me the weird look. In turn he laughed at it too anyway. You have Paul Scholes mis-kicking a corner, some random referee stuff and please, watch the very last incident.

MOVIE MARATHON!

Sounds crazy to watch a movie on a Public Holiday over here in Singapore. But to watch TWO movies at a go is quite simply, a luxury. $9.50 per movie. Compared to the prices of the tickets 10-20years ago, man that is over-priced! But if more movies are close to what MI:3 achieve then I would of course NOT complain about the ticket price. Anyway met up with Weekiat and Janice for the movie at J8. Firstly, we decided to watch Poseidon.

Movie #1: Poseidon - Prototype Of A Typical American Hero Movie

A remake of what my dad called it, a classic. But the remake was quite forgettable if you would ask me. It started off pretty well with the typical zoom-around the ship view with the ochestra. Sounds pretty epic. But the downside of the movie comes right at the start. It zoomed into the character too quickly and giving you only the roughest of idea what these character are and all you know is, well..their names and..how they look like. Then nothing. The build up seemed to be rushed and before you knew it, yes the storm came! OMG!!!

It was a BIG ship and apparently ONLY the captain could tell there was a HUGEE wave coming. You could argue that everyone is in the New Year mood and not be noticing, but surely there will be some buggers that would look out the window and SEE it? Anyway the wave crashed on the ship and BAM. It went 90 degrees down and everyone died apart from those who are celerating in the party hall (that included Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas). Everyone was flipped upside down and fling around like a ragdoll, well yes they are. And yet so many survived! Miracle? You bet..it always happened be it Hollyoaks show or our very own Mediacorp show. Back to the point. So all that is left are the people in the party hall and everyone died in the disco...except of course, the 3 that was meant to live. The rest were either electrocuted or by some other saddistic way you could think of.

So it comes to this point where the movie goes into the direction of what most 'escape for your life' movie are like and makes it very predictable. Let me sum it up for you:

1) There will ALWAYS be a Father-Daughter-Boyfriend scenario, where the boyfriend is supposed to take on an important task, but seeing how the boyfriend loves his daughter, the father chose to sacrifice instead. See: Armageddon.

2) One of them will be EXTREMELY brave yet alittle cocky.

3) Somebody WILL screw up, in the most silly way. Like trying to taunt one of the members among the survivors, then die a horrible death. It ALWAYS happens. Karma?

4) There will always be pretty girls and no one in the survivors are fat. If not, how to escape?

5) Somebody will die during the process, making the hero a little demoralised

6) There will be a group that survive. Then split into 2 groups. One of the group will venture and try to find a way out and survive. The other will follow orders and then die.

This is just some of the things that always happened in such movies and it's getting predictable eh? Yep the rest is about how they made it through from the hall all the way to the back of the ship. Then came the interesting part. After they jumped off into freedom, or more likely into the water, there was one lifeboat placed just exactly where they wanted. Sounds familiar? Well the next time you watch a serial drama, after the girl quarrel, she will leave the house/whatever an then the guy will chase after her. Just right when the guy catches up, ZOOOM, a taxi appears out of nowhere and the lady board the taxi and BYE! Well it always happens. It's a movie after all!

Conclusion: Its actually a pretty promising movie, if only its not rushed. I know they're running for their lives but please, we wanna get to know a little more about the characters. So that we'll build a little emotion attachment to the people there. So that when someone dies we'll go awww and when someone does something proud, you'll...feel a little proud.

Positives:
+Pretty Epic Intro, music and tones during the escapemakes your andrenaline go pumping!
+Pretty girls! nuff' said
+It's actually quite thrilling

Negatives:
- some camera angles are awkward. Makes some of the character look really ugly
- a little lack of innovation and twist in the story
- very, very predictable

Score? 3.5 / 5

Movie #2: Mission Impossible 3 - Mission Impossible.......

The title suggests you're in for a escapade from reality. Watch this only if you don't mind things going a little ridiculous and unreal. But its fun sometimes, to get away from what is real and make yourself believe in something other than reality. Directed by J.J Abrams sums it all up. Anyone who watched Lost on tv will know, he captures the character's emotion bloody damn well and you don't need them to actually talk to know what is going on.

