Very early this morning, in fact at 00:22 GMT was the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. In the geocentric view; the sun stopped travelling north, stood still over the tropic of Cancer at 23 degrees and 27 minutes north, and then began travelling south. In about 3 months time it will cross the equator, then in about six months it will stand still over the tropic of Capricorn.
What this means for us, is that the days will now start becoming lighter.
Something to look forward to!
Friday, December 22, 2006
Thursday, December 21, 2006
A day for mourning
It is a sad, sad day today. The great man, the greatest ever Australian: Shane Warne, has announced his retirement from international cricket.
Thanks for all the memories mate
Thanks for all the memories mate
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Kiwi FC v Boca Seniors
Kiwi FC surged to the top of the table with a resounding 6-0 win over Boca Seniors on the back of another solid second half. The Kiwis have played a lot of their best football in the second half of this season’s matches, regularly bringing on fresh legs and wearing the opposition down. Saturday was no different and after a rusty first half, Kiwi FC’s class and strength showed in the end to bag the points.
A combination of poor weather and defaulting opposition meant that Kiwi FC had played only once in the past 6 weeks; so they started the game a little slowly. Some good communication and patience from Cappy and Kris at the back meant that the side soon found some flow and began to dominate possession. Danny and Steve A controlled the midfield well and Kiwis regularly stretched their opposition; using the full width of the pitch. Mike and Dave made some incursive runs from their wing back positions, and Nick and Steve Mc also sought to take the attack into the opposition area, supporting the front two of James and Grog.
Though despite all their dominance, the Kiwis just couldn’t seem to put the ball in the back of the net. Cappy and Danny both came close with fine shots, Grog and Steve A also had chances and James and Nick both missed when it looked easier to score; though at least Nick made contact with the ball.
So at half time it was a rather disappointing 0-0. The lads all agreed they had played rather poorly but there was a sense that the goals would come and it was just a matter of a little more patience. Grog and Dave were replaced by Sam and Bede.
Come they did; shortly into the second half the floodgates opened. Kiwi FC continued their dominance of possession but in the second half they turned that dominance into goals. Danny started the rout after following through on a wicked strike from outside the area by Steve Mc. The goalie couldn’t handle the shot and Danny was there to hammer home the rebound. The Boca players then spent the next 5 minutes arguing with the ref that it was off-side, but he wasn’t going to change his mind, and this spurred the Kiwis on to net more goals.
The second goal came shortly afterwards. After some good build up work by Nick in midfield, James latched onto his pass and headed for goal. He played his way into the box and rolled the ball past the keeper. 2-0
Steve B came on for Steve Mc and immediately had an impact on the game. He worked hard and made some driving runs down the left; teasing the Boca defence and keeping Kiwi FC down the right end of the pitch. It was from one of these field positions that the third goal came. The Kiwis won a free kick wide out on the left, Steve A stepped up and curled a lovely ball into the box, Sam rose unchallenged and placed a perfectly directed header into the back of the net. This was getting easy now.
More goals were to come as the Kiwis kept piling forward. Cappy was making some good runs forward; passing it out of defence and then following his passes up. He wasn’t going to be denied having his name on the score sheet, some great build up work saw Cappy launch a stinging shot from just outside the box, the keeper had no chance and Cappy got his just rewards for another fine performance.
James bagged himself another shortly after that. Played through by a great pass by Steve A, he hit it low to the bottom left corner and that made it 5.
With credit to the Boca players they never gave up and still threatened the Kiwi goal once or twice, but Leighton was always on hand to clean up in goal. Kiwi FC were keen to record their first clean sheet of the season and even though a couple of times it looked like they might concede, it was the Kiwis who scored again. An excellent run into the box by Danny saw him tripped up and a penalty was deservedly earned. Smelling a hat-trick, James stepped up to take it. The kick was delayed by the opposition arguing with the ref about where it should be taken from, but the spot was marked on the ground, and nobody was going to miss from 8 yards out. 6-0
That was the last time the scorers would be troubled for the day, though Boca managed to finish the game with only 9 players after having a player sent off. It was just the result that Kiwi FC wanted going into the short Christmas break. They can look down at the rest of the league from the top of the table, ahead by 2 points still with a game in hand.
