Hey guys!, What's up, I hope you guys are doing great. I have to apologize for what can only be called stank behaviour. I have failed in my duties has a sports nut. These past couple of weeks have been rough on me and I am not even a 100 percent but fear not I am back from my deep slumber and I am raring to go I can't say my flame has been rekindled but my love of the blog and what I do must be expressed. As I said it has been along time maybe to long, I'm rusty and far from match fitness. While I've been gone they have been a ton of sizzling transfers, the German Bundesliga and France's Ligue 1 has kicked off and you know I will be keeping a close eye on those to wonder leagues. With the Italian Serie A and the Spanish Primera Liga becoming a closer premonition rather than a distant dream I feel like a kid in a candy store, yet another dumb cliche maybe I am gaining my swagger again. What has really gathered the fire wood so that a flame can be lit in my belly once again is the start of the English Premier League this weekend. Well the Portuguese Superliga kicked off this weekend as well and yes I did watch it but it does not have the same allure as the Prem as it is called . In short like my friend Kambon Aarons,haha, I have taken in the action and now I am here to regurgitate to you guys like a mother albatross to her chicks in a bit of a round up enjoy it could be fun. Vomit hmmmmmmmmmmmm tasty. Match Day 1
Fixtures
Chelsea 2 Hull City 1 Venue- Stamford Bridge Goals- D. Drogba (36,90mins) (Chelsea), S. Hunt (27mins) (Hull) Review- We all knew Chelsea would win but they certainly made heavy weather of it.
Aston Villa 0 Wigan Athletic 2 Venue- Villa Park Goals- H.Rodallega (30mins), J.Koumas (55mins) (Wigan) Review- Bit of a upset but not surprise you don't sell your best player and spend no money in the transfer market and expect great things (Aston Villa). Well played Wigan.
Blackburn Rovers 0 Manchester City 2 Venue- Ewood Park Goals- E. Adebayor (2mins), S.Ireland (90mins) (M.City) Review- Good game but City had to much class for Rovers. I really hope they find a striker and soon.
Bolton Wanderers 0 Sunderland 1 Venue- The Reebok Stadium Goals- D.Bent (5mins) (Sunderland) Review- Really was impressed with Sunderland's play with Bolton's not so much but yet again they will be hard to break down.
Portsmouth 0 Fulham 1 Venue- Fratton Park Goals- B.Zamora (13mins) (Fulham) Review- Fare thee well Portsmouth I knew thee well. They will struggle this season. As for Fulham give thanks for Brede Hangeland.
Stoke City 2 Burnley 0 Venue- Britannia Stadium Goals- R.Shawcross (19mins) (Stoke), S.Jordan (33mins O.G) (Burnley) Review- Stoke is turning into a tight little unit as for Burnley they have one good player of note. Law of averages state you probably need more than one to do well.
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 West Ham United 2 Venue- Molineux Goals- M.Noble (22mins), M.Upson (68mins) (W.Ham) Review- West Ham under Gianfranco Zola will do great things this year. Wolves are they to be slaughtered
Everton 1 Arsenal 6 Venue- Goodison Park Goals- Denilson (26mins), T.Vermaelen (36mins), W.Gallas (40mins), F.Fabregas (47,69mins), Eduardo (88mins) (Arsenal), L.Saha (90mins) Review- Is it a White Night for Arsenal or a false Dawn, we will have to see. Everton I have nothing to say you guys know what needs to be done.
Phil Neville (in Blue) there having a front row seat of the raping Manchester United 1 Birmingham City 0 Venue- Old Trafford Goals- W.Rooney (34mins) (M.United) Review- The Optimistic United fans would say a win is a win, the pessimistic United would say to close for comfort. Birmingham will stay up this season.
Tottenham Hotspurs 2 Liverpool 1 Venue- White Hart Lane Goals- B.Assou-Ekotto (44mins), S.Bassong (59mins) (Spurs), S.Gerrard (55mins) (pen) Review- Liverpool don't make me look like an idiot I had you guys to win the title. Spurs you have an ugly kit but a great team please live up to the hype now.
