Candid Russia

Actual Scores

An interesting set of results as I thought, only because all focus is on the bottom of the table with everyone thinking who will survive.


Everton 1 Birmingham 1(Everton on course for champions league place)
Chelsea 3 Fulham 1(Its only a matter of days now for Chelsea)
Aston Villa 1 Bolton 1(Both with very little to play for)
Blackburn 0 Man City 0(Again mid table for both)
Crystal Palace 0 Liverpool 1(massive win for palace)
Middlesboro 4 West Brom 0(blow to baggies survival hopes)
Norwich 1 Charlton 0(useless Charlton)
Portsmouth 4 Southampton 1(pathetic Southampton)
Man United 2 Newcastle 1(great entertainment)
Arsenal 1 Tottenham 0(Arsenal did enough)

So three games to go in this years Premiership, as I have said we all know who the champions are but do we know who will be waving good bye and saying hello to the Championship.
All will be revealed in the next three weeks………….

Predictions

Not long to go now and all eyes are on the bottom as the top is not interesting anymore.
After the mid week games there is only a point between the bottom four and they are all convinced that theirs is not the team that will be relegated.

Everton 2 Birmingham 0
Chelsea 2 Fulham 0
Aston Villa 1 Bolton 2
Blackburn 1 Man City 1
Crystal Palace 1 Liverpool 2
Middlesboro 0 West Brom 0
Norwich 0 Charlton 1
Portsmouth 0 Southampton 2
Man United 2 Newcastle 1
Arsenal 2 Tottenham 1

All eyes are also on Chelsea and Liverpool as they prepare to play each other next week in the Champions League semi-final first round… tough one to call but I think that Chelsea will do Liverpool over the two legs.

Football Results

Most of the results were as expected, no shocks this weekend.

Should prove to be an interesting FA Cup Final between Arsenal and Manchester United after they both went through comfortably.



The English Premiership Results 16/17th April
Charlton 1 Bolton 2 (as expected)
Crystal Palace 3 Norwich 3 (lots to fight for)
Fulham 1 Manchester City 1 (nothing result)
Liverpool 2 Tottenham 2 (liverpool missed penalty)
Southampton 2 Aston Villa 3 (disaster for saints)
Birmingham 0 Portsmouth 0 (good point for pompey)


F.A. Cup Semi Final
Arsenal 3 Blackburn 0 (formality)
Manchester United 4 Newcastle 1 (as above)


tjm

Kevin Keegan Classic Football Quotes

After the decision of the legendary Kevin Keegan to retire recently, I thought I'd share some of his best football quotes ………………enjoy……


'I'm not disappointed - just disappointed.'

'There'll be no siestas in Madrid tonight.'

'Despite his white boots, he has real pace...'

'The ref was vertically 15 yards away.'

'There are two schools of thought on the way the rest of this half is going to develop; everybody's got their own opinion...'

'Goalkeepers aren't born today until they're in their late twenties or thirties.'

'This could be a repeat of the final.'

'The game has gone rather scrappy as both sides realise they could win this match or lose it.'

'I don't think there's anyone bigger or smaller than Maradona.'

'It's like a toaster, the ref's shirt pocket. Every time there's a tackle, up pops a yellow card.'
'England can end the millenium as it started - as the greatest football nation in the world.'

'They compare Steve McManaman to Steve Heighway and he's nothing like him, but I can see why - it's because he's a bit different'


'You can't do better than go away from home and get a draw...'

'He can't speak Turkey, but you can tell he's delighted.'

'...using his strength. And that is his strength, his strength.'

'One of his strengths is not heading'

'Gary always weighed up his options, especially when he had no choice.'

'Chile have three options - they could win or they could lose.'

'That would have been a goal if it wasn't saved.'

'I came to Nantes two years ago and it's much the same today, except that it's totally different.'

'A tremendous strike which hit the defender full on the arm - and it nearly came off.'