It starts with what most action movies starts with actually, fast forward in time, usually to almost the ending portion of the story. Although its sounds normal, the character capture was excellent and it keeps everyone on the edge of the seat. Then it went on to do all his impossible tricks like getting the 'Rabbit Foot' to this place and it gets stolen and he has to get it back yet again. So normally in action movies, the protagonist will usually have a love one, this time round a gorgeous wife of his. So what do you do to stop a super god-like spy from stopping your evil plans? Get his love ones of course! Up till this point it was predictable. But thank God..they implemented a twist in the story. Not a twist, but a double twist in the story. Brilliant!

Conclusion: The hero saves the day and his love one. And happily ever after. The story is actually pretty much the same as what action movies nowadays offer, but thanks to the decent twists in the plot, it makes the movie a little more enjoyable and thrilling, and the character build-up unlike Poseidon, was good. So when the badass was throwing punches and kicks at the helpless Cruise, you'll feel like retaliating and fighting for him. Signs of a very good movie.

Positives:
+ Brilliant character build-up, not rushed
+ Excellent sound quality, intense and some scenes were breath-taking
+ Maggie Q is quite hot!
+ Twists in the plot. Good storyline..although the settings seemed generic. Badass gets chemical weapon. Hero stops him. Badass kidnap his bird. Hero saves the day. But good enough!

Negatives:
- THE BLEW THE BLOODY ORANGE LAMBOURGHINI UP, LAH!
- They threw the black guy a few lines to spice up the show and make you laugh. But don't seemed TOO funny. Quite a lame attempt.

Score? 4 / 5

Reviews complete! Oh my how long did I write? Dammit. Anyway FA Cup Finals tomorrow night! I'm so bloody excited. Build up to the match will be posted tomorrow. Now to bed. Good night!

Friday, May 12, 2006

The Goal That Made Andy Gray Goes Crazzehhh

You thought English commentators are not as loud and excited as those from Brazil or Argentina? Watch this YouTube video and think again!



The goal that Stevie G described as the most important one he's ever scored for Liverpool. Rightly so!

FA Cup Final Preview 1; 10 Shrewdest Signings This Season

FA Cup Finals

Liverpool vs West Ham United
Saturday 13th May, 9.55pm
Millenium Cardiff

Jerseys:

Doubtful Players:
Liverpool: Xabi Alonso, Daniel Agger;
West Ham Utd: Matty Etherington, Dean Ashton;

Training Pictures:








































My god, look at Crouchinho's legs! Looks like bamboo!

Soccernet's 10 Best Signings This Season (Note: No Chelsea Players! Surprise!)


10. Mikel Arteta (Everton, £2 million)
Normally the admiring comments about the 'Spanish Armada' on Merseyside are restricted to Liverpool, but Everton's Basque playmaker has displayed a technique and vision comparable with that of his childhood friend Xabi Alonso, along with an aptitude for the Premiership. The winner of both the fans' and players' player of the year awards at Goodison Park, he is much the best of David Moyes' buys from the proceeds of Wayne Rooney's sale to Manchester United.

9. Danny Gabbidon (West Ham, £3 million)
The Welshman can consider himself thoroughly upstaged by Anton Ferdinand, but has still made a seamless transition from the Championship to the Premiership. It helps that he has pace required to deal with superior strikers - indeed, like Ferdinand, can appear to glide across the turf. His timing in the tackle is also apparent in record of only three bookings in his first season in the top flight. Despite a strong challenge from Yossi Benayoun, Gabbidon ranks as the best of Alan Pardew's summer signings.

8. Scott Parker (Newcastle, £6.5 million)
Tyneside has spent years preoccupied with the question of the succession and, while Scott Parker would make an inadequate replacement for Alan Shearer as a goalscorer, Newcastle have a new leader.

When Graeme Souness won the auction for Parker's services, he secured an indefatigable player in the centre of midfield, despite a variety of partners and the thankless task of protecting a defence with Jean-Alain Boumsong and Titus Bramble at its heart.

