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Sep. 20th, 2007
Mourinho leaves Chelski FC!
Sep. 20th, 2007 02:50 amThe World Rejoices
You can buy your way to 2 domestic league titles and a few domestic cup competitions, but you can't buy your way to everything! Mourinho leaves Chelski without ever reaching the final of the European Cup. Rafa's done it twice and even gone on to win it! All Rafa needs now is a Premier League title and we can stuff the bugger down. Perhaps Barcelona will find him another translating job? :)
You can buy your way to 2 domestic league titles and a few domestic cup competitions, but you can't buy your way to everything! Mourinho leaves Chelski without ever reaching the final of the European Cup. Rafa's done it twice and even gone on to win it! All Rafa needs now is a Premier League title and we can stuff the bugger down. Perhaps Barcelona will find him another translating job? :)
Yuvraj Singh sends England packing
Sep. 20th, 2007 04:15 pmMatch Report
"Yet again, we English have given the world a new game – or at least a new refinement of an old game – and watched our sportsmen lose at it. Ten days ago, Paul Collingwood was predicting that the domestic experience of the team's Twenty20 specialists would give them an edge. Now his team have slunk shamefully out of the tournament. They remain the only major country not to have won a world one-day competition of any kind." -Simon Briggs, The Telegraph
And just to nail it in a little further, the English gave the world tennis, rugby, football, badminton and squash to name but a few sports, and they have a very poor record in all of them. The last time the English won Wimbledon was in 1936 (Fred Perry) and 1977 (Virginia Wade)! Curiously, the English have a similar record of success in Badminton; the last time they won the All-England Open Championships was in 1938 (Ralph Nichols) and 1978 (Gillian Gilks)! Worse still, they're yet to win a single's title at the World Badminton Championships. In cricket, their record is worse; they've never won the World Cup, or any other world one-day competition! But they did win the last Rugby World Cup though nobody is quite sure how. And just when you thought they had finally exorcised the demons that held them back from winning on the global stage, they lose 36-0 to South Africa. Considering they are the only team besides Romania who have lost a game to nil in this World Cup, we can comfortably erase any hopes of a repeat miracle success. Even in Football, the one sport they think they actually still own, they've never reached the final of the European Championships and nobody can remember when they last won the World Cup! Which leaves us with Squash. Oh Squash. In 2006, Nick Matthew became the first home-grown English squash player to win the British Open men's title since 1939! Need I say more? Perhaps the only sport that comes easily to mind in which the English have done extremely well even in recent years is snooker. But besides me, who cares about the World Snooker Championships?
"Yet again, we English have given the world a new game – or at least a new refinement of an old game – and watched our sportsmen lose at it. Ten days ago, Paul Collingwood was predicting that the domestic experience of the team's Twenty20 specialists would give them an edge. Now his team have slunk shamefully out of the tournament. They remain the only major country not to have won a world one-day competition of any kind." -Simon Briggs, The Telegraph
And just to nail it in a little further, the English gave the world tennis, rugby, football, badminton and squash to name but a few sports, and they have a very poor record in all of them. The last time the English won Wimbledon was in 1936 (Fred Perry) and 1977 (Virginia Wade)! Curiously, the English have a similar record of success in Badminton; the last time they won the All-England Open Championships was in 1938 (Ralph Nichols) and 1978 (Gillian Gilks)! Worse still, they're yet to win a single's title at the World Badminton Championships. In cricket, their record is worse; they've never won the World Cup, or any other world one-day competition! But they did win the last Rugby World Cup though nobody is quite sure how. And just when you thought they had finally exorcised the demons that held them back from winning on the global stage, they lose 36-0 to South Africa. Considering they are the only team besides Romania who have lost a game to nil in this World Cup, we can comfortably erase any hopes of a repeat miracle success. Even in Football, the one sport they think they actually still own, they've never reached the final of the European Championships and nobody can remember when they last won the World Cup! Which leaves us with Squash. Oh Squash. In 2006, Nick Matthew became the first home-grown English squash player to win the British Open men's title since 1939! Need I say more? Perhaps the only sport that comes easily to mind in which the English have done extremely well even in recent years is snooker. But besides me, who cares about the World Snooker Championships?
He who helps him knowingly and willingly is an infidel like him.
"A poll earlier this month suggested the Pakistani president was less popular in his own country than Bin Laden." -The Beeb :)
"A poll earlier this month suggested the Pakistani president was less popular in his own country than Bin Laden." -The Beeb :)
Red Ken's Latest Edict
"In a thousand years they'll still know who Mahatma Gandhi was, whereas if you wander round Trafalgar Square, the two generals there [Henry Havelock & Sir Charles James Napier] you have to go and check the history books." -Ken Livingstone, London Mayor
Seven years ago Red Ken called for the removal of the two generals from Trafalgar Square and the Tories were up in arms. I hope he has created another stir. It's so typical from Red Ken. Earlier this summer he started crying while making a public speech to celebrate the end of Britain's role in the slave trade. Either you love 'im, or 'ate 'im. I certainly love 'im!
