tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815428539618575462024-02-19T14:53:33.794-08:00Soccermania!A combination of sports analysis, predictions and mostly rumblings.kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-42229930918868065952016-07-14T08:49:00.001-07:002016-07-18T10:57:20.461-07:00Olivier Giroud: Really shite or misunderstood?<span style="font-size: large;">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello all. In the recent week, after a near two year hiatus, I have been
inspired to share my thoughts on the beautiful game once again. I didn’t even
know where to begin so I figured Olivier Giroud would be a good start.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">These musings were inspired by two separate
discussions I had with two Arsenal fans: one during France’s game against
Germany; and the other during the Euros Final. I must confess I was supporting
France on both occasions so I could have biased. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US">During the Germany game, I
pointed out that – to me- Giroud hadn’t completed a pass with his feet by
around the 40th min mark (NB: a successful kick off doesn’t count).
He had also miscontrolled over half of the passes that came his way. Fancy that: a man who's paid millions of pounds a year to play football has such poor control. A Gallic Andy Carroll with a better haircut and better tattoos methinks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"> The Gunner
fan was adamant I was hating… until he got a one on one chance with Neuer and managed
to let Benedict Howedes, who was previously only known to be fleeter of foot
than Per Mertasacker, chase him down. He didn’t even test the keeper. Said
Arsenal fan then threw his hands in the air and Googled those Lacazzette and
Higuan transfer rumors.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">***Speaking of Higuan, instead of
Argentines staging rallies to convince Messi to go back on his decision to
retire from international soccer, they should protest and force Gonzalo to
retire. I hold him personally responsible for Messi’s sorrow. Two missed one on
ones with the keeper (against Germany at the WC and Chile this year) in three
tense finals plus the back post miss in last year’s final against Chile is
inexcusable. ***</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">The second discussion was with a rather
sophisticated Gooner. The type with all the stats, financial reports,
advanced metrics and even delightful anecdotes about players’ <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>personal lives. I broached the subject of just
how shite Giroud is. We had the usual back and forth about how he scores goals
which is after all a striker’s job (albeit most as the 3rd
and 4th in 4-0 wins or consolations in 5-2 drubbings).I asked what
exactly it was that Giroud’s speciality is.. The usual.. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This went on for a while until it was put to me
that Giroud is among the Top 10 strikers.. in the WORLD!!! I was challenged to
name 10 better strikers than him… </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">*** I wasn’t allowed to name Antoinne Griezmann due
to his not being a “true striker”***</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-US">So I quickly rattled off names.. Suarez,
Ibra, Lewandowski, Aguero, Kane, Diego Costa, Benzema, HIGUAN… Then I stopped. No. Not because I couldn’t find a ninth one. No!! I was shocked I hadn’t
approached the question in a more devilish way. So I did. I decided to limit my
search to the Premier League. I posited that arguably every EPL club from last
season had at least one striker better than Giroud. It was a bit presumptuous
of me but well.. it was after midnight. As you go through the list below, don’t
think statistics. Just consider that Arsenal create a glut of chances every
game and consider the individual’s quality, then imagine him playing for Arsene
Wenger. It goes without saying that one has the ignore compatibility issues in
such hypothetical situations. An example being that while Diego Costa would be
incompatible with Wenger, I doubt anyone has qualms about who the better
striker, between him and Giroud is. So here are the EPL strikers I believe to
be better Olivier Giroud.</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">The asterix denotes a<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>case that I find arguable. In Rashford’s
case, I believe it’s just a matter of time though. </span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US">Take note of the bottom six
teams. Does anything leap out at you? What if Sunderland had started the season with
Defoe instead of acquiring him in January?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">By the way, attempt to Google Olivier Giroud and the first three suggestions will be: "Olivier Giroud haircut", "Olivier Giroud hair", "Olivier beard" and finally "Olivier Giroud stats". In that exact order.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-size: large;">The opinions expressed above are purely satirical and as thus aren't meant to denigrate, discourage, annoy (**insert other pejoratives**) anyone's favorite teams, players or feelings. </span></span><br />
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</span>kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-12673275753510498242014-07-04T06:16:00.000-07:002014-07-04T06:17:45.976-07:00World Cup Musings.For the past two and a half weeks, we soccer fans around the world have been captivated by the spectacle that is the World Cup. For those of us who live in Africa, it has meant enduring late nights and making excuses at work in the morning. For sheer excitement and drama, this has probably been one of the better tournaments most of us have witnessed. These are some of the things that have stood out for me;<br />
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Africans will be Africans</h3>
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The Africans brought with them their fair share of drama and
colour as always. Unpaid appearance fees and bonuses, players beating up team
officials, squads flying in economy class, match fixing rumours.. The list is
endless. Most interestingly, a known match fixing guru from one of those East
Asian cartels <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">predicted</i> that Cameroon
vs Croatia would end 0-4 and one Cameroon player would get sent off. This is
exactly what happened. <b>FIFA, that bastion of financial regularity and zero-tolerance
to corruption, has challenged the newspaper that broke the story to prove
match-fixing allegations against Cameroon</b>. At least their local federation has
promised to investigate the claims. Don’t keep your fingers crossed.</div>
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This is a <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/29/kevin-prince-boateng-ghana-world-cup-disaster">what</a> Kevin Prince Boateng had to say about the state of
affairs in Ghana’s camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>KPB and Sulley Muntari were infamously kicked out of camp before the decisive Portugal
clash. This was a day after Ghana's president had $3m airlifted to Brazil to prevent the players going on strike. That would have been an interesting sight; Portuguese players out on the pitch with no opponents.</div>
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I have always had a feeling that most African players come
to the World Cup more to get noticed by scouts or move to bigger clubs and earn
more money; than to help their countries. Jordan Ayew had a chance to square
the ball to Asamoah Gyan for a tap-in to make it 3-1 against Germany, a goal
that would have put Ghana out of sight. He saw his name in lights.. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">This was a recurring theme in most matches that involved Africans.</span></div>
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The above displays are actually symptomatic of Africa’s
general problems; officialdom misappropriating money meant for the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">wanaichi</i>, Africans lacking the basic
unity and discipline to compete in the global arena.. and the institutional failure that <b>makes country's presidents the final arbitrators in every national matter At least we’re consistent.</b> Sport mirrors life.</div>
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Break out performers</h3>
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The two break out performers, for me, have been Paul Pogba
and James(pronounced <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Ha-mez</i> by the way)
Rodriguez. The World Cup is the greatest opportunity for previously underrated or little known
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Paul Pogba looks like he’ll be the closest thing we’ll ever
get to Yaya Toure 2.0. He’s a big strong lad with outstanding balance and the
footwork of a much smaller man. It is arguable that he possesses greater vision
than Yaya, which may be <b>a result of two years of tutelage at the feet of the
maestro Andrea Pirlo</b>. At age 22, one would think he can only get better. Now if
only he could curb his ‘Balotelli tendencies’. It still baffles me how Sir Alex Ferguson let such a gem go for nothing.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yaya Toure 2.0</td></tr>
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James Rodriguez’ $50m price tag should have been instructive
of how talented he is. Of course if it was paid with Arab money, one has cause
to doubt. Well, doubt no more. The kid is the real deal. He’s leading the
Golden boot standings with 5 goals and 2 assists; two of which – this one <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6sslrVxowM">against Japan</a> and this volley <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhFiN-eLby4">against Uruguay</a>- were absolute peaches. Florentino
Perez must be speaking to his financial advisor..</div>
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This is the first tournament I have seen with no clear
favorites. No team has actually played one of those dominant games which make
people sit up and take notice. Germany has been labored and ponderous. Ozil,
one of the stars of 2010, has looked particularly poor. It looks Germany have
got this silly habit of retaining possession just for the sake of it; maybe as
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Holland and France have very rampant attacks but I am still
not convinced by their defenses and the French <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>haven’t really been tested (save for Nigeria
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Argentina is over reliant on Messi and their lack of a
playmaker is obviously hurting them. Alex Sabella starts with two defensive
midfielders(Mascherano and Gago) and four forwards(Messi, Higuan, di Maria and
Aguerro/Lavezzi). How he expects the ball to get to the forwards is a mystery. <b>The
result is Messi dropping deep to pick up possession making it easier for the
opposition midfielders to swarm all over him</b>. I don’t know how long ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">el Catalan’</i> will keep bailing them out.</div>
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Brazil also suffer from a similar over-reliance on the
brilliance of Neymar. Brazil also seems to play with 9 footballers and two
spectators on the field. <b>I don’t care how many times Fred scrambles the ball
home, he shouldn’t be the spearhead of a World Cup winning attack</b>. Hulk, on the
hand, has still failed to score a competitive goal for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">the Selecao</i>. Enough said..</div>
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DON’T <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>win tournaments in the Americas, I
would say Colombia are looking good for this one. Unfortunately, there are
rarely underdog wins at the World Cup. Somehow, the countries with more stars
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Also, I have heard that the suits at FIFA, whom Uruguay’s
president referred to using <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/30/luis-suarez-bite-ban-uruguay-president-fifa-bitches">bad words</a>, would really love Brazil to win this one
in the belief that if Brazil goes out, riots will break out and the tournament
will suffer. I see Fred going down in the box, in the Final, due to someone
breathing in his direction and winning a penalty that poster boy Neymar
converts to give FIFA a fairytale ending. That's just the cynic in me but don’t put anything past FIFA.</div>
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<br />kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-21844003387877789232014-02-06T01:19:00.001-08:002014-02-06T01:22:52.612-08:00Mid season report card.<h2>
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During the pre-season, we gathered a panel of somewhat esteemed soccer pundits - Robert Muhumuza, Lumala Paul, Rodney Kayonga, Agano Kiravu and Barnabas Kalenzi- <a href="http://soccaamania.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-panel-transfer-saga-pt-2.html">to give us some thoughts and predictions</a> on the upcoming season; <a href="http://soccaamania.blogspot.com/2013_08_01_archive.html">how summer transfer signings would pan out</a>, how new managers would get on and more. Now that we're over half way through the European football season, we reckoned it would be a good time to look back on these prophecies to see who had their finger on the pulse and who needs to pull their finger out..<br />
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First, some acknowledgements;<br />
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1. Overwhelmingly spot on consensus.</h3>
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Even as far back as August, our Panel predicted that David Moyes just wouldn't cut it as Fergie's successor. What we didn't know is how spectacularly he would underwhelm. He was described as a boozer, 'h<i>aving the worst accent on the British Isles</i>', being the '<i>Michelle in Destiny's Child</i>' and more. Only Paul and Barnabas were sparing in their judgement of him; and that can be put down to the former being cowed after suffering years of humiliation at the hands of United - and the latter being a United fan. Overall we were pretty spot on here.<br />
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The subject of Pep Gurdiola and Bayern also brought an overwhelming consensus, with everyone agreeing that Bayern was pretty much an overwhelming force of nature that would go on to steamroller everyone with or without Pep. I must say no one fore saw the ease with which they'd crush their opponents; bar a couple of Jerome Boateng brain-farts at the Allianz Arena against City, they've been perfect!<br />
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The Panel also got Juventus' continued domination of the Serie A absolutely spot on. Then again, so would Stevie Wonder have done, in all fairness. <br />
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Back in August, we were all so sure Wayne Rooney was on his way out of Old Trafford and off to the Bridge. How wrong we were? Whether the thug really wanted to leave; or he was leveraging for a new contract, we'll never know. What we know is that Moyes and United were so desperate they acquiesced to all his ridiculous demands and he made the club his b***h. They went short of allowing him to vet the Matchday squad! The Editor here predicted, though, that United wouldn't do 'an Arsenal' and sell him to Chelsea. That's about the only thing the Editor got right.<br />
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The very <i>verbose</i> Agano picked Roberto Soldado to be the flop of the season and Spurs to fail to cement a Top Four slot. He didn't even pick other candidates - he was so sure; and so chillingly accurate. Is he a seer; or is did the rule of unforeseen consequences, along with his deep seated distaste for Spurs -as a Gooner- inform this decision? Either way, kudos.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This would have to unequivocally go Rodney. He was so offside about the season's potential flops, he might as well have been <i>punditing </i>about another sport - supposedly an American one. I'll let him speak for himself;</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white;">"It
would be between Fabregas, Thiago, Bale or Cristiano Ronaldo for Man
Utd. But seriously, I'll say Llorente at Juve DEFINITELY!! Higuain might
also be one not to watch. Negredo at City as well</span><span style="background-color: white;">. </span><br />
</span></span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>NB:Please don't save these predictions as they might make me sit down end of season.<span style="font-size: small;">"</span></i></span></span></b></span></span></div>
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Robert Muhumuza - B+</h4>
Got
most things predictions right and was especially adamant about Moyes
being the wrong man to lead United post-Fergie. He got the Cavani one
wrong though. Solid punditry, if not unspectacular.<br />
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Agano Kiravu - A+</h4>
Easily the best panelist we've had on here. He got the wrong read on the Rooney situation, but so did everyone. He was unerring accurate about Luis Gustavo not moving to Arsenal, <i>Penaldado</i> flopping, Tevez and Llorente forming a formidable partnership; and the Suarez u-turn. Brilliant!<br />
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Lumala Paul - C+</h4>
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a bit lukewarm on Bayern's chances of extended dominance and didn't
really think Ibra's ego would accommodate Edinson Cavani but was
otherwise he was pretty on-point, especially in his Arsenal analysis. He
only gets a C+ because of how shockingly he neglected to see the Moyes'
shambles coming from a mile away. That can't be tolerated.<br />
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Barnabas Kalenzi - A</h4>
Solid
views on the Neymar-Messi and Cavani-Ibra partnerships. Particularly
impressed by his prediction that Arsenal's place at the high table
wouldn't be wrestled away by Liverpool or Spurs as was popular opinion.
His being a United fan gives him allowed him some latitude to be
optimistic about the Moyes era. That he wasn't overly so is a plus. <br />
(Editors note; We were not been threatened in any way, shape or form by Mr. Barnabas Kalenzi during this review process.)<br />
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Rodney Kayonga - F<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #454545;"><b><i> </i></b></span></span></span></h4>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #454545;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">"</span>This is a new Rafa; he walks around with his top buttons on his shirt undone, relaxed. No homo.</i></b>
He can do something with this team and its kinda his last big chance.
