retired_vbrazon

7th Dec 09

Hey chaps n chapettes just a quick update on things.

Man Utd could only manange a draw against Villa which means we are 2 pts behind.

Barcelona have sacked Michael Laudrup and i have decided to apply for the job. I'm not sure if i'd take it if i was offered it but who knows.

Finally my date. It didn't go well at all. Holly was horrible to me, she said that i need to get out of the darkages and update my bag a bit.

She reckons the suit is a honker.
She isn't into the "how you doin?" line
She reckons it's wrong that i drunk 10 pints and burped the alphabet.
She also reckons that i've not found my inner man yet, whatever that means.
The final insult was when she said that Old Spice had went out of fashion nearly 20 years ago.

I decide during our meal to then make the most of it and order a few bottles of moet to go and legged it while she went to the bog. That'll teach the miserable moooooo.

Hugo out

retired_vbrazon

9th Dec 09

How you all doin?

I'm good, they bottles of moet went down a treat i'll tell ya. Although when i woke up there was some weird crap on the walls, think i might have hueyed so i've hired a cleaner. I've not met her yet but she sounds nice enough.

Anyway this avo's game against Liverpool(H) was biggy so i filled my chair up with a few lagers and a chicken tikka sandwich to make sure i was sound as a pound during the game.

The team for today was:
Robinson
Mabizela-King-Hofland-Kleber
Geremi-Prutton-Kallon
D'Alessandro
Keane-Ewerthon

The press were saying that this game could be one of the biggest we'd play this season. Total crap they talk.

1st Half:
The game started in nearly the worst possible way. Our old striker Defoe cracked a shot off the post for Liverpool within 30secs, not so good me was thinkin. Then we settled in a bit and the game was ticking away nicely with both teams having good possesion but not a lot in the areas that count until, Hitzelsperger managed to get down the left wing and hit a hard cross towards the 6 yard box and forced Harrison to parry the ball out the the edge of the area. Luis Garcia then tried to passs the ballback to Harrison but he hadn't got up and the ball rolled into the net. Flukey as hell but thems the breaks.
The game then fell into place for us because for some odd reason Liverpool started humpin the ball up the park towards Defoe so Upson won every single ball in the air due to his physical advantage over Defoe. This gave us loads of posseion and just before H/T we made it count. Robbie Keane beat Riise on the left hand side and drove towards goal, drawing out Harrison before he clamly knocked it back to Ewerthon to make it 2-0. F***** brilliant.
H/T was a easy number, just told the players not to do anything daft and to try and hit Liverpool on the counter because they'd go for goals.
2nd Half:
Liverpool tried pounding us in the first 10mins of the half but with no joy because the back 4 were immense. Then on the 58min mark we broke up the left with Kallon and he came inside and hit a good shot that was going close but on it's way Ewerthon touched it ever so slightly and the touch took it past Harrison. 3 nixie. I couldn't ask for more. The only bad spot on the game for us was in the 86th minute when Liverpool got a corner which was whipped in and Marquez headed home to make it 3-1. Shame for Robbo but 3-1 is still a crackin result.

After the game i told the boys that they could have sun and mon off for there hard work. They seemed to like that.

Daniel Levy even gave me a wee call to say how delighted was that we had won. Strange man but nice of him. He even invited me out for dinner, i gracefully declined. It's all to posh for me. That and i was nice and comfortable sat in my heated chair in the empty stadium having a few beers and listening to the beach boys.

I've just had a look at the fa's website and i see that we are also top of the league.

***Spurs 16 games 37 points
Man Utd 15 games 36 points
Arsenal 17 games 32 points
Aston Villa 17 games 31 points.

Anyway i'm off out for a game of poker and a well deserved beer witha few buds that are down from Scotland for the weekend so i'll catch up with all you lovely readers on wed night after the Leicester game.

Hugo happy chappy

retired_vbrazon

12th Dec 09

The boys were all back in training yesterday and today before the Leicester game and they all seemed in high spirits so i was glad that i'd given them 2 days off just to chill and thankfully none of them are the type of chaps who get caught out and about in nightclubs at all hours. In fact over the years i think there have been more stories about me than any of my players.

Anyway Leicester at home. These games are the ones that have to be won to make sure you have a chance of the title.

The line up:
Robinson
Stalteri-Alex-Upson-Kleber
Nolan-Guarin-Hitzelsperger
Kamara
Love-Stead

This game was never going to be the most glamour filled game due to Leicester current position. We figured they'd fight like mad and probably be happy with a point.

