I should have done this long time ago. But I coudn't get into this blog since I had forgottent eh pasword. Now my comp remembers it and i have magically signed in.
That does not mean that I'm continueing on this blog however . I don't really trust it..
So now I blog at http://riothouse.wordpress.com
Friday, March 21, 2008
Saturday, June 2, 2007
The highly biased Awards
The Himesh Reshamiya Award for most amount of time without smiling:
Jose Mourinho won quite easily having hardly smiled all season.
The Sleepeasy Mattresses Snorefest of the Year:
Chelsea- Liverpool Champions league semi-final 2nd leg at Anfield..arguably the most boring match I've ever seen.
The Donald Trump " Money money money mooonnnneyyyyy" award:
Michael Ballack who actually expects us to believe that he went to Chelsea because he thought they were a better club and the extra 40,000 pounds a week he makes there had nothing to do with it.
The Azharrudin award for most monotonously delivered speeches:
Mourinho again . His answer to everything is " Thats Football" .
The George Bush award for reply that most outstandingly avoided the question asked:
Mourinho again . When he was asked whether the better team won the league he said, " I am proud of my players. They are all heroes . They had to fight against everyzhing and I mean absolutely everyzhing . So I am proud of my players"
The Soprano family foulplay award :
Ben Thatcher's display of thuggishness (is that a word?) against Pedro Mendes.
The Shayan Munshi flip-flop award :
Steve McLaren who fought tooth and nail to convince England that dropping Beckham was a good move and later coming out singing praises like "He is the best right sided footballer in the world"
Jose Mourinho won quite easily having hardly smiled all season.
The Sleepeasy Mattresses Snorefest of the Year:
Chelsea- Liverpool Champions league semi-final 2nd leg at Anfield..arguably the most boring match I've ever seen.
The Donald Trump " Money money money mooonnnneyyyyy" award:
Michael Ballack who actually expects us to believe that he went to Chelsea because he thought they were a better club and the extra 40,000 pounds a week he makes there had nothing to do with it.
The Azharrudin award for most monotonously delivered speeches:
Mourinho again . His answer to everything is " Thats Football" .
The George Bush award for reply that most outstandingly avoided the question asked:
Mourinho again . When he was asked whether the better team won the league he said, " I am proud of my players. They are all heroes . They had to fight against everyzhing and I mean absolutely everyzhing . So I am proud of my players"
The Soprano family foulplay award :
Ben Thatcher's display of thuggishness (is that a word?) against Pedro Mendes.
The Shayan Munshi flip-flop award :
Steve McLaren who fought tooth and nail to convince England that dropping Beckham was a good move and later coming out singing praises like "He is the best right sided footballer in the world"
Sunday, May 27, 2007
2006-07 EPL Season Review
The Awesome
Manchester United : Quite easily the best team of the season. Though Chelscum manager, Jose Moaninho refuses to admit it ...anyone who actually watched the season wouldn't dispute that Man U played the best football and deserved to win.
Reading: They put in a brilliant show. Just out of league 1 and already making waves in the premiership. Their spirit was incredible. Their game was very entertaining . All the players played their hearts out and were rewarded with a great show above many clubs with much bigger name players.
The Good:
Arsenal: You may be surprised to hear this from a Man U fan , but I know good football when I see it. Arsenal played very good football....all the one touch passing ...the one-twos ...and the all the inexperienced youngsters playing like pros ...very good positive attacking entertaining football.
Tottenham Hotspur: Started off on the wrong foot but once they started playing well they really got it on. They climbed to fifth and could probably blame their bad start to miss out on Europe.
The bad:
Aston Villa: Martin O'Niel came in with a bang...made a big impression and then fizzled out. They had a good team and had quite a dissapointing season. Also some dealings in the transfer market were quite bad (eg. Baros to Lyon)
Fulham:Probabaly a top 6 team on paper. They grossly underachieved. Very bad show.
The Ugly:
Newcastle United: Arguably the most underachieving team of the year. One would expect Newcastle , with their quality, to challenge for Europe and not be fighting to get into the top half of the table.
