retired_vbrazon

7th Feb 10

Blughhhhhh, that's how i feel. I've been told that i can go back to work on the 12th of Feb. It seems like so far away and it also means i miss the Chelsea game on the 10th at the bridge.

Updates on team news.
Ewerthon has joined Chelsea for 21mil plus a possible 4mil on top. He gave me a phone yesterday morning to say the deal was done. Like Nolan i wished him all the best. He told me to get well soon and that he has left me a gift at the club. He has left me the last shirt he wore and signed it for me and he's also going to come down at the end of the season for my leaving night. He's always been a nice lad.

Anyway this is what i know about todays game vs QPR at home.

There manager Dennis Smith is a gimp. He started having a go at my management style while i ain't at the club so i promptly gave skysports news a bell to say i would bet Smith 2k that QPR would get relegated. The winnings going to charity. Lets see what he says to that.

Anyway i've received a few texts from Rudi Vollborn. They said:
Msg 1
Team:
Westy - Mabs - King - Ups - Kleb - Prutt - SWP - D'Al - Bier - Keane - Love

Msg 2
Get in there Keano

Msg 3
Humpin them, just need 2 goal

Msg 4
D'Ales scored 2-0

Msg 5
The crowd r givin Smith dogs abuse

Msg 6
Aga Adu 3-0

Msg7
Final Score 3-0. Team were bling

What the hell "BLING" who is rudi turning into Snoop Doggy or what ever that guy is called.

So we won 3-0, good prep for Chelsea i suppose.

Anyway i must go, Charlotte is here to drop off more pills for me to take. Wonder if she can cook?

See ya

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

10th Feb 10

Chelsea away folks. It was always going to be tough and by the sounds of things it was.

Rudi was at the textin gig again. Although the dumb bunny forgot to tell me the line up. Thank god for skysports news.

It was:
Westerveld
Mabizela-King-Upson-Kleber]
Guarin
Kallon-Ono-Hitzelsperger-Trochowski
Love

Keane had picked up an injury so i'm assuming that's why Gauston and Rudi went with 1 upfront.

Anyway Rudi's txts

Msg 1
Nightmare, Yobo header 1 down

Msg 2
Arghhhhhh Tuncay 15mins gone 2nil to chels

Msg 3
I'm gonna kill the boys at ht.

Msg 4
Hitz 2-1 20mins 2 go

Msg 5
Yahoooooooooooo, Kallon 2-2.

Msg 6
Oh for f*** sake C.Cole 3-2 to the scum.

Then i got a very strangfe text. It was Del Bosque saying to get well soon. He might be the manger of one of our biggest rivals but he is a good guy. The first time he came to the lane with Chelsea he took me out for dinner. He isn't a big drinker and i think he found it weird when i was trying to get the sing song on after 14 pints.

A 3-2 defeat. That's twice we have got back into contention in games and lost in the last minute. I'm gutted but Chelsea are very good at home and our form of late has been patchy. I'm sure we'll pick up again but i'm not really sure if there is even a glimmer of the title at the moment. I think Man Utd can only lose it now.

Anyway i'm off to bed, it seems to be the only place i go these days but nevermind only 2 more days.

Have fun

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

14th Feb 10

Oh how good is it to be back.

I never thought there would be a time when i missed doing work but my god, being stuck at home was boring. The only struggle i have now is not to drink for the next month. That won't be easy as we have a lot of big games coming up. Liverpool in the CL, Man Utd in the lge cup final and in the league. This will be a huge test of my boys and i have a feeling we'll do alright.

Club stuff:
Thommy Hitzelsperger is out for a bout 5 days with a bruised foot.

Todays game: FA Cup - Southampton(H)

I fancied our chances because Southampton have been on a bad run and are just sitting above the relegation zone. I also figured i'd give a few of the guys who have been on the fringes a chance to show me something.

Team:
Robinson
Stalteri-Bardsley-Hofland-Kleber
W.Phillips-Ono-Hitzelsperger
D'Alessandro
Love-Kamara

I was looking for a positive start and i got it. After 5mins Kamara got the ball out on the left and cut past his marker before drilling home a wonderful strike from a very tight angle. 1-0.
Kamara seemed to be on a mission and after 14mins he doubled his tally when he nodded home from 4 yards after some good work from Ono.
Then the most disappointing bit of the match came along after 29mins Kamara thought he'd scored his hat-trick when he nodded home but the linesman had waved his flag for offside. I'm not sure if he was or not so i'm not going to comment at this moment in time.
The game then became like a training session for us with the player realising we have a big week ahead they pretty much slipped down the gears for the rest of the game. Vagner Love went close on a few occasions and Ono had a shot that clipped the outside of the post but it stayed 2-0 and we are theough to the next round.