1st Half:
This was a game as expected, we had the majority of the ball and they tried to hit us on the break. Thankfully we have a strong defence so i wasn't overly concerned by being caught out in that manner.
We went ahead after 41mins and in rather odd fashion. Hitzelsperger done what he does best and whipped in a dangerous cross from deep and it the ball seemed to deflect of Matt Heath's shoulder and over his goalie and into the net. 2 og's in our favour in 2 games. It's not the best way to score but i'll take goals anyway i can get them.
Half Time 1-0 up.
The boys were told at H/T to play a up tempo passing game and to keep the ball as much as possible because Leicester wouldn't throw too many players forward but the would be looking for set pieces to make use of there height advantage.
2nd Half:
The boys were outstanding and done exactly what was asked of them. They played a good possesion game and made sure they didn't give away any silly free kicks in dangerous areas. They then got the rewards of there nice flowing pass and move game with goal in the 78th minute from Stead who followed up a shot from subbie Buffel to make it 2-0. A few of the Leicester boys were givin the goalie a bit of jip but i've seen a quick replay and the ball moved a lot so there goalie done well just to get a hand to Buffel's shot in my opinion.

Anyway 2-0 final score and we are keeping the pressure on Man Utd to win there game in hand.

I'm not sure if you interested but i'll post the top scorers and assists men at some point and who i think the players of the season so far have been.

Cheers and have a good night

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

13th Dec 09

Just a wee bit of my diary that i said i'd do around this time of year.

The season so far as such.

Best players in the EPL so far in my opinion have been(not including spurs)
GK'S:
Kelvin Davis - Ipswich
Thomas Sorenson - Aston Villa
DF'S:
Daniel Leacock - Fulham
Alberto Lopo - Charlton
MF'S:
Sean Davis - Newcastle
Milidrag Maric - QPR
ST'S:
Angelos Chirasteas - Fulham
Filipe Oliveira - Leeds

Best in the Champions League so far: (again not including my own lads)

Top 3 are:
Xabi Alonso - Milan
Aslan Kemal - Fenerbache
Ryan Babel - Ajax

Now to my lot:
Top 3 scorers so far:
Ewerthon 11
Keane 8
D'Alessandro 5

Assists:
Keane 6
Ewerthon 6
Bierkofa 4

My player of the season so far from my own boys is probably ................ ach in all honesty i don't know they've all been great. I'll let the fans decide that one at the end of the season.

Anyway i'm off for now so have a good day and i'll be on after our next match.

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

cheers jim, it' alright mate i know all about scots women.

retired_vbrazon

16th Dec 09

Hi di ho folks,

It's flippin freezin.

I'll give you the latest news before i chat about tonights game.

Denny Landzaat is out for 2 weeks after pulling his groin in training. HA Ha Pulling his groin, the old ones are the best.

Tonights game - Ipswich (A)
Line Up:
Robinson
Stalteri-King-Hofland-Kleber
Guarin
W-Phillips-D'Alessandro-Bierkofa
Keane-Ewerthon



It was a brilliant match even though we lost 3-2. It was a game for the neutrals as they say. The game was based on all out attack from both us and Ipswichand they were deadlier in front of goal.

1st Half:
They were 2-0 up after 19mins with a double from David Sanchez. I was spewin but the way the game was going i always fancied us to get at least 1 goal back. After 29 mins my faith in my team came through. Freddy Guarin got the ball 30 yards out after Davis punched clear and he let rip with a shot that was never going to be saved. 2-1 and things were looking up. Then after 39mins Ewerthon made things look even brighter when he got a toe to D'Alessandro's corner and the ball trickled over the line. 2-2 and the momentum seemed to be with us.
H/T:
The team were pretty upbeat but we were still giving Ipswich chances and i asked King to stay tight on Sanchez because his movement seemed to be the main cause of problems for us.
2nd HALF:
The second half became more of a tactical game with both teams going for a goal but not in the same "throw the kitchen sink" way of the first half. Unfortunately for us Gary Duncan slipped his marker to head home from 4 yards. It was a good delivery into the box by Sanchez but i think Guarin probably should have been tighter on Duncan.
F/T:
3-2 defeat but i'm still upbeat about our chances of winning the league. Although the next 4 or 5 games will decide if that belief is worth having.

Enjoy your evening

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

19th Dec 09

Crimbo's getting nearer and i can't wait to head home to ma's to get a good dinner and a few beers. All the microwave meals i've been munching have given me a bit of a belly. Not good for pulling the young hotties.

