Things you wouldn’t know… with good reason.

In off-season slumber such as now, there really needs to be something in the ballpark of an adrenalin shot-Uma Thurman making out madly with you to get you up and going (or coming). Sure Federer won the French Open, but am I the only one who’s feeling like that 4th standard kid in the recess who shouts ‘cheating, cheating!’? I mean, I still think he should have done it against Nadal. Not that Nadal’s losing was his fault, but still.

As far as football goes, the Asian Qualifiers for the World Cup does provide for some entertainment. Park Ji-Sung is the first United player to qualify for South Africa 2010, so yay. The Australian team looks pretty darn impressive, while Qatar is more of a club, with Platini’s 6-5 homegrown players rule seemingly applying. Other than that, I’m definitely ruing the lack of Zee Sports in my bouquet of channels. I, who watched Tamil Nadu-Bengal Ranji Trophy, would have definitely watched Tamil Nadu-Bengal Santosh trophy. Apparently the quality of football is impressive.

Coming back to the issue at hand, here’s my equivalent of the whole Uma Thurman thing…

1. If you spelt player’s names with Scrabble tiles, the highest first team (well, at least second) player is Tomasz Kuszczak, with 53 points. There is a player in the BPL who tops this score though – Wojciech Szczesny. 20 points to whoever can guess his club (Hint: He’s one among us!!!)
2. Outside the Big Four players, Robinho is the highest scorer in the Premier League at 4th with 14 goals. The first Arsenal player comes in at 15th, with 11 goals (RVP). Ricardo Fuller from Stoke City has scored as much.
3. Chelsea is the second youngest club in last season’s table, at 104 years. Which is not too young, one must admit. Not when compared to, say, Kolkata KnightRiders.
4. George Best was given the nickname ‘El Beatle’ by the Portuguese press after a European Cup match against Benfica in 1966. Considering the Beatles were Kop, Best would’ve been at best, insulted and at worst, incensed.
5. Nikola Jovanovic. Go figure. Really.
6. Hugh McLenahan from Stockport County, towards the end of season 1926-27, was transferred to United for three freezers full of ice cream. Which Stockport County then sold at a fun-raiser. There’s a thought for Perez in his promised ‘highly professional approach’ for Cristiano.
7. Ryan Giggs is yet to receive a Red Card in his professional career.
8. Another one for you to go figure, and a trippy one at that. The non-flying Dutchman, who be it? (Not United boy)
9. Back to board games. Arsene Wenger is the costliest commodity in Arsenal ‘Monopoly’. Apparently, and very unfairly David Seaman is on the cheapest square which costs £60 as compared to Wenger’s at £1500.
10. And one last Chelsea jab (I really can’t help it!) In 1954-55, they won the title for the first time by four points over second placed Wolverhampton Wanderers, under the management of Ted Drake. This was the only time in the 20th century that Chelsea became champions of England’s top-flight division. Then of course, along came Abramovich…

There, that should keep you people interested for a week. By which time Benitez will say something which will be worth three posts minimum.

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