It is an end of an era. Today in the twilight of morning former West Bromwich Albion and Fulham player Sir Bobby Robson passed away at age 76 at his home in County Durham with his wife and family at his side. The courageous former England forward succumbed to cancer, an illness he was battling for what seems an eternity. Tributes from across the football fraternity are flying for the Geordie legend, men like Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, Alan Shearer,Harry Redknapp and even British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have chimed in about this charismatic genius. On a personal note I can't even drum up a paragraph to show how badly I feel about his death. His achievements I could never just lay them out in text or will I try, he meant alot to many and this day shall never be forgotten. As for his god like status at Newcastle they shall be no other above him. Maybe now this tragic event will make the Newcastle players open their eyes to what their club, crest and colors really mean.
Sir Bobby Robson England Manager
Erected Statue Of Sir Bobby
How I remember him (From his Autobiography 2000)
R.I.P Sir Bobby. Thank You for your exuberance. You definitely made me smile.
SIR ROBERT WILLIAM ROBSON Sunrise-February 18th 1933 Sunset-July 31st 2009
Wayne Rooney if you are not the most handsome man in the world. This quite possibly has to be my shortest and most pointless posting ever. I was torn between putting this little adventure in my Chameleon Corner or my Random Bite segment. Well you guess who won but it could have gone either way. The Corner had a good shout because I think this is funny and very sad. You guys must think I am a Manchester United basher by now and you maybe right not to fond of them as an organization but as a team I do like their play and philosophy. I am not a kit man but my goodness I had to peak up on the new Man United kit and some others as well. The others will be coming in a different post. This kit to be is so...........................................wow. They are some really good looking kits out there coming out for the 09/10 season. I really like Real Madrid, Liverpool, Man City, Lazio, SV Hamburg, Juventus, Derby County and Celtic. In my Bizarro world, for those who don't know who he is, he is Superman's opposite in an alternate universe, so that means on the other hand I hate the following kits. Tottenham (this year only), Chelsea, Wigan (your eyes literally bleed when you see it), Barcelona (always hated the colors), Palermo (who the heck wears pink), Bolton Wanderers (No one deserves to wear that junk my heart bleeds for their fans this season) and Everton's. On this Man U kit I really don't care for, my Man United pals on the outside can respond I would love it.
Oh I know where I saw this design before. That is right, Mexico did the whole V-Shaped chest thing about 3 years ago at the World Cup. Is Nike to blame no. Man United could have come with something original but I know they can't, they are the poor club in Manchester and with debt deeper than the Dead Sea you know they had to cheap it out. What they should have done is use some of that Ronaldo money. Oh that's right you guys have to pay of that massive debt that your Yank owners brought to the club. You do know this looks like a wet suit they give you in primary school when you go frolicking in the sea.The whole black and blue thing. It is the away kit so obviously it would be far away in the color spectrum from the home kit which I have to admit I will give it a pass but just bearly this kit on the other hand looks like something a cop would where. The home is red and black and it just looks okay. I mean if they were going to utilize the V-Shape but some faded design in it like Mexico's. In all I don't like maybe when I see it in motion I will change my mind.