"In a thousand years they'll still know who Mahatma Gandhi was, whereas if you wander round Trafalgar Square, the two generals there [Henry Havelock & Sir Charles James Napier] you have to go and check the history books." -Ken Livingstone, London Mayor
Seven years ago Red Ken called for the removal of the two generals from Trafalgar Square and the Tories were up in arms. I hope he has created another stir. It's so typical from Red Ken. Earlier this summer he started crying while making a public speech to celebrate the end of Britain's role in the slave trade. Either you love 'im, or 'ate 'im. I certainly love 'im!
Boy does it suck to be a South African cricket supporter!!!
In 1992, the existing rain delay rules forced South Africa to score 22 runs off 1 ball to qualify for the World Cup Final. Only a year earlier they had returned to the international fold and surprised everyone by reaching the World Cup Semifinals. In 1996, Brian Lara hit a century to put South Africa out of the World Cup at the Quarterfinal stage after the Proteas had won all their group matches comfortably. In 1999, South Africa crashed out because they tied their Semifinal against Australia (who had beaten them earlier in the Super Six stage) while in 2003, the host nation miscalculated how many runs they needed to score to qualify for the Super Six stage. Mark Boucher hit a six off Murali's penultimate ball, defended the last ball and assumed South Africa had reached their target. As it turned out, they were one run short. Tonight in a repeat of history, South Africa crashed out of the first World Twenty20 by a mere 10 runs!! Surely you couldn't call them chokers after this display?! Bwahahaha! Out again and as hosts no less!
India bowled superbly, despite giving away so many wides and we're through to the semifinals. We play Australia on Saturday, while New Zealand who cash-in thanks to South Africa's inability to win when it matters most, play Pakistan. After tying their group game, India and Pakistan have a score to settle in this slam-bam-thank-you-mam format. Can they steal the thunder from the teams Down Under?
Find out on Saturday!
For now, it's over and out to the Millenium Stadium to watch Wales keep their Rugby World Cup hopes alive with an expectedly comfortable victory over Japan. It may not be so easy... the Japanese have scored the first points of the night!
Man, it must suck to be a South African cricket supporter. :D
In 1992, the existing rain delay rules forced South Africa to score 22 runs off 1 ball to qualify for the World Cup Final. Only a year earlier they had returned to the international fold and surprised everyone by reaching the World Cup Semifinals. In 1996, Brian Lara hit a century to put South Africa out of the World Cup at the Quarterfinal stage after the Proteas had won all their group matches comfortably. In 1999, South Africa crashed out because they tied their Semifinal against Australia (who had beaten them earlier in the Super Six stage) while in 2003, the host nation miscalculated how many runs they needed to score to qualify for the Super Six stage. Mark Boucher hit a six off Murali's penultimate ball, defended the last ball and assumed South Africa had reached their target. As it turned out, they were one run short. Tonight in a repeat of history, South Africa crashed out of the first World Twenty20 by a mere 10 runs!! Surely you couldn't call them chokers after this display?! Bwahahaha! Out again and as hosts no less!
India bowled superbly, despite giving away so many wides and we're through to the semifinals. We play Australia on Saturday, while New Zealand who cash-in thanks to South Africa's inability to win when it matters most, play Pakistan. After tying their group game, India and Pakistan have a score to settle in this slam-bam-thank-you-mam format. Can they steal the thunder from the teams Down Under?
Find out on Saturday!
For now, it's over and out to the Millenium Stadium to watch Wales keep their Rugby World Cup hopes alive with an expectedly comfortable victory over Japan. It may not be so easy... the Japanese have scored the first points of the night!
Man, it must suck to be a South African cricket supporter. :D
Jose Mourinho in his own words
Sep. 20th, 2007 10:45 pmThe Special One
"The style of how we play is very important. But it is (h)omelettes and (h)eggs. No (h)eggs - no (h)omelettes! It depends on the quality of the (h)eggs. In the supermarket you have class one, two or class three (h)eggs and some are more expensive than others and some give you better (h)omelettes. So when the class one (h)eggs are in Waitrose and you cannot go there, you have a problem."
"If I wanted to have an easy job I would've stayed at Porto, beautiful blue chair, the Champions League trophy, God, & after God, me."
"The style of how we play is very important. But it is (h)omelettes and (h)eggs. No (h)eggs - no (h)omelettes! It depends on the quality of the (h)eggs. In the supermarket you have class one, two or class three (h)eggs and some are more expensive than others and some give you better (h)omelettes. So when the class one (h)eggs are in Waitrose and you cannot go there, you have a problem."
"If I wanted to have an easy job I would've stayed at Porto, beautiful blue chair, the Champions League trophy, God, & after God, me."
"Premiership matches kicking off at 3pm on Saturdays are not shown on TV in the UK for fear that stadium attendances could suffer."
Thank goodness for myP2P!
Thank goodness for myP2P!