Wag-Off Week 1

What turned out to be a frenetic start to the tie, wound down at a very repectable scoreline of 3-1. However, the idea is, we get basketball scorelines from now on. It’s still a start.

SInce the cat (no, please don’t think of synonyms, especially those that rhyme with Hussey) has been let out of the bag, and since ‘left wing shaded it’ for 3 people, here’s who your left wing is.

Krystell Sidwell’s been married to Steve Sidwell for four years now and they first met 11 years ago (horror!), which prompted our comment about his sticking to his girl a lot more than he sticks to clubs. But hey, in this day and age where the opposite is true (no Cristiano, we’re not talking about you), this is quite commendable indeed. On top of all that, darling Stevie tattooed their whole wedding vow on to his back. Time missed from the training grounds clearly…

For this low-profile WAG (Google barely returns any solid results on her), her appearance on the ITV2 show, WAGs Boutique, was the first and till date only brush with media madness. She eventually went on to win the competition and become a favorite among the fans, at least for a short while. And now, she’s our favourite too.

Steve and Krystell have two sons names Harry and Rocko, the latter in tribute to Sidwell’s love of the Rocky franchise. Seriously.

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Sundays are going to be Hard to Survive

Just to clarify, the only trucks I’ve seen are the ones at work. No pulling them with my teeth or lifting rocks the size of Uluru. I’ve just been down with a bad case of flu (thankfully not the swiney type). Many thanks to the Official Rep who filled in for me with an err interesting piece to say the least.

So it’s that time of the year. The IPL just finished last night. The NBA is in its Conference finals and will last another couple of weeks. And for all practical purposes the English football season has ended as well. (Fuck the two games that remain). Now THIS is why Formula 1 was such an integral part of a teenaged football watcher. When one finishes, the other begins and seamlessly slots into weekend entertainment plans. However Formula 1 has never been the same since the Red Baron retired so I quit watching. Now I really need to figure what I am going to do till the 18^th of July when we play Barnet in a pre season friendly. Probably write one huge season review and seriously analyze where exactly we fucked up and things like that.

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Hull? What Hull?

Ducky’s Note: is here because there is no Maddy’s Note. As already explained, he’s trying to turn around two big trucks and 142.5 small trucks around single-handed. The other two writers have nothing to write home about (and I don’t blame them). Which leaves me, who has been quite busy over the past few days trying to figure if CNN-IBN or NDTV has the hotter reporters. Times Now is just too loud for my liking. Therefore, good friend Vishwa has rescued me with this United-Barca Preview. That too from someplace 4 hrs from Chennai in an A.P.S.R.T.C bus.

“It is easier to comment than to write a post”

– Found on an anonymous grave in Sambunithopu (14° 25′ 0″ N, 79° 58′ 0″ E. At an average elevation of 18m from  mean sea level, I think)

The idea for writing this post was conceived on Monday, the 18^th of May, 2009 to be precise. That was two days after United clinched the title at Old Trafford. That was roughly 362 days after John Terry’s eyes resembled the October skies of Cherrapunji. The idea was basically a question which is “are we (Man Utd) going to create history(with me going one more beer down) or is it going to be Ronaldo doing a John Terry (and me going into the bathroom to start crying like a baby) this time around?” If you ask me, I’d  echo what Fergie said in one of his latest interviews but the truth could be very far from it.

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Arsene’s dirty little secret

As Maddy is away training for the Worlds Strongest Man competition, pumping steroids and learning how to drag heavy vehicles with his bare hands, I have stepped in to bring to you your piece of Arsenal for the day.

It is a tough time for The Arsenal undoubtedly– no trophy in six bazillion years, angry fans and apparently now a manager who feels unappreciated

3 league titles

4 FA cups

A Champions league final

Now I know that the ManU and Chelski supporting readers of this blog will inform us with a smug grin that this is just an Arsenal fan harping about our past. However, the fact is, that statistic is directed at Arsenal fans and the rest can take a long walk off a short pier.

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The Renaissance

Andy Grove-the Intel legend describes a Strategic Inflexion Point as a major change (sometimes referred to as a 10X change) which takes place in a competitive environment in business, and has everlasting effects. Chelsea witnessed two of these since the 90s – one with the arrival of Ruud Gullits and the second with Roman Abromovich. For Manchester United, it could have been the Busby Babes and then the elite class of 92; Beckham, Ryan Giggs,the Neville brothers, Nicky Butt, Ben Thornley, Robbie Savage and so many more passing out of one single class of an academy has to be a 10x change if not more. Real Madrid with Franco, the Galacticos and many many more 10X changes, is no stranger to such a phenomenon.But when many of these changes happen together, the Strategic Inflexion Point takes the shape of a Renaissance.

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