Todays game - Coventry(H)

Team:
Westerveld
Stalteri-Alex-Upson-Gardener
Geremi-Ono-Hitzelsperger
Buffel
Adu-Stead

I was hoping we'd get back on the winning road again today and we did witha strong 3-0 win over a Coventry team who came to sit in and try to get a draw by the looks of things. We had total control of the game for 90mins and if it hadn't been for somme brave defending by there boys it could have been a cricket score.
It took us 38mins to get the goal and it had a touch of luck to it. Geremi collected a low driven corner on the edge of the box and hit a shot which seemed to hit 2 players befoer finding it's way into the net. It was the goal we needed to make coventry come out a bit more.
The half time talk was about keeping up the pressure and trying to get a 2nd goal to kill the game.
It was the 62nd minute when the "HAMMER" Hitzelsperger blastde home a shot from 20 yards that seemed to go through the goalies legs. 2-0 up and i was hoping that would lead to the opening of the flood gates but it didn't. We only got one more goal through subbie Trochowski who hit a sweet curling shot from the edge of the area to make it 3-0 and game, set and match.

It was a good win and 3 goals are always welcome but i honestly feel we should have got more. Nevermind eh.

Anyway i'm signing off until after crimbo when our next game is Charlton away. At least we don't have to travel far.

Have a great crimbo.

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

25th Dec 09

HAPPY CRIMBO FOLKS

Have a good un.

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

26th Dec 09

Oh my belly hurts, eyes are bigger than belly. Mum xmas dinner was the absolute tops, Cheers.

Crimbo was great at home and i hoped that when i arrived back in London this morning to be with the lads we'd follow that up with a good win over my buddy Martin O'Neill's Charlton.

We didn't, we got beat 3-1 and a few of the boys looked a bit jaded and tired. Crimbo is a stressful time so i suppose i can excuse this defeat.

The team:
Westerveld
Stalter-Alex-Upson-Kleber
Geremi-Ono-Hitzelsperger
D'Alessandro
Stead-Ewerthon

We started off well enough and got our only goal after 14 mins. Stead, D'Alessandro and Hitzelsperger played a nice little move down the left before Stead slid the ball through to Ewerthon who slotted home from 8 yards.
Then it all went wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
On 20mins Andy Reid whipped over a good cross and as Alex jostled with Rob Burton it came of his head and flew into the net. Very Unlucky but it was only 1-1. Then in the space following 8mins we were beat. Rob Bourton scored on 23mins and then to make sure they had us down and out Gary Fraser headed home on 26mins from another Andy Reid cross.
The 2nd half isn't even worth mentioning as we just couldn't get going. 3-1 Charlton and pretty damaging result to our hopes of the title.

The only bit of good news was that Man Utd only got a draw this avo.

After the game i had a few beers with Martin O'Neill and talked about the rest of the season and players we'd be looking at in the summer. While we were chatting i got a call to say Denny Landzaat had picked up a ankle injury that the doc thought would take a few weeks to heal. Another piece of crap news to add to a crap day.

Oh well.

I'm off for now. My next report will be on the 29th Dec - Birmingham(H). Here is hoping that we can get a good result before New Year.

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

29th Dec 09


Hi ho hi ho it's off to work we go, with a shovel and spade and a hand grenade hi ho hi ho hi ho hi ho........

I'm in a great mood today folks. New Year is coming and i get to head home for a few days to see the boyz and have a few beers. Flippin Super!

I'm also happy with todays game.

Birmingham(H)
Team:
Westerveld
Mabizela-King-Upson-Gardener
Nolan-Guarin-Hitzelsperger
Kamara
Aruna-Adu

The game was gerat from the 1st minute. Hitzelsperger got the ball from kick off played a one two with Kamara and then hit a shot which deflected of Martin Taylor and into the net. Get In!!!!!!
Then to add to my happiness Hitzelsperger cracked home a great free kick from 25 yards to put us 2-0 up after 17mins. The final and killer touch was after 23mins from Aruna. Hesprinted away from the Birmingham defence after a long ball from Guarin and he slotted it under the goalie for 3-0.
I tell you, the beers were out of the cooler and Hugo boy here was just sitting back and enjoying the game.
The only failing or us in the game came after 65mins when Heskey sneaked through our defence and smashed the ball past Westerveld. It's not a huge concern but goal difference can come into play and the more clean sheets you keep the better.

3-1 and a happy Hugo i was.

After the game i had a few jars with the ladz and now i'm going to pack a bag and head home for New Year.

Have a cracking new year folks and i'll be on when i get back on the 1st of Jan 10.

Hugo