Indeed, if the holding midfielder's role is as an insurance policy, the barely roadworthy vehicle behind him required plenty of cover. Parker provided it with persistence and aplomb. And in Newcastle, his display while bloodied and battered against Arsenal will long be remembered.

7. Pedro Mendes (Portsmouth, part of £7 million triple deal)
A signing whose impact is still being felt across the Midlands.

While Spurs accumulated midfielders at the rate that David O'Leary makes enemies, Mendes rapidly became the odd man out. Harry Redknapp - many of whose January additions merit a mention - has long placed an emphasis on quality midfielders and, following Alexandre Gaydamak's investment, was quick to move for Mendes, along with Sean Davis and Noe Pamarot.

The Portuguese quickly became the most influential of the trio, turning the relegation battle on its head with stoppage time winner against Man City. Indeed, all three of his Pompey goals have been memorable. Long-range shooting rapidly is becoming his trademark; there are worse ones to have.

6. Momo Sissoko (Liverpool, £5.6 million) - Hail Vieira! Oh....
In a Premiership abounding with new Vieiras, Liverpool's Malian midfielder is the most convincing. Momo Sissoko's passing remains a little wasteful, but he has the physical presence to dominate Premiership midfields.

Manchester United were overpowered, Chelsea could have been and Liverpool's season might have been very different had Rafael Benitez not acted swiftly to prevent him joining Everton instead. The kick he received to the eye from Beto threatened not just Liverpool's season, but their progress under Benitez as well.


5. Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan, £500,000)
It is a shame that memories of an outstanding first year in England have been tarnished in such a tactless manner. Pascal Chimbonda handed in a transfer request on the Highbury pitch after the last game of the season and, if you believe the rumour-mongers, then the Premiership elite are queuing up to sign a player who, 12 months ago, was unknown.

Granted, the 1970s Afro attracted attention off the field; on it, no-one feared Pascal Chimbonda. They do now: his natural spring and raw pace put him at the forefront of a new breed of adventurous right backs - like Emmanuel Eboue, in full-flight, he is more of a threat than most wingers. It may be of scant consolation to Wigan right now, but they should return a healthy profit on Chimbonda.

4. Arjan de Zeeuw (Wigan, undisclosed)
Some players peak later than others, but few reach the zenith of their careers at such an advanced age. Dutchman de Zeeuw has just turned 36 but has figured along with John Terry and Jamie Carragher in every quest to find the Premiership's outstanding central defender this season.

A veteran of the lower divisions, he has brought an authority to the Wigan defence on his return to the JJB Stadium. And for every insinuation Wigan's success has been bought, it is worth remembering that de Zeeuw, deemed surplus to requirement at Portsmouth arrived for a token fee. Indeed, of all the decisions in an almost disastrous summer of dealing at Fratton Park, few were as ill-advised as letting him leave; Harry Redknapp has never stopped lamenting his departure.

3. Darren Bent (Charlton, £2.5 million)
Few have bridged the gap between divisions with as much assurance. Darren Bent has scored 18 goals in first Premiership season and 22 in all competitions. It is also tempting to speculate what might have happened. Bent topped Mick McCarthy's summer shopping list; instead, he opened his Charlton account against them, scored five times in his first four games and the speedy striker was fast-tracked into England squad.

It is interesting to note that he was at his most prolific when on his own in attack - despite his background at Ipswich as the foil to a bigger striker. Alan Curbishley leaves many fine legacies at The Valley. Darren Bent ranks high among them.

2. Aaron Lennon (Tottenham, £1 million)
The financial meltdown at Elland Road has benefited several clubs, but there is plenty of evidence to suggest Spurs were the most astute buyers at the firesale.

As if acquiring England's first-choice goalkeeper (Paul Robinson) for a mere £1.75 million were not enough, arguably the most exciting young English winger around came cheaper still. Recruited as a reserve to Wayne Routledge, Lennon's development has been as swift and unexpected as many of his jinking solo runs.

His low centre of gravity enabled him to evade defenders with ease and, at White Hart Lane, there has been the sight of Edgar Davids - one of Europe's finest midfielders of the last decade - on the bench, while Lennon was preferred on the pitch. The World Cup headlines went Theo Walcott's way and it is a sign of Lennon's success that few argued with the 19-year-old's inclusion in Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad.