Juve will be the usual Juve. Their only worry could be Buffon. Both
teams at least UCL quarters, maybe semis if the draw is kind<span style="font-size: large;">"</span></span></span></span></h4>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #454545;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #454545;"></span></span></span>Like
the rest, he had his note worthy moments; saying correctly that Wenger
is the best manager in EPL, Cavani's seamless gelling with Ibra just
like in Uruguay with Suarez and Forlan, to mention a few. Then things
went awry; in a show of Benitez-philia, he foresaw Napoli giving Juve a
run for their money and both teams getting to the quarters or semis.<br />
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<br />kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-77659075024812102032014-02-01T05:49:00.002-08:002014-02-01T05:49:57.783-08:00TOP TEN 10; JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW.<div class="MsoNormal">
<span lang="EN-GB">So, it’s February 1<sup>st</sup>. No! It’s
not 2 weeks to Valentines Day you cretins, it is officially the end of the January
transfer window. The window where there are more threats, innuendos, soap opera
plots and player borrowing than actual transfers. It’s still a spot of fun
though so always we bring you yet another Top 10. This is part 2.. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kim who? LOL!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">This transfer made the list due to its
sheer underwhwlming-ness. Arsenal fans were prepared for a dopamine high like
the one they got off signing Mesut Ozil in the summer. They hoped for the
German wonder kid Julian Draxler. The kid so talented he had a buy-out clause
of </span><span lang="EN-GB">€</span><span lang="EN-GB">60m in his contract, aged 19 and has more caps for Germany than
Arteta has for Spain(ok that was low). </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Instead they got Kim Kallstrom. Kim who,
you ask? Exactly. That’s a player who peaked when he played for Olympique Lyon
about 5 years ago! Wenger has to be forgiven though; did we really think he’d
spend about </span><span lang="EN-GB">€</span><span lang="EN-GB">100m in the space of
six months on two Germans?! Come on now.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">4. Hernanes (Lazio to Inter Milan - </span><span lang="EN-GB">€</span><span lang="EN-GB">20m)</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Premier League fans are on some "who the hell is this?"</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The first permanent transfer on this list.
The Brazilian has easily been the best Lazio player of the past two seasons and
despite the </span><span lang="EN-GB">€</span><span lang="EN-GB">20m tag, it’s hard to
understand why they would sell him to Inter. But this year, I have learnt not
to try not to find the logic in Serie A transfers. They are like transfers one
would make in FIFA 14 Career Mode; seemingly random and at a whim.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Example; Fredy Guarin is one of Inter’s
best players. Then they tried to swap him with Marco Vucinic – who can best be
described as over the hill. I know Inter need a striker but that transfer is as
awful as Arsenal giving up Ozil for Torres/Eto’o/Demba Ba because they need
firepower. In any case, Inter’s <i>Ultras</i> locked the board in at the
stadium and protested until the board gave up on that fool’s errand. And they
went one better and signed a very creative midfielder in Hernanes. Well done
Inter <i>Ultras.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">3. Mohammed Salah (FC Basel to Chelsea - </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">11m)</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Chelsea have been busy this January. It is
though they haven’t learnt any lessons from January 2011 (*hint hint* No.9); Nemanja
Matic came in for upwards of </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">20m and so
did Troare but Salah, for me, was the headline act. Salah’s snubbing of
Liverpool to join Chelsea was yet another reminder to the Merseysiders that
they still have some way to go in sitting at the table of the European elite; playing
Champions League football would be a good start.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Also I picked this transfer over the
signing of Matic because we’re all used to Chelsea signing large, gangly
central midfielders with some ability on the ball and a lot of ability at
stifling opponents. What we aren’t used to is Chelsea(especially the overly
pragmatic Jose Mourinho) signing a genuinely raw live wire winger. He should
turn into a very good player once he polishes up his talent. Here’s to hoping
Jose doesn’t break him and destroy <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pu6jMk4d3kw">his creative spirit</a>. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">2. Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle to PSG - </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">19m)</span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Yohan Cabaye finally got his dream move
after years of posturing and complaining about everything in the ‘Little Paris’
of the Premier League that is Tyneside.
And we better believe him when he says it’s a dream come true. Even
true-born Tynesiders would be hard pressed to reject a move to Paris and the
lure of playing alongside Zlatan, Edinson and Thiago Silva instead of Sammy
Amoebi and Ryan Taylor. Champions League football doesn’t hurt either. Neither
does the Ligue 1 title waiting at the end of May.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Best move ever!!!</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The question now is whether Cabaye can get
into PSG’s first XI. Blaise Matuidi, Thiago Motta and Marco Veratti have been the first choice
pairing for most of the season. Since Cabaye isn’t exactly a defensive
midfielder, I would expect Motta’s position to be under threat. Blaise Matuidi
is also a really good box to box midfielder. That leaves him fighting for a
place with the impressive Italian youngster Marco Veratti. I get the feeling
Cabaye’s French-ness will win out. There are also rumours of Veratti’s imminent
depature to Juventus to be a long term replacement for Andrea Pirlo.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> Surely the
biggest loser here is the </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">40m Javier
Pastore who now falls further in the pecking order for the midfield berths. One
thing for sure is Yohan Cabaye is the biggest winner of the January Transfer
Window. Period.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">1.Juan Manuel Mata Garcia (37m)</span></h3>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The picture most Chelsea fans can't get used to.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I guess this was pretty obvious. The
largest transfer of the window. The largest transfer in the history of the self
acclaimed biggest club in the world. The most high profile transfer between two
of England’s Big Four since RVP. Add to this the secrecy, conjecture and
acrimony that went with the transfer and you know why this transfer comes in at
no.1.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Chelsea’s two time Footballer of the
Year(for both full seasons he was there) has just been sold to Manchester
United!!!! Chelsea fans still haven’t gotten over it. Man Utd fans are excited
like a pig in sh*t. He had an assist on his debut though in all honest it was
an innocuous pass to Ashley Young who did the rest.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">A lot has been said about this transfer
that I don’t care to repeat him and bore everyone. I’ll say this though; I
don’t think Mourinho sanctioned that sale. He is too petty to let that happen.
I get the feeling he got orders from above his paygrade. His job was to make it
look like his own decision so as to maintain this facade of the ‘greater
autonomy and power’ he was granted on his Second coming. Truth is, the oligarch
still has the final say. If you don’t believe me, do you think Jose would dare
put Torres up for sale?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Also, it is amazing that one of the
best attacking midfielders in the league
can be frozen out of the team for ‘not doing enough defensive work’. What’s the
purpose of the midfield DOUBLE pivot?? I
guess that’s the brave new world of football that pragmatic non ex-footballer
managers like Mourinho are beginning to enshrine. And the success of people
like Mourinho is bad for football because it encourages up and coming coaches
to dabble in the same foolishness. Look at how bland Jose’s protégé AVB made
Spurs. What’s next in Mourinho’s plethora of idiotic dogmas? Will he sell
defenders for not scoring enough goals?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Bonus ball.</span></h4>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The irony of Jose Mourinho claiming West
Ham used 19<sup>th</sup> century tactics in their nil-all stalement at Stamford
Bridge on Wednseday. Has he forgotten his ‘most beautiful 1-0 defeat’ against
Barcelona in the Champions League semi 2<sup>nd</sup> leg of 2010? Or his
tactics in Chelsea various battles against Barca in his first Chelsea stint? Or
his tactics in the Classico battles? Or against United at OT this season, where
he debuted the <b><i>defensive striker</i></b> position with Andre Schurle? Or at the
Emirates? Need I go on? This guy is a hypocrite.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thanks for reading</span></div>
kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-24175856597378115682014-02-01T02:18:00.000-08:002014-02-01T02:29:33.183-08:00ANNUAL TOP 10; JANUARY TRANSFER WINDOW (Part 1..)<div class="MsoNormal">
So, it’s February 1<sup>st</sup>. No! It’s
not 2 weeks to Valentines Day you cretins, it is officially the end of the January
transfer window. The window where there are more threats, innuendos, soap opera
plots and player borrowing than actual transfers. It’s still a spot of fun
though so always we bring you yet another Top 10. They're all loan moves by the way.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b><span style="color: blue;">10. Lewis Holtby and Wilfred Zaha (loans to
Fulham & Cardiff respectively)</span></b></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Talk about hoping for Alicia Keys and
getting Whoopi Goldberg, Lewis Holtby had hoped to move back <i>home</i> to Schalke. Problem is he could
only move if Arsenal managed to prize Schalke’s crown jewel Julian Draxler
away. Cue the rumours that Spurs chairman Daniel Levy blocked Holty’s ‘dream
move’ -(<b><i>I</i> <i>say ‘dream move’ because
Schalke to Spurs was his dream move a year & a half ago</i></b>)- just so
eternal rivals Arsenal couldn’t get
Draxler. Handbags, right?</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Who is Ryan Gosling and who's Lewis Holtby? Right?</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Anyhow, Holtby had to go somewhere so he chose
Fulham, <b>where he will undoubtedly be the most handsome player at the club</b> (John Arne Risse won't really provide competition).
Apparently Naser Chadli had taken this title at Spurs.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Wilfred Zaha – the next Giggs, Christiano
Ronaldo, George Best, Nani etc- meanwhile has been jettisoned on loan to Wales
without being given much of a look in by David Moyes. <b>Presumably, Wales is far
enough for his teenage eyes to wander to a girl who’s not David’s daughter.</b>
Moyes will hope out of sight is out of mind. Though one has to assume the girl
looks nothing like the dad otherwise Zaha has bigger problems than his stalled
football career!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"hey dad. Guess who's coming to dinner.."<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: blue;">9. Diego (Wolfsburg to Atletico Madrid -
loan)</span></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I know what you are thinking. Which Diego?
The one nicknamed the ‘White Pele’ earlier in his career? The one who, with
Robinho at Santos, was touted as the future of Brazilian football? The one whom
Juventus bought to bring spice to their midfield? The answer to all those
questions is YES. Football’s forgotten man is moving back to Atleti where his
European adventure started. If ever there was a team where he can rejuvenate
his career, it is Atletico. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><span style="color: blue;">8.Pablo Daniel Osvaldo (Southampton to
Juventus – loan)</span></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Osvaldo is the next in a long line of
Italian bad boy forwards. Joining the
not so exclusive club whose current leaders are Mario Balotelli and Antonio
Cassano. Despite having the name of a telenovela heartthrob, he showed
absolutely no compassion to teammate Jose Fonte in training, smashing his face
in with a resounding header butt. There was talk of Fonte picking up a brick but
it was denied by all parties. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Needless to say, Osvaldo’s goonery was
rewarded with a loan move to the Old Lady, presumably to sit on his arse as
Tevez and Llorente bang in the goals; and get enough minutes to earn him a
Serie A medal in May! So there is no such thing as karma.</span></div>
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Robert Lewandowski (Dortmund to Bayern – free)</span></span></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Well, this was the worst kept secret in
European football. Those of us who are still football purists of course are
pained by the fact that Bayern’s uber-capitalism strips the Bundesliga of the
competitiveness and therefore drama that is witnessed in the technically
inferior Premier League. Also Lewa has
had to hire bodyguards to avoid altercations with idiotic BVB fans. I wonder if there is way a deal like
(and the Goetze’s) could be kept secret until they actually moved to Bavaria. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The move to the Principality should
hopefully lighten up the sulky Bulgarian demeanour. Better weather, finer
looking people and NO TAXES!! </span>Berbatov has been brought to replace the injured
Radamel Falcao. To summarise, a quick, strong, mobile, agile deadly finisher is being replaced by a slow-mo, sulky footballer who has a really nice first touch. Then again, it can't be that hard to hack it in a league where Pascal Cygan was once the Player of the Year.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Forgive my digressing but one can’t help
but feel sorry for – and blame Radamel Falcao for his predicament; he let his
agent Jorge Mendes and his partner Peter Kenyon, talk him into moving for the
largest available fee (not salary mind you!) because the agency would collect
40% of the fee due to third party ownership. So he moved to a lacklustre team,
in a lacklustre league, bereft of Champions League football, all at age 27!! <a href="http://www.goal.com/en/news/1717/editorial/2014/01/24/4564209/falcao-the-boom-and-bust-footballer">He got injured playing for a third tier team because of Monaco's lack of depth and how much they rely on the star power of him and the likes of James Rodriguez to put away even the most mediocre of teams.</a></span></div>
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in La Liga interesting seeing as there wasn’t
much in terms of movement at the only two clubs that matter in Spain.
Madrid newspaper is having a field day; finding little saucy titbits to add to
the overall story, tabloid style. It turns out Barca’s squeaky clean image is
surely not going to be intact after this but then again; however believed it in
the first place is <b>as naive as those who believe Messi is just a humble boy
from Rosario who eats his vegetables and says his prayers every night.</b> Clubs and players set
up facades for the sake of branding and all. Accept and move...</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">That is all for part 1. Stay tuned for Part II.. and a review of our panelists pre-season predictions.</span></div>
kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-44982757525754158832013-08-15T16:08:00.004-07:002013-08-15T16:14:52.650-07:00Around the horn; Pre-season banter.<h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><i>NB:Please don't save these predictions as they might make me sit down end of season.</i> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Paul:</span></b><span style="color: #454545; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"> The only reason I won't say Aubameyang is because I don't rate that highly, therefore any failure to light up the Bundesliga should come down to his being an average player (for me). My money is firmly on Neymar though -forget what I said last time around. The presence of Messi, as well as his not-so-average minions Iniesta and Pedro, on the same team threatens to water down his star appeal. He may perform just fine but I fear it may not be to the standards he has gotten us used to. Hence, <b><i>we'll be screaming </i>yaggwaamu</b>! (<i>Ed: read 'he got finished</i>')</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Gareth Bale is an outlandishly gifted
footballer. He has pace to burn, superb ball control, a wicked shot that not
only packs a punch but seems to have a mind of its own, swirling and swerving
at will. Gareth Bale has grown to be a deadly dead ball specialist. He is good
in the air. If defenders mark him close, he’ll run away from them; if they give
him space, he’ll hit a screamer into the roof.. <b>Gareth Bale was forced to use
his right foot ONLY, in the youth academy, to make things fair for the other
kids!! That’s how good his LEFT FOOT is.</b> But is Gareth Bale worth </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">80m or whatever the *expletive* Madrid are allegedly willing to pay
for him.I have even seen stories claiming that Madrid are willing to go as high
as </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">100m! I under stand Florentino Perez’
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<span lang="EN-GB">Firstly, I’d hardly think Los Merengues are
in desperate need of the Welsh flier. Realistically, Madrid have two open
attacking slots; di Maria wide on the right and Benzema up top.( I am assuming Ronaldo
and Ozil are untouchable). I don’t think the ape man would be as effective
stuck out wide on the right like di Maria; and I don’t see Ancelotti using a striker-less formation (.ie. dropping
Benzema to fit Bale in; or Ronaldo being moved up front and Bale starting nominally
on the left). All this would seem like too much of a hustle without vastly
improving the team. There is also the small matter of the versatile </span><span lang="EN-GB">€</span><span lang="EN-GB">32m Isco, who can play anywhere across the three positions behind
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<span lang="EN-GB">Surely Madrid’s attack is as good as anybody’s,
including Bayern Munich. I would think they would use their remaining transfer
funds to shore up a defence that let Robert Lewandowski ran riot at Signal
Iduna Park three months ago. Alvaro Arbeloa seems to be particularly suspect,
Pepe could use a some anger management classes; and Marcelo is a wing
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<span lang="EN-GB">As for Bale’s price tag itself, even in a
market that has been sullied by Russian and Arab petro dollars, </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">85-</span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">100m is just silly.
