Pat on the back..

Spreading rumours on the back pages of newspapers has become an everyday thing. And it has come to a stage where, if there are no rumours present, the newspaper is just not worth reading.

It has become so bad that even previously trust-worthy websites like Skysports has succumbed to the pressure and started indulging in rumours. But, the alarming fact is, this much I actually get. And understand. And accept. And shake my head.

But journalism has become a new world order. Due to the enormous amount of rumours piping in/out everyday, the general public have become oblivious as to which newspaper came out with which rumour. Now, if by accident (or by a divine intervention), even one of those rumours comes true, it is a field day for THAT newspaper. And to make matters worse, they do their digging and remind us that they brought you this rumour first on so and so date.The journalists rejoice that one of their "stories" has come true. Oh my god.

A recent headline in a newspaper read : 31st Jan 2011 : "Player signs for Club, just as we told you on 24th April 2009."

Can anyone tell me which newspaper I need to contact to have this headline on the backpages? "Dynamic tall striker linked with Liverpool - and you read it here first"...

Dogs have gone to the journalism. Amen!

A Fab-ulous joke

On a weekend when there were just too many things to talk about (United's late winner, the penalty that wasnt for Liverpool, the continuation of Torres' barren run etc etc), there was something more melodramatic that required words on this blog.

Fabio Capello has re-instated John Terry as the permanent captain. For the Wales game. Well done. Sense the sarcasm.

The arm-band being passed out like a frisbee in the recent friendly was an insult. So Fabio decides he needs to have a "permanent" captain. Oh wait, captain for the Wales game. So he overlooks Frank Lampard and gives the arm-band to John Terry. This, after he had said a year back that John Terry will "never" be England captain again. There are 4 dummies in this whole picture. Fabio, John Terry, England supporters and the armband. Rio Ferdinand and Steven Gerrard - get over it..The Don has spoken!

A lot of football pundits (sense the sarcasm again) said John Terry should not have lost the captaincy in the first place. I concurred with their view. The Don made the captaincy issue a front page headline a year back. Was he satisfied with that? No, he wanted to out-do himself when he still had the chance. Now, he's on the front page of my blog.

Clap clap!

A long shot

I have to say I didnt have much of a complaint about the TV schedule of ESPN Star at the beginning of the season. Feb 19th 2011 changed all that.

I can only say that this was always on my mind but I was too lazy to do something about it, other than ramble of course. And when someone has finally done something about it, it is my pleasure and duty to acknowledge it..

http://www.petitiononline.com/123footy/petition.html

This might not make an ounce of difference this year and may not even make it to ESPN Star, but hey, worth a shot!

Priveleged, and not so much...

After yet another long gap, where both life and Liverpool Football Club were firing blanks, we are back. I guess this blog does portray the state of Liverpool Football Club at any given point of time.

Anyway...

Here I am, watching the Barcelona - Stuttgart game and thinking how priveleged I am to see Barcelona play. Awesome movement, awesome passing. Reminds me of Arsenal except that Barcelona can finish as well.

But again, I am thinking how under-priveleged I am to see the genius of Messi, Iniesta and Henry only in the Champions League this season. I say only, because there is no TV rights for the La Liga this season in India. My god, are we under-priveleged...which got me to this post.

Real Madrid and Barcelona and the rest of the Spanish clubs negotiate their own TV deals, unlike the Premier League. It is time to get a Richard Scudamore like figure for La Liga and make La Liga a product instead of Real Madrid and Barcelona..

On that note, Liverpool - here WE come...

Politics 1 - 0 Sport

In my previous post, I talked about how the focus was shifting from sport to politics. Now, the focus has truly shifted to politics leaving the sport to suffer, right where it hurts the most.

Now, Rio Ferdinand has been named captain and Steven Gerrard vice captain following the sacking of John Terry as captain - because Terry had an affair.

Mr. Ferdinand has a fantastic reputation (what with missing the drugs test and banned for nine months) and Gerrard has a pretty decent brawling experience as well. Fabulous replacements. Who's next on the list? Wayne Rooney? I'm pretty sure he has a clean reputation under his belt.

John Terry being axed as captain of the English Team is a ridiculous decision in my opinion. Hey, who am I to question? But all I want to know is, was Capello's hands forced? If yes, Capello - I'm sorry to say your reputation has just flown out of the window. If no, well, your reputation stays, but England has flown out of the window.

As the title suggests, Politics 1 - 0 Sport

From sport to politics

The other day, I was reading the newspaper when I found the article about Henry's handball against Ireland and that FIFA is going to decide whether to punish Henry or not. I was aghast. But, I thought it would be a one-off and I promised myself that this will not show up in my blog.

Today, I read about John Terry's affair with Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend and whether he should continue as England captain or worse, should he be pulled out of the squad altogether. There are too many things wrong with that statement that I don't know where to start.

But after reading this, I had to bring up the Henry scenario too. I've never heard something as ridiculous and outrageous as FIFA going to rule on a handball. The referee did not see it and the goal stood. Big deal. If every single "wrong" decision made by a referee gets into FIFA's to-do list, I have lost my utmost respect for them. If Henry was playing for Ireland, would this have happened?

