champions league theatre

after almost two or three years,i managed to catch some champions league action,
the penalty given to liverpool looked suspect,the goal by maxi rodriguez for atletico was a good piece of skill as was mcdonalds strike for celtic.
the south american flavour of forlan and tevez was matched by ronaldo s skills.

chelsea vs aston villa

middlesboro have lost to sunderland and westbrom.

this away fixture should be a 2-0 loss to wigan.

or it can be a 3-2 for either side,the second scenario will be bad for my team as ive got mario melchiot in my nfl team,amr zaki the egyptian who is ingreat form is also in my side.

blackburn vs manu should be an allout action match,if it settles down fast,again 3-2 for either team,or maybe 3-3,though it mightafter all be 0-2,berabatovs the captain of my nfl team.

westham vs bolton could also be interesting,again i dont recall who the coach of bolton is,im still stuck with sam allardyce,zolas one of my favourites from the chelsea days.

GARY MEGSON.

this should be 2-1

chelsea vs aston villa,this is the pick,a classic game.

it should not be 0-0 or 1-0.

its got to be 1-1.

will tottenham beat hull at home,hull might turn out to be hell for ramos if they carry on with their winning form.

august

i got the mancity westham result right at the expense of getting a bad result for my nfl team.

this weeks predictions

-arsenal v newcastle

a shock upset for the magpies,again at the expense of my team which features eboue.

lawro says 2-1.

bolton vs wbu 1-1....2-0

-everton vs portsmouth,

this looks all equal,a draw........1-0

-hull vs wigan,ive got no idea,1-2 maybe........1-1

-middlesboro vs stoke,ive got rory delap in my nfl team,1-2........2-0

-west ham vs blackburn,this is the pick of the lot,3-2,........2-2

-aston villa vs liverpool,......sounds like a drab draw,.....1-1......2-1.

-chelsea vs tottenham,2-2.....................2-0.

new epl season

its been a long gap and i missed the opening week,
an all new nfl has started on espnstar,
there have been some great managerial changes,
some hunches for the weekend,
is psycho still at mc,got to catchup on all news,
newcastle v bolton 2-1
mancity v westham 1-0
por v manu 1-1,

lawros predictions are 2-0,1-2,1-1.
lawro says stoke city will have a go at aston villa and gain a 1-1 draw,
that sounds like a good match.

ive selected a lot of players from whu in my nfl team but could not predict a win for them,
mark hughes seems to have landed at mc and has a lot of problems.

my manager selection for nfl was alan curbishley,now i see this,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/w/west_ham_utd/7552332.stm

euro 2008

it is good that england is not featuring this time as i somehow end up supporting them,though spain has always been the underdog that i wanted to win,from the days of luis enrique and hierro,raul and morientes.
this time,they seem to be among the favourites.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/euro_2008/7421737.stm

busby babes

today is the 50th anniversary.
the photos are stirring.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/7226588.stm
sir bobby charlton survived the crash and won the 1966 world cup.
the painting of duncan edwards in the church is a celebration of sport.

lawrence dallaglio

he was a towering presence alongwith martin johnson in the world cups of 99 and 03.
i did not get to see the latest world cup.
there seems to be some difference of opinion about his exploits on the field,something i could equate to a difference between guys from chennai and the districts.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A30656405

the coach of the cupwinning side in 03 was a uniquely focussed and confident person,i cant recall his name.he looked more like a manager of a chess team.
it is amazing that such confident types are hard to come by for the english football team.