'The good news for Nigeria is that they're two-nil down very early in the game'

'The substitute is about to come on - he's a player who was left out of the starting line-up today.'

'That decision, for me, was almost certainly definitely wrong.'
'I know what is around the corner - I just don't know where the corner is. But the onus is on us to perform and we must control the bandwagon.'

'Hungary is very similar to Bulgaria. I know they're different countries...'

'In some ways, cramp is worse than having a broken leg.'

'The 33 or 34-year-olds will be 36 or 37 by the time the next World Cup comes around, if they're not careful.'

'England have the best fans in the world and Scotland's fans are second-to-none'

'It's understandable that people are keeping one eye on the pot and another up the chimney.'

'I'd love to be a mole on the wall in the Liverpool dressing room at half-time.'

'It could be far worse for me if it was easy for me.'

'Discipline is not only very important, it's crucial.'

'Young Gareth Barry - he's young'

'Argentina won't be at Euro 2000 because they're from South America.'

'They're the second best team in the world, and there's no higher praise than that.'

'You don't get two chances at this level, or at any other level for that matter.'

'You're not just getting international football, you're getting world football'

'Kanu, a guy with a heart as big as he is'

'Luis Figo is totally different to David Beckham, and vice versa'

'Football's always easier when you've got the ball'

'They don't come every three days, like they come after this one'

'I want more from David Beckham. I want him to improve on perfection.'

'The tide is very much in our court now.'

'There's a slight doubt about only one player, and that's Tony Adams, who definitely won't be playing tomorrow.'

'We have spent three matches chasing a football.'

'It’s no longer an 11 man game.'

'The Germans only have one player under 22, and he's 23'

'For some it's the ultimate job, for the others it's the last job.'

'I've had an interest in racing all my life, or longer really.'

'We managed to wrong a few rights.'


'We are three games without defeat is another way of looking at it. But if we are honest we have taken two points from nine'

'He'll also be very dangerous from set-pieces. That means he'll be a threat from free-kicks and corners in the final third of the field.'

'Danny Tiatto is not going to make a mistake on purpose'

'I'll never play at Wembley again, unless I play at Wembley again'

'You need 88 points for the title and we’ve got 61 at present with 16 games to go, but if you set targets you limit yourself'

'We deserved to win this game after hammering them 0-0 in the first half'

'He’s got a heart as big as his size, which isn’t big, but his heart’s bigger than that'

'Well, if that's true then it would be a big surprise, but then nothing surprises me in football these days.'

'You get bunches of players like you do bananas, though that is a bad comparison.'

'Not many teams will come to Arsenal and get anything, home or away'

'Shaun Wright-Phillips has got a big heart. It's as big as him, which isn't very big, but it's bigger'

'Nicolas Anelka left Arsenal for Ј23million and they built a training ground on him'

'As far as I'm concerned, Danny Tiatto doesn't exist'

'One team with destiny already decided...'

'Maine Road was a great football stadium but as time moved on it stayed where it is...'

tjm

Football Predictions

Even though that it seems that the title race is all but over all the fun seems to be happening at the bottom where I think it will go to the final day to decide who stays up and who goes down.

If...like me your team is down there every result now is so important, and with six games to go I am starting to get a little nervous…


The English Premiership

Charlton 0 Bolton 1 (away win)
Crystal Palace 2 Norwich 0 (home win)
Fulham 0 Manchester City 2 (away win)
Liverpool 1 Tottenham 1 (draw)
Southampton 1 Aston Villa 0 (home win)
Birmingham 2 Portsmouth 1 (home win)


F.A. Cup Semi Final

Arsenal 1 Blackburn 0
Manchester United 2 Newcastle 1

Well done to Chelsea and Liverpool in Europe…and not forgetting CSKA Moscow.



tjm

"Charlton Athletic Share"



You can now give the gift of share ownership to a football fan. They will receive an exclusive shareholder gift-pack, a genuine Charlton Athletic Share certificate displaying their name (registered and delivered separately) and the entitlement to rights and perks of the shareholder. They will also receive important information directly from their club including annual reports, invitations to meetings and a right to vote on issues affecting the club.

