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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Friday, January 26, 2007
Wanted: Some football action
The thing about travelling is that I don't get to catch up on football as much as I like. People gripe about Starhub holding the subscribers ransom with ever increasing prices for the sports group. Compared to other countries though, really we are getting good value. Sure sometimes they'd rather show some lame games than the more exciting local derbies, or not show them at all. All in all though, they do a decent job of covering my favourite sport.
When I get to another hotel in another country now, I quickly surf the in-room TV for sports channels. The US is a disappointment, that's the place where they call it "soccer" instead of "football". So go to a pub you say? With the time difference I'd probably already be in one by breakfast, and still not be guaranteed any "soccer" at all. Maybe when David 'I wanna go to Hollywood cuz my playing days are over, but mainly cuz my wife said so' Beckham goes to play "soccer" with that whachamacallit team, they may show some EPL matches, just so that they know how it's actually done.
Australia is warming up to the idea of football, with the Socceroos (there's that S-word again) doing well at the last world cup and a few of their exports playing in the EPL. Point to note is that they'll always feature the match with the Aussie export in the team before any others. Like when Liverpool beat Chel$ki recently. They went on and on about how Mark Viduka of Middlesbrough scored 2 goals in a match against Bolton, and oh yeah Liverpool beat Chel$ki 2-nil(Harry Kewell didn't play in that match, maybe that's why). C'mon, where are your priorities dude??? Can't complain though, they have a channel dedicated to The EPL, good on ya mate!
I'd be flying to Seoul, then Vancouver next week. In addition to missing out on a fantastic Singapore Gooner outing to the Kallang Stadium to support the Lions, I'm also not here for the FA Cup clash against Bolton, the return leg against Spuds in the Carling Cup, and against Boro in the EPL. Only consolation is I'm not 40 000 ft up in the air while all these matches are being played. So I be channel surfing and bar hopping till I find some football action.
When I get to another hotel in another country now, I quickly surf the in-room TV for sports channels. The US is a disappointment, that's the place where they call it "soccer" instead of "football". So go to a pub you say? With the time difference I'd probably already be in one by breakfast, and still not be guaranteed any "soccer" at all. Maybe when David 'I wanna go to Hollywood cuz my playing days are over, but mainly cuz my wife said so' Beckham goes to play "soccer" with that whachamacallit team, they may show some EPL matches, just so that they know how it's actually done.
Australia is warming up to the idea of football, with the Socceroos (there's that S-word again) doing well at the last world cup and a few of their exports playing in the EPL. Point to note is that they'll always feature the match with the Aussie export in the team before any others. Like when Liverpool beat Chel$ki recently. They went on and on about how Mark Viduka of Middlesbrough scored 2 goals in a match against Bolton, and oh yeah Liverpool beat Chel$ki 2-nil(Harry Kewell didn't play in that match, maybe that's why). C'mon, where are your priorities dude??? Can't complain though, they have a channel dedicated to The EPL, good on ya mate!
I'd be flying to Seoul, then Vancouver next week. In addition to missing out on a fantastic Singapore Gooner outing to the Kallang Stadium to support the Lions, I'm also not here for the FA Cup clash against Bolton, the return leg against Spuds in the Carling Cup, and against Boro in the EPL. Only consolation is I'm not 40 000 ft up in the air while all these matches are being played. So I be channel surfing and bar hopping till I find some football action.
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
AhTiong jin kiang...
After predicting correctly the 1-3 score against Liverpool in the FA Cup, I went on to guess the result of the Arsenal v ManYoo match. Gazing into my crystal go-li, I left my scorline forecast with SG Gooner, Siren, afcsingapore and even the NewPaper (with an Arsenal non-believer sports desk) Postman Blog.
2-1 to the Arsenal I foretold.
Well, well... If I were a gambling man I'd have cleaned up at the betting windows. Sure, it was not a set piece that sealed the win. It was even better! An Eboue cross finds King Henry who heads in the beautiful winning goal in injury time. When the young Eboue delivered that cross, it reminded me so much of the following clip...
That was the cross he made for Henry to head in during last season's Champions League match against FC Porto.
Compare that to last Sunday's match against ManYoo, the similarities are uncanny...
Of course, let's not forget the equalizer from Rvp before that. Good work by Fabregas and Rosicky to win the ball back from Scholes...
And yes, I also kena the Arsenal-double-over-Man-U-nitis.
2-1 to the Arsenal I foretold.
Well, well... If I were a gambling man I'd have cleaned up at the betting windows. Sure, it was not a set piece that sealed the win. It was even better! An Eboue cross finds King Henry who heads in the beautiful winning goal in injury time. When the young Eboue delivered that cross, it reminded me so much of the following clip...
That was the cross he made for Henry to head in during last season's Champions League match against FC Porto.