Napoli’s president Aurelio de Laurentiis recently stopped short of rebuking PSG
for paying </span><span lang="EN-GB">€</span><span lang="EN-GB">63m(~</span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">50m) for Edinson Cavani. He described it madness. I wonder what he’d say about Bale going for
twice the amount. To put in context, Juan Mata cost </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">22m, Luis Suarez is going for ~</span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">40m, RVP went for </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">24m, Hazard
cost </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">32m, even the slightly overrated Neymar
cost ~</span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">40m. <b>To use a rudimentary yard stick,
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+ Neymar) or =(Mata+ Hazard + Kun Aguero + RVP)</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">What is perplexing, if rumours are to be
believed, is that Tottenham are refusing to sell even with those obscene prices
dangled in front of them. Either Daniel levy is a very savvy businessman, or he’s
a raving lunatic who will soon strip off and start talking to himself on street
corners. With 100m, Levy would solve all
of Spurs problems(left midfield and up front) in the blink of an eye; and even
have a large chunk of scratch to buy a few backup squad players, plus a small
yatch! Besides Bale’s depature, if
adequately replaced with two or three players, would serve to relieve Spurs of
the Bale-dependency that we saw all too well last season.</span></div>
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is a scenario, <b>sell Bale; buy long term target Leandro Diamao(~</b></span><span lang="EN-GB"><b>£</b></span><span lang="EN-GB"><b>20m), Angel di Maria(~20m) and Nani(~15m). Hell, get the 100m and
bid 60m for Suarez, then buy a creative midfielder, preferably who can operate slightly
on the left; Julian Draxler and Nani pop to mind</b>. Surely that would make a
better more well rounded team than the bunch of boozers who, at times last
season, sat back and watched Bale save
them time after time with ‘Hail Mary’ rockets.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Lastly, and this is with all due respect to
Bale, his talent level is just not worth </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">100m. I mean he is quick, explosive and all but his game doesn’t
have the nuance that would be expected of a player worth that money. His passing
and vision is good but not world class for example. One can see players like
Marco Reus, Eden Hazard, Mario Goetze, Jack Wilshere(injury allowing) to
mention but a few, developing into better all round players than the Welsh
wizard. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In my opinion, this ruckus is the result of
two factors; one would be that Bale being British, is overrated(in price terms)
as most Brits are. <b>The Jordan Hendersons and Stewart Downings of this world
being more pricey than the Santi Carzolas is proof of this phenomenon. </b>The
second factor would be that Florentino Perez is obsessed with building these
super <i>galactico</i> teams despite the
fact that these projects have always blown up in his face. He disbanded a team
that had won two La Ligas and two European crowns; to build a team that won one
Zidane inspired Champions League and handed over domestic dominance to Barca.
The Kaka-Ronaldo-Benzema experiment folded under the force of nature that is
Messi-led FCB. But Perez won’t rest.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It ‘s a free market and people are allowed
to spend their money how they wish but Gareth Bale is just not worth </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">85m+. And I really rate him as a player but only genuinely,
absolutely, incredibly, outrageously gifted footballers should cost that much.
In this era, only Leo Messi should cost more than Christiano Ronaldo let alone
cost </span><span lang="EN-GB">£</span><span lang="EN-GB">100m.</span></div>
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kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-48587430893155701632013-07-27T09:02:00.000-07:002013-07-27T11:30:24.673-07:00THE PANEL: The Transfer Saga Pt 2..<h3>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Hello everyone. Welcome to another series of often surprisingly coherent rumblings about soccer. For this edition, we invited a couple of friends(some of whom are soccer experts..) and posed a series of questions to them about the goings on of this summer's transfer window. Here we go;</span></h2>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">1. Neymar
and Messi; workable or implosion waiting to happen?</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>BOB: </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Messi
has effectively just appointed Barça's new coach. Well, the coach himself
believes so. Messi has rendered every Barça striker, during his reign
surplus to requirements. It won't be an implosion. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">It will be what some of you
like to call a "weak guy"</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Prediction</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">: Neymar to bag 12
league goals (if Messi lets him) and finish the season
polishing King Messi's boots and washing the boy wonder's draws.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #454545; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Its workable; Neymar is a wide
player so he would not occupy Messi's space. It will be a success. The only problem is Barca's game which will restrict Neymar to two touches so we won't see his best.</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I think we all have to agree that this will depend on how Neymar adjusts to being the Spliffstar to Messi's Busta Ryhmes. Neymar also needs to cut out the play acting and petulance or he'll soon follow the Ibra route. From a purist perspective, it's a match made in heaven but pragmatically, it could go either way.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #454545; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Neymar and Messi..I get excited thinking of it.
It will definitely </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">work,
I believe they will compliment each other very well, with some brilliant interchanges.</span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> My worry is the midfield, will it </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">keep
performing at the highest level or have other teams discovered </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">their
secret? But with decent supply, I think we are going to see some </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">very
exciting stuff from those two.</span></span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Neymar
and Messi will do well. In as much as they both love the lead
role, I find they share the added quality of the maturity to understand the
essence of team play. The fact that they also bring slightly different styles
-Messi is a false 9 while Neymar is good peeling off fullbacks- means
they complete each other so well.<b> </b><i>It looks set to be a partnership on the level
of Queen and David Bowie, or Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton if you like</i>. I can
put my hand on that one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and Liverpool's progress and Wenger's unwillingness to sign players eg. Higuan?</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>PAUL:</b></span></div>
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spot, regardless. I have noted with great discomfort though that it used to be
the Big 3 but for sentimental reasons or otherwise, it was extended to 4 to
appease the fallen angel. The gap has grown between Arsenal and the top 3 but
the Spurs and Liverpool themselves look reluctant to pinch away. They have
bigger demons to sort out. <i>If Bale and Suarez won't lift you above Giroud's
team, I don't know who will.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wenger
smells blood. Admittedly his pursuits this transfer window aren't coming
through.. yet.. , but the caliber of stars he is chasing shows that he's willing
to switch things up. I also believe he'll retire at the end of this season,
that's why he's going for broke. I feel Arsenal will have a successful season.
And no, I don't mean they'll get to <i>put something their cob-webbed antique
trophy cabinet.. I mean they'll finally finish above Man United. Yes,
that was me predicting United to finish fourth.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Arsenal will not win the league but will finish
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may make progress but honestly I think they </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">will always be inconsistent. They don't really
have the depth and maturity to really perform week in week out. <i>And
Arsenal with their mediocrity can still manage to just stay
slightly above them.</i> Unless they really lose more players.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My views on Arsenal are well documented <a href="http://soccaamania.blogspot.com/2011/06/prem-football.html">here</a> and I don't think anything has changed. It should be a scrap with Spurs for 4th place. Suarez could be a game changer if they managed to scrape enough coins together to buy him.<br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">3. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">United have won titles with very mediocre teams of recent. Can Moyes
keep it up or is the game finally up? Could Fergie have foreseen this situation
being difficult to maintain and fast-tracked his retirement?</span></b></h3>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">John, if I asked you to pick any bunny(<i><b>Ed:</b></i> <i>lady</i>) in the world, would u pick Michelle from Destiny's child? That's what Man Utd did by appointing Moyes. They could have had any coach in the world but they picked him. Moyes has always struggled against Liverpool, with all the shit teams and managers LFC have had he always got chowed(<i><b>Ed</b></i>: <i>sexed, blasted etc</i>). <i>He's never won a game at OT so Man U might have to win all their away games to win the title. He is a certified boozer.</i></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Two words: NO. NO!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Manchester United will falter in the league. Their lack of real quality outside
Robin van PurseStrings will finally be exposed. Moyes will bottle Europe. <i>He's
a Glaswegian who has spent the last several years of his life in the backwater
that is Merseyside, his accent is the love-child of two of the worst two
accents on the Island of Britain. Elite Europe is no stage for such.</i><b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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don't believe Fergie fast-tracked his retirement. Only he knew when the time
would come, and kept his cards to his chest, offering no hints as to when he'd
hang up his bubble gum. Legend.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #454545; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">United will take a
bit of time to adjust in my opinion, may be 2 or </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">3 seasons. Moyes is no Fergie and with the mediocrity </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">of players it will be some time before he can
get something serious of</span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"> the squad. They may compete for second/third
place if they manage </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">to maintain some consistency. If he can get someone to really lead the </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">team, like Kagawa, who is more than capable, to
have the attacks </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">rotate around him, Utd may have a chance.<span style="color: #454545;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b>Editor:</b><br />
United won the title with one world class player RVP, a so-so Rooney and a bunch of average players. Sir Alex was worth half a squad of world class players by himself!! Moyes will take time to firstly, establish himself in the OT(especially with Fergie upstairs); and secondly to get the team dominant again. With the departure of Fergie, United lose a large chunk of their clout with referees, the FA, the press.. Tough times ahead.<br />
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is a tough call.<b> </b><i>On the one hand, they have succeeded in part because Fergie
intimidates officials, his own players and opposition teams alike; while on the
other</i>, Moyes has done superbly well on a shoe-string budget. Something tells me
to trust Fergie's choice of Moyes on this one. He may not intimidate, but Moyes
will at least take the FA Cup. Given that he has also inherited a team of
believers, it looks good for United. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">4. Does
Bayern go up or down with Pep? Can they be the first team to retain their CL
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Editor:</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Personally, I consider Pep SLIGHTLY(I repeat slightly) overrated. He coached a Barca with Xavi, Iniesta, Messi et al, at the height of their powers. He abandoned them when they were clearly exhausted and on the wane. He has now chosen(yet again) to coach the club with the best squad in Europe. Unfortunately for him, anything less than a domestic double will be judged a disaster.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Bayern have the best squad in Europe by a country mile. Bayern's Team B could reach the CL semis but it's a notoriously difficult competition to win and even harder to defend. History doesn't lie. They will be the strongest contenders but fall short </span><br />
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me, Bayern Munich demonstrated perfection last season. <i>Pep is an artist
dabbling in the science that is Bayern.. expect alchemy, not the real thing</i>. It
will be awkward but will reap domestically. Sure they'll do the domestic double
with ease, but Europe is a different cup of tea. Pep knows this. They'll make
the final as expected, and they'll be cockier than ever, and that will be the
chink in their armour. Cockiness. I expect new champions of Europe come May
2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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but that would have happened with Jupp Heyneckes as well. You can't beat a treble. But Pep
will give them a philosophy, I won't be surprised if he gets his 3rd CL to
equal the great Paisley's record but not this year.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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have hit the top. There's no where else to go but down for any team that can
put 7 goals without a reply past Barca. Best case scenario, hold it up there
for another season but not better it. Reason: they do not have a supply line as
rich in talent as Barca's. The monster will need feeding and money doesn't quite
cover that as Florentino Perez learned when he disbanded Del
Bosque's Madrid side, in favour of the <i>galactico</i> policy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Blanc's brief is to play both and he
can't bench either one, or else...! This is Qatar's sovereign fund money
being spent here so these sheiks will be ruthless. For PSG to progress in
Europe, they may have to build their attack around either one, but not both
these superstars. Sure Ibrahimović will score loads, <i>El Matador</i> Cavani has to play second fiddle to keep the peace. I
see him bagging a meagre (by his standards) 15 goals and be deemed a flop.This super combo of strikers will bark but won't bite.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #454545; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cavani can play with Ibra based on his performances with Uruguay. He's selfless, can play on the
wing if he has to. He's not just a centre forward. As for PSG, its not long ago
Blanc was the highest rated coach in Europe, everyone was after him. There's amnesia
in football. He won the league with Bordeaux, AND CHAMAKH for *expletive* sake. But
they lack something. So no CL.</span><span style="color: #454545; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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usually play well with </span><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">other big name strikers but I think this one may
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more interesting question for me would be to paraphrase this very one and ask
whether the prima donna can play with Cavani or any other bull for that matter. It is difficult enough already for
any 2 bulls to be in the same kraal. It would take a very carefully crafted
system and supreme player management nous to let the two thrive alongside each
other. I say, any chance then of Cavani playing with Ibra depends on how Blanc
asserts himself on the team. Deep down, I feel Ibra's ego will kill it.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b>Editor:</b></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB">The way Blanc has been bending over backwards to accomodate Ibra(I hear he gave himself an extra holiday), this situation looks toxic. Throw Ibra's agent Mino Raiola stirring the hornet's nest and things seem worse. Methinks PSG should sucker someone into buying Zlatan. That way; Raiola gets one more big transfer percentage, Ibra gets one last large payday and PSG continue building in peace. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">As for CL, it can't be won by throwing money at the problem. It takes experience and careful squad crafting. It took Chelsea 10 years and City are on 5 years and waiting so being noveau riche , with money to burn isn't a guarantee.</span><br />
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<b>1.Rodney Kayonga</b> is a Liverpool fan who must surely be considering being a cricket fan full time because of how shit his team is and having a cannibalistic best player who wants to leave. Also, a closet Arsenal fan.</div>
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kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-30766601728257413522013-07-18T16:02:00.002-07:002013-07-18T16:02:32.574-07:00The summer saga so far..<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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It's now roughly a month to the beginning of Europe's major football leagues and the anticipation is hitting fever pitch. I know the pay channels always hype the following season as the most exciting yet.. This time, the hype is real. This hype has been fuelled by two major factors; the various mangerial changes around the big European clubs, and the blockbuster transfer sagas mostly involving Europe's premier attacking talents. <div>
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As always, I'll do a quick recap for the rock dwellers. The wily old master Sir Alex Ferguson retired from football to 'see the world'. Jose claims it was his impending return that forced the Scot into retirement but then again Mou claims he is now 'the Happy one' so it was all in fun. Well, Fergie was replaced by David Moyes at OT, a decision in which Fergie had a say. It has been said he vetoed Jose due to his cantankerous nature. The non-cantankerous David Moyes' vacant chair at Goodison was filled by Roberto Martinez, the man who gave the term 'bitter-sweet' a whole new meaning by winning the FA Cup and getting relegated in damn near the same week!</div>
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But the real catalyst of the managerial stampede was Pep Gurdiola. He was a prime target for all big clubs outside Spain's Big Two. Gurdiola chose Bayern. A spurned Roman Abramovich turned to old<i> frenemy </i>Jose Mourinho who was tired of not being adored at the Bernabeu. Mourinho replaced the revilled Rafa Benitez, who in turn replaced Walter Mazzari(who moved on to replace Andrea Stramacioni at Inter) in Naples.Meanwhile, after lengthy 'vibing', Carlo Ancelotti took Mou's seat at Madrid with Laurent Blanc replacing him(Carlo) as Zlatan Ibrahimovic's nanny at PSG. Carlo, it is rumoured, has a 'no poach' clause in his severance with PSG; he can't take any of their players. As I had predicted severally, Roberto Mancini was fired by Citeh and replaced by the Chilean Pellegrini. Am out of breath. Did I miss any? Ohh.. there was no movement on the Wenger front.</div>