I must admit i was pleased with todays game and plaesed to be in the next round. Anyway that's enough from me. I need to start thinking of ways to entertain myself tonight since i can't go for a pint.

Have a good un folks.

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

17th Feb 10

Champions League, where the best teams in Europe get to fight for the No.1 spot. Do we have a chance, well you've gotta be in it to win it.

Liverpool(H)

We couldn't have had it much harder than this. The game being a all English tie gives the game a added edge.

I figured i might as well throw caution to the wind and go for goals.

Team:
Robinson
Mabizela-King-Upson-Kleber
Guarin-Prutton-Kallon
D'Alessandro
Keane-Kamara

The press seemed to think that the game could be won by the team who had the best playmaker. A D'Alessandro vs Aimar the guys who have the ability to see a pass and make it.

They were right and the game started off badly for us. 4mins in Aimar whipped in a corner that caused a lot of confusion in our box before Kallstrom nipped in a toe to put the ball in the net. 1-0 Liverpool.
I must admit i was thinking the worst, giving away a goal 4mins in spells nightmares when you play teams like Liverpool.
My visions of a thrashing were turned on there head thankfully. A lovely flighted ball by Guarin found D'Alessandr making a well timed run beyond the strikers and when he calmly stroked the ball home. 1-1.
Then my visions were seeming like distant memories when Robbie "ever reliable" Keane hit a sweet shot on the turn to make it 2-1 to us after 39mins.

Half Time:
All i said was that 2-1 was good considering we were 1nil down but if the boys could get another it would leave us witha huge chance of making it to the quater finals.

The second half kicked off and Keane knocked the ball to D'Alessandro who hit one of the best passes he'll ever hit to send Kamara off on goal. Kamara showed great ability to round the goalkeeper at speed before walking the ball into the empty net. 3-1.

I shouted instructions for the boys to shut up shop and to play on the break. Liverpool chucked it all at us. They brought on Sneijder, Kewell and Kanoute but they just couldn't break us down.
3-1 final score.

They may have got an away goal but i'm confident we can go through. It was also great prep for the League Cup final vs Man Utd on Sunday.

I hope you've all got your tickets for the game and with a bit of luck hopefully we will be bringing the 1st trophy of the season back to the lane.

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

21st Feb 10

The League Cup Final vs Man Utd

I was convinced that the cup was our when i woke up this morning. Unfortunately as you all probably know by now, i was wrong. I also have a complaint to make, not about the rseult but something else. I'll leave it until the end though.

The line up:
Robinson
Mabizela-King-Upson-Kleber
Gaurin-Prutton-Kallon
D'Alessandro
Keane-Kamara

The game was good from a neutrals point of view, both teams going at it like mad.
I suppose the only way to describe how hard we worked and how good Tim Howard was for Man Utd is to say that we had 24 shots and they had 7 and only one of there shots hit the target.
Jeramine Jenas hit as sweet a shot as he can hit to put them 1-0 up after 24mins.
We pounded down on there goal for the rest of the game but Howard was getting a bit of his body to everything we hit. He made at least 3 great saves in the last 10mins and he showed that although he has been questioned in the past about whether he could hold his nerve when it mattered, he took those questions and shot them all down with every save he made.

Tim Howard, you deserved your MOTM award, well done lad.

As for us, i can't fault any of the guys, they were superb. They just didn't get that wee braek they required.

My complaint is that yet again i had to watch that ar** of a ref Rob Styles ruin a great game. There wasn't a dirty challenege in the whole game yet he booked 5 players. Rob Styles you are a disgrace, hang up your whistle son because you couldn't ref a kids school game. Oh and FA i'll just save you the hassle of fining me, my cheque for 2k will be in the post.

Well done Man Utd on your win.

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

24th Feb 10

The Revenge mission

Man Utd(H)

We may have lost the cup and to have the slightest hope of catching Man Utd we needed to win today but again this infection i've had has gotta me back down again so Old Gauston took over. Charlotte Cowie thinks the pressure of the cup final has taken it's toll so i was told to take a break for a week so i'm at mum's for some peace and quiet, well as much peace and quiet as you can get in Edinurgh.