Coming to John Terry, I don't care what he does off the pitch as long as he delivers on the pitch. If you even begin to start that he has lost the respect of the dressing room, I, personally will have lost respect for the dressing room. Now, according to many "people", he should be stripped of the captaincy and pulled out of the squad. What happened when Steven Gerrard was facing jail time and had to rely on the jury/judge to say "Not Guilty". Did anyone say Gerrard should not play for England? Or Liverpool?

Has it really come down to this? Football fans are suffering. Newspapers/Journalists - Peace sells, but who's buying eh?

Argh!

It has come to a sorry state of affairs that it has to come down to this. Read the despair.

me: yo
Krishna: yo
me: dont you feel like jumping off from your coll terrace?
Krishna: i've thought about it lol why?
me: i am not even motivated to write my blog man. what you mean why? you know why.
Krishna: oh Pool haha used to it da
me: torres out for 6 weeks, gerrard out for a fortnight, benayoun for 3 weeks, languishing in 7th "fighting" for 4th
Krishna: http://www.divineheadbutt.com/Liverpool/Mid%20season%20Meandering.html
me: can it get any worse? i aint reading
Krishna: hadn't written for a month
me: i will only get more depressed
Krishna: there's nothing in it. same shit only
me: hmmm
Krishna: i don't even get depressed da. it's like a lost cause.
me: and now maxi joins...whats he going to do now? its just sad that liverpool are being thrown to the dogs
Krishna: imagine what he was thinking watch the game
me: ya i know atletico was much better
Krishna: lol i'm not really laughing out of humor
me: i know the feeling. its so bad that its funny
Krishna: haha anyway screw this season. 4th place maybe possible. next season only. i wanna see Pacheco now that Torres is out
me: next season i might not be able to watch also. pacheco? dream on
Krishna: yeah i know
me: bugger will play ngog and kuyt, with maxi on the right and somebody on the left
Krishna: it'll be Ngog. Maxi on the right? no da why would be take Kuyt off the right? it'll be Ngog up front
me: then pacheco will come on in the 87th min and will get rave reviews for his performance in "3 min"
Krishna: Kuty right, Maxi left
me: remember gerrard also injured who will he play then?
Krishna: Lucas Masch and Aqua
me: man, i wanna see tomo's team. he'll be a fool to do that
Krishna: who else can he put? lol
me: lucas, masch and aqua i believe
Krishna: who else ra? cos Bena also gone
me: god freaking knows
Krishna: Spearing haha
me: jesus how the hell did lucas become a "central" figure in this team. accordign to me, thats the reason liv have underperformed
Krishna: he's been playing well da
me: playing well in what way
Krishna: he doesn't give the ball away as much as he used to = big improvment
me: bugger is too slow, doesnt have the long passing game, takes the ball from one defender and gives it to another defender. you become too predictable
Krishna: well he's not going anywhere. you think Gerrard's played better than Lucas? i think not
me: what do you think is the reason? the reason is lucas. see
Krishna: no da that's bull
me: lucas has to be "THE" man to get the ball rolling forward. gerrard is so freaking isolated that he's running but the ball doesnt come, so he comes deep and makes it congested, if he goes wide, he's in kuyt's way. same with torres
Krishna: team has to revolve around Gerrard and Torres but that hasn't happened. gone are the days when Gerrard could pick him out
me: he makes a run, nobody has that long range passing game...aqua did some decent passing day before. for gerrard to pick him out, he should have the ball in a decent position and torres should make a run since both of them are so deep, how do you think thats gonna happen from front to back, the passing is too slow...and lucas is the main reason... because i dont think he has the vision of passionm *passing
Krishna: write all this on the blog.
me: ya right i've said enough about liverpool there it makes me sick to write about them like this
Krishna: there's hardly anything about Pool on your blog
me: wanted to discuss with someone and see how he felt
Krishna: i can't think now. i'll watch tomorrow's game and then we'll talk. truth is i haven't seen a game in a long time. i think last was Arsenal
me: dont worry...you aint missed much
Krishna: true and this season you can;t even blame Rafa
me: i aint
Krishna: there was no mad selections except his inexplicable love for Lucas
me: and you know what the worst part is...before, some of his mad selections used to win us matches
Krishna: haha
me: rafa will stay for years to come for sure...they wont sack him the ques is will torres? gerrard will stay i think
Krishna: yeah he will da. him and Gerrard won't leave
me: we'll see and why is our beloved babel refusing to move?
Krishna: that swap for Jones should happen
me: i dont care about swap also. just go man. he's just a passenger
Krishna: You wanna see new players? Makes no difference anyway.
me: 9 mil for that guy is too much. the way he has been playing
Krishna: Hmm my best friend is also a Pool fan. he saw the Reading game and said he'll become a Man City fan instead
me: i dont think i'll reach that level ever
Krishna: haha he was obviously not serious. i hope that might result in a strained friendship as well
me: lol

P.S. I really do apologise for this.