as per the entry title, aku update pictureOfTheMoment hari ni dengan gambar stesen tram mana patut berhenti kalau nak carik McDonald halal kat Melbourne ni. stesen #127 ye tuan2 dan puan2 :-)
more on that in the later entry. ciao.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
pictureOfTheMoment updated 101031
salam & good day all
as per the entry title, aku update pictureOfTheMoment hari ni dengan gambar stesen tram mana patut berhenti kalau nak carik McDonald halal kat Melbourne ni. stesen #127 ye tuan2 dan puan2 :-)
more on that in the later entry. ciao.
as per the entry title, aku update pictureOfTheMoment hari ni dengan gambar stesen tram mana patut berhenti kalau nak carik McDonald halal kat Melbourne ni. stesen #127 ye tuan2 dan puan2 :-)
more on that in the later entry. ciao.
short summary on the match last night; Alex Song rocksss!!!!!!!
salam & good day all.
last night the plan was to watch both Arsenal match and also the Malaysia Cup finale match, but as I actually already expected I was not able to watch the Malaysia Cup finale due to no online streaming available for the match. even the RTM website doesn't help much, when they actually advertised in their official website that they have the online streaming service. but then, that should not really surprised me eh? hehe
anyway, was able to watch the Arsenal vs West Ham league match, and my hope for not-so-cold weather was fulfilled. maybe because it's already raining all day hence the night doesn't feel all that cold anymore. my short summary of the match as per below.
The Starting 11.
as per predicted in my previous post, le Boss will start Andy instead of Theodore in the LWF position. well, maybe some other time we'll be able to see Theodore on that said position as a starter.
last night the plan was to watch both Arsenal match and also the Malaysia Cup finale match, but as I actually already expected I was not able to watch the Malaysia Cup finale due to no online streaming available for the match. even the RTM website doesn't help much, when they actually advertised in their official website that they have the online streaming service. but then, that should not really surprised me eh? hehe
anyway, was able to watch the Arsenal vs West Ham league match, and my hope for not-so-cold weather was fulfilled. maybe because it's already raining all day hence the night doesn't feel all that cold anymore. my short summary of the match as per below.
The Starting 11.
as per predicted in my previous post, le Boss will start Andy instead of Theodore in the LWF position. well, maybe some other time we'll be able to see Theodore on that said position as a starter.
The Substitutes.
Theodore for Denny Boy (min 67)
Super Nik for Andy (min 80)
Manu Eboue for Marouane (min 90)
The Final Result.
Arsenal 1-0 West Ham
Alex Song min 87
The Team Performance.
sure we all love the 4-0, 5-1 win but sometimes this kind of result will tell you more about the team. we keep on going with our game up until the final minutes, and I like it very much. we never gave up with our football identity up until the end, and in the end it proved to be just enough for 3 points. yup, 3 points is what matter the most with both Chelsea and Man U also winning their respective league match last night.
to sum it up, I am very proud with the team performance last night.
The Individual Performances.
standout performances from the defensive unit as a whole. they've look a lot better as a unit in recent matches. I'm not sure it's the effect of new found confidence in Lukasz or the effect of leadership from our new signing especially Seba who we all can see is vocal during the match. maybe it's the combination of both. Bak and Gael even go forward on attack with purpose and final ball now. Lukasz did his job very well again last night. and something I noticed was that our back 4 was all French last night. must be only the second time that happened.
Cesc was clearly carrying a knock, and still able to provide a number of killer passes. Samir took the deep lying playmaker role quite well when Theodore came in the second half. and Alex Song, our marauding midfield maestro. I guess people will not complain now that he always seems to found himself in the attacking moves which supposedly left his 'purpose' as a defensive midfield. bullshit la I tell you, we never played with defensive midfielder no more this season.
disappointing performances from Andy and Denny Boy. and to a lesser extent; Marouane. Marouane looks really tired and he could use a period of resting now that Nik is back. Denny lost the ball too much for my liking, and most of them are from his own mistakes i.e. heavy first touch and lack of positional awareness. surely Jack will take back his place now that he had finished serving his 3 match ban.
and on to Andy. let's give him a place on the bench for few games eh le Boss. can be good to rest him, he seems to always played an awful lot of international matches. cannot be help la I think since he is the Russia international team captain. but also, and more importantly maybe he will realize that he can be dropped if he keep on performing as how he's been doing so far this season. I'm quite sure Theodore will relish his opportunity to play on the left side if he got it.