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So the subplots begin. How can Pep possibly improve the best side in Europe? There only seems one way for Bayern to go from here and it's down. Pep is likely gonna wanna impose his Barca philosophy and replace 'beasts' with 'beauties'. Bayern dominated last season because of a perfect mix of technique and dominant brutality. Pep is likely to get rid of the latter. Still in the Bundesliga, how does Jurgen Klopp re-organise after the sucker punches BVB has suffered at the hands of FC Hollywood over the past four months? The signing of Mkhataryan and Aubameyang should help keep them competitive.</div>
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How will Moyes step out of Fergie's shadow? Will he be able to go toe-to-toe with Mourinho and City, with considerably less resources and talent just as Sir Alex did in his final years at OT? Who becomes the new chief bully of referees in the Premier League? If it's a question of seniority, then Arsenal fans may have something to cheer about; we could have 'Wenger time' soon. Manuel Pelligrini, meanwhile, was brought to City to deliver the champagne football and domestic and European glory that people who reside on Forbes lists require. Wenger will frustrate and entertain as usual. What's not to love?</div>
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First, Bayern bought Mario Goetze, a future Ballon d'Or winner to many in German circles, from bitter rivals BVB; a move who's announcement before Dortmund's Champions League semi against Real had Jurgen Klopp tearing out his mane and calling Gurdiola names. Then the Bavarians secured a pre-agreement with Robert Lewandowski that had all 600,000 Dortmund fans seething.</div>
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Lewandowski was one of three marquee strikers on sale this summer, the other two being the spelling-phobic Edinson Cavani and Colombian superstar Radamel Falcao. Falcao moved to Monaco to earn a tax free $15m/yr while he(reportedly) waits to move to Madrid next season. Apparently he didn't want to move straight from Athletico to Madrid and get the 'Judas' tag. BVB held on to Lewandowski and risk him walking for free next summer. Unless they manage to convince him to move to a club outside Germany in the next few weeks. Edinson Cavani moved to PSG for 63m Euros, proving once again that cash rules everything. On PSG signing Cavani, Zlatan predictably tossed his toys out of the pram and his agent Mino Raiola is currently shopping him around for a 'cut-price' $25m and ~ $15m/yr wages. I don't see any one paying that kind of money for a bad tempered 32yr old <i>prima donna</i>. One can't rule out a return to Milan though, stranger things have happened. </div>
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Luis Suarez also decided to cook up a manure storm by batting his eye lashes at Real Madrid and conducting himself with the general douchebaggery that is tolerated purely because of his mastery with a football. Amazingly Madrid have largely ignored him and no bid has been lodged so far. Instead he has been linked to the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and even Barcelona. One fascinating story I read was that Luis uses outrageous acts of violence as a way to leverage himself out of a club. Basically he does something so outrageous the club have no choice but to defend his inane behavior or sell him; and it usually involves his teeth.. Bollocks I know.</div>
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We had anticipated fireworks and 'handbags' when it came to 'fighting' for the above three strikers and many of us were pleasantly surprised when things weren't so protracted. Then came the Wayne Rooney saga. Rooney is suffering from first born syndrome(among other debilitating ailments). The second child(RVP) arrived and took away all his shine, all the attention and most of the love. And he's sore. He acted out and the parents(Fergie) responded with the stick, not the carrot. He was supposed to talk to Moyes, to smooth things over. We aren't really sure what happened there.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;"><i><b>Rooney is suffering from first born syndrome(among other debilitating ailments). The second child(RVP) arrived and took away all his shine, all the attention and most of the love. And he's sore.</b></i></span></td></tr>
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What we know is that someone leaked a story about Chelsea bidding 10m + David Luiz or Juan Mata for Mr. Potato Face. As the frenzy peaked, it turned out that Chelsea had made a full cash bid. United saw this as an affront and an effort to distabilise their player further so they responded by attempting to distabilise Chelsea's players by putting out the news of the player plus cash bid. Everyone knows that David Luiz is a fan and Board(read Abramovich) favorite and has been fingered as the club's next captain. As for Juan Mata being up for sale, the less said, the better.. So the saga drags on. Personally, I see Rooney staying at United and this being put down to yet another adoloscent rebellion by the Scouser goon. Besides, I don't think he'd be able to communicate with people in London; and he might get arrested for peeing on roadsides at 3am whilst looking for a sausage stand.. I kid.</div>
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Man City just bolstered their attack with the twin signings of Alvaro Negredo and Stefan Jovetic to add to the earlier signing of the previously agorophobic Jesus Navas and Fernandinho That should spell the end of Edin Dzeko's City career. Pelligrini normally uses one striker so that situation should be interesting. I hear BVB are nosing around for Dzeko to partner/backup new signing Pierre Aubameyang from St. Ettiene. This all leads me to believe Lewandowski could still be on the market but BVB want to deal from a position of strength. Fiorentina signed Mario Gomez to replace Jovetic and Napoli are in the running to replace Cavani with Higuan(who was apparently a done deal at the Emirates just the other day). And so the game of musical chairs continues..</div>
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kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-78683381262092067052013-03-06T04:40:00.001-08:002013-03-06T04:40:28.234-08:00Of United's karma and BvB's beauty<br />
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United get their Tom-Henning-Ovrebo moment.</h3>
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We all watched the Real-United game last night and there’s
no need to recap the events and go into the nitty-gritty of the law.
Personally, I believe Nani deserved an orange card at the very most. But then
again, RVP didn’t deserve that red at Camp Nou a couple of years ago. Fernando
Torres didn’t deserve that red (against United, no less), earlier this season
at Stamford Bridge. If I remember correctly, United fans defended the Torres,
card vehemently. I bring this up because Nani’s and Torres’ cards are similar;
correct to the letter of the law; but the referee could have taken the occasion
into account and been sensible.</div>
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What I find amusing is how incredulous United fans get when
their team is on the wrong side of referee’s decisions. When other fans
complain about refs, United fans claim we’re just whining, and decisions even
themselves out eventually. Oh well, I guess Ashley Young getting QPR’s Shaun
Derry sent off last season; and the aforementioned Torres’ red, even out
yesterday’s ‘shocking’ decision.<i><b> I think the problem here is that United fans
are so used to referees erring in their favor, in the Premiership, that they’ve
become spoilt brats who throw their toys out of the pram when an official
dares to rule harshly against them.</b></i> I have two questions for United fans: 1. If that was and City-United game last
season and Nigel de Jong (for example) did what Nani did, what would your
reaction be? 2. Do you want all your matches to be officiated by Howard Webb?
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I heard a commentator say that Nani's red card was the most shocking he'd ever seen. <i><b>I must say that's the most shockingly biased commentary I've ever heard. </b></i>Shaun Derry was sent off for the simple crime of his body being in the way of Ashley Young's fingers as the latter dived to win United a penalty against QPR. Torres was sent off for going down under the challenge of a United player despite the fact that he already had a yellow. There's patriotism and then there's BS.</div>
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<b>NB</b>: UEFA must punish Fergie, Ferdinand and any other players
who emulated their self entitled manager in harassing the officials. Just like
Chelsea’s players were punished after the Ovrebo incident in 2009. No
exceptions.</div>
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Mourinho’s giant suck-up. </h3>
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“Independent of the referee’s decisions, the best team lost”,
a very somber Mourinho said. This is a statement that is so anti-Jose it could
be classified as an oxy-moron. Yet Jose is a very calculating man. Due to his nomadic
and belligerent ways, he is fast running out of clubs to manage. As things
stand, his job options are; Chelsea, United and City (I rule out PSG because
the Ligue 1 doesn’t match his ambition). I get the feeling Jose finally wants
to settle down and build a dynasty.</div>
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Chelsea is Mourinho's spiritual home but
Abramovich hires and fires like he’s voting on <i>Idols</i>. There’s a very realistic possibility that Mourinho could be
seated in Fergie’s seat in the next decade; and he didn’t want to jeopardize that
by angering United fans. Rafa Benitez has provided a very important lesson here.</div>
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Speaking of which, “best league in the world”, my foot!!<br /><o:p> </o:p></h3>
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For those of you who believe the hype about the Premier
League being the best league in the world here are some interesting observations
about English clubs performance in this season’s Champions League;</div>
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representatives of EPL in the Champions League. *chuckles*</div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Champions elect, Man United so feared getting
ran over by Real that they opted to sit deep and play on the counter, at Old
Trafford!! It was tactical genius yes, but it was also pragmatism. If United
engaged Real as they do the likes of Spurs or Liverpool, they’d have been
obliterated.</div>
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group stages. They collected 2 points, won 0 games and scored as many goals as
Oscar.</div>
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better than Nordsjallen, in their group. Also, first defending champions to
crash out in the first round.</div>
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watched in the world, doesn’t mean it’s the best, just the most popular. <i><b>It’s
basically like saying Justin Bieber is a better musician than (*insert name of
any decent musician here*), just because he is more popular than (*name you
inserted*).</b></i> Don’t believe the hype.</div>
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I’d like to state that from what I’ve witnessed so far,
barring the usual football unpredictability, this year’s European crown is
going to Germany. Bayern are the favorites of course. And I don’t base this on
the footballing lesson they gave Arsenal because everyone but AW saw that
coming; but on the consistency of the Leviathan they have assembled in Bavaria
this season, coupled with their anger at Chelsea’s near Charlatan-like theft of
the trophy at the Allianz Arena last season.</div>
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Borrussia Dortmund, I’d think, would be second favorites
ahead of Madrid and Juventus. If you haven’t watched at least three BvB games,
I recommend you do. The fluidity of their football, the guile, craft and link
up play of Mario Goetze, Robert Lewandowski and Marco Reus, the defensive
solidity of Mats Hummels and Neven Subotic, not to mention Lewa’s eye for goal.. Yesterday, I witnessed Dortmund crush Shaktar Donestk(a club that still gives holders Chelsea nightmares) like a bug under their boot. The effortlessness with which they did it was ominous If they can avoid Bayern until the final, they could be shock winners to many
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<i><b>I put BvB ahead of Madrid because of the unity and stability
in the squad that has eluded Real this season as has been widely reported.
Also, going by the two teams group stage meetings and Madrid’s relatively limp
displays against United, I’d say BvB has the edge here.</b></i> Juventus are the dark horses but their lack of a world class striker has them severely hamstrung. Had they managed to get Fernando Llorente in Janaury, they'd be serious favorites. For you betting men, BvB’s
odds to win it all are at 10-1. Thank me later. </div>
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For those of you rock dwellers, FIFA hosted it's annual gala last night, to dish out awards for outstanding footballing perfomances of the year 2012. To recap, Lionel Messi won the FIFA Ballon d'Or for the best player in 2012, ahead of Christiano Ronaldo and Andres Iniesta. Vicente del Bosque won Coach of the Year, ahead of Pep Gurdiola and Jose Mourinho(who didn't bother to attend). The FIFA/FIFPro Team of the year was; Casillas, Dani Alves, Gerard Pique, Sergio Ramos, Marcelo, Xabi Alonso, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Christiano Ronaldo, Messi and Radamel Falcao.<br />
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Naturally, some of these selections caused a lot of ire among certain sections of soccer fans. <b>The loudest complaints came from fans of Robin van Traitor, who couldn't believe he was not on the team of the year. Folks also felt aggrieved that Andrea Pirlo wasn't included in that team; or even on the 3 man shortlist for the Ballon d'Or</b>. Pep Gurdiola being up for coach of the year, despite coaching for 6 months of 2012 and only winning the Copa del Rey, wasn't well received. Let me comment on a some of these complaints;<br />
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It's true Pirlo should have been on the shortlist; but ahead of whom? Ronaldo or Messi? Definitely not. Iniesta? No, and this because for all Pirlo's Euro 2012 heroics(the basis for most people's arguments , Iniesta actually won the tournament; as the brains of the Spanish team(Iniesta played more through passes that led to goal scoring chances, than all midfielders at the Euros combined!!). What's definite is that Pirlo deserved a place on the FIFPro XI ahead of both Alonso and Xavi, if not for anything, for being the heart of a Juventus side that won the Serie A unbeaten.<br />
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Robin van Persie had a scintilating 2012. The rabid calls for his inclusion in the XI seem however to be tribal fanaticism, to me. It seems Premier league fanatics refused to believe that the 'greatest league in the world' failed to get a single player on the team. <b>Also, fans of the 'greatest team in the world' couldn't accept that one of theirs(albeit for 4 months) was snubbed. Of the three forwards selected, who would one have snubbed to insert RVP?</b> Take into account that Falcao scored more goals in 2012, for club and country that van Persie, with significantly weaker supporting casts at both levels.<br />
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Perhaps, all factors considered, the English league should have been represented by at least two defenders; Vincent Kompany surely should have gotten the nod ahead of Mr. Shakira. Ashley Cole (an integral part of Chelsea's Champions League winning team) has, is and will always be a better left back than Marcelo, and should have gotten into the team ahead of the Brazilian.<br />
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At the risk of sounding partisan myself, Gurdiola had no business being nominated for Coach of the Year. Antonio Conte(for Juve's unbeaten title run); Juergen Klopp(for knocking Bayern off their f****g perch) and Roberto di Matteo(for performing a miracle of Red Sea parting proportions) should all have been nominated ahead of the man who looked like as stressed as one being hunted for sport by the time he escaped to Manhattan in the summer.<br />
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All these perceived injustices were of course blamed on FIFA's incompetence by most. Some went as far as to say FIFA cheated Falcao by not awarding him Goal of the Year, forgetting that voting was open to the public on FIFA's website. I wish FIFA had never merged the old European Player of the Year award(Ballon d'Or) with their own World Footballer of the Year award. Back then, <b>we all knew FIFA's award was a popularity contest and mostly political,</b> while the Ballon d'Or was voted for by respected sports journalists and carried more weight. Though at times the two winners coincided, most of the time, FIFA's choices seemed ridiculous; like awarding Ronaldo da Lima their award, in 2002 after he played a handful of games at the World cup.<br />
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In FIFA's defence, they try to make the current awards as inclusive as possible by getting all national team coaches and captains to vote; as well as respected sports journalists. I guess then that the problem eith this system is the same problem with all democracies; idiots, fanatics, nuts and ignoramuses are allowed to vote. I doubt some of these chaps even watch European soccer. Maybe they catch Blitz highlights. Maybe!<br />
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I think, for the integrity of their awards, FIFA need to use a vetting committee to provide a kind of 'guided democracy' like they do at the Oscars. Maybe the sports journos thoroughly comb through the nominees and stats, and come up with shortlists that guide the voters. Without a more thought out approach, these awards will always be looked upon with suspicion, especially given FIFA's track record of scandal.<br />
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<b>World Footballer of the Year</b>; Leo Messi</div>
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<b>Coach of the Year</b>; Juegen Klopp</div>
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<b>Team of the Year</b>; Casillas, Hummels, Chiellini, Ramos, A. Cole, Pirlo, Xavi, Iniesta, Messi, Ronaldo, Falcao</div>
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Christiano Ronaldo telling a young child that one of the tenets of success is humility. That was very rich, coming from a man who claims he's booed, not for his arrogance, but because he is, "rich, handsome and good at football" He also has some of the vainest goal celebrations in world football; like pointing at his thigh after scoring a thunderbolt of a freekick.<br />
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<br />kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-18263672287005624232013-01-02T05:19:00.004-08:002013-01-02T05:19:54.598-08:00And we thought Balotelli was crazy…<br />
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Since we have just gotten out of holiday season and most of us are feeling a little blue, I thought my first blog of the year should be a tard light hearted. In this spirit, I present the zany antics of some truly insane footballers. If you thought Mario Balotelli was insane, take a quick read. I am here to tell you that Balotelli isn't as crazy as he is made out to be. He just plays football in an era devoid of flamboyant characters. Take a look at the chaps below, they make Mario seem like Santa. They don't make them like this anymore.</div>
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<b>Edmundo ‘The Animal’</b></h4>
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From the man’s nickname, one can tell he was a bit bat-s**t crazy. He was also immensely talented, in a way only Brazilians can be. He and Brazilian legend Romario were what today’s teens would call ‘Frenemies’.