1. Craig Bellamy (Blackburn, £5 million)
Few remain ambivalent where Craig Bellamy is concerned; the footballing cliche 'love him or hate him' is rarely more applicable.

At Ewood Park, however, it is hard to find anyone expressing anything other than adoration for the Welsh striker. His signing was a coup for Mark Hughes - arguably Newcastle's finest player but a cut-price departure from St James' Park, completing a delayed part-exchange with his adversary Graeme Souness.

Yet, in the glow created by an accomplished team's qualification for Europe, hark back to the start of the season. Blackburn were overly negative, impotent in attack and struggling to shed their unwanted image as the Premiership's dirtiest team.

Then Bellamy returned to fitness - 13 goals in 22 starts is an outstanding ratio; still more impressive is the quality of the goals, especially a wonderful brace against Portsmouth, and the calibre of defenders unable to contain him.

Only he, Thierry Henry and Ronaldinho have scored twice in a game against Mourinho's Chelsea; only one of them is denied the recognition he merits.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

To Huiting..... And Congrats To The Skipper And Keeper...

You Want Netball, Here It Is....








Played with a ball, and a net isn't it?...






You want netball? Here! See the ball? See the net? There you go. (:












Congratulations Steven Gerrard & Jose Reina

Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard has been named Barclays Player of the Month for April, while Jose Reina has won the Golden Gloves award.

The awards double caps a fantastic April for the Reds, with the Anfield outfit collecting away wins at West Brom and Blackburn together with home successes against Bolton and Aston Villa, with Gerrard scoring twice against David O'Leary's men and leading from the front throughout
the month.

Goalkeeper Reina kept an impressive 20 clean sheets, more than Edwin van der Sar (18) and last year's Golden Glove winner Petr Cech (17). Brad Friedel of Blackburn and Jens Lehman of
Arsenal (both 16) completed the top five.

Barclays sponsorship director Matt Appleby said: "To win the Golden Glove in his first Premiership campaign, and at such a young age, shows Jose Reina's potential. He has used this season as a springboard onto the international scene and has seen off the challenge of some world-class players to keep the most clean sheets.

"Reina has been part of an outstanding Liverpool defence that will surely build on their success to make a serious challenge for the title. Steven Gerrard has also had a great season, hitting the peak of his form in April. Both are deserved Barclays Award winners."

Drogballs: Congrats not only for collecting the well deserved Player of the Month award, but also on his 2nd child! Please God, let his kid be as good as him and play for Liverpool! haha. A fairly fruitful season we're having and IF we could add the FA Cup into our trophy cabinet on
Saturday, it'll be really nice. Credits to Reina too. Although still a little eccentric at times, hope he could be as good as Brucie Gobelaar!

Cisse's Wedding Photos Revealed


























































































Drogballs
: I know, he wedded almost a year ago! But i still find those photos amusing. Don't you think he looks like Kofi Annan? The UN General Secretary? Haha if only his form is as red hot as that suit.But still......


























OUT YOU GO!!

To Arsenal Fans....Trot-tenham Fans Too!

Reasons Why They Got Food-Poisoning










































Because Wenger is neither a football manager nor a "professor". He's a cook! HAHA

PS: Just a joke! Don't take it too seriously!

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

He Should Be Called Up For England Instead.......

Drogballs' Idea Of Who Should Be The English Forward That Partners Crouchinho

Alright, rather than depending on a 17 year old Theo Walcott, whom does not have any experience in top-flight football and someone Sven himself have NOT seen playing, why not let me, Drogballs introduce you a player that would surely make it into any national team, and i say..walk straight into the team. Well, he's as agile as a 18 year old Michael Owen. He's blessed with lightning pace and is surely, surely faster than TH14, or Thierry Henry. He's more fearsome than Wayne Rooney on the ball...and last but not least, when he's on the field, everyone respects him more than Ronaldinho. And he is.........don't be shocked!














































THE FEARLESS SQUIRREL!!
1) He's got Champios League experience, unlike Walcott!

2) When he's on the field, everyone stops play and...worship him!