The gift pack can either be delivered directly to you or to the shareholder-to-be. Enclosed in the gift pack will be information on how to register the share in the fans name.

The shareholders gift-pack contains the following:
· Share registration sheet & details on how to register the share
· A presentation certificate (with a space to write the shareholders name)
· A shareholder introductory letter
· An explanation of common shareholder rights and terms
· The clubs information sheet
· Details of an optional share certificate framing service
Important: Once the shareholder details have been submitted a share will be purchased from the stock exchange and legally registered. The genuine share will then be produced and delivered directly to the shareholder. This product cannot be refunded and is available to residents in the UK only.

It's TRUE you can own a piece of Charlton Athletic.... finally...



I think we have a certain friend who would love this..... NOT!!!!

Type in charlton athletic shares on google and see how desperate things are...

D:-)

Football Predictions

Well done to Liverpool and Chelsea in Europe this week, and good luck for the return legs.

The English Premiership…

I will try and get more than two right this week..

Blackburn 1 Southampton 2
Bolton 2 Fulham 0
Chelsea 3 Birmingham 1
Manchester City 0 Liverpool 2
Portsmouth 0 Charlton 1
Norwich 0 Manchester Utd 2
Aston Villa 2 West Bromwich 1
Everton 2 Crystal Palace 1
Tottenham 2 Newcastle 2


If some of these predictions come in I will be happy….especially the relegation ones…!!


tjm

The English Premiership

So…I got most of them wrong…there’s a surprise…

But I did get two right, so that’s two beers…but the other results were nearly ok I did get the winning team right if however by the wrong goal difference.
The other games well, shocking (I blame the players) the real results were:

Fulham 3 Portsmouth 1 (thought this would be closer)
West Brom 1 Everton 0 (shocking for Everton)
Liverpool 1 Bolton 0 (as predicted)
Chelsea 3 Southampton 1 (easy win for Chelsea)
Man United 0 Blackburn 0 (surprise)
Charlton 2 Man City 2 (predicted a draw)
Arsenal 4 Norwich 1 (did not expect Norwich to score)
Birmingham 1 Tottenham 1 (as predicted)
Newcastle 0 Villa 3 (good win for Villa)
Crystal Palace 0 Middlesboro 1 (predicted Boro win)

Fantastic Entertainment at St James Park where Newcastle players Lee Bowyer and Kieran Dyer had a proper fight, simply because Dyer did not pass the ball to Bowyer the result being both sent off.
(hand-bags at the ready)

It looks like that they will both be banned for the semi final FA cup game against Manchester United…

This weekends predictions on Friday…

tjm

Russian Football

“How can a country of 150 million people draw 1-1 with a country that has only 300 thousand..?”

That was the comment from a Russian friend of mine on Thursday morning after the Russian National team drew 1-1 with (mighty) Estonia. (He was a little pissed off)
Russian people are so patriotic when it comes to supporting the national team however many have understood that the team will never live up to the high expectations of the Russian public, So I did not mention that England were victorious in their game with Azerbaijan.
“Come on England”


The English Premiership

After the week of internationals its business as usual this weekend for the Premiership…

My Predictions are perhaps a little hopeful:

Charlton 1 Manchester City 1
Arsenal 3 Norwich 0
Birmingham 1 Tottenham 1
Crystal Palace 1 Middlesboro 2
Liverpool 1 Bolton 0
Manchester United 4 Blackburn 1
Newcastle 2 Aston Villa 0
Southampton 1 Chelsea 1
Fulham 0 Portsmouth 0
West Bromich Albion 0 Everton 2
D, will you buy me a beer for each one of these that’s right..?

tjm