Team:
Robinson
Stalteri-King-Hofland-Kleber
Geremi-Ono-Hitzelsperger
Adu
Aruna-Stead

Again i've been kept up to date via text's from Rudi. I had already picked the team before i came up here.

Rudi's texts

Msg 1
Aruna Aruna Aruna 1-0

Msg 2
HT 1-0 up. Stead inj. Love on.

Msg 3
All us still 1-0 15mins 2 go

Msg 4
1-1

just kiddin 2-0
Love in inj time

Msg 5
FT 2-0 - boys delighted, said to get well soon ya old git.

2-0 a great result. It gives us the slightest bit of hope of catching Man Utd.

Next up for Gauston and Rudi is to see through the Liverpool CL game. I so hope they can pull it off.

Anyway,i'm off to the pics with the old dear.

Hugo

Raptor

Strangely entertaining

retired_vbrazon

1st March

Just a general update folks.
I've got a fax with some good news from Gauston and the boys.

I won manager of the month for Feb.
Kallon won goal of the month.

I also rejected a chance to manage Valencia yesterday. I want to go somewhere warm and to chill out. Valencia are in financial trouble and i can't be bothered dealing with the hassle of trying to wheel and deal. Since i've been here i've made a profit of around 90 million when it comes to buying and selling players and i now have the luxury of a 60mil transfer budget which has swelled to 85mil due to the sale of Ewerthon and Nolan.

The League Table
----------Played----- Points---
Man Utd-----27----------61
Arsenal-----28----------56
**Spurs-----27----------56
Aston Villa-28----------56

Must dash, enjoy your week folks.

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

3rd March 10

Liverpool in the CL

We had a 3-1 lead from the 1st leg and we blew it. I can't believe we blew it.

I've had about 40mil texts from Rudi saying he can't believe it either.

Msg 1
Team:
Robinson
Mab-King-Ups-Kleb
Geremi-Prutt-Hitzel
D'Aless
Aruna-Kamara

Msg 2
Kamara has scored 1-0 up my old son
Aruna great ball
Msg 3
God damn. Luis Garcia. Aimar corner
Msg 4
Kallstrom 40mins Aimar corner. Aimar causing havoc.
Msg from me to him:
Get someone to kick him hard.
Msg 5
Cisse 3-1 Liverpool - King bad mistake.
Msg 6
HT 3-1 - WILL SORT IT OUT
Msg 7
Arghhhhh Kallstrom again 30 yarder
Msg 8
Back in it Geremi scored 4-2(5-5agg)
Msg 9
Guarin gave away penalty, very soft - ref is a ****.
Msg 10
Sneijder scoored pen 5-2
Msg 11
Game fini Liverpool 6-5 on aggregate.
Sorry Boss

I haven't replied yet. 3-1 up and we get beat 5-2. Sounds like the defence was AWOL.
I'm not sure what to say other than sorry fans.

Goodnight if that's possible.

Hugo

retired_vbrazon

14th March 10

Talk about going from one tough game to another.
Arsenal at home today.
I got back to London last night after my mate "Big Murphy" or "Jesus" as we call him, drove me down from Edinburgh. I got him tickets for the game today as a thankyou gift.

Anyway i met Charlotte Cowie and she hit me with some unexpected news. She had arranged for me to go and see some guy who deals with herbal products and some other mumbo jumbo to see if i could find something to help me get better as the antibiotics weren't doing much.

I had to ask Rudi and Gauston to step in again. It's flippin Arsenal at home, i couldn't believe she'd done it during this game.

Anyway i went to meet Mr Harry Wrong in some sort of hippy camp site. I didn't know Charlotte was into all this crap, when i got there i was asked to take off all my clothes except my boxers. I was tempted to leg it there and then but i figured that i better give it a go.
I don't remember anything after i walked into a room with someone sitting in a chair. All i know now is that i've got a plastic pouchy thing full of some sort of liquid and it has a bit of paper that says take twice a day and add warm water.

Who knows if this crap will work but i'll start taking it tonight before i go to bed.

It was 7pm when i left the camp site and i had 7 msgs on my phone.

3.09pm - Rudi
Aruna Aruna 1-0
3.43pm - Rudi
1-1 Henry - mile offside
3.46pm - Rudi
HT 1-1
4.35pm - Rudi
Kalla kalla KALLON 2-1
4.39pm - Rudi
Bang bang Robbie Keane 3-1 8mins left
4.47pm - Rudi
FT 3-1
Hope the appointment went well. Will phone you in the morning.

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