The MOTM.
surely Robert Green deserve the MOTM for the match, but from our side I'm choosing Alex Song to be our MOTM.
that's it for now. and oh, Kelantan win Malaysia Cup after getting their revenge on N9 from last year final. congrats to them. ciao.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
West Ham coming to the Emirates. and also Malaysia Cup finale; both tonight
salam & good day all
it'll be a late night again for me tonight as Arsenal will be playing at home to West Ham in a London derby league match at 0100 my local time. I just hope it won't be 9 degree celsius again as what I experienced last week, TWICE. it was so cold, I was shivering on both occasions.
anyway, we are coming to this match on the back of back-to-back away clean sheet victories last week. wow! it is actually feels weird to say that. I mean how often did we have a clean sheet recently, not to mention back-to-back away at that. maybe there are some hope for our GK department after all..hehe. we are still without Robin, Kieran and the Verminator through injuries. we also be without Jack as he'll be serving his last match suspension from the red card he received during the match against Birmingham. Aaron is still on his road to recovery. I don't think we'll see him playing at all this year, while I fully expect him to start his on-field recovery next year. anything good occurs during this year will be considered bonus for me.
with that being said, I'm hoping that we'll start like this tonight.
I always want to see how Theodore will do on the left side of our attacking pay ala King Henry used to do last time around. and with Andy mixture performances this season we should be trying it now, at home against opposition who known to play open football (but then who knows maybe they'll park the bus also tonight..hahaha). adding the ammo to that suggestion is that now Samir had proved to be an excellent goal threat also. my understanding of why le Boss keep on playing Andy even though at times (and most of the times to be honest) he doesn't bring much into our play was that Andy provides excellent goal threats. and in our team especially when Cesc was not available we just do not have enough of it (goal threats) to be able to drop Andy.
but I know that le Boss will start with Andy on the LWF position tonight. so let's just hope for the best. I know we will win as long as we keep on attacking from the very 1st minute.
also tonight is a Malaysia Cup finale, a repeat of last season final between Kelantan and Negeri Sembilan. I'm still looking around the net for a way to watch this online, even though I'm not expecting much. here's hoping for a good match, for the sake of Malaysian football.
ciao.
it'll be a late night again for me tonight as Arsenal will be playing at home to West Ham in a London derby league match at 0100 my local time. I just hope it won't be 9 degree celsius again as what I experienced last week, TWICE. it was so cold, I was shivering on both occasions.
anyway, we are coming to this match on the back of back-to-back away clean sheet victories last week. wow! it is actually feels weird to say that. I mean how often did we have a clean sheet recently, not to mention back-to-back away at that. maybe there are some hope for our GK department after all..hehe. we are still without Robin, Kieran and the Verminator through injuries. we also be without Jack as he'll be serving his last match suspension from the red card he received during the match against Birmingham. Aaron is still on his road to recovery. I don't think we'll see him playing at all this year, while I fully expect him to start his on-field recovery next year. anything good occurs during this year will be considered bonus for me.
with that being said, I'm hoping that we'll start like this tonight.
I always want to see how Theodore will do on the left side of our attacking pay ala King Henry used to do last time around. and with Andy mixture performances this season we should be trying it now, at home against opposition who known to play open football (but then who knows maybe they'll park the bus also tonight..hahaha). adding the ammo to that suggestion is that now Samir had proved to be an excellent goal threat also. my understanding of why le Boss keep on playing Andy even though at times (and most of the times to be honest) he doesn't bring much into our play was that Andy provides excellent goal threats. and in our team especially when Cesc was not available we just do not have enough of it (goal threats) to be able to drop Andy.
but I know that le Boss will start with Andy on the LWF position tonight. so let's just hope for the best. I know we will win as long as we keep on attacking from the very 1st minute.
also tonight is a Malaysia Cup finale, a repeat of last season final between Kelantan and Negeri Sembilan. I'm still looking around the net for a way to watch this online, even though I'm not expecting much. here's hoping for a good match, for the sake of Malaysian football.
ciao.
insiden sorang2 dan memalukan pagi sabtu
salam & good day all
my other half went to see her supervisor for early round of final reviews for her final project, so aku sorang2 kat rumah pagi tadi. lepas kemas2 rumah, aku pon masuk toilet nak mandi. tiba2...
(bunyi berdering2 seperti bunyi telefon)
aku : (bergegas2 keluar dari toilet dan angkat telefon) hello
(bunyi berdering2 masih kedengaran)
aku : hello hello..moshi moshi
(bunyi berdering2 berhenti)
aku : (sambil menoleh dan melihat pintu)ceh, bunyi interkom ropa2nya
ya, sunggoh bengong aku. bunyi interkom pon tak perasan dan pi angkat talifon pulak..muehehehehe
ciao.
my other half went to see her supervisor for early round of final reviews for her final project, so aku sorang2 kat rumah pagi tadi. lepas kemas2 rumah, aku pon masuk toilet nak mandi. tiba2...
