marseille v psg
all kinds of craziness on the south coast for the biggest rivalry in france. accusations of 'chemical warfare' being waged on psg before the game even begins (complaints of an overpowering smell of ammonia) and of marseille officals insulting the psg players add spice to an already heated affair. oh! and look at that, barthez is back, ready with his usual madness.... at least there was only one psg player who said he deliberately tried to injure him.
did anyone else notice that the teams came out to van halen's jump? and we have a new skunk boy! marseille's number 22, samir nasri, has the same haircut but not the same stark colour contrast....... yet.
a former psg boy scores the one and only goal to win this game for marseille for the first time in 3 years against the capital club.
great game, great atmosphere, even if the home fans were a bit naughty by raining down objects onto rothen every time he takes a corner. it must be that terrible blond hairstyle they object to so much.
lyon v ajaccio
my little corsicans were robbed!! robbed i tell ya!! there was that first goal that fred scored where the assistant ref had raised his offside flag, but the ref decided to give it to lyon anyway. there was all the little kicks and fouls that lyon were allowed to get away with (ok, they got a few yellow cards but come on! they were kicking the crap out of the corsicans!). and then there was the winner that ajaccio scored, after coming back TWICE, and were fouled in the box but still the goal doesn't count because of an accidental hand ball in the box when the attacker was pushed down by all the lyon bullies.
*grumbles* stupid league leaders. i will concede that juninho had his usual lovely freekick goal.
nantes v st. etienne
a nice chip from the nantes boy over the usually fantastic (and fantastically weird) st. etienne keeper janot. i will praise him even with that idiotic tattoo on the back of his head. oh and nantes got lucky as they had a handball/penalty not called against them. at least they are one place ahead of ajaccio in the table (15th).
auxerre v troyes
luyindula had a nice nice goal and he is a cutie... and he used to have terrible hair but got a nice trim. he should really call drogba and give him a heads up. my cutie pieroni doesn't get to come off the bench until the very end of the game. *sigh*
but i do find another monster on the pitch: check out the medusa wannabe #29 sajma. you'll see what i mean when you see the snakes in his hair.
18 October 2005
week 9 of the epl
lots of fun this week, lots of talking points......
chelsea v bolton
ok, let's get it out of the way. yes, it should have been a red card. fine. and that could have changed the game, yes. or, jose in his infinite wisdom, still would have made the necessary tactical changes and won this game. maybe not by the same scoreline.
chelsea show they are vulnerable again by giving up a goal in the 4th minute (!): jt needed to be more central, especially when del horno is missing that pass. bolton gave chelsea a good game in the first half and probably were quite happy at halftime..... little did they know jose was already drawing diagrams on the board. a tactical change and suddenly, it's a different game. and that's even before the handball & red card for cutie gardner. and i can't even begin to explain how pleased am i with the new & improved drogba - that backheel to frankie was lovely and his 2nd goal was even lovelier. oh and frankie is so much cuter with his spikey hair grown back.
big sam fashion watch: nice brown shirt with tan stripey tie. very smart.
birmingham derby
no goalkeeping gaff?? villa wins?? where the hell am i? i thought this was birmingham v villa?
at least we had o'leary spicing things up at the end with his 'celebrations'. the winning goal from phillips was nice too.
spurs v everton
i heart television. before the game begins, the camera is on simon davis (since he made the move from spurs to everton over the summer) and it catches him accidentally squirting water in his eye. priceless.
poor toffees. what happened to that solid defense? they let two goals in both from headers, nices ones from mido and jenas (both cuties too!). tsk tsk.
wigan v newcastle
i officially declare newcastle to be the inter of england: lots of bad/thinning hair and no cuties. blegh. too bad they can't win some games like inter but they certainly have the same luck - shearer's header was so a goal that crosssed the line.
west brom v the arse
hee hee hee.