Ladies the vane, charismatic, egotistical, pretty boy that most of you would have hope would have been the father of your children, the Iberian Idol known as Cristiano Ronaldo has flown the coop known as Old Toilet (Trafford), sorry Man United fans I meant to say Old Trafford. Ronaldo is gone he never liked you and never cared about United but fear not my Mancunian brethren you have others better to model your police /swimsuit kits. Others like the fighting French Fullback (alot of F's there) Patrice Evra. From Ronaldo to Evra. Not saying something is wrong with the lad, he is a looker I guess but you have to admit that Ronny did have that X-Factor, he made you want to look at him even if you hate him. When you look at Evra you just want to punch him, I don't know why I just do, I don't know, is it because he is French I don't know and if this strapping stud is not available, there is the oh so handsome Wayne Rooney and Rio Ferdinand, the man who looks like Snoop Dogg. Well at least you guys got rid of Frankenstein aka Carlos Tevez, so you guys look in good stead in the looks department. Take this United fans with you at least you don't have cut Potato Head Joleon Lescott on your team to model your stuff, what a cross Everton bears. One last thing why does Evra look like he was dressed by his mother? Damn that kit is tight. T-Rep
Chicks,Chickies, Females, Girls, Girlies, Duchess, Madame, Dames, Princess, Queens, Empress, Sweethearts, Women, Prey, Flams and my personal favourite Milk Maidens. The daughters of Eve is on the radar. Everyone loves women, I know I do, most men do and shoot even women love women and I love that they love women, if you know what I mean. Its a man's world sadly if you really think about it the great evils of the world such as slavery (boooooooooooo) and war were cause by man. What if women were at the helm?I am not saying women are the angelic figures they like to portray but we know women are for a fact compassionate beings in general who hate to see anything suffer, maybe its a maternal thing. I being a son of Adam admit that I venerate violence, hold jealousy and hate close to my heart and could care less for the pain of most. I am trying to change all that though, so I am a category four jerk rather than a full blown douche. Women for their admirable qualities deserve more than equality in this orgasmic train ride or shit storm we call life depending on which side of the fence you sit. In sport women are viewed as a side note to their male counterparts, equality is as far apart as the two sexes. A fact that I don't think can ever be changed for the mind is like flowing water it can't change form unless radical doctoring is abundant. The Cons I have been waiting to do this. I have praised women at every turn of my life and for the most part I have been let down by 98% of the women I have ever met. Some cuts are deeper than others, some cuts vanish while others leave scars, scars that have left me untouchable by any human action. My whole mental state and view of the world is that of a broken tyrant, a man who had revolutionary dreams, a man who had more pride than a Hoplite General and a man who was braver than a lone angel flying through the depths of hell. These images of myself have either been warped or transformed to their inverse, all thanks to the alleged fairer sex. Am I to blame for allowing myself to be weakened to a state of shame? I say no for to under estimate women is to invite the wolves into your stable. I can only get back at my tormentors the only way I know how, which is through my words and I shall poke fun at their every stride. As much as I praised their push for equality from sport to politics, I know they could never achieve their little goal of equal standing a fact gives me a smug smirk on my face. In football that is an objective they are looking to execute, an objective that has a millennium to even come close to what man has achieved and with that let the hate begin. You are WEAK!, a fact that women themselves can not deny. Both physically and mentality. Physically men are stronger, faster and more agile. No matter how hard a woman trains her body she could never match her male equivalent in any sport. In football, watching women's football can be a task, as much I have said I am slowly being converted to the women's version, it is still slow, like drugged slug slow. I love the game at all levels but to watch women's football I have to gear up myself mentally to take on this spectacle. I don't know about you but when I am watching a sport I don't want to use my mind to get through it. It is mentally exhausting. The women play the sport like if there is some physical barrier over them, the play and the pitch. I can best describe it as jousting with sponge lances all while going at the speed of a braking tricycle. On mental faculties I have always heard that women are more discipline and better equipped to deal with stressful situations, apparently this does not apply to soccer. I have watched ladies literally cried because they lost the ball. I have watched women while losing stormed off the field. I know football is an emotional game but some of the stuff is ridiculous. A trend that I have noticed in the women's game is the inability to be up for a fight. As soon as a team scores the first goal the other team is on the bus already. Their is little fire in their bellies if you are new to that