3) Mr Eriksson loves the "big man-small man" tactic. Surely he would form a fantastic partner with Crouch? Surely Crouchinho is big enough?


4) More agile than Owen. Check. Faster than Henry. Check.

WHAT A LEGEND!

I'll Show You Walcott's Bird...

Fear not. I'm not showing you his *cough* privates *cough*. What i meant is i'll show you his girlfriend..or rather wife..and make you feel oh-so-jealous...



oh.god. A footballer earning 10-20k per WEEK, going to the World Cup, a bright and glorious future ahead and....a girlfriend like this. I feel so useless. HAHA. Yes, yes, life is unfair sometimes......

The Transcript: Ruud vs CRonaldo

Behind The Scenes...

So what actually happened during the training, you would think, that Fergie is so pissed that sent the Dutch horse whom scored bucketloads of goals for ManYoo back to his hometown? Below is what happened :

There was a training match and Quieroz was reffing, and gave Ronaldo a free kick against Van Nistelrooy.

Ruud apparently gets up and goes "no suprises there, giving your son a free kick"

Ronaldo responds saying that it was a foul, and RvN says, "go tell that to your dad"

This is where things got serious, as Ronaldo is instantly riled - as he tells Ruud; "my dad is dead"

Ruud amazingly counters with; "No he's not, Carlos [Quieroz] is your dad"

All hell breaks loose as Ronaldo goes mad and goes for Ruud. The players separate them but a distraught Ronaldo leaves the training session in tears.


BOO HOO HOO!



Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Walcott Masterstroke? A Step Too Far For Van Horseface.

Theo Walcott: Masterstroke or Big Mistake?

Disclaimer: This is my own personal view of this Walcott saga. Agree or disagree, you have the rights to.

Well, well. A 17 Year Old kid (younger than me for your info), who has never played a single Premiership game after his 12million pounds move from Southampton to Arsenal, is in the squad for England. Sven is taking one of the biggest risk ever I say. He's known to be a very careful manager and seldom take risks. Just look at the squad he picks over the last few years. He's someone that doesn't really look at the current form of the players and instead, picks players he think is 'good' and suits his style of play.

So this time round, he finally had the guts to do something spectacular and shock the whole of the nation and as well as everyone that's concerned about the upcoming World Cup. If dropping his 'favoured' Shaun Wright-Phillips takes quite alot of balls, then bringing an inexperienced 17 year old kid made his balls as big as the bowling balls! (just kidding).

Yes, nations are gonna be shocked to meet face to face with a player rumoured to be faster than Theirry Henry himself and someone that nobody has seen playing. But I always believe that experience is one of the most important factor when it comes to Cup games, where the little experience is surely gonna help rather than a headless chicken running around. You can compare this saga with Pele being picked by Brazil at age of 17 and Rooney at 18(?), but both the players mentioned have already proven themselves on the domestic front. So, conclusively, it's best for England not to pick Walcott, especially ahead of Jermain Defoe and Darren Bent. I personally think, it's not gonna work. Period.

Van Nistelrooy = Total Idiot
Drogballs: After reading the following report, I totally lost all my respect for the Horse Face(I didn't have much anyway). Although I'm not a fan of Cristiano Ronaldo (I think he's an over-rated player), but I believe that he deserve the little respect from the horse, just because he's a human too, and he shares the air that we breathe. Look:


Ruud Van Nistelrooy, available for £10m according to The Guardian, stormed out of Old Trafford on Sunday after finding out he had not been selected for United's 16 man-squad for their game against Charlton, the final match of the Premiership season, that afternoon.

At the time the club refused to comment, with Sir Alex Ferguson only saying afterwards that "a couple of incidents in training that concerned me in terms of the spirit of the club" had resulted in Van Nistelrooy's exclusion, and that he would discuss the Dutchman's future with club directors in the next 48 hours.

But the full extent of the disfavour the Dutchman has fallen into was not immediately clear.

According to The Independent, the "incidents in training" that Ferguson referred to were manifestations of the rapidly-deteriorating relationship between Van Nistelrooy and Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ronaldo has been the subject of Van Nistelrooy's ire on a number of occasions, with the Dutchman critical of his Portuguese team-mate's tendency to hold onto the ball for too long - a trait Van Nistelrooy felt was costing both United and himself vital goals.