The Very Ugly:
The Tevez- Mascherano deal: Really one of the ugliest things of the year. First they go to a club...then they dont play...then the Mascherano transfer is contested...and then Tevez plays ...and then they find out he's unregistered.
A very very badly managed deal.
The Very Very Ugly:
Return of the Spanish Archer: This year unfortunately saw plenty of El-Bow ,the Spanish Archer, as he threw himself at anything and everything destroying the spirit and reducing beautiful game into a street fight.
The Very Very Very Ugly:
Ben Thatcher: This could have been inthe above category but it was way to ugly even for the Spanish Archer. That tackle or rather attack was unbelievable...it was nothing short of criminal.
Normally I hate the British Tabloids but I really agree with them they call him Ben 'Thug'cher
The Oh My God!!! I cant even describe how Ugly it is:
Liverfool and Chelscum: They played like crap...their game plan was pathetic..if you can call " bore your oppenents to sleep and score " a game plan.
Both of them Grossly overachieved....I would seriously much rather play Arsenal 6 times next season and compete neck and neck with them than go though the torture and extreme boredom of watching these two bullshit teams bore us to death.
Great Football is where you outplay your opponent whereas Chelscum and Liverfool both stop you from playing..rather than playing themselves.
Manchester United : Quite easily the best team of the season. Though Chelscum manager, Jose Moaninho refuses to admit it ...anyone who actually watched the season wouldn't dispute that Man U played the best football and deserved to win.
Reading: They put in a brilliant show. Just out of league 1 and already making waves in the premiership. Their spirit was incredible. Their game was very entertaining . All the players played their hearts out and were rewarded with a great show above many clubs with much bigger name players.
The Good:
Arsenal: You may be surprised to hear this from a Man U fan , but I know good football when I see it. Arsenal played very good football....all the one touch passing ...the one-twos ...and the all the inexperienced youngsters playing like pros ...very good positive attacking entertaining football.
Tottenham Hotspur: Started off on the wrong foot but once they started playing well they really got it on. They climbed to fifth and could probably blame their bad start to miss out on Europe.
The bad:
Aston Villa: Martin O'Niel came in with a bang...made a big impression and then fizzled out. They had a good team and had quite a dissapointing season. Also some dealings in the transfer market were quite bad (eg. Baros to Lyon)
Fulham:Probabaly a top 6 team on paper. They grossly underachieved. Very bad show.
The Ugly:
Newcastle United: Arguably the most underachieving team of the year. One would expect Newcastle , with their quality, to challenge for Europe and not be fighting to get into the top half of the table.
The Very Ugly:
The Tevez- Mascherano deal: Really one of the ugliest things of the year. First they go to a club...then they dont play...then the Mascherano transfer is contested...and then Tevez plays ...and then they find out he's unregistered.
A very very badly managed deal.
The Very Very Ugly:
Return of the Spanish Archer: This year unfortunately saw plenty of El-Bow ,the Spanish Archer, as he threw himself at anything and everything destroying the spirit and reducing beautiful game into a street fight.
The Very Very Very Ugly:
Ben Thatcher: This could have been inthe above category but it was way to ugly even for the Spanish Archer. That tackle or rather attack was unbelievable...it was nothing short of criminal.
Normally I hate the British Tabloids but I really agree with them they call him Ben 'Thug'cher
The Oh My God!!! I cant even describe how Ugly it is:
Liverfool and Chelscum: They played like crap...their game plan was pathetic..if you can call " bore your oppenents to sleep and score " a game plan.
Both of them Grossly overachieved....I would seriously much rather play Arsenal 6 times next season and compete neck and neck with them than go though the torture and extreme boredom of watching these two bullshit teams bore us to death.
Great Football is where you outplay your opponent whereas Chelscum and Liverfool both stop you from playing..rather than playing themselves.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Submissions
My brain is fried. I just spent the last 5 hours writing and drawing shit that I have never seen or heard of in my life. It is apparently my term work which I was supposed to have done during the course of the term.