wow. not the best start to the season for the gunners, eh? kirkland had one of those fantastic games, the ex-arse player kanu scores against his old team and carter scores a cracker to win it for the minnows! i didn't even mention flamini's horrible horrible sideburns! yuck!
liverpool v blackburn
so this is where chelsea's red card got missplaced! although they usually deserve their red cards, i think rovers were unlucky here. and we were all unlucky to *ahem* enjoy cisse's latest hairstyle. it's true that it's not as bad as some of his past ones but this one makes him look about 10 years older than he actually is. not flattering at all. but pretty boy moro is back & has a nice bobo-like miss so at least cisse has that on him.
sunderland v manyoo
sunderland didn't play all that bad and elliot's goal was a beauty but manyoo was a little too much for them. cute little italian-american rossi scores on his debut and i really am starting to rate park as the stand-out player for the red devils. the criticism of him being simply an asian marketing tool seems off the mark to me.
other notes: 2 beautiful goals in the latest london derby (charlton v fulham), nice goal from andy cole for man city (his 1st of 2 goals), & portsmouth manage not to lose.
chelsea v bolton
ok, let's get it out of the way. yes, it should have been a red card. fine. and that could have changed the game, yes. or, jose in his infinite wisdom, still would have made the necessary tactical changes and won this game. maybe not by the same scoreline.
chelsea show they are vulnerable again by giving up a goal in the 4th minute (!): jt needed to be more central, especially when del horno is missing that pass. bolton gave chelsea a good game in the first half and probably were quite happy at halftime..... little did they know jose was already drawing diagrams on the board. a tactical change and suddenly, it's a different game. and that's even before the handball & red card for cutie gardner. and i can't even begin to explain how pleased am i with the new & improved drogba - that backheel to frankie was lovely and his 2nd goal was even lovelier. oh and frankie is so much cuter with his spikey hair grown back.
big sam fashion watch: nice brown shirt with tan stripey tie. very smart.
birmingham derby
no goalkeeping gaff?? villa wins?? where the hell am i? i thought this was birmingham v villa?
at least we had o'leary spicing things up at the end with his 'celebrations'. the winning goal from phillips was nice too.
spurs v everton
i heart television. before the game begins, the camera is on simon davis (since he made the move from spurs to everton over the summer) and it catches him accidentally squirting water in his eye. priceless.
poor toffees. what happened to that solid defense? they let two goals in both from headers, nices ones from mido and jenas (both cuties too!). tsk tsk.
wigan v newcastle
i officially declare newcastle to be the inter of england: lots of bad/thinning hair and no cuties. blegh. too bad they can't win some games like inter but they certainly have the same luck - shearer's header was so a goal that crosssed the line.
west brom v the arse
hee hee hee.
wow. not the best start to the season for the gunners, eh? kirkland had one of those fantastic games, the ex-arse player kanu scores against his old team and carter scores a cracker to win it for the minnows! i didn't even mention flamini's horrible horrible sideburns! yuck!
liverpool v blackburn
so this is where chelsea's red card got missplaced! although they usually deserve their red cards, i think rovers were unlucky here. and we were all unlucky to *ahem* enjoy cisse's latest hairstyle. it's true that it's not as bad as some of his past ones but this one makes him look about 10 years older than he actually is. not flattering at all. but pretty boy moro is back & has a nice bobo-like miss so at least cisse has that on him.
sunderland v manyoo
sunderland didn't play all that bad and elliot's goal was a beauty but manyoo was a little too much for them. cute little italian-american rossi scores on his debut and i really am starting to rate park as the stand-out player for the red devils. the criticism of him being simply an asian marketing tool seems off the mark to me.
other notes: 2 beautiful goals in the latest london derby (charlton v fulham), nice goal from andy cole for man city (his 1st of 2 goals), & portsmouth manage not to lose.
