Pop The Poppie

You know? It's getting hard to find a way to attach the words of wisdom I write to the occasional nice lady.

I am just glad that the lady gets all the focus, so no one notice it..

This is Poppie. She played a Centre-Forward for Bayern Munchen in 1972, just before becoming the head of the Economics faculty in Oxford.

Still, she chose a different path in life...

Leeds Pay For Their Deeds

So... Manchester United clinched yet another title. Whoa! What a huge surprise. I was sure Liverpool will be able to come from behind and shock everyone!

NOT!!!!

I guess that no one actually believed Rafa's gang can do it. Even when Liverpool had a 5 point lead over United, it seemed it's only a matter of time before United will start their great run, leaving Liverpool way behind. And guess what - that's exactly what happened.

So, unless you're a United fan, this week was not too special. So what can one do in order to put a smile on his face? That's easy - place his money against Leeds United. Haha!

After a rollercoaster season The Whites needed to beat Millwall at home in order to get to Wembley for the 2nd year in a row, but failed to do so.

I must say that while Leeds where a top-flight club, I was actually cheered for them. Not as a supporter, but as a person who think "they look nice, let's give them a hand!", but this ceased as soon as they started pulling all sorts of tricks. It started a couple of seasons ago, going bankrupt a second after realizing their relegation was inevitable, in order to avoid start the next season with minus 10 points.

This didn't help them, as they started the following season with minus 15, thanks to this trick...

At the beginning of this season they looked destined for the automatic promotion, but failed to impress under manager Gary McAllister. So, he was relieved of his duties and Leeds had to appoint a new manager. They chose to address Simon Grayson who, at the time, was the manager of Blackpool. This is, in case you do not know, against the regulations, since Grayson was under contract.

So, Leeds "pulled out", but all of a sudden - Grayson realized he had just about enough and decided to resign. Lucky for him, the Leeds position was still available...

I guess I am one the naive ones. I like my football as clean as it gets. I know there are a lot of pulls and tricks, but this does not mean I have to go on with them. I say - let the trickery be punished with another season in Division One!!!

United. Sheffield United

So, United managed to come from the dead, huh?

I am not talking of Manchester United (despite their great win over spineless Spurs), but of Sheffield United who are just one point away from the automatic promotion spot.

With Wolves cemented in 1st, the battle for 2nd continues as Birmingham City do all they can to forfeit the place they are holding for many weeks - 2nd place. It amazing to see the downfall of the Bluenoses, as only fortnight ago they were fighting to finish top and now, after their defeat to Preston, they know that only a win away at Reading will ensure their promotion.

Despite the quality of Birmingham, Reading will beat them. I am quite sure of that. This win will allow Sheffield United to win an unlikely promotion if they'll beat Crystal Palace away.

Damn, this League Championship is extremely interesting. There is no "top 4" club and every team can beat its counterpart. This is what football all about. Well, this and tits, of course.

And today we welcome Rosie. Rumors claim her to be the no. 1 Astro-Physician in Oxford university. This might be true.
really.

But who gives a damn? Just look at these!!!

I forgot the tits part!!!!

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And I almost forgot!
As Page 3 Wannabes continue to send pictures of them in the nude (JOY!!!), we thought it's time to give Amii (yep, with to i's) the chance to introduce herself. Well, this is a time when a picture is much better than words...

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See? Told you.

Celtic and Rangers in the Premier League. Blaahhhh

Now here's another great idea from those smart guys in the Premier League. This time it's Bolton's chairman (or something like that) who claims it'll be great if both Glasgow Rangers and Celtic join the Premiership. To complete this "amazing" concept, he also suggests that the Premier League will be divided into two 18-clubs league: The Premier League 1 and The Premier League 2.

This is an amazing idea. Not because it's so great or wise, because it is not. It's amazing because it's the first step to vanquish the English football as we know it. For many years, while the top-flight clubs fought for supremacy, dozens of enthusiastic supporters followed their Brentford/Blackpool/Rochdale and so on, trying to climb up the ladder.
Through this time new teams, such as FC United and AFC Wimbledon had to start from the lowest tier and work their way up.

Now, both these principles will be gone. First, for the first time, a team will be invited to join the top flight of English football, without going all the way, from the bottom tier. The reason for that is those teams have loads of money and might generate more income to the PL.
Second, rumors tell that the plan is to make the new 2-tiered Premiership a closed one, meaning no relegation from the Premier League 2. Not to mention that no promotion will take place either.

Well... what can I tell you, lads. People has gone mad. There were some bad ideas in the past (39th match, for instance), but that's the first time (I think) that such an astonishing idea is brought up publicly. All we can hope that someone will be able to stop this from happening. If not - this is the end of English football as we know it.

What a shame.

Poor Shearer

After a long time without football, I finally decided to sit and watch the Spurs-Newcastle match. Tottenham were always favourites for this clash, but watching Newcastle makes you wonder why the hell did Alan Shearer did that to himself.
Newcastle play poorly, not trying to go forward and playing like a League Championship team.

They defend deep, and generally look like a bunch of players who met each other for the first time today. This is such a disappointment when you look at the Newcastle squad. I can't understands how such talented players can produce such lame performances...

Well, I am going back to watch the game. More to come...

The FA Cup marks the revival of this blog!

Yes, I know. I know. It's almost a month since my last post here, and since this blog is a new one, this is not a common thing. Honestly, I am not the one to blame for this, as I was a bit carried away with the last pic of that Page 3 lady and while pondering " what if I could", a month just went by.

Lucky for me, the Third Round Proper of the FA Cup takes place this weekend to complete the Christmas fixtures in England, and since I constantly go with the underdog - this is like heaven to me. You know, I have no problem with Stoke (who are, in fact, the underdogs when playing fellow Premiership sides), but when I see they play Hartlepool, I can't help it but backing the team from the North East. The same goes when Barrow travel to Middlesbrough and Blackburn travel to face Blyth Spartans.

So, as long as Aston Villa don't slip at Gillingham - Go Underdogs!!!

And, as you can expect, a nice lady has decided to make an effort and lift the spirits of those partly amateur players. Her name is Danni and she comes from Coventry. Inside information has revealed that she decided to chart a small helicopter for the weekend and she will use it to move from one match to the other, where she will use every mean necessary to help the underdogs out. The attached picture proves her great assets to us all.

Happy New Year!