(bunyi berdering2 seperti bunyi telefon)
aku : (bergegas2 keluar dari toilet dan angkat telefon) hello
(bunyi berdering2 masih kedengaran)
aku : hello hello..moshi moshi
(bunyi berdering2 berhenti)
aku : (sambil menoleh dan melihat pintu)ceh, bunyi interkom ropa2nya
ya, sunggoh bengong aku. bunyi interkom pon tak perasan dan pi angkat talifon pulak..muehehehehe
ciao.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
oh yeah!!!! we're into the last eight of Carling Cup
salam & good day all
today I'm up early. for Subuh and for the Carling Cup round of 16 match between Arsenal and Newcastle at St. James Park kickoff at 5.40 am local Melbourne time and it was so cold it's freezing. last time I watched Arsenal match around this time, it was 9 degree celcius. that was last Monday morning and I'm pretty sure this morning it was just as cold as that time.
Starting 11
Substitutes
Bak for Kieran
Cesc for Denny Boy
JET for Super Nik
Final Result
Newcaste United 0 - 4 Arsenal (Krul o.g., Theodore x2, Super Nik)
Team Performance
we did OK. after blistering start we did slow down quite a bit and Newcastle does made it hard for us. le Boss really seems to take this competition seriously, he even sent out Cesc for the last 20 minutes. some may argue that he sent Cesc in because our captain needs some game time but I'd prefer to see it as statement of intent on how serious he view this competition. and also it also proved that we are currently having enough depth in the team to take all competition seriously.
Individual Performance
standout performers were Wojciech, Laurent and Super Nik. we absolutely MUST ensure Wojciech sign the contract extension A.S.A.P!! Theodore getting back to form just nice, 2 very well taken goals. if Cesc had played from the beginning I really fancy Theo getting more than just a couple of goals.
disappointing performances from CVela, Johan, Denny Boy and Eastmond. CVela looks like he is not suited at all to be playing that wing forward position. maybe a loan move will do all parties good ala young Jack last season. Johan seems weak and not good at all, though he did improved a lot in the second half. Denny Boy and Eastmond together just doesn't work in this match. as if they are both the same players, poor positionally most of the times, passing sideways all of the time, bad 1st touch etc. maybe nerves or in Denny Boy case, getting back to match fitness.
MOTM
it's really hard to choose from Wojciech and Laurent, but I'll go with Wojciech. this is the first time I watch him in a full match, and I now realized what the buzz was all about. get him sign NOW boss!!!!
that's it for now. ciao.
today I'm up early. for Subuh and for the Carling Cup round of 16 match between Arsenal and Newcastle at St. James Park kickoff at 5.40 am local Melbourne time and it was so cold it's freezing. last time I watched Arsenal match around this time, it was 9 degree celcius. that was last Monday morning and I'm pretty sure this morning it was just as cold as that time.
does not feel like writing a hell lot about the match so am going to just write the summary of the match and what I think of it.
Starting 11
Substitutes
Bak for Kieran
Cesc for Denny Boy
JET for Super Nik
Final Result
Newcaste United 0 - 4 Arsenal (Krul o.g., Theodore x2, Super Nik)
Team Performance
we did OK. after blistering start we did slow down quite a bit and Newcastle does made it hard for us. le Boss really seems to take this competition seriously, he even sent out Cesc for the last 20 minutes. some may argue that he sent Cesc in because our captain needs some game time but I'd prefer to see it as statement of intent on how serious he view this competition. and also it also proved that we are currently having enough depth in the team to take all competition seriously.
Individual Performance
standout performers were Wojciech, Laurent and Super Nik. we absolutely MUST ensure Wojciech sign the contract extension A.S.A.P!! Theodore getting back to form just nice, 2 very well taken goals. if Cesc had played from the beginning I really fancy Theo getting more than just a couple of goals.
disappointing performances from CVela, Johan, Denny Boy and Eastmond. CVela looks like he is not suited at all to be playing that wing forward position. maybe a loan move will do all parties good ala young Jack last season. Johan seems weak and not good at all, though he did improved a lot in the second half. Denny Boy and Eastmond together just doesn't work in this match. as if they are both the same players, poor positionally most of the times, passing sideways all of the time, bad 1st touch etc. maybe nerves or in Denny Boy case, getting back to match fitness.