During 'a heated exchange' Van Nistelrooy told the young Portuguese to go and talk to "his dad" - a disparaging reference, says The Independent, to United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz.

The remark carried particular sting, as Ronaldo lost his father in September - a bereavement that has been widely seen as responsible for the very loss of form earlier in the season that Van Nistelrooy was so critical of. A 'clearly upset' Ronaldo replied that he 'did not have a dad'.

Van Nistelrooy then arrived on Sunday having thought no more of the incident - only to be told that he was not included in the match-day squad. On hearing that, the Dutchman said to club captain Gary Neville: "Good luck for the game. I'm off."

Van Nistelrooy promptly took a taxi back to Old Trafford, where he picked up his car and drove straight to Manchester Airport before taking the next available flight to the Netherlands.

Van Nistelrooy has also failed to receive an invitation to take part in former team-mate Roy Keane's testimonial later this week, although whether that snub came before or after his actions over the weekend is unclear. It completes a remarkable fall from grace for a player considered for the club captaincy by Ferguson after the Irishman's high-profile departure.
Drogballs: It's a right thing to do, Fergie. Kicked his arse back to the Netherlands and let him rot. Anyway I saw him fleeing Old Trafford and I took a photo of it with my phone.

















TADAHHH!!! BYE HORSEY!

Monday, May 08, 2006

2 Updates In 2 Hours, How Obsessed Am I?

And....

Your French Name is:

Neville Pillon
What's Your French Name?

Oh God! Why a Neville! NOOOOOOO. Makes me sound so gay HAHA.

England Provisional World Cup Squad Named: Walcott, Lennon In. Defoe, Wright-Phillips Out.

Absolutely mental! Sven has named the 23 men England provisional squad for the upcoming World Cup and its shocking. Theo Walcott, a 17 YEAR OLD striker who has never played a single Premiership game has been called into the national team. Wow, Sven, what on earth are you thinking? You're bringing England to the World bloody Cup! Not some Olympic football exhibition! Well, Aaron Lennon on the other hand, fully deserve the call-up and I think he'll be a bright spark in the WC.

Shaun Wright-Phillips? Aww joined Chelsea for further "challenge". Yeah now the challenge of sitting on the Chelsea bench has cost him his air ticket to Germany. Good luck son. Better get out of the scums, or you'll drown with them together.


Jermaine Jenas + Owen Hargreaves = Quite Shit. This is just to highlight how thin England squad actually is. If anything happens to Lumpard or Gerrard, there you go, they'll be in the first XI.

England 23:
Goalkeeper: Robinson (Tottenham), James (Manchester City), Green (Norwich)

Defenders: G Neville (Manchester United), R Ferdinand (Manchester United), Terry (Chelsea), A Cole (Arsenal), Campbell (Arsenal), Carragher (Liverpool), Bridge (Chelsea)

Midfielders: Beckham (Real Madrid), Carrick (Tottenham), Lampard (Chelsea), Gerrard (Liverpool), Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jenas (Totenham), Downing (Middlesbrough), J Cole (Chelsea), Lennon (Tottenham)

Strikers: Rooney (Manchester United), Owen (Newcastle), Crouch (Liverpool), Walcott (Arsenal).

Move Of The Week: Andreas Johansson (Wigan)

You wonder what's this about isn't it. This was the incident I'm talking about. Wigan made a substitution along with Arsenal. Wigan brought on Johansson and Arse brought on Ljungberg. Wigan is defending a corner. Then Johansson, without even touching the ball, dragged Ljungberg down in the box and as a last man, he's off. 7 seconds is all he took!

Hallelujah! Xabi Should Be Fit For The FA Cup Finals! And Some YouTube Stuff...

Alonso Could Make FA Final After Scan Shows Strain
Liverpool remain hopeful Xabi Alonso will be fit for Saturday's FA Cup final after a scan on his ankle injury sustained at Portsmouth on Sunday revealed ligament damage.

The Spanish midfielder was carried off on a stretcher in the first half of the 3-1 victory at Fratton Park but later returned to the dug-out walking unaided.