They partied hard together, played on various teams together; and fell out as
many times as Blair and Serena on the show ‘Gossip Girl’(you’re all going to front
but you know these people. You don’t have to watch the show to know them) To
save some time I will list just a few of his misdemeanours;</div>
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He had it written into his Fiorentina contract that he was
allowed to go to The Brazilian Carnival regardless of circumstances. He chose
to leave for Brazil when Gabriel Batistuta was injured and the Viola were
relying on him to crank up their Serie A chase in 1997.</div>
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The Animal hosted a birthday party at his house were he
hired an entire circus; and was pictured feeding a chimpanzee, champaigne and whisky.
This didn’t go down well with animal rights groups that naturally staged
protests which he naturally didn't give a toss about.</div>
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He was also convicted of drunk driving and manslaughter after
being involved in a car accident where 3 people were killed. He was sentenced,
like most rich famous people, to a prison sentence which obliged him to spend
nights in prison; and days free. Of course this interfered with his night life
and he fought to have the sentence revoked.</div>
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<b>Igor Denisov.</b></h4>
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Igor Denisov is a Russian international and the club captain
of Russian super rich club, Zenit St. Petersburg. He has made a reputation as
the ultimate bad boy of Russian football. He is the only active player I can think who could find himself on such a list. He most recently came to the
mainstream light when he went on strike, demand a contract re-negotiation,
after Zenit signed Hulk and Axle Wiestle and made them the club’s highest
earners, surpassing Denisov himself.</div>
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Before his strike, most people outside Russia didn’t know
about his numerous antics. His rap sheet reads as follows; His views are said to be the reference point of the posting
on Zenit’s website, by the clubs <i>Ultras</i>, stating the club should not sign black
or gay players and should sign only Russians, and/or players from fellow Slavic
nations.</div>
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In 2010, he attacked his coach, in training, and had
to be restrained by teammates before he could knock his lights out; Months later, he attacked an opposition coach
during a league game, causing a mass brawl that earned him a 4 match ban; he was also pictured cupping his ears while the Russian anthem was played before a Zenit match against Anzhi-whose-second-name-can't-be-spelt-or-pronounced.</div>
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<b>Vinnie Jones.</b></h4>
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Vinnie Jones is perhaps best known by younger people as
‘Jaggernaut’ in X-men or a debt collecting goon named ‘Bullet Tooth Tony’ in
one of Guy Ritchies movies. Before Hollywood, Jones was a footballer. He turned
out for Wimbledon, Chelsea and Leeds among other clubs. He also captained
Wales. But he was mostly notorious for his madness, on and off the field. For example;</div>
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Jones holds the record for fastest booking in Premier league
history, after 5 seconds!</div>
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He once commented that he had, “taken football hooliganism from the terraces onto the field”</div>
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Vinnie was caught on tape, grabbing Paul Gascoigne’s 'family
jewels', during a match, in a bid to unsettle him.</div>
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To date, Vinnie is still ranked as the most indisciplined footballer
in modern English football, racking up 12 red cards and 82 yellows(not counting
the Old first division) in his career.</div>
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He also released a video called ‘Soccer’s Hardmen’ in which he
gives advice to fellow goons . One of the tips was ‘plucking at your
opponents armpit hair’ to unsettle them at corner kicks. He was given a 6 month
ban and a suspended 3 year ban by the FA for his troubles.</div>
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Little wonder then, that even film casters don’t bother
casting him in nice guy roles. He is perfectly suited to playing a constantly
cussing tough guy who smashes people’s heads in with his car door!</div>
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<b>Eric Cantona</b></h4>
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And finally, if you still think the black Sicilian is crazy, take a look at Mr. Cantona himself… </div>
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There's hope yet for young Mario. Vinnie Jones went on to have a succesful movie caree;, Eric Cantona is Mr. Joga Bonito; Edmundo is now commentator after a failed attempt to be a policeman; and Denisov continues to be a cult hero among fans in St. Petersburg. The English media needs to stop being so judgemental about Mario. Football has lost its characters. We should cherish Mario.</div>
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kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-46647183890004742432012-12-27T05:59:00.001-08:002012-12-27T05:59:30.986-08:00My thoughts on the week gone by.We're back. After a hectic week of holiday season Premier League football. Firstly, we should be thankful for these sportsmen who sacrifice their time with friends and family to entertain us as we stuff our faces with chicken. Then again, for 100,000 pounds a week, I'd gladly be gigolo in a nursing home. But I digress, I just wanted to make a few comments about the past week of football;<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Aston Villa.(says a lot about Liverpool)</span></b><br />
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The English press and fans are so notoriously fickle. Just a week ago, everyone was buzzing about how Villa were a team on the rise owing to their performances against Manchester United and Liverpool. Now, after conceding 12 goals without reply in over 72 hours, the dissenters are back. But honestly, what did people expect? This is a team of 20 year old youngsters. And not youngsters the standard of a Neymar or a Hazard. Youngsters with names like Banaan and Benteke. The bubble was bound to burst when crunch time came. We can only pick two lessons from Villa's earlier perfomances; 1.United have a really shoddy defence(more on this later)<br />
<b>2. Liverpool are s**t. I know proportionality doesn't have a place in football but how do you get beat, at home, by a team that proceeds to concede 12 goals in 3 days?</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Manchester United; shoddy defence, rampant attack.</span></b><br />
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Mark my words, one of these fine days United's backline is going to cost them big time. This defence is bound to dig them into a Christiano Ronaldo sized hole that even the bow legged Judas can't rescue them from. Conceeding 3 goals to the likes of Reading and Newcastle is simply unacceptable.<br />
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Can someone please explain to me how a home team manager harangues the referee and his fellow officials for several minutes before the second half kicks off? Sir Alex Ferguson managed to hold up second half kick off and rebuked the match officials on camera and no one seems bothered. I'd have loved to hear the FA's take on the situation if this case had involved a Monsieur Wenger, Rafa Benitez or a Roberto Martinez.<b> I guess those are the perks that come with having a knighthood, a statue and a stand in one's honour at Old Trafford.</b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Mancini's emotional outbursts.</span></b><br />
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Man City's coach Roberto Mancini is becoming increasingly desperate and an emotional wreck. His latest quotable is claiming that the match referee in their game against Sunderland quote, "ate too much and wasn't in fine form". I think he forgets he's a foreigner and there's no Mancini stand at the Ettihad. I am sure the FA will have something to say about this.<br />
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As I have stated on here, severally, Mancini is a poor coach. City won last year's title not because of him but in-spite of him. He is a poor man manager and a bad tactician; the finest example being putting Maicon in Christiano Ronaldo's line of fire at the Bernabeu! United are running away with this year's title and Mancini isn't the man to stop them. Only a self implosion like last season's can stop United, defensive lapses not withstanding.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Rafa the gaffer</span></b><br />
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I must confess, I am not the greatest fan of Rafael Benitez. I will also admit that, at times, towards the end of Roberto di Matteo's reign at Chelsea, it looked like he was tactically out of his depth. He seemed to hope <i>the three amigos</i> would bail him out of every time spot. Well, that didn't work out.<br />
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In came Rafa the gaffer. I hate to say it but he has a much better tactical understanding than his predecessor. By inserting Victor Moses into the starting line up, the team plays with more width while leaving one amigo(Hazard or Oscar) on the bench to inject a spark in attack if needed. Also the move to play David Luiz in the midfield seems to be working wonders. It eliminates the risk associated with him playing at the back; and his anticipation and eye for the pass is more than one would get from a 34 year old Lampard. Now if only the Brazilian would stop shooting from 40 yards and attempting the occasional <i>Ronaldinho pass. </i><br />
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Meanwhile Ceasar Azpilicueta seems to have found his feet in the league, under Benitez. The defence has a semblence of cohesion. Oscar and Hazard have learnt to track back. Marko Marin has got a look in and promising youngster, Lucas Piazon has made his Premier league debut. Rafa is doing a hell of a job. I still like the ring of "Rafa Out" though.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Liverpool and Tottenham</span></b><br />
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Liverpool and Tottenham seem to be two teams that have effectively swapped stations in the Premier league. Five years ago, the Reds were part of the exclusive 'Big Four' while Spurs where outsiders for whom European competition was the pinnacle of achievement. The tables have truly turned.<br />
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Liverpool's defeat to Stoke last night was a classic illustration of this.This wasn't a small team upsetting an illustrious opponent. These were two mid table teams competing on level ground, with the home side out gritting, out thinking and containing the opponent. An hour earlier, Spurs had swatted aside Aston Villa 4-0. Where Spurs has Dembele, Bale, Dempsey and Lennon, Liverpool has Allen, Suso, Shelvey and an ageing Stevie G. Food for thought, Liverpool fans; outside Suarez, does the team have any world class players? Considering that the Arsenal, Chelsea, City, United, Everton and Spurs have 3 plus world class players, how does Liverpool hope to compete?<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Quote of the week.</span></b><br />
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"Gareth Bale doesn't dive. He just jumps to evade tackles and avoid injury", some overly enthusiastic commentator, during the Tottenham vs Villa game, whose name I didn't catch.<br />
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As we all know, diving is the preserve of worthless foreigners like Drogba, Cazorla and Ronaldo, who wouldn't recognise class if it crawled up their a** and made them 'happy'. I am sure this same commentator would also claim <b>Ashley Young goes down to avoid injury caused by defenders breathing very hard in his direction. </b><br />
<br />kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-10540182399115495902012-12-20T03:16:00.001-08:002012-12-20T03:16:49.824-08:00The cosmetically challenged.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Over the first half of the season, I seem to have lost my enthusiasm for European club football. Reasons vary from Chelsea's spectacular implosion, that led to the hiring of 'the fat Spanish waiter' ; AC Milan's less than stellar season whose only bright spot is Stephan El Sharawy; the dismal form of my Premier League fantasy team. etc.<br />
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I have a lot of things to rant about: Fernando Torres' fannying about; Silvio Berlusconi's steady shepherding of erstwhile giants AC Milan to mid table mediocrity; Arsene Wenger's permanent state of denial; RVP's bow legged annoyance of anyone who's not a United fan; Mancini's whining, despite having the best squad in the league; real Madrid's insistence on trying to downplay Messi's record.. So many things.. But I am in a good mood so light hearted we go. With some help from some female members of my household, I've come up with a list of some cosmetically unpleasant members of the football fraternity. here we go, in no particular order:<br />
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<b> 1. Carlos Tevez.</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Let me introduce you to my little friend"</td></tr>
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Boss, we've seen photos of your paycheck. We know you can't do anything about your other features but surely you can get rid of that eco-system on your chin. Apparently, women only find those scars sexy if you are over 6ft tall, very dark; and married to a supermodel whom you married while she was pregnant with an Italian playboy's kid. (see musician Seal)<br />
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<b> 2. Cheick Tiote</b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#Kony 2012</td></tr>
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Some of these things just write themselves. This guy looks like one those malitia men who were captured with Laurent Ggabbo when he refused to leave power in the Ivory Coast...or a member of Ugandan rebel, Joseph Kony's LRA. No wonder he gets red carded so often. It's hard to plead with the referee, with the face of an insurgent.<br />
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<b> 3. Joleon Lescott</b><br />
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I said this about Tevez and I can't believe I am saying this again; paycheck, scars, supermodels, come on!! Don't believe me. See, below, the difference a simple piece of headgear can make.<br />
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Ronaldinho; proving that Luis Suarez can actually close his mouth, since 2000. The king of the buck toothed ones. He is lucky to have been blessed with so outrageous an amount of talent on the field, that the girls are never far away despite the fact watching him dig into a burger must be a very macabre and frightening sight. Oh, and Ron, we have the technology to clean teeth now. You don't have to have ogre looking teeth all your life.<br />
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<b> 5. Demba Ba</b><br />
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Am sure we've all met that person who we look at and one of their features instantly, literally, jumps out of their face like an attention seeking spoilt brat. Anyway, he who has laid eyes on Kenyan presidential candidate, Eugene Wamalwa knows what I am talking. Well let's see what that feature that is on the face of our next entrant.... Guesses, anyone?<br />
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<b>And now for some more dopplegangers..</b></div>
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Gareth Bale goes ape...<br /><div>
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kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-40834710858624981042012-12-07T02:07:00.000-08:002012-12-07T02:07:37.161-08:00Top 10 Premiership summer transfers so far.<br />
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<b>10. Joe Allen (13.5m)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This will come as a surprise to most but I place Joe Allen
here because he is so economical with the ball. This aspect is vital to any
teams play because possession isn’t needlessly lost and he keeps the team
ticking over. He is a vital part of what Brendan Rodgers is trying to do at
Anfield. My only criticism would be that he’s a bit light weight and for that
fee, one would expect more. I reckon, he’ll adopt better playing alongside a
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The Belgian defender has fitted seamlessly into AVB’s
Tottenham defence albeit mostly stepping in for the injured Benoit Assou-Ekotto
at left back. He’s poised in possession, a decent passer, good in the air and
his positional awareness can best be described as ‘the opposite of David Luiz’.
It’s safe to assume he’ll take his place in the heart of defence as soon as
Assou-Ekotto recovers, consigning the pensioner William Gallas to the annals of
history where he belongs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What more can be said about this man? He knows how to find
the goal. He scored 5 goals in his first 5 games for Sunderland. It’s actually
surprising when a Sunderland isn’t scored by Fletcher. You can’t ask much more
of a striker. Roman Abramovich should sign him as Torres’ personal coach.<o:p></o:p></div>
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So much has been made of the impact of Santi Carzola on
Arsenal’s game but many people have over-looked the impact of the German cog in
the Gunner machine. Everyone can see the technical ability and the striking instinct
but what has impressed me the most is his work rate and ability to track back
and help an often defensively suspect, or absent Kieran Gibbs. His dead ball
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Another who’s part of Belgium’s current ‘golden generation’.