09 October 2005
week 9 & 10 of ligue 1
well, at least i only have to mention one loss from my corsican boys. to bordeaux since their game against lens was postponed. that still does not leesen the blow to the fact that they are in 15th place!!! *sigh* i am not ready for a relegation fight this early in the season.
lyon continue to be the only unbeaten side in france with wins over nantes and rennes. it's the usual suspects including juninho and wiltord. and i am happy to report that it looks like coupet is growing out those awful highlights.
monaco continue to pick themselves up after their crappy start to the season with 4 points from 2 games sees them almost to the top half of the table (11th). modesto is finding his form again (and still is a hottie) and oh, maoulida is a cutie too, isn't he? very tall.
auxerre are still trying to find some consistency - they win 3-0 against sochaux but then lose 2-0 to toulouse. yes, they are 5th in the table but with a goal differnce of -4! and my cutie pieroni hasn't scored in ages! and it didn't help to have fabian cool injured in the last game. bless.
lyon continue to be the only unbeaten side in france with wins over nantes and rennes. it's the usual suspects including juninho and wiltord. and i am happy to report that it looks like coupet is growing out those awful highlights.
monaco continue to pick themselves up after their crappy start to the season with 4 points from 2 games sees them almost to the top half of the table (11th). modesto is finding his form again (and still is a hottie) and oh, maoulida is a cutie too, isn't he? very tall.
auxerre are still trying to find some consistency - they win 3-0 against sochaux but then lose 2-0 to toulouse. yes, they are 5th in the table but with a goal differnce of -4! and my cutie pieroni hasn't scored in ages! and it didn't help to have fabian cool injured in the last game. bless.
week 6 of la liga
malaga v atletico madrid
an action packed game for my torres: he misses an open goal in the first half, wins a dodgy penalty (even he looked surprised when the ref called it), and after scoring it, taunts the malaga fans with a tongue out, fingers in the ears celebration. the fans reply by throwing whatever they can get their hands on at torres to complete the lunacy.
barca v real zaragoza
has anyone else thought that the barcelona song sounds like something from the old willy wonka film? just me then.
wow. are barca having a difficult start to the season? they go down 2-0 here but manage to come back for a draw. i guess that is a sign of a champion: even when they aren't playing their best, they manage a point. it also helped that zaragoza went down a man.
oh and did you see xavi in the stands?? he was wearing an absolutely horrid plaid shirt and his hair was very jamie parkerish (for those of you who wacth dream team).
getafe v valencia
mista's awful hair is the least of valencia's worries: david villa, my latest spanish cutie, scores again but that's the high point for him as he later finds himself in a fight and gets red carded and getafe manage to scalp one of the big boys in the climb to the top
villareal v athletic bilbao
bless. my little basque boys go one-nil up but then a red card pretty much seals their fate, villa's 3rd g0al from senna was a beauty
real madrid v mallorca
wow. and i'm not wowing another solid win from the madrid boys. i'm wowing the weirdness that is the brazil contingent. ronaldo scores (nice goal too) and they do the bunny hop. roberto carlos scores (again, the first one was lovely) and they play leap frog.
wow. these men are bored.
oh and note to beckham: please do something about your hair. you have bleached it one too many times and it is fried. just cut it. it will help. i swear.
an action packed game for my torres: he misses an open goal in the first half, wins a dodgy penalty (even he looked surprised when the ref called it), and after scoring it, taunts the malaga fans with a tongue out, fingers in the ears celebration. the fans reply by throwing whatever they can get their hands on at torres to complete the lunacy.
barca v real zaragoza
has anyone else thought that the barcelona song sounds like something from the old willy wonka film? just me then.
wow. are barca having a difficult start to the season? they go down 2-0 here but manage to come back for a draw. i guess that is a sign of a champion: even when they aren't playing their best, they manage a point. it also helped that zaragoza went down a man.
oh and did you see xavi in the stands?? he was wearing an absolutely horrid plaid shirt and his hair was very jamie parkerish (for those of you who wacth dream team).
