giant slayers

shabby middlesborough have done it again. they are eight points clear of relegation -- hardly a convincing distance -- yet, once again, they've pounded on one of the premiership's elite.

first they beat arsenal 2-1. then they surprised with man utd with a 4-1 asswhooping. and now they've dumped chelski 3-0. wow!

that is impressive. but don't get all excited and think that chelski is going to fall apart, especially if you're a man utd fan. it would be great to see them tank, but i doubt it will happen. they've simply got too much depth.

in arsenal news, we finally shifted that monkey on our back a little bit. we pulled out a draw against bolton. and reyes might have a broken leg. i hear magpie fans whine about their injury issues. they're nothing like ours.

Mido is Out

I used to think Mido was alright, and after reading about his temper tantrum and ejection from the Egyptian team, I may have to rethink that.

I don't know the history between the Egyptian coach and Mido, but Mido is definitely coming off as the bad-ass.

And to be kicked off the team before the final in the African Nation's Cup. Ouch.

Cole voted PFA Player of the Month

I wish I was 25 and living in London. I'd be all over him.

matchday three: team cheung 9 - inter mrc 3

Inter MRC's goalkeeper is in too much pain tonight to write a good match report. All he remembers are his glasses being imprinted on his skull and his nose getting smooshed into his face, both off some great play from Team Cheung.

But, hey, we scored three goals today. Taras Netsko, Bruce Petherick and Matt Huddlestone all put something into the net. And we kept the opposition to single digits on the scoreboard. We may be old, and we may be slow, but Inter MRC are getting better every game. Look out Sunday Leaguers. We may actually get a draw by season's end.

The Gay Factor Part Deux

let me start by saying i like cisse.

but he's rating a 5 in my book - he isn't raging, but he isn't straight either.

Reina Sees Red

the first real footie game I watched was between the reds and the blues almost one year ago. everyone was cheering for liverpool, so i decided to go against the tide and cheer for chelsea (and thus began my infatuation with joe cole). it was a boring game - a nil nil draw.

today, however, was something else.

the game started off in favor of liverpool - they were dominating, controlling the ball, but it only takes one break for chelsea to capitalize. cole earned a corner, and gallas put it away. thus began liverpool's descent.

the key factors?

- john terry's defensive genius against giant crouch. i now know why and have a great respect for terry. he's brilliant.

- jose manuel reina - in a bizarre move, commits himself to tackling eidur gudjohnsen in the corner, and getting pissed at the fact that gudjohnsen's hand ball is not called

- seconds later, arjen robben's constant yapping in reina's ear (reminiscent of esa tikkenen) provokes reina to slap robben accross the face, in clear view of the ref, standing a mere 10 feet away.

so, robben dives, and reina gets a red card. not a good thing for liverpool if they want to secure second place in the premiere league. he might as well have stated his loyalty to man-u.

interesting game though. much more lively than the last time i saw these two teams meet.