"A scan this morning (Monday) has confirmed that Xabi has an ankle ligament sprain," said Liverpool spokesman Ian Cotton.

"He'll now receive intensive treatment at Melwood and we are hopeful he will be available for the FA Cup Final on Saturday."

Drogballs: Missing Fowler and Luis Garcia is a real blow. So pray that he's alright for the finals! Playing a very enterprising West Ham is never an easy task so we will need all hands on deck!


Rafa The Magician! (<-- That's Benitez in his younger days, spot the afro!) He's already a legend in our eyes although he's only here for around 2 years. His tactcal acumen is there for all to see, especially Milan 3-3 Liverpool, Luton 3-5 Liverpool and Fulham 2-5 Liverpool. If you doubt that he's a true magician, watch the following video. I can ensure you, that you'll laugh at it.


See, told you he's a magician!


And, A Tribute To 'Arry Redknapp! "VULGARITIES ALERT"

He got the face of a british bulldog, and is reknown for helping relegation clubs stay up. This season he did it with Portsmouth. So show this guy some love will you. This, in my opinion is the most candid interview with a manager EVER. It's a must watch!


What happened was he was being interviewed by someone while 2 reserve team players were having a kickabout behind him. Suddenly the ball hit him on his back and his reaction was hilarious. "NO WONDER YOU'RE IN THE F**KING RESERVES!" Then his usual twitching head stare. HAHAHA.

SWP To Anfield, While Rafa Inviting Kewell Offers At £4M

Liverpool to offer £14M for Chelsea's Wright-Phillips
Liverpool are set to make a major £14 million bid for Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips.

The Mirror says Reds' boss Rafael Benitez hopes to lure the speedy right-winger back to the North West this summer in a deal which would equal the £14m Liverpool paid for Djibril Cisse last year.

Chelsea are thought to be willing to cut their losses on the player - yet to score for them - for around £7m less than they paid. But they will not let Wright-Phillips leave on loan.

Drogballs: Does Liverpool have that amount of money? I really have no idea. But the latest I heard is somebody's gonna take over the board (like Glazers to ManYoo) and Rafa will be given around 42mil. But out of that will be 12mil set aside to lure the "prodigal son" Michael 'I want to win more cup' Owen back to Anfield. So there will be 30mil left. SWP is quality, but for that amount of money...I have my reservations. How much have he deproved over the last year, we couldn't tell due to the number of games he actually took part in... so I hope (and I know) Rafa knows what he's doing.

On the other hand....
Rafael Benitez is ready to listen to offers or Liverpool's Aussie winger Harry Kewell. Reports stated that Kewell is unaware of the situation and might even be a subject of a swap deal. Anyway his place is under threat from the new signing, Mark Gonzalez who's also a left winger. When I read the report at first, 2 things came to my mind. Firstly, I would love to swap him for Craig Bellamy. It's seems ideal for both club and Bellamy is a pretty decent forward bar his life outside football.

Secondly about Kewell being unaware of the situation. Quelle surprised! This is the very Harry Kewell that said other than playing football, he has no interest in it and doesn't read anything regarding football and even struggles to finish watching ONE football match. So its bloody brilliant that we could sell him this way, since he don't read the papers anyway. Haha!

And The Fourth Champions League Spot Goes To....

Henry Scores Hat Trick To Give Highbury A Great Sent Off....And Sent Arse To Champions League
Arsenal 4-2 Wigan (Henry 3, Pires; Sharner, Thompson)

As I have mentioned in the previous post, Arsenal will nick the 4th spot and kick Tottenham down to the UEFA Cup spot. Check. I've said Arsenal will put a few goals into Wigan's net in their last game at Highbury. Check. What a wonderful finale to the 2005/2006 Barclay's Premiership. Not as exciting as last season's 4 horses relegation race, but the emotional last game at Highbury proves to be a pretty decent final as well.

Wigan was there to spoil the party and actually played very decently. But Henry was the difference as he put 3 goals past Wigan. There was something really interesting that happened in the match actually. Andreas Johansson was subbed in together with Ljungberg of Arsenal. The next thing that happened was Johansson brought down Ljungberg in the penalty box and Huzzah! Sent off, without even touching the damn ball!