getafe v valencia
mista's awful hair is the least of valencia's worries: david villa, my latest spanish cutie, scores again but that's the high point for him as he later finds himself in a fight and gets red carded and getafe manage to scalp one of the big boys in the climb to the top
villareal v athletic bilbao
bless. my little basque boys go one-nil up but then a red card pretty much seals their fate, villa's 3rd g0al from senna was a beauty
real madrid v mallorca
wow. and i'm not wowing another solid win from the madrid boys. i'm wowing the weirdness that is the brazil contingent. ronaldo scores (nice goal too) and they do the bunny hop. roberto carlos scores (again, the first one was lovely) and they play leap frog.
wow. these men are bored.
oh and note to beckham: please do something about your hair. you have bleached it one too many times and it is fried. just cut it. it will help. i swear.
week 6 of serie a
roma v siena
*sigh*
another loss at home. another game of wasted chances, almost goals, nice moves that end in nothing and ridiculous defending. *sigh*
at least taddei's goal was nice........ look at that! that's me looking on the bright side.
*sigh*
juve v inter
i hate juve. i hate them i hate them i hate them.
this inter seems to be vintage inter - all fouls & kicks. needless to say i was not surprised that both juve goals came from freekicks. and materazzi was vintage materazzi: brute force & terrible tackles. can mancini really perform magic on this bunch?
fiorentina v livorno
oooh tuscan derby! that means luca toni!! mmmmm luca toni. and he was wet (there was a downpour!). mmmm luca toni wet.
it was a typical derby: lots of little fouls, talking back to each other, fan abuse & cheers, and an unnecessary red card! poor lucarelli getting sent off because of dissent. now that's harsh.
there was also a great almost-comeback from 10 man livorno - they manage 2 goals in 2 minutes but it wasn't quite enough.
milan v reggina
those squeals of delight are from jenny as she celebrates not 1 but 2 goals from 37 year old defender paolo maldini. not only does he score really nice goals that gilardino would have given anything to score, but paolo looks damn hot while doing so. oh and bobo has like a million chances and misses them all. typical.
*sigh*
another loss at home. another game of wasted chances, almost goals, nice moves that end in nothing and ridiculous defending. *sigh*
at least taddei's goal was nice........ look at that! that's me looking on the bright side.
*sigh*
juve v inter
i hate juve. i hate them i hate them i hate them.
this inter seems to be vintage inter - all fouls & kicks. needless to say i was not surprised that both juve goals came from freekicks. and materazzi was vintage materazzi: brute force & terrible tackles. can mancini really perform magic on this bunch?
fiorentina v livorno
oooh tuscan derby! that means luca toni!! mmmmm luca toni. and he was wet (there was a downpour!). mmmm luca toni wet.
it was a typical derby: lots of little fouls, talking back to each other, fan abuse & cheers, and an unnecessary red card! poor lucarelli getting sent off because of dissent. now that's harsh.
there was also a great almost-comeback from 10 man livorno - they manage 2 goals in 2 minutes but it wasn't quite enough.
milan v reggina
those squeals of delight are from jenny as she celebrates not 1 but 2 goals from 37 year old defender paolo maldini. not only does he score really nice goals that gilardino would have given anything to score, but paolo looks damn hot while doing so. oh and bobo has like a million chances and misses them all. typical.
02 October 2005
week 5 of serie a & la liga
things a bit more interesting over in spain than in italy...
italy sees the big three win - milan easily over treviso, inter with a 1-0 over a scrappy & tough fiorentina (toni looked yummy, as usual, mmmmm luca toni), and juve comeback after going a goal down to parma to win 2-1. and i have to say, as nice as his thighs are, ibrahimovic is a prat.
and my roma can only manage a 0-0 draw against cagliari. once again, they don't play badly, they just can't finish their chances. and that is a lot more frustrating in my opinion. oh, and aquilani, while i know totti is probably one of your all-time heroes as a romanista, please do not grow your hair out to be just like his.