term I assure you it is nothing physical it has to do with mental strength and it means being motivated, to go for it, a notion that the ladies same to either forget or was not informed on the brochure. I am a firm believer of the herding mentality. This is when an individual follows his or her peers in a trend, direction or in this case ideology. I like the two billion people of the earth who actually follow the sport take ours with a side of man,thank you and not with sports bras. When I say no one watches women's football I mean no one,on television that is. I am right in saying they have a growing fan base coming through in my previous article but I did also say that growing fan base were little girls hyped up on cupcakes. Which I find hilarious. Like WNBA (Women's National Basketball Association) these women play in semi-packed arenas which by the way through nifty camera work are able to look semi full. You ask the average man the name of any women's soccer club team they would struggle to tell you. I myself do struggle a bit but when it comes to the sport I am how you say a bit above average so I am ruled out. It is so sad that some teams have to resort to ad campaigns to heighten awareness. Okay lets do a test. Who is the most famous women's soccer player?, who is the number ranked women's football team in the world?, name eleven professional women soccer players? That is your google homework for the day. I myself struggle from the top of my head on the last question I only am only able to name ten with regards to position and skill. Another reason why women's soccer fails miserably is the lack of popularity of its athletes. If am going to follow something let me at least have something to follow. The most popular women's soccer image I have in my head is from the movie, "Bend It Like Beckham," even that is vague, I think it had an Indian chick in it. The games are hardly on television, no one ever knows who is playing who, when the "major," tournaments in inverted commas are. They would be lucky to get a slot right between to the comics and the obituaries. I would say that is where women's football belongs but to put something in the obituaries it has to be dead and women's football was never alive to begin with. The fact that they play the game with such sluggish vigor does not help their cause either. Who would want to endear themselves to persons that look like they are playing hopscotch with a ball. Women have longed try to be on par with men in all factions life. They wanted the vote they got that. They wanted general equality in the workplace that is getting ahead as well. In sport is another matter. I could have gone further with my little mini tirade but I won't. As much as I am learning to appreciate women's football, I must say I only watch it for my own selfish gain. That being my quest for knowledge in all things sport, if not for that I would not cast an eyelid on it. Face it, its not that good bordering on the terrible. Women's sport can be really good but it has to depend on the sport and football is not one of those sports. There is a place in this world for man and woman but unfortunately, a woman's place is not on a football pitch. Sorry!!!!!!!!!!! Reptile
I had to chime in on this one. Is it jealousy or a superiority complex? Who knows but thee picture aloft has had the famous Manchester United gaffer Sir Alex Ferguson with all his knickers a bunch. If you are not aware between the history between Manchester United and Manchester City a team that is actually in Manchester unlike United, take that you Red Devil fans, you have missed out. United has been the most illustrious team in the area for many generations but now City has acquired the tag of the richest club in the world a fact that has Fergie a bit upset. The poster features former Man United and Argentina ace Carlos Tevez as you can see a fact that has Ferguson boiling. Honestly in my opinion me being a Blue nose man myself Manchester City should have put a long standing City player on that billboard like Micah Richards, Stevie Ireland or as I like to call him Richard Dunne aka the "Dunneymonster," instead of a new comer like Tevez who now has to earn his salt. Could it be the fact that a Manchester United playerhas crossed the divide to their cross town rivals? Well I say no because it has been done before. Men like the Great Dane Peter Schmeichel, Andrew Cole, Denis Lawand Brian Kidd have done it with no real scorn aimed. Could it be the spending power of City, I doubt United have trophies and City don't so material things are blown out the window. Sir Alex called Manchester City a "small club," after this image of the Argentine was erected. Well Sir Alex let me cast your aging Scottish mind to last seasons league campaign, where you Lord Ferguson called a press conference to call out Liverpool coach Rafael Benitez for his comments on David Moyes' Everton in which Benitez referred the Toffees the nickname for Everton a "small club." As like his countrymen in the movie Braveheart the valiant Scot came to the aid of his fellow countryman Moyes. Now I may not be the smartest scientist in the lab but is not that being a hypocrite? Maybe my Manchester United fans out there can clarify the situation because you know Manchester United fans are the smartest people on the planet they invented football you know, you didn't well now you know, they did.I think the man who