Strong, good quick feet, bags of technical ability, an eye for goal (he was
converted to midfield from striker). With the exception of Yaya Toure, I
reckon, on his day, he is the best all round midfielder in the league. The
reason he’s low on this list is his inability to find that consistency that
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<b>5. Michu (2m)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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This has to be the bargain buy of the summer. Joining
Swansea from relegated Rayo Vallecano for a paltry 2m, Michu has lit the league
alight with his goals and assists, currently the joint top scorer in the
league. He is the toast of fantasy football regulars looking for a reasonably
priced yet consistent performer. To think Jordan Henderson is always in the
frame for the Three Lions and this man will never sniff the Spain squad shows
just how much La Roja are light years of class ahead of England. His brace at
Arsenal last week was an example of FIFA-esque fininshing as an article on
football365.com put it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If you haven’t seen this baby-faced Brazilian play, check
out his second goal, for Chelsea, against Juventus on matchday 1 of the
Champions League. Just from that play, the vision, the speed of thought, the
mastery of the space-time continuum, the awareness, the technique, the
composure, the nervelessness(this was his CL debut), is there for all to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=td07Y0E0FBc">SEE</a> .
Just for cheekiness, he scored almost as many goals (5) in the Champions League
this season, as Man City(6)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Despite his noticeable drop off in explosive performances of
recent, the 21 year old Belgian has been a revelation. His quick turns and
explosiveness over the first few yards have left many a marker bamboozled. Of
recent, one gets the feeling that the shambles going on at Chelsea, coupled
with lack of rotation has affected his form. One gets chills thinking about
what would happen if he acclamatised and stopped having momentary lapses in
concentration like we witnessed against Shaktar Donetsk at the Donbass Arena.<o:p></o:p></div>
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(Traitor, Judas, Will-never-be-a-legend-for-any-club, Should-get-injured-soon)</b></div>
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<b>1. Santi Carzola (12m)<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I will let EPL commentators have their say about the tiniest
man in the league. These are some the words that have been used to describe
Carzola’s passes, at one point or another, this season; audacious, heavenly,
delicious, clever, sumptuous, beautiful, full of imagination, sweet… This man is a blessing to the league. A joy to
watch. Not to mention he shoots from range with BOTH FEET and plays with a
permanent smile on his face. Now if only English commentators would stop
pronounce his name so phlegmatically (.i.e. Ca-though-la)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Above all, Santi Carzola deserves his place at the top of
this list due to how much Arsenal have come to depend on him for forward
thrust. Anyone who watched the Gunners slump to defeat at Norwich, in the
Champions League, to Schalke and to Swansea will agree. All that these teams did was to stifle
Carzola and the game was up for the Arsenal. Yes, RVP is scoring for United.
Yes, Hazard and Oscar made Chelsea sexy again(for a time). Yes, Fletcher is a
goal machine. But all these players’ teams know how to win without those players.
Carzola has become Arsenal. Basically, the name has changed from RVP FC to
Santi Carzola FC. Let’s hope City and United don’t start hovering around the
Emirates in the summer! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Thanks for reading, have a nice weekend. Feel free to leave
comments.<o:p></o:p></div>
kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-70486311941458353592012-10-26T03:42:00.000-07:002012-10-26T03:42:47.880-07:00Fernando Torres; the curse of peaking too early?<br />
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I have been one of the staunchest apologists for Fernando
Torres over his two year spell with Chelsea.
I have a feeling I am not alone. The man was so brilliant (and
terrorizing for many a defender), during his time with Atletico Madrid and
Liverpool. He was made Atleti captain at the ripe old age of 19. He scored the
most goals for a debut season in the English Premier League for Liverpool, a
record that was only bested by Sergio Aguerro last season. He was <b>‘El Nino’</b>. Power, pace, close control,
deadly finishing.. Nemanja Vidic can
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Then he got that injury, at Liverpool. Then he sort of
recovered. Then the Russian oligarch,
Vladmir Putin’s renegade <i>underboss </i>decided
to use the change from the purchase of his latest yatch to bring ‘El Nino’ to
Stamford Bridge. Little did he know that the El Nino had now reduced to what
climatologists describe as ‘<b>scattered
showers’</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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We have all made excuses for him. “He has a mental block,
he’ll get going once he scores his first goal”, “He is suffering in the shadow
of Didier Drogba”, “He needs to be loved”, “He needs proper service. Balls
played in behind the defence”. All these tides have ebbed and he still falters
to deceive. How many times do we see
‘Nando played through by <i>the three
wizards</i>(Oscar, Hazard and Mata) and hesitating just long enough for the
defenders to recover? It seems like he’s
so afraid of missing(or <b><i>Torressing</i></b> as it’s called nowadays), that he’d rather be
blocked than take the chance.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The fact that he has scored a couple of goals this season is
testament to the wizardry of Chelsea’s <i>midfield
trident</i>. A striker like <b>Robin van
Traitor</b> would probably have at least 10 Prem goals if he played in front of
the three wise men. Also, Chelsea’s decision not to replace Didier Drogba means
Torres has started EVERY Chelsea game this season. Fatigue could also be a
factor, or just another excuse.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I think I have a theory that can explain Torres’ malaise. He
peaked too early. Think about Ronaldo da Lima and Michael Owen. These two were
both youth prodigies who looked like shadows of their old selves by the time
they were 30. It seems being a top striker, at the top level, isn’t sustainable
for a decade. Michael Owen is 32. 32!!! But it seems like he’s been around
forever. He rides the pine for Stoke nowadays. At 32, Ruud van Nistelroy was
banging in goals for fun at Real Madrid. The difference? Van the Man started
playing in ‘the big leagues’ at about 25. Owen started at 17. Robin Van Traitor
will probably score for fun until he is about 35 because his career, in its
totality, has spanned only about 3 years.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The only way a top striker can work around such a problem is
adaptability. One can see Wayne Rooney slowly slotting backwards into an
attacking midfield role as his powers wane. Same goes for Lionel Messi. The
problem with ‘Nando is that he is a striker’s striker. He can’t play anywhere
else. His only option is to become a full time poacher and that is slowly
becoming an extinct role in modern football.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Maybe, I am just making another excuse for him out of
sentimentalism. On a realistic note, the
defending champions of Europe can’t afford to rely on one striker who scores as
often as their right back. Maybe Mr. A needs to buy another yatch so that
Chelsea can use the spare change to acquire ‘El Tigre’, Radamel Falcao. I’ll go
as far as saying that even a moderately efficient striker like Jermaine Defoe,
playing in front of<i> the three amigos</i>,
would do a better job.<o:p></o:p></div>
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kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-53763147874556566692012-08-17T08:13:00.003-07:002012-08-17T08:13:56.009-07:00RVP and Arsenal’s bitter divorce.
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First off, if you were looking for an RVP bashing, you’re
looking in the wrong place. The guy has acted as a bit of a weasel but I don’t
think you and I would act differently in the circumstances. If you were offered
a job in different company, to do less work (read, not having to shoulder your
team’s goal-scoring burden), earn twice as much and have better benefits (read
trophies),<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you’d take it. It’s human
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Arsenal fans are some of the most passionate soccer fans I
have ever met but most of the time they are quite delusional. In this era of
super clubs like Chelsea, Man City and the Spanish giants, Arsenal were never
going to win a trophy of substance. Van Persie knows it, Wenger knows it and so
does the whole non-delusional world. So RVP did what he had to do but Arsenal’s
fans anger is misdirected. I think the Arsenal board, and Arsene Wenger should
take the blame for this mess.</div>
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The Arsenal management seems to be the opposite of their
fans. All they care about is making money. That’s why they are so proud of
finishing third every season and qualifying for the Champions’ League. That’s
why they don’t care that the club hasn’t won a trophy in seven years. And
that’s why they didn’t let RVP rot in the reserves rather than selling him to a
perennial rival, as any decent board would have done. Then again, it seems
Arsenal don’t consider the Manchester clubs as rivals anymore because the
Gunners have become something of an academy for them; and the Manchester clubs
don’t consider third place finishes as achievements.</div>
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Anyone remember when Gabriel Heinze wanted to leave
Manchester United for Liverpool? Sir Alex Ferguson said, in very polite terms,
that such a thing would happen over his dead body. Whenever Sir Alex sells his
best players, he always sells them to foreign clubs. You can’t make your rivals
stronger and hope to compete with them. It’s the art of war 101. How Wenger can
allow such nonsense to happen season after season is testament to the fact that
he should be a talent scout rather than a manager? In all honesty, I don’t
think Fergie would sell a Rooney or a Nani to Arsenal even if they offered the
ridiculous buy-out fees that FC Porto puts in their players contracts. He can
sell them Silvestre though.</div>
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Arsene Wenger has been shown for the punk that he is and I
don’t think this will be the end of him being punked. He always trusts that his players will repay him for making them superstars and they turn around on him in heartbeat. But like a woman who keeps getting cheated on and apologised to, he never learns. He always thinks things will be different this time. Why does he let players reach the last year of their contracts before begging them to stay? Why not re-negotiate with two or three years left on the contract? In this way, the players wouldn't have any leverage to make the club and their mentor look spineless.</div>
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kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-63712343546905771262012-08-13T13:01:00.000-07:002012-08-13T13:01:17.388-07:006 Lessons from the Community shield.<br />
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I know we aren’t supposed to read a lot into friendlies but
however meaningless, there’s a couple of things that one could glean from
Manchester City’s 3-2 defeat of Chelsea yesterday. For those who live under a
rock, Chelsea took the lead through a rejuvenated Fernando Torres goal before
Branislav Ivanovic went for an early shower. City replied with goals from Yaya
Toure, a slim Carlos Tevez and Samir Nasri. Ryan Bertrand scored his first
Chelsea senior goal but it was too little too late. Anyway, this is what I took
from the game.</div>
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<b>1.<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span></b><b>David Luiz is still calamitous.<o:p></o:p></b></h3>
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A whole year and half in England hasn’t helped David Luiz
reign in his Latin recklessness and full blooded nature. Gary Neville’s ‘he
plays like he’s controlled by a 10 year old on PS’ was a bit harsh but one can
see where he is coming from. His positional sense is atrocious at times and he
gets these moments of delusion where he thinks he’s a forward. Maybe his hair
makes him think he is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Valderrama">Carlos Valderamma</a><span id="goog_321718664"></span><span id="goog_321718665"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a>...</div>
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One particular instance in the match summed up how much of a
walking time bomb Luiz can be; Carlos Tevez received the ball just inside the
Chelsea box and Luiz just ran into him and bawled him over. With Tevez on the
turf, but still in some sort of control of ball,<b> Luiz proceeded to kick out at
his mid-section TWICE!! Tevez stood up and retook possession of the ball. Luiz
then went on to tug at his arm.</b> If it wasn’t for the fact that it was a
friendly and Ivanovic had already been sent off, the referee would have had no
choice but to send him off. </div>
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The confidence is back. The swagger is back. He even made a
couple of direct runs at City’s defense. Though he didn’t get much change out
Vincent Kompany (then again, who ever does?), he looked a bit like the striker
who terrorized Premier league defenders two years ago. If Chelsea is going to
be successful this season, they are going to need Torres to be on that kind of
form for most of the season. If this doesn’t happen, one of Edinson Cavani,
Hulk or Radamel Falcao will be London residents soon.</div>
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This isn’t something I noticed from that match but it has to
be said. Yaya Toure is now the most complete midfielder in world football. He
has the strength, the pace, the vision, the technique, defensive awareness, versatility,
goal scoring ability… You name it, he’s got it. Why Arsene Wenger had him on
trial and declined to sign him is mind boggling. Why Guardiola found him surplus
to requirements is also intriguiging.</div>
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<b>Yaya Toure is one of those sportsmen who is almost a freak
of nature</b>. Like a LeBron, or a Bolt. Large human beings are generally supposed
to be slow and immobile. They aren’t supposed to be the most mobile players on
the park. Toure played the 2009 Champions’ League final against Man Utd, in the
centre of defense and I never once saw him being troubled for pace by any
United play including Rooney.</div>
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Since no one will say it, here goes; Mancini is not a good
manager. I guess it’s a harsh thing to say about a man who just won the English
Premier league, and won three Scudetti with Inter. We all know, at Inter he was
playing in a one league team because of <i>Calcciopoli</i>.
<b>Last season, with the most star studded team in Europe, he won the title in the
last seconds of the season.</b> The fact that United were minutes away from the
title despite having their weakest team in the Premiership era speaks volumes.
His management of the Tevez, Kolo Toure and Balotelli situations also shows a
lack of resolve.</div>
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In four seasons or so
of playing in the Champions League, Mancini’s teams have never progressed
beyond the quarter final stage. I rest my case. I guess his ideal job, after
City, would be to coach Celtic now that Rangers doesn’t exist anymore.</div>
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For a team that used to hang their hats on defense, Chelsea’s
defensive lapses are worrying. I know people think Chelsea won the Champions
League due to defensive doggedness but that couldn’t be further from the truth.