while over in spain, we get High Entertainment whether it's an action packed game from barca or strange celebration from madrid.
or fanciful hair as in the espanyol v villareal game. luis garcia has what i can only describe as pure danny zucco on top/front and then a bad 80s tail in the back. now that's entertaining in a laughing at him sort of way.
there were cuties to entertain me in the valencia v real sociedad game: both goalscorers for valencia (aimar & villa) fit that description.
betis v barca: in the first 20 minutes we get a missed penalty from eto'o, a betis goal, then a betis red card - for the ever-popular sarcastic clapping at a ref. barca use that man advantage in the second half to win this easily 4-1.
alaves v real madrid: can we start having red cards for just plain bad goal celebrations? like the weird dying bug display from ronaldo & robinho. nice goals and all but dumb dumb celebrations. and ronaldo, we do call you a fat b*stard so how do you think your thighs look when you are on your back, flinging your legs around in the air, the flab flapping in the wind?
ewwww, i think i just grossed myself out with that imagery.
italy sees the big three win - milan easily over treviso, inter with a 1-0 over a scrappy & tough fiorentina (toni looked yummy, as usual, mmmmm luca toni), and juve comeback after going a goal down to parma to win 2-1. and i have to say, as nice as his thighs are, ibrahimovic is a prat.
and my roma can only manage a 0-0 draw against cagliari. once again, they don't play badly, they just can't finish their chances. and that is a lot more frustrating in my opinion. oh, and aquilani, while i know totti is probably one of your all-time heroes as a romanista, please do not grow your hair out to be just like his.
while over in spain, we get High Entertainment whether it's an action packed game from barca or strange celebration from madrid.
or fanciful hair as in the espanyol v villareal game. luis garcia has what i can only describe as pure danny zucco on top/front and then a bad 80s tail in the back. now that's entertaining in a laughing at him sort of way.
there were cuties to entertain me in the valencia v real sociedad game: both goalscorers for valencia (aimar & villa) fit that description.
betis v barca: in the first 20 minutes we get a missed penalty from eto'o, a betis goal, then a betis red card - for the ever-popular sarcastic clapping at a ref. barca use that man advantage in the second half to win this easily 4-1.
alaves v real madrid: can we start having red cards for just plain bad goal celebrations? like the weird dying bug display from ronaldo & robinho. nice goals and all but dumb dumb celebrations. and ronaldo, we do call you a fat b*stard so how do you think your thighs look when you are on your back, flinging your legs around in the air, the flab flapping in the wind?
ewwww, i think i just grossed myself out with that imagery.
week 7 & 8 of the epl
let's talk promoted teams:
i would have said west ham is the best of the bunch but look who is the highest amongst the three...... WIGAN???
up, wigan. a win over everton and then even a bigger win over bolton see wigan climb to 8th(!!!) with 4 wins. that's mighty impressive.
but i think west ham have been playing the best football out of all three; they gave the arse a good game and look able to beat anyone with the right motivation and spirit.
but let's face it, sunderland actually finally winning a game is the surprise of the bunch. i was almost willing to bet they'd go another 20-odd games without a win in the top flight. but they beat middlesbrough with 2 lovely goals and then follow that up with an almost win against west ham.... once again, their lack of 100% concentration for the full 90 minutes makes them pay.
bolton & big sam are still in the top 6 of the table. yes, they lost against wigan but the week before saw a lovely goal from nolan to beat portsmouth 1-0. entertaining over all - especially with big sam freaking out on the sidelines and perrin doing the now infamous "sarcastic applause" towards the referee and getting sent to the stands for it.
oh, champions of europe, how i mock thee.
no, no more poetry at the moment but let's say i've enjoyed the pool's last two games. first we get a 2-2 draw against birmingham (complete with an own goal & their first goal from open play). then, it gets better. yes, they manage to score another goal from open play but that's all they can muster against my boys in blue. i hope those scousers in the stands holding their paper CL trophies were force fed them after this goal fest by chelsea all courtesy of drogba, the star of the show. he won the penalty that super frank scored and then assisted the goals by duff, joey cole and geremi. not bad for a day's work, eh? now only if he could get a haircut.......