MOTM
it's really hard to choose from Wojciech and Laurent, but I'll go with Wojciech. this is the first time I watch him in a full match, and I now realized what the buzz was all about. get him sign NOW boss!!!!
that's it for now. ciao.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Kedah 0-0 Kelantan dan tragedi celup tepong
salaam & good day all
20 October 2010, jam 2330 aku dengan setianya mengadap laptop Apat yang aku pinjam ni dan dengan penuh semangatnya membukak Google Chrome browser dan jugak application Internet Super TV (Super la sangat..haha). separuh akhir Piala Malaysia antara Kedah dan Kelantan akan bermula dalam 15 minit lagi dan aku konon2 la nak bersedia awai sikit. bukak website HKC, tengok kat chatbox ramai ni malam ni. biasa la, malam game stadium maya kat HKC pon ramai. lepaih tu aku teruih klik RTM1 kat Internet Super TV tu, dengan yakinnya menunggu keluaq stream untuk RTM1 sebab dalam sejam sebelom tu OK ja, dan takdak masalah apa pon tengok stream RTM1.
aku switch sat pi ke chatbox HKC. alamak! khabaq tak baek. ada beberapa forumers yang claim strem RTM1 tak jalan..huhuhu..dengan penuh 'anxious'nya aku bukak window stream RTM1 tu dan damn! memang takdak pon. try untuk the next half an hour pon sama ja sebelom aku give up. potong betui la, aku dah gila bersemangat dah daripada siang lagi. siap kena marah lagi dengan bini sebab bukak lagu hijaukunig kuat2 dalam rumah..hahaha..anyway seri 0-0 dan khabarnya main macam hampeh. tapi look at the bright side, at least tak concede dan this will force Kelantan to win this weekend untuk depa layak masuk final. a score draw for us will be enough. semoga Super Internet TV ni tak jam la weekend ni. lama tu aku tak tengok Kedah main. last sekali tengok masa lawan Perak awai musim haritu ha.
ni dia lagu keramat kita, PULUN KEDAH PULUN!!!!
semalam dinner bini aku buat sotong dan udang celup tepong. fuhh..memang cantik menarik kau memang the BOMB la. punya la menarik, aku tak sempat nak tangkap gambaq sebab tak tahan nak makan..hahaha..tapi ada pulak tragedi yang memang potong betui ke'enjoy'an kami melantak sotong & udang celup tepong tu. boleh pulak sos Lingham yang aku baru beli Ahad lepaih rasa macam masam sikit. then bini aku tengok sikit tarikh expired dia.
1st picture ialah the sos Lingham yang aku cerita ni. 2nd picture is the expiry date which read '170410'. oh, the horror! it's 6 months expired man. patut la masam semacam ja. terus rasa sakit perut walaupon tak sakit pon sebenaqnya, it's all in the mind ja.
then aku belek2 lagi sekali tarikh expired dia sebab rasa cam pelik pulak expired dah 6 bulan tapi kedai tu still jual. ropa2nya aku ada jumpa 1 lagi tarikh bawah tu, expired dia read '30-10-2011'. hilang sakit perut aku...hahahaha.
tapi awat yang dia masam aku pon taktau. botol besaq pulak tu, tensi aku. macam nak kena beli lain ja ni..huhuhu
ok la, it's Friday and have to get ready for prayers. ciao.
20 October 2010, jam 2330 aku dengan setianya mengadap laptop Apat yang aku pinjam ni dan dengan penuh semangatnya membukak Google Chrome browser dan jugak application Internet Super TV (Super la sangat..haha). separuh akhir Piala Malaysia antara Kedah dan Kelantan akan bermula dalam 15 minit lagi dan aku konon2 la nak bersedia awai sikit. bukak website HKC, tengok kat chatbox ramai ni malam ni. biasa la, malam game stadium maya kat HKC pon ramai. lepaih tu aku teruih klik RTM1 kat Internet Super TV tu, dengan yakinnya menunggu keluaq stream untuk RTM1 sebab dalam sejam sebelom tu OK ja, dan takdak masalah apa pon tengok stream RTM1.
aku switch sat pi ke chatbox HKC. alamak! khabaq tak baek. ada beberapa forumers yang claim strem RTM1 tak jalan..huhuhu..dengan penuh 'anxious'nya aku bukak window stream RTM1 tu dan damn! memang takdak pon. try untuk the next half an hour pon sama ja sebelom aku give up. potong betui la, aku dah gila bersemangat dah daripada siang lagi. siap kena marah lagi dengan bini sebab bukak lagu hijaukunig kuat2 dalam rumah..hahaha..anyway seri 0-0 dan khabarnya main macam hampeh. tapi look at the bright side, at least tak concede dan this will force Kelantan to win this weekend untuk depa layak masuk final. a score draw for us will be enough. semoga Super Internet TV ni tak jam la weekend ni. lama tu aku tak tengok Kedah main. last sekali tengok masa lawan Perak awai musim haritu ha.
ni dia lagu keramat kita, PULUN KEDAH PULUN!!!!
semalam dinner bini aku buat sotong dan udang celup tepong. fuhh..memang cantik menarik kau memang the BOMB la. punya la menarik, aku tak sempat nak tangkap gambaq sebab tak tahan nak makan..hahaha..tapi ada pulak tragedi yang memang potong betui ke'enjoy'an kami melantak sotong & udang celup tepong tu. boleh pulak sos Lingham yang aku baru beli Ahad lepaih rasa macam masam sikit. then bini aku tengok sikit tarikh expired dia.