That brings me back to this question:
Why do we have submissions in the first place?
It makes no sense....they don't teach us anyways and even if they do the workload is too much for us to actually write all the stuff on our own ( The idea that the profs , after so many years of teaching still expect us to is laughable) So then we end up copying from either a senior's journal or from a person who has copied from a senior's journal ...either way the source is the senior's journal. Thus we just reproduce the same crap over and over again year after year. The teachers don't read all the stuff we write of course ...uh...actually they don't read ANY of the stuff we write but still they just want to see us go through with it (The sadistic bastards!!)
So basically at the end of the day, The student has wasted hours upon hours of just blindly copying crap and not understood a word of what he has written. Why put us through the trouble? Having just a viva to test our understanding will make a lot more sense. and save us a lot of trouble..and save the teachers a lot of trouble.
But of course this will happen by the time we come back to college in 2034 for the silver jubilee of our batch (yeah, I know its not realistic...but well... I'm an optimist)
Can't think of a good way to end this post...so I would just like to apologise for the incoherant babbling and ranting on about the same stuff over and over again in the post you have just read...but you see My brain is fried. I just spent the past 5 hours writing and drawing shit that I have never seen or heard of in my life.
That brings me back to this question:
Why do we have submissions in the first place?
It makes no sense....they don't teach us anyways and even if they do the workload is too much for us to actually write all the stuff on our own ( The idea that the profs , after so many years of teaching still expect us to is laughable) So then we end up copying from either a senior's journal or from a person who has copied from a senior's journal ...either way the source is the senior's journal. Thus we just reproduce the same crap over and over again year after year. The teachers don't read all the stuff we write of course ...uh...actually they don't read ANY of the stuff we write but still they just want to see us go through with it (The sadistic bastards!!)
So basically at the end of the day, The student has wasted hours upon hours of just blindly copying crap and not understood a word of what he has written. Why put us through the trouble? Having just a viva to test our understanding will make a lot more sense. and save us a lot of trouble..and save the teachers a lot of trouble.
But of course this will happen by the time we come back to college in 2034 for the silver jubilee of our batch (yeah, I know its not realistic...but well... I'm an optimist)
Can't think of a good way to end this post...so I would just like to apologise for the incoherant babbling and ranting on about the same stuff over and over again in the post you have just read...but you see My brain is fried. I just spent the past 5 hours writing and drawing shit that I have never seen or heard of in my life.
Saturday, March 3, 2007
All hail the star of Man Utd
What is the first name that comes to mind when you read the title?
Ronaldo ? Rooney? Larsson?...........Nah! The true star is John O'Shea!
Really think about it...when a defender gets injured ,who fills in ?
John O'Shea.
When theres a shortage of midfielders, who steps up?
John O'Shea.
When Rooney is injured , and Man U needs inspiration to beat' amazing home record' Liverpool at Anfield, who comes up with the goal?
John O'Shea.
When Van Der Sar gets kicked in the nose , who takes over?
John O'Shea!!
He is the man!!
The real star!!
Mr. Utility man.
Today he accomplished the full circle....he has now played as Goalkeeper, left back, right back, central defense, left / right midfield, central midfield and now striker.
How many people can you name to have accomplished such a feat.
Another admirable quality is that unlike Mikhael"Mr Heart Attack" Silvestre he knows his abilities and stays within them ..... He does not try to dodge Gerrard ....GERRARD for goodness sakes!!!....in his own penalty area.He does not try ambitious passes that Zidane would be proud of...He does not take long range shots...he just plays his normal simple game.
He sticks to conventions...and does whatever is asked of him.
So I think he deserves some recognition.
So this is a tribute to the one, the only .......TRUE Utility man in World Football.....John"STAR" O'Shea.
Ronaldo ? Rooney? Larsson?...........Nah! The true star is John O'Shea!
Really think about it...when a defender gets injured ,who fills in ?
John O'Shea.
When theres a shortage of midfielders, who steps up?
John O'Shea.