but all chelsea haters can take to heart the fact that both luke moore of villa and stevie g showed that there are moments of sloppy defending that the opposition can take advantage of and it's not impossible to win an "unwinable" game.
just ask wigan, west ham & sunderland.
the best game of week 8 was the london derby between charlton and spurs. the fans were certainly enjoying it - i could heard some, ahem, interesting chants from the stands ("wanker wanker!!" & "who the f*cking hell are you?" were 2 of my personal favs). and spurs on the winning end of a great comeback?? wow, that's new. the tottenham defense goes to sleep for the charlton goals and are suddenly down 2-0 but then they wake up. mido, who looked much better with shorter hair, does some great work in this game and has an awfully nice goal to show for it. and robbie keane comes off the bench, yet again, to score and do some fancy flips. but did anyone else notice him teasing the ref with that point at the shirt then flick yer face bit of slapstick humour??? maybe he was having too much fun out there.
i would have said west ham is the best of the bunch but look who is the highest amongst the three...... WIGAN???
up, wigan. a win over everton and then even a bigger win over bolton see wigan climb to 8th(!!!) with 4 wins. that's mighty impressive.
but i think west ham have been playing the best football out of all three; they gave the arse a good game and look able to beat anyone with the right motivation and spirit.
but let's face it, sunderland actually finally winning a game is the surprise of the bunch. i was almost willing to bet they'd go another 20-odd games without a win in the top flight. but they beat middlesbrough with 2 lovely goals and then follow that up with an almost win against west ham.... once again, their lack of 100% concentration for the full 90 minutes makes them pay.
bolton & big sam are still in the top 6 of the table. yes, they lost against wigan but the week before saw a lovely goal from nolan to beat portsmouth 1-0. entertaining over all - especially with big sam freaking out on the sidelines and perrin doing the now infamous "sarcastic applause" towards the referee and getting sent to the stands for it.
oh, champions of europe, how i mock thee.
no, no more poetry at the moment but let's say i've enjoyed the pool's last two games. first we get a 2-2 draw against birmingham (complete with an own goal & their first goal from open play). then, it gets better. yes, they manage to score another goal from open play but that's all they can muster against my boys in blue. i hope those scousers in the stands holding their paper CL trophies were force fed them after this goal fest by chelsea all courtesy of drogba, the star of the show. he won the penalty that super frank scored and then assisted the goals by duff, joey cole and geremi. not bad for a day's work, eh? now only if he could get a haircut.......
but all chelsea haters can take to heart the fact that both luke moore of villa and stevie g showed that there are moments of sloppy defending that the opposition can take advantage of and it's not impossible to win an "unwinable" game.
just ask wigan, west ham & sunderland.
the best game of week 8 was the london derby between charlton and spurs. the fans were certainly enjoying it - i could heard some, ahem, interesting chants from the stands ("wanker wanker!!" & "who the f*cking hell are you?" were 2 of my personal favs). and spurs on the winning end of a great comeback?? wow, that's new. the tottenham defense goes to sleep for the charlton goals and are suddenly down 2-0 but then they wake up. mido, who looked much better with shorter hair, does some great work in this game and has an awfully nice goal to show for it. and robbie keane comes off the bench, yet again, to score and do some fancy flips. but did anyone else notice him teasing the ref with that point at the shirt then flick yer face bit of slapstick humour??? maybe he was having too much fun out there.
