and guess who won?
ManU, that’s who. Oh all right, I wanted the uber rich Abramovich to get his (in a perverse socialistic desire to level the playing field, possibly) and my desire has been sated. Of course, there is speculation that Roman may have lost interest in his blue clad toys and will sell off his interest. Just speculation, though. I’m probably not alone in agreeing that he got a good deal for his money. It was vaguely amusing to watch the Mancunians cheering on Arsenal too.
The season. Ah well. I’ve mentioned earlier that Reading are the team of the season for me. Berbatov was (probably) one of the better signings.
Arsenal? Forgettable. As Lee Dixon summed up last night, “we need a goal scorer, someone in midfield and someone at the back”. That’s like an entire team, then. The Henry dependence has been found out this season and I really don’t think the backline has recovered from the loss of both Sol Campbell and Cashley. Be that as it may, Julio might be heading back to Real Madrid and we’ll probably be getting Reyes back… An eventuality which fills me with some dread (even if our boy Baptista does seem a bit clumsy at times). Even more distressing is the slowing down of Jens… earlier he was crazy (in a staring eyes, foam-at-corners-of-mouth sort of way) but a great goalkeeper. Now he’s just uh.. crazy. He doesn’t even yell at the backline much any more.
Chelsea lost it because none of their signings really fired for them. Schevchenko? Fizzled. No, goals against non-league opposition don’t count. Yes, he’s displayed flashes of brilliance (that looked-like-a-cross-gone-wrong-but-ended-up-at-the-back-of-the-net goal, for instance) but not enough to justify the number of times he’s started. Ballack? spent a lot of time whining and stamping his foot petulantly at the referee, but not a whole lot more. Khalid the Cannibal? Bwahahahaha. He got eaten alive. The only one of the four signings that was worth the money was Kalou. By direct contrast, Henrik Larsson stepped on the field and owned all for Man U.
Actually. Why am I rabbitting on like this? Because (among other things), it’s patently obvious that predicting the winners of the premier league season isn’t an easy job, even for the experts at MotD. *grin*. The phrase “your guess is as good as mine” comes to mind. I don’t know enough about Euro football to critique this piece though – although complaints about the brutal, rugbyesque style English premier league football have been around for ages.
On 07-May-07 at 1:31 pm,
elric wrote:
Having seen the title, I thought this post was about the Cricket World Cup and the hoo-haa about the squash ball
Thanks to the Gooners btw for saving me from a potentially terrifying end of season round of matches – especially given West Ham’s recent form.
On 07-May-07 at 2:20 pm,
drac wrote:
heh. sorry elric, I’ve already fulfilled my rant quota for the month. No ranting about squash ball ranting
besides, I think you hit the high points perfectly.
Funny though, the first thing I remembered when I heard the squash ball business was that anecdote about the wicketkeeper keeping slabs of raw meat in his gloves and stinking to high heaven at the end of a days play.
I’m looking forward to seeing Jose’s face when Chelsea face ManU this week and have to (if tradition holds) applaud them onto the field.
On 08-May-07 at 6:17 am,
Curious Yellow wrote:
Well done ManYoo I say.
You’re probably right about Reading, but it seems like their owner is trying to make a buck out of selling them.
Mikel seems like a decent signing for Chelsea, and how about that Denilson eh?
Damn you bastards with Sky!
On 08-May-07 at 6:20 pm,
drac wrote:
dude, I sneak peeks at sky when my landlord isn’t watching superbikes. No regular Sky Sports for me. Match O’ the Day and the occasional special usually, although I will hoof it down to the pub for worthy matches.
Oooh. Mikel was a summer 2006 signing? I didn’t remember. Ok, he’s not bad. I still think Kalou is a more likely nipper though… and Denilson is uh.. so-so.
On 09-May-07 at 1:17 am,
elric wrote:
Mikel was a summer hijacking.
On 11-May-07 at 2:24 pm,
Curious Yellow wrote:
Was waiting for that one.