<b>If the woodwork was counted as part of the defense, then I’d agree.</b> Also, Messi
and Robben missing penalties isn’t because of good defending. I think Chelsea
won because the footballing gods decided to even things out after the
misfortunes of Moscow, Tom Henning Ovrebo, the ‘ghost goal’ at Anfield etc.</div>
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Chelsea’s defending is acceptable at best but calamitous at
worst. It could be the nocturnal activity or all the booing but John Terry has
lost his legs. His coolest trick nowadays is to retreat, in the face of attack,
to the goal line and hope to make a heroic clearance. David Luiz is a calamity
as we already covered. Gary Cahill hasn’t settled in and Ivanovic is rash at
times(see yesterday’s red card, suspension from the CL final etc). The only
dependable man in defense is Ashley Cole and he isn’t getting younger. This is
an area that Chelsea need to address if last season’s heights are to ever be reached
again.</div>
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From yesterday’s match, and the entire pre-season, I have
noticed that Sergio Aguerro and Carlos Tevez have a telepathic understanding
that could cause many a Premiership defense headaches. Tevez is looking trimmer
and more hungry. Kun has always been a handful. Together, they’ll score goals
for fun this season. <b>This partnership has the makings of Dwight Yorke and Andy
Cole.</b> Mancini is going to have a hard time getting playing time for Mario
Balotelli. Knowing Roberto’s aforementioned man-management skills, a sulking
Balotelli will deliver many laughs over the season. As for why City wanted to
buy RVP, I reckon they think soccer is a 15 man sport. </div>
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Thanks for reading. Don’t forget to register your fantasy
teams. Enjoy the new season.</div>
kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-54398968389472658782012-07-17T01:57:00.002-07:002012-07-17T02:07:04.222-07:00The death of the ‘water carrier’: the next step in modern football evolution.<h3>
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Football, like all sports; and life, is in a constant state
of evolution. We have seen the tactical evolution of central defenders from
bald, toothless, aggressive thugs to finesse ball-players who are comfortable
launching attacks from deep. Most world class clubs, with the possible
exception of Manchester United, have all but abandoned the use of traditional
touchline-hugging wingers. Another change has been the gradual disappearance of
the traditional defensive midfielder, midfield destroyer, defensive shield or
‘water carrier’ as they were labeled in the ultra-defensive Italian culture of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">catenaccio</i> of yester-year.</div>
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When one thinks of the traditional defensive midfielder, the
mind automatically jumps to illustrious names like Gennaro Gattusso, Didier
Deschamps, Carlos Dunga, Diego Simeone, the list goes on. These players had but one role on their
teams; break up their opponents’ attacks by any means necessary. If they
managed that task, without fouling, they attempted to get the ball to their
more gifted teammates to orchestrate attacks. They ran themselves into the
ground, racked up the cards for the good of the team and didn’t get the
plaudits that their more glamorous teams got. <b>They rolled their sleeves, got
mud on their socks and had all the bruises</b> to show for it. They fought. Literally..</div>
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The Italian influence</h3>
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For nearly two decades, from the 80s, through to the turn of
the millennium, Italy ruled the roost of world football, especially at club
level. Italy was where all the glamour and money was. And Italian success was
built solid defensive and tactical discipline. The goal fests we’re enthralled
by today were frowned upon by the likes of coach Arrigo Sacchi, whose Milan team won
the Scudetto, in the late 80s, by beating nearly all their opponents 1-0, despite boasting stars like Marco van Basten, Ruud Gullit and Frank Rijkaard. The <b>Italian clubs employed one or
two midfielders for the specific role of stifling the other team’s attacks.</b> So,
as always, everyone copied the winning formula. And that is the era that
produced the Dessaillys and the Dungas.</div>
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All evolutions go through various phases. The next phase of
the evolution came with the resurrection of the English club game. Around the
turn of the millennium, the English League became the pre-eminent league in European
football due its financial muscle. Part
of the Premier league’s appeal stemmed from the ‘exciting’, open, end- to- end
high octane football on show; as opposed to the ponderous and rigid Italians.</div>
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With this brand of soccer came the need for fitter, athletic
players; and it called for all midfielders to have a semblance of attacking
prowess. Teams couldn’t afford to have the traditional ultra-defensive
midfielders sitting around waiting to break up opponents attacks; yet they
couldn’t compromise the defensive solidity of the team. Versatility and
adaptability was key. In came the likes of Patrick Vieira, Roy Keane, Dennis
Wise; and Luis Enrique and Edgar Davids on the continent. <b>Players who performed
their primary duty of fighting in</b> <b>the trenches but could contribute to the
attack if afforded the space. </b></div>
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The Makelele role</h3>
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Any discussion about defensive midfielders would not be
complete without a mention of Claude Makelele. We remember him for his impeccable
position and doing his job minimal fuss. He didn’t even get into much of the
disciplinary trouble that comes with the position. <b>Amazingly he seemed to do
all this with a certain nonchalance that bordered on arrogance.</b> He never seemed to break a sweat, yet he
managed to get where he needed to be to disrupt play, cover his defenders and
much more. He had that rare gift in sports of almost telepathically reading his opponents’ minds and preparing himself for their next move.</div>
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What most ignore is that he was the first truly transcendent
player of his type. His passing range wasn’t expansive but his short passing
game was as intelligent as they come. I recall a Chelsea game against Arsenal
when Arsene Wenger(he may not be the greatest tactician but you don’t win 4
titles by being dumb) ordered the likes of Robert Pires and Freddy Ljungberg to
‘sit on’ Makelele to stop him launching Chelsea’s attacks from deep with his
slick, underrated passing. Wenger had noticed that most opponents gave him time
on the ball, and he punished them, albeit subtly and by proxy. Not to put too
fine a point on it but Florentino Perez made probably the biggest mistake in
his administrative life by letting Makelele leave Real Madrid for Chelsea in
the summer of 2003, a decision that in my opinion, aided the return to prominence of Frank Rijkaard's Barca.</div>
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Now that the Spanish are well and truly the masters of the
world game, the emphasis has firmly shifted from defensive rigidity to
attacking fluidity. Even if Spanish clubs, and to a lesser extent, the national
had always been successful. The true breakout came with Pep Gurdiola’s Barcelona
juggernaut that swept all before it. This team is also the spine of the all
conquering Spanish national team. Gurdiola’s insistence on all his players
being comfortable on the ball and being intelligent passers has taken football
to the next level. It’s the new model of success.</div>
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Perhaps the greatest
example of this new breed of midfielder is Xabi Alonso. Just as comfortable
playing deep as he is spraying the ball round the park with laser efficiency,
he is the total package. The Italians, not to be left, behind have re-invented
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">regista </i>position; a deep lying
playmaker like the unimpeachable Andrea Pirlo who wrecked all sorts of havoc at Euro 2012. The Germans have Bastian
Schweinsteiger and Toni Kroos/Sami Khedira who are all extremely capable on the
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the way out, and this change is also reflected at club level as well. Of the Premier League Big Four/Five/Six(depending on who you ask), only
Chelsea used a traditional ‘midfield shield’ (Obi Mikel), consistently last season. Even he temporarily lost his place under AVB, to the more technically gifted Raul Mereiles and
Oriol Romeu. Nigel de Jong lost his
place at City, possibly because he offers nothing other than bone-crunching
tackles and a touch of kung fu. With the likes Rino Gattuso and Massimo
Ambrosini in the twilight of their careers, it is truly the end of an era.</div>
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The future.</h3>
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I reckon teams are
moving away from over-reliance on particular players as ball winners; and
moving towards use constant ball pressure involving several players, as
Gurdiola’s Barca did. The downside of this method being that it requires
impeccable fitness and absolute comfort on the ball from most, if not all the
players. Teams that don’t get with the program will find themselves country miles
behind the Barcelonas and Real Madrids
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I must say, one of the prime reasons, for <b>England’s poor
performances</b> on the international stage is a failure to embrace modern trends
in world football. They still feel most comfortable employing a traditional DM,
a generic central midfielder, two wingers and two strikers; a system that is at
least 10 years outdated elsewhere. The moral of the story is, “evolve or die”</div>
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Thanks, as always, for bearing with my rumblings. </div>kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-71834122562770205942012-07-10T07:11:00.000-07:002012-07-10T07:15:59.189-07:00The Silly season; my thoughts.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Hello all. I’d like to apologize for the
absence over the past few months; a combination of technological difficulties
and creative deficiencies. I am working on it.)</i></div>
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Now that the European
soccer season is when well and truly over, we’ve entered the period of time Sir
Alex once described as ‘silly season’. This is a period when we are bombarded
with transfer news and rumors, both real and imagined. I just thought I’d
examine some of the transfer deals that have been done; those in the pipeline
and of course the purely outrageous.</div>
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Some moves, while
brilliant on paper, don’t take team dynamics into consideration. It would seem
that some clubs just chase players to indulge themselves. For example, Real Madrid’s
pursuit of <b>Luka Modric</b> at £30m plus is baffling. There are only two players in Madrid’s midfield who
are dispensable; Sami Khedira and Angel di Maria. The former is a defensive
midfielder and the latter is a winger; not positions where Modric is comfortable,
let alone accomplished. Let’s not forget they also have Nuri Sahin, Kaka etc fighting
for midfield positions. Staying in Madrid,
<b>Kaka</b>’s position isn’t yet clear. Apparently, he’s being hawked about for 25m. I
don’t think, even PSG would fall for that con.</div>
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<b>Robin van Persie</b>’s PR
machine goofed big time. My understanding of the situation is that he is fed up
of Arsenal’s lack of ambition and what not. That’s his right. Why he had to
come out this early and say it is beyond me. From his statement, it’s clear he
wants to leave the club on good terms with the fans, which he has now made very
difficult. </div>
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Considering RVP’s
price tag and wages, I’d assume there are six clubs that can afford him; Chelsea, the Manchester clubs, Madrid, Barcelona and PSG. (Sorry Juventus fans, this
is a different money league) Defecting to Manchester,
and West London to a lesser extent, would make
him a traitor, to the fans. Barca and Madrid
don’t seem bothered; and the French league is small time for a star of RVP’s
caliber... Let’s hope him and his boys know something we don’t. Realistically,
he can only move to City; and the Gooners will not like it one bit.</div>
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One of the earliest
moves of the transfer window was Man Utd’s signing of Japanese international Shinji
Kagawa. I am very curious about how <b>Kagawa</b> is going to be deployed, given that
United play two upfront, with Rooney as the deep lying forward. At Dortmund, one can argue
that Kagawa’s best form came when he played as a deep lying forward, behind
Robert Lewandowski. It’s intriguing to see if Fergie will want him to be
Scholes’ long term replacement, and how he’ll adopt to playing a deeper role in
a more physically demanding league.</div>
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Bayern Munich’s
purchase of <b>Mario Mandzukic</b> is another head turner. The differences between him
and the incumbent striker Mario Gomez are few; Bayern hasn’t played a two
striker system in a decade and going by Gomez’ showing in the UCL final, and
the latter stages of the Euros, I think everyone seems to have discovered that
he and Andy Caroll are twins, separated at birth. Only his football education
in Germany
makes him technically better than dear old Andy. I can’t yet figure out
Bayern’s thinking on this one. If all they wanted was a Mario-Mario striking
duo, they should have gotten Balotelli.</div>
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I am also eager to see
how the German Lucas <b>Podolski</b> fits in at Arsenal. I hate to be a pessimist but
I don’t see how this will work out. Podolski has never really excelled, at the
highest level, in club football(see his time at Bayern) He has always seemed to
do his best work for the national team but his 2012 Euros’ performance didn’t
inspire confidence. And if RVP leaves, the expectation will weigh even heavier.</div>
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head, the signings of Eden Hazard, Olivier Giroud and Jordi Alba by Chelsea, Arsenal and
Barca are as sensible as they come. Hazard brings youth and creativity to an
oft stagnant Chelsea
outfit. In Giroud, Arsenal get a proven goal scorer who also possesses raw
power, an attribute that has been severely lacking in Arsenal’s frontline for a
while despite Chamakh’s best efforts. Jordi Alba fills the gap left by Eric
Abidal, on the left side of FCB’s defence. His La Masia schooling also adds an
extra level of comfort with ‘the Barca way’ of football.</div>
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There’s none better
than Andy Caroll’s rumored move to AC Milan. Silvio Berlusconi and Adriano
Galliani maybe crazy; they let Pirlo go to Juve for free, but they aren’t that
crazy. Pairing Caroll and Zlatan Ibrahimovic may have a certain symmetry to it;
two pony-tailed behemoths, but that’s where the comparisons end. Besides the rumors
were sparked off by Pier Silvio Berlusconi, one of the Milan president’s sons.
And here is the kicker..Pier Silvio is more interested in fashion than he is in
football. It, indeed, is silly season.</div>
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Argentine forward <b>Ezequiel
Lavezzi</b>, on signing for oil rich Paris outfit PSG, claimed he was joining for
footballing reasons. He got that quote straight out of the Samuel Eto’o playbook.
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Marouane Chamakh is
supposedly over the moon because of the aforementioned van Persie transfer
saga. I hear he feels like his time to shine will come as soon as RVP leaves.
Still at The Emirates, Arsene Wenger is planning to unveil a new policy on
captains; from next season, the most useless players will be made skipper so
that Man City and co. can bid on them the subsequent transfer window. Chamakh,
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Hello all. As we come
to the end of one of the more entertaining European club soccer seasons of
recent times, allow me to present the first annual end-of –season awards. Since
there’s a lot to cover, I figured one entry wouldn’t be enough so I decided to
do it in parts. I think it’s fair to start at the bottom, with the wacky so
without further ado, here we go;<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>1. Niggas will be niggas: Nigga moment of the
year.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I think, as a black
man, I am allowed to call niggas out on some ignorant nigga s**t. The
niggas in contention for this award are Mario Balotelli and Djibril Cisse.
Their cringe-worthy hairstyles alone are perpetual nigga moments. As if the
hair wasn’t enough, these two proceeded to provide some truly maddening moments
over the course of the season.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The walking time bomb
that is Super Mario laid down the marker in pre-season with the back heel in
the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region>.
Mancini, the ever patient sucker, stuck with him and he boy did he pay. The stories
of IPads on the bench, fireworks, stamping on Parker ,the women’s prison etc
were all well documented but for me, the real entertainment happened at the
Emirates towards the season’s end. He attempted to break Song’s leg, made a handful
of yellow card worthy challenges, got sent off; and wait for it, he was the
only person in the world who was surprised!! There are few things more
entertaining than the unpredictability of stupidity; and the inevitability of
the consequences.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Djibril Cisse, on the
other hand, was as infuriating as he was prolific in his 6 months (sorry more
like 3 months, due to all the suspensions) at QPR. Just like Mario, he
genuinely looked surprised every time he got sent off! My problem with him is
the hairstyle though. Someone please tell Djibril he’s in his 30s now and we
can no longer blame his hairstyle on youthful exuberance. I can’t be the only
one who thinks dying his facial hair makes it resemble nether-region hair.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Winner</b>: Joey Barton. When I think of a nigga, in the true sense, I picture a person
who goes around bragging about how much money they make, picking stupid fights,
growing hideous facial hair.. Barton did all this last season. He spent the
better part of a match reminding Karl Henry that he was on 80k a week. He has
constantly looked for a fight, going as far as picking them on social media.
And he grew that hideous ‘stache at some point. He saved his best, though, for
the last day, at the Ettihad. The less said about that incident, the better<o:p></o:p></div>
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Fiorentina coach Delio
Rossi did something the likes of Roberto Mancini and anyone else who has ever
managed the likes of Balotelli, dream about every night. In the 38<sup>th</sup>
minute of a Serie A game against <st1:city w:st="on">Novara</st1:city>,
the gaffer decided to hook midfielder Adam Ljajic due to poor performance and
non-compliance with tactics. The midfielder took his place on the bench, with
that petulant look that only people paid exorbitant sums to kick leather
around, can muster.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I reckon the look irked the coach because a
few moments later, the coach walked over and slapped him!! Now, if only Mancini
was allowed to do that. In what I think was a gross miscarriage of justice, the
coach was fired and given a 3 month suspension by the League office. You have
to see it for yourself.<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kusm5fUZA9I">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kusm5fUZA9I</a><span id="goog_1617615777"></span><span id="goog_1617615778"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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This really tickled
me: The Yellow submarine Villarreal CF, were faced with relegation on the last
day of the La Liga season. They were playing against Europa League champions
Athletico <st1:state w:st="on">Madrid</st1:state>.
Fellow strugglers Rayo Vallecano were up against newly rich <st1:city w:st="on">Granada</st1:city>. Villarreal needed to better
Vallecano result to survive. Athletico were vying with <st1:city w:st="on">Malaga</st1:city> for a Champions League place but a <st1:city w:st="on">Malaga</st1:city> win, over Sporting
Gijon would render any Atleti result moot. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The scene was set.