looks like Santa Clause minus the beard and pleasant spirit has a point on how this advert could be interpreted as a bit flashy but didn't Manchester City pay for the player, a player you did not try hard enough to keep and benched at every turn. I would assume me not me being a specialist in Public Relations although I did get a "B," in college, have they not the rights to all likeliness of the players image and again an image that you did not want to pay for. What is my take on the situation well this is my diplomatic response this is a rivalry like any other so really no punches should ever be pulled back, my gangster doctrine teaches me, "see thy enemy hate thy enemy, strike thy enemy before stricken." That is me being diplomatic, now this is me being an uncivilized heathen. Sir Alex Ferguson is a bitch and all who support and follow his ideology are bigger bitches. Sorry for the language but it had to be said. I have little respect for him or his lot and the "fans," who support them. I do have a Manchester City bias I will admit but putting that a side Fergie is truly a petty old man, for so long City have had to put up with their chatter and now they are making meaningful strides all fans of United and Ferguson can do is be arrogant and pompous. United feel they are the greatest club in the world and they are not, they and their supporters feel they have some God given right to be on top which is horse manure. I respect Real Madrid more than United only for the simple fact they are modest. One final note to all United fans grow up really it is about time. T-Rep
Okay guys this is totally random hence the name Random Bite. I actually had no plans to talk about football for a couple of days, call it a bit of a hiatus. In my exile I have been taking in a bit of football and I was feeling a bit philosophical as well. What has inspired this upcoming tirade is the CONCACAF Gold Cup. To be honest I have struggled to follow this competition in terms of watching live games due to my lack of broadcast options. Thank You, Antoinette Gibbons for that, your love for your son is unrivaled. Anyway the tournament has to be said a low ranking FIFA tournament, it definitely is no World Cup and fails miserably to its South American, African, Asian and European equivalents. Okay we have establish the fact that it is watered down manure compared to the competitions mentioned prior but this is not where my attention lies. Today was the final of the Gold Cup. If you care the Untied States was raped 5-0 by Mexico in New Jersey by the way not even that heavy molestation is the brunt of my argument. Oh no, believe it or not, it will be discussed but not just yet have no fear. Lets cast our minds a couple of days before this so called big match which was a bit dull if you ask me. About a week ago in my glorious life of unemployment which I still am by the way. I was doing one of the 78 commandments, " Thou shall layeth (not a typo) upon couch and watch Public access television." While taking in one of the few good channels on Public access TV, ESPN they were previewing the USA, Mexico game. I would admit for Americans they had a good grasp on football and the forthcoming game, I was impressed. Cool, all is well and at the end of the segment they announced the channels it would be broadcasting on and to my horror they said that the only way I could see the game was in Spanish on Public access, once again may I give a shoot out to my mother Antoinette Gibbons the greatest export Barbados ever produced a true heroine. Anyway the game came over public television mine you the cable package most Americans would have, it in Spanish on a Latin American based channel as promised. The point I am trying to make is that one of biggest game in United States soccer history was not available to the general public in English. This just shows the lack of respect this game has in this country. The Americans who actually give a damn about the sport had to suffer today not only by the hands of the Mexican style rape on the field but to add insult to injury they had to watch it in good old Espanol. Which I liked I must say to hear, "GGGGGGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAASSSSSSOOOOOOOOOO," was mad fun and the commentators give you great entertainment value but my only problem was oh yes it was in "SPANISH." As comical as the game and commentary was I was upset. How can this sport grow in America if the public are relegated to watch their national team play to the voice of a man who calls players names repeatedly like if it is Sesame Street. As much strides US Soccer makes on the field they take two steps back in another department. This inability to supply the general populous who most of which speak English shows me that the powers behind the sport in the America could not give a fill in the blank about the fans in the country. Not everyone is privileged to have upgraded cable packages and this is a national event so that makes it even more shameful. Maybe it was a good thing the greater public did not see this American tragedy that transpired on the pitch. The game was not that great. I being a football connoisseur know players on either side. I was cheated by the line ups on display because I know each side strongest teams. This shows a lack of respect for the cup and the fans who follow it so big worm infested thumbs down for American coach Bob Bradley and Javier