the beautiful game (Bayern Munchen version)

Update Nov 06 2009:

5-4-2 with a game tommorrow against FC Schalke 04 in Munich.  Need a win lads.

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Updated Oct 29 2009:

That’s better – or at least moving in the right direction. Bayern Munchen 5-3-2. Now on 18 points, they’re within a sniff of qualifiying for the Champions League.
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Updated Oct 10 2009:

Sigh.  8th overall in the league standings.  Bayern Munchen 3-3-2

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Update Aug 30 2009:

Seems like Arjen Robben delivered.  Two goals vs Vfl Wolfsburg.  Bayern Munchen 1-2-1. 

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Aug 28 2009:

Worst league start in 43 years 0-2-1; and

• FC Bayern Munchen signs Arjen Robben from Real Madrid.

I guess they had to do something.  Is it the right thing though?

signs of the apocalypse – sprinting towards ‘who cares’

Maybe, maybe not…  Watch the video and ask yourself, is she or isn’t she?  Or do you care?

right to play – something i can get behind

There are a lot of charities out there – it is often difficult to differentiate them and / or to determine which are the hustlers and which are concealing an agenda.

However, if you have kids and you love to watch them play – then give a kid a chance to play again. Kids helped by RTP have seen some pretty horrific things and your donation can help them on the path to regaining a childhood.

eur08 sweden 2 – 0 greece

62:10 Just got back from Kungstradgardsgatan which is absolutely packed with frenzied swedes packed tightly around a large screen.  Could pretty much hear them all the way back to the hotel.

72:22 Goal, Sweden.  I can hear the horns and roar from downtown across the water.  Fluke goal though. 

82:10 They are singing downtown.  Plenty of happy swedes tonight I predict.

86:45 Best chance for greece in the last 15 minutes or so.  Point blank from about 10 feet out from the right goal corner but no result.

93:04  Game over.

uefa championship 2008

Junior and the elder Fierce Creature watched last nights final – and quite entertaining it was.  Going in, the Fierce Creature was a tentative Chelsea fan (“dad, who is the best footballer?  Wayne Rooney, Michael Ballack, Ronaldo?”) but was prepared to cast them overboard if Man U looked to become the champions.    He was allowed to stay up and watch until the end of the first extra time, but then had to wait until morning to find out how it all turned out. 

My view is that Chelsea more or less dominated the game following Cristiano Ronaldo’s goal at 26minutes and capped it with Lampards goal at 45minutes.   I thought Joe Cole was quite effective throughout, but  Hargreaves, Rooney and Carrick didn’t seem to be very energetic.   However, given the number of chances in which Chelsea failed to capitalise ( you can only hit the post and out so many times) kudos to Man U for their win.  There’s always next year.

Manchester United 1, Chelsea FC 1.   Manchester United 6-5 on penalty kicks.