When Rooney is injured , and Man U needs inspiration to beat' amazing home record' Liverpool at Anfield, who comes up with the goal?
John O'Shea.
When Van Der Sar gets kicked in the nose , who takes over?
John O'Shea!!
He is the man!!
The real star!!
Mr. Utility man.
Today he accomplished the full circle....he has now played as Goalkeeper, left back, right back, central defense, left / right midfield, central midfield and now striker.
How many people can you name to have accomplished such a feat.
Another admirable quality is that unlike Mikhael"Mr Heart Attack" Silvestre he knows his abilities and stays within them ..... He does not try to dodge Gerrard ....GERRARD for goodness sakes!!!....in his own penalty area.He does not try ambitious passes that Zidane would be proud of...He does not take long range shots...he just plays his normal simple game.
He sticks to conventions...and does whatever is asked of him.
So I think he deserves some recognition.
So this is a tribute to the one, the only .......TRUE Utility man in World Football.....John"STAR" O'Shea.
Surely your joking, Mr. Atkinson
I had actually made a resolution to not write match reports on this blog....but this time , I can't resist.
The Manchester United- Liverpool game today was a classic example of the pathetic standard of refereeing in English football. I mean seriously , the situation wasn't so bad a couple of years ago.
Sir Alex is probably cursing his luck that Graham Poll (the highly experienced referee who gave 3 yellow cards to one person in one match) had to stretch his hamstring today of all days.....precisely when Manchester United have to travel to the Kop and play the biggest match of the year.
And to make it all worse , taking his place was the very inexperienced Mick Atkinson, who was actually Stevie Wonder in disguise.
I'm not being insensitive here but generally it does help if the referee is not blind.
It's remarkable to note the number of wrong decisions he made....Carragher should have been sent off for two horrendous tackles on Rooney and Ronaldo....Carrick should not have been booked.....and most importantly, Saha should have got a penalty.
In addition to this , he gave every single 50-50 decision Liverpool's way.
So you can probably understand how elated I am that Man Utd overcame these conditions to snatch a win at Anfield.
This is the sign of a great team : To play like crap , with a referee wearing a Liverpool shirt , with Rooney injured and Scholes sent off .....and still win.
Maybe this is the Man U fan in me talking .......but I think we saw the new champions of England being crowned today at Anfield.
The Manchester United- Liverpool game today was a classic example of the pathetic standard of refereeing in English football. I mean seriously , the situation wasn't so bad a couple of years ago.
Sir Alex is probably cursing his luck that Graham Poll (the highly experienced referee who gave 3 yellow cards to one person in one match) had to stretch his hamstring today of all days.....precisely when Manchester United have to travel to the Kop and play the biggest match of the year.
And to make it all worse , taking his place was the very inexperienced Mick Atkinson, who was actually Stevie Wonder in disguise.
I'm not being insensitive here but generally it does help if the referee is not blind.
It's remarkable to note the number of wrong decisions he made....Carragher should have been sent off for two horrendous tackles on Rooney and Ronaldo....Carrick should not have been booked.....and most importantly, Saha should have got a penalty.
In addition to this , he gave every single 50-50 decision Liverpool's way.
So you can probably understand how elated I am that Man Utd overcame these conditions to snatch a win at Anfield.
This is the sign of a great team : To play like crap , with a referee wearing a Liverpool shirt , with Rooney injured and Scholes sent off .....and still win.
Maybe this is the Man U fan in me talking .......but I think we saw the new champions of England being crowned today at Anfield.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Andrei Kanchelskis retires
Andrei Kanchelskis, former Manchester United winger retires at the age of 38 .
Made Man Utd debut in 1991 against Crystal Palace. Helped Man Utd to 2 league titles.
Played 158 matches and scored 36 goals for Man Utd.
Also played for Everton, Rangers, Fiorentina among others.
Made Man Utd debut in 1991 against Crystal Palace. Helped Man Utd to 2 league titles.
Played 158 matches and scored 36 goals for Man Utd.
Also played for Everton, Rangers, Fiorentina among others.
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