Finally, I'll give all credits to Arsenal. Their constant display of fantastic football makes them one of the most watchable teams on the planet. Their season seemed to fall apart earlier this year when they're tore apart by the more physical teams. But they showed resillience and here they are, in the Champions League. Well Done You Arse!

As Tottenham Bottled It.....
West Ham 1-2 Tottenham (Fletcher, Benayoun; Defoe)


They're pretty unlucky eh? TEN players down with some weird bug when they're about to play their most important game of the season. Ah well that's just football. I'm sure it's gonna be the talking point for the next few days because there's an on-going investigation over at the hotel where they stayed. Stay tune!

Charlton Let ManYoo Piss All Over Them
ManYoo 4-0 Charlton (Saha, Ronaldo, Euell(OG), Richardson)

I used to think Charlton's a pretty decent team. They've got a pretty down-to-earth manager and some quite talented players. But this season, they're really a pain in the arse, especially to Liverpool. Beaten us 2-0 at The Valley, then went on to draw 0-0 with us at Anfield. And when we're praying and hoping they'll at least draw with ManYoo, they did a disappearing act and let ManYoo piss all over them. Is this how you give a sent off to your manager? If it is, then Championship you shall go next season.

Liverpool's 11 Straight Win. But Just Not Enough..
Portsmouth 1-3 Liverpool (Koroman; Fowler, Crouch, Cisse)

Not a bad results for the Reds, shame on Charlton. And the goal we conceded was similar to the ones conceded against Villa. And further bad news is Xabi Alonso is unlikely to be fit for the FA Cup Finals. Lets hope and pray he's alright for the World Cup though. We've lost Rooney and I hope we wont see another lost. No clean sheets record for Liverpool. But this puts an end to our season and sums up a pretty productive and decent season. Fowler returning the favour showed by Rafa by scoring his 5th goal in 6th starts. 2 other strikers scoring. Haven't watch the game on tv yet so not much i can comment on. But well in Reds! Thanks for giving us a fantastic season! (bar the European exit) and the FA Cup would surely be the icing on the damn cake!

Other Results:

Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland
Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea (HAHA!)
Bolton 1-0 Birmingham
Blacburn 2-0 ManCity
Fulham 1-0 Boro
Everton 2-2 West Brom

Sunday, May 07, 2006

Breaking News: Last Fixture Of The Premiership This Season

Match On Despite Food Poisoning

West Ham vs Tottenham match to go ahead despite SEVEN Tottenham players down with food poisoning. Tottenham requested a change of date, but apparently it got rejected and therefore, Tottenham will be without several key players. I'm currently unable to pin-point who this 7 players are, but good lordy, a real lucky day for Arsenal! Even if the food poisoning didn't happen, I'm not really optimistic about Tottenham's chance of finishing 4th because they're playing West Ham away, which is never an easy place to go, while Arsenal playing their last home game in Highbury against a bit-part Wigan. whom I think, will get their butts kicked. So watch this space, Arsenal will get 4th.

Van Nistelrooy Walks Out Of Old-Toilet After Being Dropped
Bad news ManYoo fan. Your top scorer has walked out of the stadium and already half-way out of the club. Apparently, he's dropped for the game at home against Charlton and angrily walked out of the ground. The last news I heard was Saha will be dropped as well and make way for Giuseppe Rossi and Ole Gunnar Solksjaer in the strikers position.

Portsmouth vs Liverpool: Preview
Harry Kewell will return to the Liverpool side for today's final Premiership clash with Portsmouth at Fratton Park and Jerzy Dudek will deputise for Pepe Reina in goal.
The Reds still harbour hopes of clinching 2nd spot from Manchester United and Rafa has named a strong side that sees Steven Gerrard, Xabi Alonso, Momo Sissoko and Harry Kewell line up in midfield.

Liverpool - Dudek, Riise, Finnan, Carragher, Hyypia, Kewell, Gerrard, Alonso, Sissoko, Morientes, Fowler. Subs - Reina, Traore, Cisse, Crouch, Kromkamp