1st picture ialah the sos Lingham yang aku cerita ni. 2nd picture is the expiry date which read '170410'. oh, the horror! it's 6 months expired man. patut la masam semacam ja. terus rasa sakit perut walaupon tak sakit pon sebenaqnya, it's all in the mind ja.
then aku belek2 lagi sekali tarikh expired dia sebab rasa cam pelik pulak expired dah 6 bulan tapi kedai tu still jual. ropa2nya aku ada jumpa 1 lagi tarikh bawah tu, expired dia read '30-10-2011'. hilang sakit perut aku...hahahaha.
tapi awat yang dia masam aku pon taktau. botol besaq pulak tu, tensi aku. macam nak kena beli lain ja ni..huhuhu
ok la, it's Friday and have to get ready for prayers. ciao.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Arsenal 5-1 Shakhtar Donetsk. perfect for us and welcome back Dudu
salaam & good day all
so I was up as early as 0420 today morning to watch the match. the match itself does not start until 5.45 am but I was settling down for prayers and getting pumped up for the match and Dudu return to the Emirates.
on to the match. we never get out of our second gear but yet we won 5-1. we are not performing that well, but we never need to do that in this match. Shakhtar doesn't seems to recover at all from their GK howler that presented us the opening goal in the first half, which was coolly (and luckily) converted by Alex Song. further goals followed from Samir, Cesc (penalty), Jack and Marouane while Shakhtar replied with a late consolation goal by who else, Dudu. that has got to be the first time I ever saw the Emirates celebrated an away goal like that. practically everyone were on their feet, applauding and chanting Dudu's name. even the man himself obviously holding up his tears when asked in the post match interview the question on the Emirates faithful reception towards his appearance. you'll always be welcomed at the Emirates Dudu.
match rating followed.
Lukasz - not much to do, but did OK with what he had to do. slowly gaining confidence back and hopefully he will turn out to be what le Boss keep on claiming; a world class GK he always saw in training. (6)
Manu Eboue - typical Manu Eboue performance. strong on attack, and decent on defensive duties. lack of attack from Shakhtar meant that he spent more time on their half all game. (6)
Laici - OK performance. thought he could and should do better for the Dudu's goal, but that is taking nothing away from the coolness of Dudu's goal. other than that, satisfactory match for Laici. (5.5)
Johan - got a penalty for us. also lost his man a few times when defending. other than that, doing perfectly fine for a player who miss the whole of last season. a very good 4th choice defender for any club. (5.5)
Gael - thought he did good. always making himself available for the passes and always provide option when attacking. if only his deliveries in the final third are good, we ought to score a few more from it. (6)
Jack - getting better by the match. and it is good to finally see how the partnership of him and Cesc work. and I like what I see. get a goal also, a wonderful goal at that. MOTM for me. (7.5)
Cesc - painfully obvious that he is still lacking match fitness. of course la, he just came back from a month absence. but also painfully obvious is his class. should be better in the coming matches though. (6.5)
Alex Song - I'm getting tired of people criticizing Alex Song for attacking too much, for not be the 1 sitting in front of the back 4 and protect them in the traditional DM style. we do not play like that. we play with 3 CMs who attack and defend when needed to. heck Alex Song even got a goal and an assist in this match. (7)
Samir - he looks to be stepping it up (at least goal-scoring wise) this season but still find himself stuck in the wing forward position, such as the quality we have in the midfield. but still he goes on with his job, and even scored. the problem I have with players like Samir and Tomas playing the wing forward position is that they did not offer enough penetration through the wing position while players like Theodore and Andy do just that. (6.5)
Tomas - see Samir above, without the goal. (6)
Marouane - he is yet to fully in synch with the rest of the team, but he is getting there. scored a goal, even manage to have a look at the linesman before doing that. ingat komik bolasepak Jepun ka? hahaha (6.5)
Denny Boy (sub) - doing OK when coming on for Cesc. the thing I like the most about Denny Boy is that he always making himself available for the ball and always tried to keep the fast ball movement going. looks like also he bulking up quite a bit this season. (5.5)
Theodore (sub) - came in to play the CF role but failed miserably. put him on the RWF and I can assure you he'll look a different player. tried hard, too hard perhaps but nothing comes out for him. (4.5)
Andy (sub) - see Theodore above, but slightly worse. (4)
also, my local team playing the 1st leg of Malaysia Cup semi final at Darulaman Stadium tonight against the mighty Kelantan. the game will be played at 2345 at my local time here so another late night for me tonight. probably will come out with another entry for that before the kick off.