Aguirre his Mexican counterpart. Mexico was without the likes of Pavel Pardo, Rafael Marquez and Andres Guardado while the Yanks forgot to tell the regular team to show up apparently. They had no Tim Howard, Landon Donovan, Oguchi Onweyu, Damarcus Beasley (who looks like my uncle LOL),Freddie Adu, Maurice Edu, Jozy Altidore, Michael Bradley, Brad Guzan, Carlos Bocanegra, Bobby Convey and Charlie Davis. Now that is a fairly decent line up. So you see why they deserved to get rape, I honestly feel cheated. The game itself was pedestrian at best. Mexico turned on the style late and are deserved winners so props to them. Giovanni Dos Santos and Carlos Vela were beautiful and on the American half young Stuart Holden did not deserve what he got today he has to much of a bright future. So that is it from me. One more thing what is even more sad on the US part was that the game was played in New Jersey and the Mexican fans outnumbered Uncle Sam's Army 3 to 1. America, this was truly a dark day. T-Rep
Therandomness of randomness have returned and aren't we all excited. Well I know I am and you should be as well. I will tell you why, all the best stuff in life is completely random and unpredictable. Okay think about the woman who was just minding her own business and then out of the blue her boyfriend asked for her hand in marriage. Or the hapless loser that is down on his luck and plays the lottery for the first time and strikes it rich. That is the joy randomness can bring but with most things it can go both ways. For every lucky sap there is an unfortunate soul. For example picture the guy just walking down the street and is attacked by a pack of runaway pitbulls who have not eaten in six days. Poor soul indeed. Fear not though Snake Eye only sounds violent but in truth is as harmless as a basket full of extra soft baby towels.Well maybe the basket can hurt you not the towels though I doubt. If you don't know how we arrived at this point well I shall tell you. When selecting a player for Snake Eye, I break out the PS3, drop the FIFA 2009 in the system and hit the random button and BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM. There we have our star player to showcase. Why this way?, well for one thing I it gives me a chance to see players that I am not familiar with which are a lot and gives them their time in the sun. So with no hesitation and loads of anticipation I bring the snake nation. Name: Stephen Appiah Nickname: Tornado D/O/B: 12/24/1980(age 28) Place of Birth: Accra, Ghana Position: Midfielder (Central Midfielder) Preferred Foot: None Height:5'10 ft/inches Weight:170 lbs National Team: Ghana Caps: 53 Club Teams: Hearts Of Oak (1995-97), Udinese Calcio (1997-2000), Parma (2000-03), Brescia (2002-03) (loan), Juventus (2003-05), Fenerbache (2005-08)
Finally an African player on the blog, I was kind of getting worried that the site was packed with Europeans and South Americans.Nothing is wrong with that but it is time for some parity. The African continent have bred a special kind of player, bull like and powerful. Could it be down to the anatomy I have no doubt but people say the African player is not the thinking man's football, all brawn if you will. I say tell that to men like George Weah, Didier Drogba,Samuel Eto'o, Benni McCarthy and Steven Pienaar. The specimen on offer is of all their ilk and more. The African player is truly a champion of all having to deal with what has to be said the cross of poverty to bear. I being a colored man, obviously I am green, am really proud of any African player who made a name for himself and this man receives my full praise. Stephen Appiah was born in the Ghanaian capital of Accra in the good year of 1980 on the 24th of December. Christmas Eve nice one. Stephen Appiah is one of Africa's brightest exports but with all exports they have to be grown locally and grow he did. He started to sprout with Hearts Of Oak as a boy in 1995. Before I move on just want say really am feeling the name of that club, I thought Blyth Spartans was the coolest thing since Swat Cats but Hearts of Oak is pretty top notch but enough of my tripe. The footballer nicknamed the "Tornado," because of his dominance in midfield spent two years with Oak playing 21 times and hitting the net 9 times. This form saw Appiah destine to a move north to Europe and in 1997 Udinese Calcio planted the young oak in their midfield. Appiah was truly a pro now and Italy is where he sought his fortune. Udinese received three years of Stephen's life and he played 36 times for the club but one could say he never really got going with the side so he had to go and go he went to Parma in 2000. Parma only in recent years have started to decline but back in the day they were something to see. Their financial instability basically their undoing put in Appiah's time they were very much a force. He spent three years with Parma, years again he found with limited playing time, in all he only amassed 29 appearances with the club but he did win them a Coppa Italia which is a nice bonus. A loan deal was panned out with fellow Italian side Brescia in 2002 a deal that lasted one year. In that one year he managed to play more games for Brescia than he was able in his tenure at Parma. At Brescia he started to play with more purpose and started to slowly creep up into the elite bracket. Since it was a loan the Ghanaian had to return to his parent club Parma but such a