Compare that to last Sunday's match against ManYoo, the similarities are uncanny...
Of course, let's not forget the equalizer from Rvp before that. Good work by Fabregas and Rosicky to win the ball back from Scholes...
And yes, I also kena the Arsenal-double-over-Man-U-nitis.
Friday, January 19, 2007
Rub-a dub-dub, 3 Gooners in a club
So it was decided that Thurs will be a boys night out.
I met up with Shai at Clarke Quay and found our way to The Clinic. The only reason I chose that joint was cuz it allowed free entry for crew (me) and a guest (Shai). Plus drinks are 1 for 1, so it won't hurt to check it out right?
1st impressions? Perhaps we were there too early, cuz all we saw were the male of the species, aside from the waitresses, there. The fact that the bartenders were acting in a non-professional way (read:like monkeys) killed it for us. Too many young boys celebrating their ORD (my time hor they call it ROD leh), too little eye candy. We split without asking for our 2nd jug of beer.
Pump Room was dead. Enough said.
I thought we should head down to my usual haunt of donkey years back, Velvet@Zouk. We msged SgGooner of our last minute diversion, and met at the taxi stand. I was surprised, even shock, to see that there were no one hanging around outside the club even though it was close to the witching hour. I ventured in and found the club almost empty. After enquiring from my fav waitress Margaret, I understand that many of the fickle clubbers are sussing out the new clubs that are sprouting up like the aedes mosquitoes, each offering their brand of crew/media/whateva night. I couldn't come up with where all the crew are partying now, as I am more a shorts & slipper night out kinda guy now.
Still us Gooners had our fair share of drinks, with Shai and SGGooner doing their shuffle together which reminds me of Henry and Adebayor dancing at the sidelines. Me? I did the only thing I ever do at Velvet, watch the crowd. The heydays of seeing a crew at every turn are gone. In their place; tourists, the uninitiated, the ugly...
I reminded the staff that their excellent service will eventually lure the crowd back. Zouk fought off Centro360, they will triumph over the minnows at Clarke Quay too...
So what does 3 grown men do after a night out without much action at the clubs? Go look for chicken la... the Boon Tong Kee type of course.
I met up with Shai at Clarke Quay and found our way to The Clinic. The only reason I chose that joint was cuz it allowed free entry for crew (me) and a guest (Shai). Plus drinks are 1 for 1, so it won't hurt to check it out right?
1st impressions? Perhaps we were there too early, cuz all we saw were the male of the species, aside from the waitresses, there. The fact that the bartenders were acting in a non-professional way (read:like monkeys) killed it for us. Too many young boys celebrating their ORD (my time hor they call it ROD leh), too little eye candy. We split without asking for our 2nd jug of beer.
Pump Room was dead. Enough said.
I thought we should head down to my usual haunt of donkey years back, Velvet@Zouk. We msged SgGooner of our last minute diversion, and met at the taxi stand. I was surprised, even shock, to see that there were no one hanging around outside the club even though it was close to the witching hour. I ventured in and found the club almost empty. After enquiring from my fav waitress Margaret, I understand that many of the fickle clubbers are sussing out the new clubs that are sprouting up like the aedes mosquitoes, each offering their brand of crew/media/whateva night. I couldn't come up with where all the crew are partying now, as I am more a shorts & slipper night out kinda guy now.Still us Gooners had our fair share of drinks, with Shai and SGGooner doing their shuffle together which reminds me of Henry and Adebayor dancing at the sidelines. Me? I did the only thing I ever do at Velvet, watch the crowd. The heydays of seeing a crew at every turn are gone. In their place; tourists, the uninitiated, the ugly...
I reminded the staff that their excellent service will eventually lure the crowd back. Zouk fought off Centro360, they will triumph over the minnows at Clarke Quay too...
So what does 3 grown men do after a night out without much action at the clubs? Go look for chicken la... the Boon Tong Kee type of course.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
It takes 2, baby...
Who should play upfront, if we go for a 4-4-2 formation this Sunday? We may know in days to come, but here's my take on the matter for now.
Some say it should be Robin van Persie (RvP) & King Henry, while others prefer the Adebayor & Henry formulae (they do make nice dance partners, don’t they?) Still some, a very small minority, say that the Beast Baptista should get a start.
Against Man U, I feel that RvP/Henry can do good work up front. Adebayor works hard, but lack creativity. We’ve seen RvP twist defenders inside out with his frequent darts towards goal. When it comes to set pieces, both RvP & Henry are good takers from outside the box. When was the last time you saw Adebayor take a free kick?
With RvP alongside Henry making those runs, and assisting I might add, they will give the Gunners more than a dozen ways to goal.Full credit to Adebayor, but I feel RvP and Henry should start this one.
End of the day, The Professor will know best...
Note: Nabez...have to be in Auckland for this cruncher, arrrggh!!
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