till then, ciao.
so I was up as early as 0420 today morning to watch the match. the match itself does not start until 5.45 am but I was settling down for prayers and getting pumped up for the match and Dudu return to the Emirates.
on to the match. we never get out of our second gear but yet we won 5-1. we are not performing that well, but we never need to do that in this match. Shakhtar doesn't seems to recover at all from their GK howler that presented us the opening goal in the first half, which was coolly (and luckily) converted by Alex Song. further goals followed from Samir, Cesc (penalty), Jack and Marouane while Shakhtar replied with a late consolation goal by who else, Dudu. that has got to be the first time I ever saw the Emirates celebrated an away goal like that. practically everyone were on their feet, applauding and chanting Dudu's name. even the man himself obviously holding up his tears when asked in the post match interview the question on the Emirates faithful reception towards his appearance. you'll always be welcomed at the Emirates Dudu.
match rating followed.
Lukasz - not much to do, but did OK with what he had to do. slowly gaining confidence back and hopefully he will turn out to be what le Boss keep on claiming; a world class GK he always saw in training. (6)
Manu Eboue - typical Manu Eboue performance. strong on attack, and decent on defensive duties. lack of attack from Shakhtar meant that he spent more time on their half all game. (6)
Laici - OK performance. thought he could and should do better for the Dudu's goal, but that is taking nothing away from the coolness of Dudu's goal. other than that, satisfactory match for Laici. (5.5)
Johan - got a penalty for us. also lost his man a few times when defending. other than that, doing perfectly fine for a player who miss the whole of last season. a very good 4th choice defender for any club. (5.5)
Gael - thought he did good. always making himself available for the passes and always provide option when attacking. if only his deliveries in the final third are good, we ought to score a few more from it. (6)
Jack - getting better by the match. and it is good to finally see how the partnership of him and Cesc work. and I like what I see. get a goal also, a wonderful goal at that. MOTM for me. (7.5)
Cesc - painfully obvious that he is still lacking match fitness. of course la, he just came back from a month absence. but also painfully obvious is his class. should be better in the coming matches though. (6.5)
Alex Song - I'm getting tired of people criticizing Alex Song for attacking too much, for not be the 1 sitting in front of the back 4 and protect them in the traditional DM style. we do not play like that. we play with 3 CMs who attack and defend when needed to. heck Alex Song even got a goal and an assist in this match. (7)
Samir - he looks to be stepping it up (at least goal-scoring wise) this season but still find himself stuck in the wing forward position, such as the quality we have in the midfield. but still he goes on with his job, and even scored. the problem I have with players like Samir and Tomas playing the wing forward position is that they did not offer enough penetration through the wing position while players like Theodore and Andy do just that. (6.5)
Tomas - see Samir above, without the goal. (6)
Marouane - he is yet to fully in synch with the rest of the team, but he is getting there. scored a goal, even manage to have a look at the linesman before doing that. ingat komik bolasepak Jepun ka? hahaha (6.5)
Denny Boy (sub) - doing OK when coming on for Cesc. the thing I like the most about Denny Boy is that he always making himself available for the ball and always tried to keep the fast ball movement going. looks like also he bulking up quite a bit this season. (5.5)
Theodore (sub) - came in to play the CF role but failed miserably. put him on the RWF and I can assure you he'll look a different player. tried hard, too hard perhaps but nothing comes out for him. (4.5)
Andy (sub) - see Theodore above, but slightly worse. (4)
also, my local team playing the 1st leg of Malaysia Cup semi final at Darulaman Stadium tonight against the mighty Kelantan. the game will be played at 2345 at my local time here so another late night for me tonight. probably will come out with another entry for that before the kick off.
till then, ciao.
bengong me & Dudu return in 1 hour time
salaam & good day all
was supposes to write something about Kedah Malaysia Cup semi final match against Kelantan and Arsenal Champions League group match again Dudu's Shakhtar Donetsk last night but due to certain reasons does not materialize. 'certain reasons' in this case were
1. Kedah match was tonight, not last night. good thing my wife had a chat with my brother who's in Kedah right now. if not I'd look like stupid idiot waiting for the match close to midnight here last night.
