EPL Watch: Bolton vs Everton

Of all the matches being played on Saturday, this one intrigues me the most. Its one of those matches which aren’t so clear cut.
Bolton are on a high, only because of that emphatic 3-0 rout of Reading last weekend. Winning that game, after successive defeats definately put a cork on the bad mood spreading around [...]

Malaysia, Merdeka Cup champions after 14 years!

Malaysia 3 – Myanmar 1
14 years people, 14 bloody winless years.
I won’t bother with the match report, as you can click the scoreline above to read that. However there were some interesting pre-match quotes, that i think captured the current mood in Malaysia football:
“But there’s promise for the future because Malaysia have a [...]

Sunderland crash out, Liverpool power through

Surpise, surprise. A premiership club, Sunderland got whooped by a first division side, namely Luton Town. The scoreline doesn’t make great reading for Sunderland fans
Luton 3 – Sunderland 0
In Sunderland’s defence though, they did put out a weakened side, even resting their new star goalkeeper, Craig Gordon, probably in view of their next game, against [...]

There will never be another babyfaced assassin quite like him

The baby faced assassin strikes !
If any players deserves a testimonial match, its Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. The man has guarenteed himself legend status with the Old Trafford faithful for all his 126 goals. The one which he will be most remembered for was that winning goal in the 1999 Champions League Final against Bayern Munich.
Here [...]

Sathianathan leads Malaysia to Merdeka cup final!

After the recent embarrassments of the national football team, in comes at a great relief (and pride) that Malaysia (under-23 team) has reached the final of the Merdeka cup. And they did it in style.
Striker Safee Sali was the hero, helping himself to 2 goals as Malaysia beat perenial arch rivals Singapore 3-1!
Malaysia will play [...]

Keep your eyes on Blackburn Rovers

Sparky can’t see the ball thats flying towards his head
Sparky, otherwise known as Leslie Mark Hughes is certainly catching everyone’s attention, with the team that he is building down at Ewood Park.
They haven’t been grabbing the headlines or anything of that sort, but have gradually improved season by season.
Mark Hughes took over as manager in [...]

PSV Eindhoven want Malaysian defender Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar!

PSV Eindhoven were very impressed with one of our own young pups during the Champions Youth Cup, which was recently held here in Malaysia.
I feel very proud when i read such things, as it shows that we Malaysians have got what it takes! Off course, Asraruddin will need to put in a lot of hard [...]

La Liga Watch: Real Madrid v Atlético Madrid

This promises to be a mouth watering game, with both sides having invested heavily during the summer transfer window:
Real Madrid

Jerzy Dudek
Christoph Metzelder
Pepe
Javier Saviola
Royston Drenthe
Wesley Sneijder
Arjen Robben
Gabriel Heinze

Atlético Madrid

Diego Forlan
Simao Sabrosa
Luis Garcia
Raul Garcia
Jose Antonio Reyes.

From the Real Madrid perspective, they certainly have a very big and undoubted talented squad. However, by all accounts and pre-season [...]

A referee’s point of view: The Rob Styles blunder

Inconsequential the question may seem, but for Premier League referee Rob Styles the answer is months of keeping his head down and a weekend away from what he loves. There’s been plenty written about the Hampshire whistler and his high profile gaff, gifting Chelsea a way back against Liverpool at Anfield, but I’ve read nothing [...]

Malaysia lose to Myanmar. Normal la this one!

In yesterdays Merdeka Cup game, Malaysia lost 2-1 to Myanmar, who are the defending champions, to miss out on a place in the semi-finals of the tournament.
Those foreign workers in South Pacific Restaurant, PJ, must be very happy! (MENTAL NOTE: Don’t bring up the football topic the next time i’m eating there and chatting with [...]