robust performance by him say him attract the interest of Italian super club Juventus and another loan deal was struck this time with an option to buy. This where the Tornado had touched down. In 2003 was a monster year for the man it began his somewhat domination of "the Boot,"(referred to as the Italian peninsula)four titles in just two odd years makes fantastic reading and writing. Barely with his feet wet in Turin Stephen found himself an Italian Super Cup winner in his first year. Then back to back Serie A titles with Juventus in 2005 and 2006 followed, stardom could be the only thing that can describes Appiah's status at his time with the Old Lady of Italian football. Sounds like a dream dipped in sprinkles, I know but with all dreams there is the odd nightmare, Stephen's came in the form of Manuele Blasi. Blasi ousted The Ghanaian from his natural position in the center of the park and kept him out. The Tornado had become no more than a gentle breeze in the eyes of the Old Lady and in 2006 he was sent to ply his trade else where. The else where was referring to Fenerbache the Turkish club. That is right our African lion was in the land of the whirling Dervish, google that my friends.I don't know what is with this dude but success seems to be his opium and why not it is a drug and I could really use some but the story not about me it is about Stevo. He joined Fenerbache and immediately titles rained in 2007, he was a Turkish League winner and he snagged the Turkish cup as well the same year. Sadly so far this is where his club career has ended because of a reoccurring injury of the knee this has seen Stephen's club career put on hold. Fenerbache SK severed their ties with the Ghanaian thus Appiah has had to scoot on over to the unemployment line. His injury has hampered him since and club teams have asked questions, teams like Tottenham Hotspur and FC Rubin Kazan of Russia but his injury have made him unable to secure a contract but despite this he is still a staple for his national team. The captain from the capital is how I can describe this ox of a man. The opium of success was apparent from his early days even in youth football. Internationally he has been absolutely outstanding. In 1995 he won the Under 15 FIFA Championship with his homeland and from then made tremendous strides to be the leader he is today in the Ghanaian set up. He made his full senior debut for the "Black Stars," in 1996 since then he has gained 53 caps and scored 13 times. He is the captain now being in front of the likes of Asamoah Gyan, Michael Essien and Sulleyman Ali Muntari is not easy but with the trio one senses they don't have leadership skills to drive a team foward. Stephen on the other hand does and needs to take most accolades for the way Ghana has played over the years, his robust style drives the team forward and has made Ghana a new force in African football. What is there not to like he is a model and he has a nanny goat beard. With that combo you are already a winner, oh yeah and he is a very good player as well. The facts I have laid out in front of thee can only back me up, he has had a glut of success in what I think is a very short space of time. This is testament to his natural abilities, what is however worrying is this nasty injury he has that has affected his game, fitness and more importantly his career. He and I are very much a like right now, colored and unemployed. The Tornado has lost its speed and power and when its done that it's no more than a slight breeze coming from a little girl blowing bubbles through a stick. I could poke fun at him and say things like how long is the line for unemployment but I won't he does not deserve that but what I will suggest that he sort his fitness and this injury out if it can be. He is to good to be on the side lines. One more thing in the spirit of pure randomness I bring to you random Street Fighter quote this time brought to by my man Dhalsim here we go. "Cultivate A Pure Heart." Nice one that. Reptile
Hey guys!, What's up, I hope you guys are doing great. I have to apologize for what can only be called stank behaviour. I have failed in my duties has a sports nut. These past couple of weeks have been rough on me and I am not even a 100 percent but fear not I am back from my deep slumber and I am raring to go I can't say my flame has been rekindled but my love of the blog and what I do must be expressed. As I said it has been along time maybe to long, I'm rusty and far from match fitness. While I've been gone they have been a ton of sizzling transfers, the German Bundesliga and France's Ligue 1 has kicked off and you know I will be keeping a close eye on those to wonder leagues. With the Italian Serie A and the Spanish Primera Liga becoming a closer premonition rather than a distant dream I feel like a kid in a candy store, yet another dumb cliche maybe I am gaining my swagger again. What has really gathered the fire wood so that a flame can be lit in my belly once again is the start of the English Premier League this weekend. Well the Portuguese Superliga kicked off this weekend as well and yes I did watch it but it does not have the same allure as the Prem as it is called . In short like my friend Kambon Aarons,haha, I have taken in the action and now I am here to regurgitate to you guys like a mother albatross to her chicks in a bit of a round up enjoy it could be fun. Vomit hmmmmmmmmmmmm tasty. 