2. so after that me and my wife decided to watch some movie first. we took up the challenge of 'Frozen'. damn that movie sucks big time. fall asleep after the second guy fighting the wolves.
so here i am, up at 4.30 in the morning (most of all because I haven't perform Isya' yet...huhu) and writing something about all the above 1 hour from kickoff time.
so news are that Cesc and Theodore are available. Robin, the Verminator, Bak and Koci still not though. seriously what the hell is up with our injuries situation. looks to be worse by the season. really, somebody should have take a look at it and come up with permanent solution. so with all the news re: injuries, comeback, suspension, league commitment on the weekend etc, I'm expecting the team to be as per below.
with Carlos Vela, Nik and Samir to come in as substitute in the second half.
should have been a straight forward win if the team concentrate enough and play to their usual ability. my main worry is that our defensive play as a group seems to be very, very poor. we just did not defend very well, full stop. I'm not sure what really was the cause for this but someone ought to have a look at it (paging Mr. Arsene Wenger). and by saying 'if the team concentrate enough', I mean to not let mind game such as this affect how we perform tonight.
it's time for Subuh prayer now. will be watching the match after that. here's hoping for a good entertaining game, and an Arsenal win la of course. till then, ciao.
oh, and 1 other thing not to be forgotten. welcome back Dudu :-) I'm sure Gooners at the Emirates will be giving you superb reaction later on
was supposes to write something about Kedah Malaysia Cup semi final match against Kelantan and Arsenal Champions League group match again Dudu's Shakhtar Donetsk last night but due to certain reasons does not materialize. 'certain reasons' in this case were
1. Kedah match was tonight, not last night. good thing my wife had a chat with my brother who's in Kedah right now. if not I'd look like stupid idiot waiting for the match close to midnight here last night.
2. so after that me and my wife decided to watch some movie first. we took up the challenge of 'Frozen'. damn that movie sucks big time. fall asleep after the second guy fighting the wolves.
so here i am, up at 4.30 in the morning (most of all because I haven't perform Isya' yet...huhu) and writing something about all the above 1 hour from kickoff time.
so news are that Cesc and Theodore are available. Robin, the Verminator, Bak and Koci still not though. seriously what the hell is up with our injuries situation. looks to be worse by the season. really, somebody should have take a look at it and come up with permanent solution. so with all the news re: injuries, comeback, suspension, league commitment on the weekend etc, I'm expecting the team to be as per below.
Lukasz
Manu Eboue Laici Johan Kieran
Denny Boy Alex Song Jack
Theodore Marouane Tomas
with Carlos Vela, Nik and Samir to come in as substitute in the second half.
should have been a straight forward win if the team concentrate enough and play to their usual ability. my main worry is that our defensive play as a group seems to be very, very poor. we just did not defend very well, full stop. I'm not sure what really was the cause for this but someone ought to have a look at it (paging Mr. Arsene Wenger). and by saying 'if the team concentrate enough', I mean to not let mind game such as this affect how we perform tonight.
it's time for Subuh prayer now. will be watching the match after that. here's hoping for a good entertaining game, and an Arsenal win la of course. till then, ciao.
oh, and 1 other thing not to be forgotten. welcome back Dudu :-) I'm sure Gooners at the Emirates will be giving you superb reaction later on
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Arsenal 2-1 Birmingham : a late review (and a short one at that)
salaam & good day all
I know it's been 2 days since the match, but I'd promised myself I'll do a review on that match so here I am writing a review for it. anyway will only do a short and brief review of it since I'm planning to post up a couple more entries today
their goal.
the header was unstoppable from Lukasz point of view. it's the kind of header that you (as a GK) will be damn frustrated that you are not able to do anything about it because it is very slow. but a well placed header to the bottom corner at that. defending the cross and the header could be better though.
the penalty/the dive/Marouane the 'diver'/our equalizer.
the penalty was the correct decision. and Marouane did not dive. there was contact, and he fall after the contact. yes, he did ensure that the referee know of the foul but it was not a dive.
our winning goal.
coolly taken by Marouane. he and Jack seems to have a very good understanding of each other.
Jack dismissal.
a deserved red card but I prefer to look things on the brighter side. now he will get his much needed rest, and hopefully he will learn from this. at least learn to gain revenge on other thing Jack, and make sure the referee did not see it..bwahahahaha
MOTM.
Jack deserve this just ahead of Marouane in my opinion. I'm not sure whether am I supposed to be happy or sad that an 18 year old midfielder is our best player so far this season.
will post up a couple more entries on the Kedah semi final match and Arsenal CL group match later on. till then, ciao.