25 September 2005
week 3 & 4 of la liga
really, is there anything we want to talk about other than real?
real madrid of course. first, they lose, yet again, this time to espanyol. yes, it was another strange/controversial goal - was there a whistle? does it matter? - and 2 red cards. but that was only the preview for the real fun midweek. hurrah! woodgate is alive & is actually starting a game! booooo! he manages not only an own goal but also a red card on his debut! hurrah!
also of note......
my torres is scoring again... sometimes for a win (against barca no less) and sometimes in defeat (against real sociedad after having a 2-0 lead for almost an hour).
two 2-2 draws for valencia - one in an action packed game against deportivo (lots of nastiness, fouls, red cards & spitting in this one!) and another against barca in midweek. david villa is not only a cutie, but also on a bit of a scoring streak - he was responsible for 3 of those 4 goals.
and my bilbao has 2 defeats to see them drop into the bottom half of the table.
but the big surprise is looking at the top of the table....celta & getafe??? yay for the underdogs!
real madrid of course. first, they lose, yet again, this time to espanyol. yes, it was another strange/controversial goal - was there a whistle? does it matter? - and 2 red cards. but that was only the preview for the real fun midweek. hurrah! woodgate is alive & is actually starting a game! booooo! he manages not only an own goal but also a red card on his debut! hurrah!
also of note......
my torres is scoring again... sometimes for a win (against barca no less) and sometimes in defeat (against real sociedad after having a 2-0 lead for almost an hour).
two 2-2 draws for valencia - one in an action packed game against deportivo (lots of nastiness, fouls, red cards & spitting in this one!) and another against barca in midweek. david villa is not only a cutie, but also on a bit of a scoring streak - he was responsible for 3 of those 4 goals.
and my bilbao has 2 defeats to see them drop into the bottom half of the table.
but the big surprise is looking at the top of the table....celta & getafe??? yay for the underdogs!
23 September 2005
week 6 of the epl
in haiku form:
a crespo header
as swift as a hunting hawk
robben's quick winner
he's back from the dead
two goals from his head so high
poor the sad toffees
sleep, sleep, sleep soundly
as the game goes on you sleep
and roy breaks his foot
city tries and tries
but lady luck is not there
handball for big sam
oh the spurs we jest
eight in the midfield packed full
without rippling nets
a crespo header
as swift as a hunting hawk
robben's quick winner
he's back from the dead
two goals from his head so high
poor the sad toffees
sleep, sleep, sleep soundly
as the game goes on you sleep
and roy breaks his foot
city tries and tries
but lady luck is not there
handball for big sam
oh the spurs we jest
eight in the midfield packed full
without rippling nets
22 September 2005
week 7 & 8 of ligue 1
ajaccio
awww our first loss of the season! and against auxerre who have been having a torrid time of late! and we even scored first and it was called back for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON. b*stards.
and my cutie pieroni has a bobo-like miss. bless his cute little head. we at least bounce back with a point in midweek and are still in the top half of the table. if we can remain there until christmas, i'd be amazed and ecstatic.
st. etienne
they may have had a great 3-0 win over psg at the weekend but then they also lose for their first time at midweek against nancy!! nancy who are in 18th place! and it breaks their run of 1534 minutes of not conceeding a goal at home. damn. no wonder janot is my french fantasy league keeper. what happened to that brilliant backline we saw against psg??
lyon & psg
so that leaves lyon as the only unbeaten team in france but these past two games have only been draws while psg at least have a win and a loss and are now 2 points behind lyon in the table. and how cute is landrin (psg) with his spikey hair lately? lyon should consider themselves lucky after that bordeaux game: 2 handballs in the box that were not called against lyon and their defense looked shakier than it has been all season.
monaco
poor poor monaco. they lose over the weekend and then deschamps quits which throws everything into chaos. all the credit in the world to them for managing a win in midweek. the game against nice this coming weekend should help them continue rebuilding. you just hate to see prince albert looking all unhappy in the stands, now don't you?
awww our first loss of the season! and against auxerre who have been having a torrid time of late! and we even scored first and it was called back for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON. b*stards.
and my cutie pieroni has a bobo-like miss. bless his cute little head. we at least bounce back with a point in midweek and are still in the top half of the table. if we can remain there until christmas, i'd be amazed and ecstatic.