With the Villarreal-Athletico game tied at 0-0, news filtered through that <st1:city w:st="on">Malaga</st1:city> had taken a 1-0
lead over Sporting. Villarreal players duly informed the Atleti players of this
and tried to convince them to ease off now that Champions League qualification
was out reach. When this didn’t work, some Yellow Submarine players decided to
lie to their opponents that Malaga had taken a two goal lead, in a bid to
convince them to let off.( For the record, Malaga won their game 1-0)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Unfortunately, the
cattiness didn’t stop there: In the dying embers of the game, the assassin
Radamel Falcao drove a blade through the hearts of Villarreal fans and most
neutrals, by putting <st1:state w:st="on">Madrid</st1:state>’s
no.2 club 1-0 up. Villarreal players then resorted to threatening revenge. Most
of these exchanges were caught on camera. In the end, it didn’t matter because
Vallecano won their match, ensuring that the club that has delighted us all
these years with the likes of Marcos Senna, Diego Forlan, Roman Riquelme and
Santi Carzola, was sent packing to the second tier of Spanish football. <o:p></o:p></div>
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On a serious note
though, it’s really sad that a club that played in the Champions League semis
as recently as 2006 could be relegated just 6 years later. It shows just how
fragile the finances of smaller clubs make them.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br /></div>kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-12165208245971209712012-04-18T05:20:00.000-07:002012-04-18T05:20:44.028-07:00Chelsea vs Barcelona: Prophetic Match Report<div class="MsoNormal">Remember that April night in 2009, when a rejuvenated Chelsea team, under the stewardship of Guus Hiddink, had FC Barcelona on the ropes in the second leg of the Champions league semi-final? Then, Tom Henning Ovrebo took over and dashed Chelsea’s dream for a chance to face Manchester United, in the final, for the second year running. Who can forget Didier Drogba’s manic look as he screamed, “It’s a f****n disgrace” into the pitch side camera? Or Michael Ballack chasing Ovrebo the full length of the field to dispute a rejected penalty?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">In an ideal world, tonight’s game at Stamford Bridge would be the perfect time for the Blues to exact their revenge, right? Unfortunately for Blues fans, we don’t live in an ideal world; we live in a world where people like Ashley Young have perfected the art of ‘winning’ penalties, where Wigan outplays Chelsea and gets beaten courtesy of two ridiculously offside goals. In short, if you think Chelsea can knock out FCB, you might as well believe in Saint Nicholas and the tooth fairy. I’ll save you the trouble of reading tomorrow’s post match report on Goal.com by giving you a summary of what will happen tonight;<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Match Report: Chelsea 1 vs Barcelona 3 Venue: Stamford Bridge 18<sup>th</sup> March 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c00000;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #c00000;">Top of the match</span></b>: Lionel Messi Andres<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Flop of the match</b>: 3 way tie between Frank Lampard, Fernando Torres and Roman Abramovich<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Barcelona gave Chelsea a lesson in passing football that won’t soon be forgotten in the parts. With Xavi Hernandez and Andres Iniesta running the show in the midfield, Chelsea never got anywhere near the ball and run around like headless chickens, chasing shadows all night. Overall possession stats indicated that Barca had 70% of the ball. The 30% possession that Chelsea had can be put down to goal kicks, throw ins and misguided attempts at time wasting, at the corner flag, that started as early as 20<sup>th</sup> minute.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ironically, Chelsea drew first blood in the 10<sup>th</sup> with the mandatory Juan Mata goal, although replays showed the shot stopped just short of the penalty spot. Due to the mass of bodies laying the penalty area, the ref assumed the ball had crossed the line and Mata wasn’t going to hang around to haggle over the details. He wheeled away in celebration, joined by the beacons of honesty that are John Terry, Ashley Cole and Drogba.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal">That goal just served to infuriate Barcelona. Within a few minutes, they took control of match with sensational equalizer. After a wonderful fluid passing move, Messi picked up the ball on the left wing and danced past the entire Chelsea defence and Petr Cech, before slotting past Terry, who was stationed at the goal line, waiting to do his usual heroics.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">At this point Chelsea figured 1-1 would be a good result to take to the Nou Camp and went into defensive mode. RDM replaced Juan Mata with Michael Essien to shore things and then the aforementioned time wasting begun. This didn’t prove very successful, as Messi broke his umpteenth record of the season with a second before halftime. Alexis Sanchez killed off the game, and the tie with a superbly taken third, minutes after halftime. Barcelona played a nice game of ‘piggy in the middle’ the rest of the way.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">On a positive note, Ramires proved that he could win the Boston marathon by consistently being the ‘piggy’ in the middle of a moving triangle comprising Xavi, Iniesta and Messi. Stats show he covered a Champions League record 16.2 km over the course of the game. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Ramires’ midfield partner Frank Lampard refused to participate in the running claiming after the game that “senior players aren’t supposed to perform such menial tasks.” Lampard also added that he will have a meeting with owner Roman Abramovich and coach John Terry, to discuss the summer ‘managerial’ situation because RDM is just not working out. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Frank Lampard set a UCL record for most square passes in a single game<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Fernando Torres almost scored, after Victor Valdes made a hash of clearing his lines. He hesitated long enough to slip as he was taking the shot. He gave his boot studs a sour look.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span><!--[endif]-->Roman Abramovich visited the Chelsea locker room at half time, in an apparent bid to impart his vast knowledge of football management to the team. He was accompanied by one of his yes-men, sorry, advisors, Michael Emanalo who regaled the players with old tales from his days coaching a girls’ soccer team in the USA.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br />
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</div>kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-52143866662292417592011-12-02T02:37:00.000-08:002011-12-02T02:37:07.698-08:00Andy Carroll: I have some questions.<div class="MsoNormal">Yes I know all the talk of transfer flops in the past few months has centered around Fernando Torres and Edin Dzeko. Seeing as the two, with varying success, have somewhat managed to slowly get back their mojo, it’s time we took a look at the 35m pound man, Andy Carroll. The hulking Englishman was signed on January deadline day this year to much more fanfare the fellow deadline day signee Luis Suarez. Personally, I think this is the worst signing in Premiership history. Yes, it even eclipses Sheva, Torres, Juan Sebastian Veron and Chamakh. I’ll tell you why (in question form).</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Reputation; why would any one pay 35m for Carroll?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>Sheva, Torres, Crespo and Veron, all cost 20-30m pounds. They cost that much because they had built reputations before their Prem arrivals. They were all considered World class at the time. Their fees were justifiable. What has Carroll ever done to warrant a 20m pound fee, let alone 35m?! And this is where British arrogance rears its ugly head: when Sheva was signed for 30m, everyone felt it an unnecessary waste of Russian oil millions. Remember Sheva was a year removed from winning the Ballon d’Or. Carroll’s signing was lauded as shrewd spending of the money, gunnered from the sale of Torres, on a son of the soil with a bright future!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>I tend to think when Liverpool got that infamous 50m; they were like a kid in candy store. They just had to spend; and I think they felt signing Suarez wouldn’t placate the fans enough (how ironic), so they figured they would sign a local lad who could share a drink (pun intended) with the common man from the Kop. Mike Ashley must have thought it was a prank call when he received the offer. I am sure the receipt included a “GOODS ONCE SOLD, ARE NOT RETURNABLE” clause.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Ball control; shouldn’t that come naturally to all professional footballers? </b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Watching this bumbling oaf try to bring the ball under his spell is just plain painful. A horse could control a football better than Andy. Hell, I have seen dogs on “The Planet’s Funniest Animals” that have better ball control. I am sure some of the goals he scores are as a result of defenders dying of laughter as he tries with several parts of his body, to control a square pass. If you think I am hating, look at Suarez’ face the next time to tries to play a one-two with Carroll; he looks as depressed as he was when he was sent off at the World Cup!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span> </span>People can berate Torres all they want but he can control the ball! End of story. One of these days, Carroll will burst the match day ball with his boots’ spikes as he attempts to bring it under his spell. After all, the less bouncy it is, the easier it is for him to command.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Why is anyone surprised?</b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s not even the surprise that baffles me; it’s more the excuses that are made for him. Even the intelligent and normally no nonsense Fabio Cappello has joined this bandwagon. He claimed, the other day, that Carroll had potential, he just needed to sort out his life aka stop drinking like a Uni student. Give me a break. When did alcohol become responsible for poor control and lack of a football brain? If alcohol did that to footballers, the likes of Ronaldinho, Edmundo and Romario would never have gotten to the lofty heights that they did. Yes, alcohol damages fitness levels. Surely, it doesn’t affect one’s ball skills.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The faith the public and King Kenny have in him is so mystifying. Anyone remember the derby between Manchester United and Liverpool a couple of weeks ago? After United equalised, Dalgish replaced Suarez with Kuyt; and wait for it…he stationed Carroll on the right wing! For lack of a better reason, I guess he was placed there to intoxicate Patrice Evra with his breath! What is it that British people see in this man that has escaped the rest of us?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Those are my questions. Someone please help me answer them.</div>kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-86312213260614713862011-10-29T02:53:00.000-07:002011-10-29T02:53:11.399-07:00Racism row: Political correctness gone mad.<div class="MsoNormal"> <img src="http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTIJRLJaCI-tq1zcuKInEiHQhszxHkr_Q1a1MXR6a68ZZOv7Bqs" /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">First Suarez, now John Terry. Both accused of making racist remarks to black players during Premier League games. I just felt I had to put in my two cents on this one. Terry, apparently, called Anton Ferdinand a “f****** black c***” or something to that effect.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I would like to categorically state that I am a Chelsea fan, so maybe I could be biased. I also happen to be a black person who has lived with people of other races, and witnessed incidents of racism in one form or another.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But surely this is political correctness gone mad! We all know that in professional sports, players say and do all sorts of things to each other in a bid to get the psychological edge over their opponents. Vinnie Jones even wrote a book about it, where among other things, he said he used to tug at opponents’ armpit hair during set-piece situations. It’s nothing new.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Those of us who write articles and give opinions have time to stop and think about we say, we have time edit. I am sure if Terry had said “f****** c***”, no one would have a problem. If he had time to edit, he probably would have omitted the word “black”. Anton Ferdinand is black. Terry described him thus. Why all the fuss? If he had called him the “n-word”, that would be a problem because that word is historically derogative towards black people. If Peter Crouch called Aaron Lennon “a f****** little s***”, would that mean Crouch hates little people and he is a ‘size-ist’</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The fact that such a big deal has been made about this is actually indicative of an insidious, hidden racism among the white public. Let us ask ourselves a question. If Anton had called Terry a “f****** white $**#”, would the public have made such a farce? I don’t think so. Basically the white public doesn’t even give black people a chance to be racist because you know, they are disadvantaged. It is why I get to write such an article, I am black. If a white person dared have such views, they would be lynched for being racist! It’s madness!</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">What about other disadvantaged footballers?<span> </span>The little ones, the balding ones, the ones with disfigurements(Tevez), those with weird hairlines(Jolean Lescott), the ugly ones(Rooney). Should they all go running to the FA when they are described as such in a heated moment of gamesmanship? Give me a break. It’s time black people started getting treated like everyone else. When did the word “black” become such a taboo word? At this rate, the words; short, fat, bald, ugly and others should also be deemed derogatory. Then football will become a game where everyone is nice to each other, no trash talk and all that ugly business, and Vinnie Jones book will be rendered obsolete.</div>kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-181542853961857546.post-71749646361337755002011-10-22T05:28:00.000-07:002011-10-22T05:30:21.224-07:00Derbies; and thoughts on City vs United<div class="MsoNormal">Sir Alex gave us another glittering example of British delusion this week when he reportedly said the Liverpool-Manchester Utd derby had become as big as Spain’s <i>El Grande Classico</i>. I have a lot of respect for Fergie so I am guessing he said this to give reporters a sound bite for a slow news day. Real and Barca have 13 European titles between them. They have, arguably, four of the world’s best five players between them. For the last 15 years, Zidane (Juventus), Kaka (Milan), Cannavaro (Juventus) and C. Ronaldo(Man Utd) are the only players who have won the World Footballer of the Year award while not playing for either of the Spanish giants. (Incidentally, they all subsequently moved Madrid a season or so after they won the award) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Player_of_the_Year">See list here</a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">English fans will argue that derbies aren’t about the players involved, but the passion of the fans, the hatred the clubs have for each other and so forth. Even if this argument was taken into account, anyone who witnessed the five Classicos last season would be mad to say they didn’t have passion, hatred, atmosphere and all other adjectives the English use to excuse their football deficiencies. A Madrid official made some doping allegations against Barca. Mourinho made some silly noises about a UEFA and UNICEF conspiracy. He poked Barcelona’s assistant coach in the eye! If that’s not hatred, then I don’t know what is.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"> Anyway, at the end of the day, I’d think most people love derbies because of the drama, controversy and what have you, but most crucially because of the quality of football on display. Derbies tend to push teams to elevate their game. Everton could be fighting relegation but when they play Liverpool, they will look like they are vying for the title. Lest we forget derbies are more intense when the teams involved are in the same league in terms of ambition.This is why I don’t think I am alone in thinking Sir Alex now considers the derby versus City to be more important than the north western derby against Liverpool. (The team he selected to play ‘Pool last weekend tells us a lot) Derbies with Liverpool were important when they were contenders, now those with the Citizens are crucial because they are the ones challenging the throne. I can’t wait to see United’s team sheet this Sunday (I’m positive Jones won’t be the holding midfielder) as they face City in what could be a season defining game, particularly for the latter.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"> Despite the manner in which they have swatted away opposition, City have played only two games against quality teams this season, and their credibility as ‘Big Boys’ has taken a hit in both. They were given a sound spanking by Bayern and held, at home, by Napoli in the Champion’s League. Maybe it was teething problems, but surely they should have seen off the group whipping boys Villarreal without having Kun Aguerro rescue them at the death. Sunday will be the first time they get a real test in the league this season so I dare say the pressure is on City, to show us that they not like the playground bully who swats his way through the smaller kids until he meets someone his size and cowers away.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It will be very interesting to see which line up Mancini opts for. History will suggest that despite the embarrassment of attacking gems at his disposal, he’ll be cautious and crowd the midfield with goons like Nigel De Jong. I would like to see him deploy his attacking troika of Nasri, David Silva and Sergio Aguerro to test United’s shaky defence. If Mancini doesn’t go negative, the key man for City would have to be David Silva. I have noticed that in all the matches City have struggled, the little Spaniard hasn’t been at his imperious, outrageously sumptuous best. He really struggled in the games against Bayern and Villarreal and City looked labored. When he’s on song, he is, for me, the best playmaker in the league.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">United have a slight advantage going into this one. The obvious reason would be because they are at home but I think we also need to consider the psychological edge over their rivals. Since the arrival of Sheik Mansour, United seem like the only team that City have absolutely failed to get the better of. In a way, if City won, they would take that monkey off their backs, thereby going some way in entrenching themselves in the ‘Big Boys’ club.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">As a neutral, I look forward to a draw, with a couple of goals. On a personal note, it would be nice if Silva and Nani scored. They are both in my fantasy team.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Thanks for reading.</div>kabanza lumumbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14601180042700329746noreply@blogger.com0