I know it's been 2 days since the match, but I'd promised myself I'll do a review on that match so here I am writing a review for it. anyway will only do a short and brief review of it since I'm planning to post up a couple more entries today
their goal.
the header was unstoppable from Lukasz point of view. it's the kind of header that you (as a GK) will be damn frustrated that you are not able to do anything about it because it is very slow. but a well placed header to the bottom corner at that. defending the cross and the header could be better though.
the penalty/the dive/Marouane the 'diver'/our equalizer.
the penalty was the correct decision. and Marouane did not dive. there was contact, and he fall after the contact. yes, he did ensure that the referee know of the foul but it was not a dive.
our winning goal.
coolly taken by Marouane. he and Jack seems to have a very good understanding of each other.
Jack dismissal.
a deserved red card but I prefer to look things on the brighter side. now he will get his much needed rest, and hopefully he will learn from this. at least learn to gain revenge on other thing Jack, and make sure the referee did not see it..bwahahahaha
MOTM.
Jack deserve this just ahead of Marouane in my opinion. I'm not sure whether am I supposed to be happy or sad that an 18 year old midfielder is our best player so far this season.
will post up a couple more entries on the Kedah semi final match and Arsenal CL group match later on. till then, ciao.
pictureOfTheMoment updated & later post
salaam & good day all
just get back from doing some groceries shopping and the bank, my other half deposited some money in the fear that both of us will spend them all on makan2..hahaha. as per the entry title suggest, pictureOfTheMoment had been updated from my lil girl Ain Sofia > 1 year old photo to this photo
this is what we (me & my wife) will first see when we come out from the apartment that we are currently staying in. to be exact, this is how the right sided of the view looks like.
a few things that later I'd like to write about today.
1. Arsenal performances against Birmingham short review
2. early preview for the upcoming match tomorrow early morning and Arsenal related news
3. Kedah also playing tonight, Malaysia Cup semi final
will do the writing a bit later on. now off to kitchen for me. nope, not cooking today but helping (albeit only in potong2 bawang..hehehe) my other half in making laksa..yummy
till then, ciao.
just get back from doing some groceries shopping and the bank, my other half deposited some money in the fear that both of us will spend them all on makan2..hahaha. as per the entry title suggest, pictureOfTheMoment had been updated from my lil girl Ain Sofia > 1 year old photo to this photo
this is what we (me & my wife) will first see when we come out from the apartment that we are currently staying in. to be exact, this is how the right sided of the view looks like.
a few things that later I'd like to write about today.
1. Arsenal performances against Birmingham short review
2. early preview for the upcoming match tomorrow early morning and Arsenal related news
3. Kedah also playing tonight, Malaysia Cup semi final
will do the writing a bit later on. now off to kitchen for me. nope, not cooking today but helping (albeit only in potong2 bawang..hehehe) my other half in making laksa..yummy
till then, ciao.
Monday, October 18, 2010
what happen when you leave your blog unattended for more than 1 year
salaam & good day all
it'd been more than 1 year since I last updated this blog when I opened it back yesterday. and my other half noticed something weird on my last post, in the comment column. apparently i have 39 comments for that entry, which quite a high number of comments for a blog who only have 2 viewers (my other half and my lil sister).
so with curiosity in mind, i clicked and on it. and both of us burst to laughter after that.
apparently, only the 1st comment was a valid/counted comment. all the comments after that are spam comment. never had any kind of similar spam comment attack before, hence I think my un-knowledgeability (or stupidity for never anticipate this..hahaha) can be forgiven.
so, that is what will happen when you leave your blog unattended for more than 1 year.
ciao.
it'd been more than 1 year since I last updated this blog when I opened it back yesterday. and my other half noticed something weird on my last post, in the comment column. apparently i have 39 comments for that entry, which quite a high number of comments for a blog who only have 2 viewers (my other half and my lil sister).
so with curiosity in mind, i clicked and on it. and both of us burst to laughter after that.
apparently, only the 1st comment was a valid/counted comment. all the comments after that are spam comment. never had any kind of similar spam comment attack before, hence I think my un-knowledgeability (or stupidity for never anticipate this..hahaha) can be forgiven.
so, that is what will happen when you leave your blog unattended for more than 1 year.
ciao.
i'm back
salaam & good day all
yeah, i'm back updating this blog of mine. thought that it'd served me better if i have 1 place to merapu about whatever this head of mine having interest on and 1 other place just to upload picture with simple description of it. this other place to upload my picture is of course my opera picture blog.
anyway, am re-arranging my page now. do not know that we can amend the width of the column in the page.hahahaha..mengong me. will post up entries after finish with that. in the meantime, this blog will look messy from time to time before i complete my blog make over ;-)
till then, ciao.
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