st. etienne
they may have had a great 3-0 win over psg at the weekend but then they also lose for their first time at midweek against nancy!! nancy who are in 18th place! and it breaks their run of 1534 minutes of not conceeding a goal at home. damn. no wonder janot is my french fantasy league keeper. what happened to that brilliant backline we saw against psg??
lyon & psg
so that leaves lyon as the only unbeaten team in france but these past two games have only been draws while psg at least have a win and a loss and are now 2 points behind lyon in the table. and how cute is landrin (psg) with his spikey hair lately? lyon should consider themselves lucky after that bordeaux game: 2 handballs in the box that were not called against lyon and their defense looked shakier than it has been all season.
monaco
poor poor monaco. they lose over the weekend and then deschamps quits which throws everything into chaos. all the credit in the world to them for managing a win in midweek. the game against nice this coming weekend should help them continue rebuilding. you just hate to see prince albert looking all unhappy in the stands, now don't you?
week 3 & 4 of serie a
roma roma roma
at least it was a point against livorno & there were some fancy totti moves that i just love to watch. and then it gets better at home against parma! nonda scores twice and pannucci & totti make it a proper rout. have i mentioned how much i love the youngsters lately? curci, bovo, rosi, aquilani.... add in veteran de rossi at the ripe old age of 22 and this is a team that can become something to cheer about for years to come.
milan
a crisis this early in the season??? milan lose to sampdoria (and the only goal they manage to score was actually offside) but then get it together enough to beat lazio. ahaahahahahahaa. sheva had a very nice goal. no paolo on the pitch but we get to see him watching from the stands and even celebrating the goals. ah bless.
and damn, he's hot.
fiorentina
but not as hot as luca toni (for me, at least). he scores twice against udinese and has an assist for fiore and then scores again against lecce. his thighs are really really lovely.
no, really. he's so freaking tall!
oh and lecce were awfully cute when they scored and then all ran to hug the coach. how often do you see that?
inter
mmm. cruz all wet and with his shirt off is not a bad sight. trust me. 2 wins in these 2 games - nothing spectacular, but 6 points will keep the grumbling at bay for now.
at least it was a point against livorno & there were some fancy totti moves that i just love to watch. and then it gets better at home against parma! nonda scores twice and pannucci & totti make it a proper rout. have i mentioned how much i love the youngsters lately? curci, bovo, rosi, aquilani.... add in veteran de rossi at the ripe old age of 22 and this is a team that can become something to cheer about for years to come.
milan
a crisis this early in the season??? milan lose to sampdoria (and the only goal they manage to score was actually offside) but then get it together enough to beat lazio. ahaahahahahahaa. sheva had a very nice goal. no paolo on the pitch but we get to see him watching from the stands and even celebrating the goals. ah bless.
and damn, he's hot.
fiorentina
but not as hot as luca toni (for me, at least). he scores twice against udinese and has an assist for fiore and then scores again against lecce. his thighs are really really lovely.
no, really. he's so freaking tall!
oh and lecce were awfully cute when they scored and then all ran to hug the coach. how often do you see that?
inter
mmm. cruz all wet and with his shirt off is not a bad sight. trust me. 2 wins in these 2 games - nothing spectacular, but 6 points will keep the grumbling at bay for now.
21 September 2005
week 4 of serie a
(week 3 will come soon.... promise. x)
roma
didn't i say on the show that i was going to be positive and that we always do well at home against parma??
fiorentina
who scored again? oh yes, luca toni. mmmmmm luca toni.
and to top off the happines...... lazio lost. and roma are ahead of both milan & lazio in the table.
roma
didn't i say on the show that i was going to be positive and that we always do well at home against parma??
fiorentina
who scored again? oh yes, luca toni. mmmmmm luca toni.
and to top off the happines...... lazio lost. and roma are ahead of both milan & lazio in the table.
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