retired_jgirl87

Mmmm, a man after my own heart. What a sweet thing she is.

It continues to be great reading, fergus. KUTGW :thup:

retired_vbrazon

Cheers Spav. I must admit i'm struggling to keep it going though as i've started a new game and i've more interest in that at the moment. I will finsh the season and that'll be the end of this story.

retired_vbrazon

19th Feb 2011

retired_vbrazon

19th Feb 2011

Arsenal(A) FA Cup 5th Rd

Todays game was bound to be a toughy and it was. Both teams battling for the chance to get a decent cup run going.

Team:
Landreau
Mabizela King Upson Kleber
Guarin
SWP Anderson Richardson
D'Alessandro
Kamara

D'Alessandro sparked to life what had been a tousy and rather scrappy affair after 59 mins when he collected a lovelly flick on from Kamara and hit a sweet left footed drive into the right hand corner of the net.
BUT
Patrick Viera brought Arsenal level 4mins later when he hit a fierce drive from the edge of the box after a good pass from Ljungberg left him with time to finish.

Arsenal had to hold out for the last 6mins of the game when we pressed forward with our extra man advantage after Obbodo got sent off for a nasty challenge on Guarin. Tim Wiese made several good stops and catches to keep us at bay.

Final score 1-1

I suppose i'm happy with the result but replays at this stage of the season are unwanted things.

Here's hoping we can put them away when we play them at home.

Have a good weekend

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

23rd Feb 2011

Bayern (H) CL - 1st leg

This is the tournament that every manager loves. I was chatting with lan Curbishley on the phone yesterday and he was telling me how much he loved those european nights and the battles against europe's elite. I can't disagree it's great fun and also a hard slog.

Team:
Landreau
Mabizela King Upson Kleber
Guarin
Beasley D'Alessandro Richardson
Raulin Kamara

Dio, Dio Kamara was the chant from the crowd after 36mins. He was sent a ball that seemed to go 100ft high from Mabizela and when it eventually came down he killed it stone dead and hit a rasper of a drive from 20 yards which hit the underside of the bar before going in. It was a absolute sweetie.
The second half was a bit cagey, i think Bayern were happy with 1-0 because they would have home advantage in the 2nd leg.
Then that man done it again. Diomansy Kamara I love you. He peeled off his marker to slam home a pass from Kallon who had come on for Richardson.
2-0 and i was happy with that, time to shut up shop or that's what i thought.
91mins had gone and Kallon collected a D'Alessandro through ball and dinked a shot over the goalie as he came out to cut down the angle.
3-0 and the final whistle.

All i can say is SUPERB

It's gave us a great advantage going into the 2nd leg and i really fancy our chances of going through. Hope you enjoyed the game.

Happy chappie Hugo

retired_vbrazon

2nd March 2011

Arsenal(H) FA Cup 5th Rd replay

Before i cut to the game i have a few wee updates.
Trochowski has sadly been ruled out for the season after breaking his ankle in training.
Man Utd beat Arsenal 2-1 to win the Lge Cup.

Team:
Landreau
Mabizela King Upson Kleber
Guarin
Beasley Anderson Richardson
D'Alessandro
Keane

Throughout his time at the club D'Alessandro has produced some wonderful stuff but today he beat the lot.

31mins into the game Robbie Keane broke down the left wing before cutting inside and hitting a chipped pass towards D'Alessandro. The pass fell behind him but with a bit of unbelievable skill he managed to flick the ball over his head and volley home a shot that apparently moved at 89mph and left Tim Wiese standing still. I still can't believe he manged to do it now but D'Al i salute you son, that was the absolute dogs bollox.
Half Time: 1-0 up
The second half was a game of patience. Arsenal trying for a equaliser while we waited to hit on the break.
Then that man done it again. 91mins gone and Arsenal get a corner. Wiese came up to add to there numbers in the box. The cross came over and Upson headed it straight to D'Alessandro who hit a nice long shot from around 60 yards into the empty goal. 2-0 thankyou and goodnight.

That boy is about as good as it gets. He just never stops trying to do better and he always wants to entertain. A man who on that pitch is worth his weight in gold.

I hope you enjoyed that game as much as me.

Hugo out

retired_vbrazon

3rd March 2011

Update folks.

We've drawn Middlebrough away in the next round of the FA Cup. It's not a easy tie but we'll give it our best.

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

5th March 2011

Middlesbrough (A)

Team:
Landreau
Mabizela King Upson Gardener
Prutton
SWP Watsom Richardson
Kamara
Eliakwu

How we doing folks?

Todays game was bit of a mare in my opinion and it ended our 23 game unbeaten streak. I take the blame for this as i was a bbit negative with my tactics.

We feel behind after 14mins when Rob Davis tapped home from 8 yards after weaving his way through our defence.
After 31mins we were rather lucky to get ourselves level when Kamara got a toe to a Elaikwu cross that took it into the net. We didn't really deserve to be level but i did hope that would spur us on a bit.
Then the goal that MNiddlesbrough desrved came after 55mins after Upson fouled Walton in the box. Walton got up and hit the shot straight down the middle to make it 2-1. We didn't really look like equalising again and so it ended 2-1.

I suppose a defeat was always going to come eventually i just hoped we'd have played a bit better.

Anyway here's hoping we can get over it quickly so we can focus on the 2nd leg against Bayern in the CL.

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

7th March 2011

Quick update again folks.

I'm delighted to say that our Under 18's team have won there 5th league title on the bounce. Well done lads. It looks good for the future of the club.

The league table :
**Spurs 30 games 68 pts
Chelsea 30 games 59 pts
Man Utd 30 games 58pts
Liverpool 30 games 56 pts
Arsenal 29 games 56 pts

so we are 9 points clear but we still have to face Arsenal(H) and Chelsea(A) on the run in to the title. I'm quietly confident we can pull it off but only time will tell.

Hugo

retired_rubbia

5 days without an update. :eek:

I was worried that you weren't coming back, but I guess that you were coming up with a side story. It was a nice little addidtion.

9 points clear now though with 8 games to do. Surely this will be the championship winning season and will give Hugo a good retirement.