Cheers and farewell to Steve Bethune who played his last game for the club, sorry for not letting you take the penalty. Steve has been a quality member of the team both on and off the pitch and he will be missed.
A combination of poor weather and defaulting opposition meant that Kiwi FC had played only once in the past 6 weeks; so they started the game a little slowly. Some good communication and patience from Cappy and Kris at the back meant that the side soon found some flow and began to dominate possession. Danny and Steve A controlled the midfield well and Kiwis regularly stretched their opposition; using the full width of the pitch. Mike and Dave made some incursive runs from their wing back positions, and Nick and Steve Mc also sought to take the attack into the opposition area, supporting the front two of James and Grog.
Though despite all their dominance, the Kiwis just couldn’t seem to put the ball in the back of the net. Cappy and Danny both came close with fine shots, Grog and Steve A also had chances and James and Nick both missed when it looked easier to score; though at least Nick made contact with the ball.
So at half time it was a rather disappointing 0-0. The lads all agreed they had played rather poorly but there was a sense that the goals would come and it was just a matter of a little more patience. Grog and Dave were replaced by Sam and Bede.
Come they did; shortly into the second half the floodgates opened. Kiwi FC continued their dominance of possession but in the second half they turned that dominance into goals. Danny started the rout after following through on a wicked strike from outside the area by Steve Mc. The goalie couldn’t handle the shot and Danny was there to hammer home the rebound. The Boca players then spent the next 5 minutes arguing with the ref that it was off-side, but he wasn’t going to change his mind, and this spurred the Kiwis on to net more goals.
The second goal came shortly afterwards. After some good build up work by Nick in midfield, James latched onto his pass and headed for goal. He played his way into the box and rolled the ball past the keeper. 2-0
Steve B came on for Steve Mc and immediately had an impact on the game. He worked hard and made some driving runs down the left; teasing the Boca defence and keeping Kiwi FC down the right end of the pitch. It was from one of these field positions that the third goal came. The Kiwis won a free kick wide out on the left, Steve A stepped up and curled a lovely ball into the box, Sam rose unchallenged and placed a perfectly directed header into the back of the net. This was getting easy now.
More goals were to come as the Kiwis kept piling forward. Cappy was making some good runs forward; passing it out of defence and then following his passes up. He wasn’t going to be denied having his name on the score sheet, some great build up work saw Cappy launch a stinging shot from just outside the box, the keeper had no chance and Cappy got his just rewards for another fine performance.
James bagged himself another shortly after that. Played through by a great pass by Steve A, he hit it low to the bottom left corner and that made it 5.
With credit to the Boca players they never gave up and still threatened the Kiwi goal once or twice, but Leighton was always on hand to clean up in goal. Kiwi FC were keen to record their first clean sheet of the season and even though a couple of times it looked like they might concede, it was the Kiwis who scored again. An excellent run into the box by Danny saw him tripped up and a penalty was deservedly earned. Smelling a hat-trick, James stepped up to take it. The kick was delayed by the opposition arguing with the ref about where it should be taken from, but the spot was marked on the ground, and nobody was going to miss from 8 yards out. 6-0
That was the last time the scorers would be troubled for the day, though Boca managed to finish the game with only 9 players after having a player sent off. It was just the result that Kiwi FC wanted going into the short Christmas break. They can look down at the rest of the league from the top of the table, ahead by 2 points still with a game in hand.
Cheers and farewell to Steve Bethune who played his last game for the club, sorry for not letting you take the penalty. Steve has been a quality member of the team both on and off the pitch and he will be missed.
Friday, December 15, 2006
It's in the bag
After day 2 of the third test, Australia clearly have the upper hand. They are odds on favourites to win this test and take an unsurmountable 3-0 series lead.
I can guarantee this will happen. The reason I say this has not anything to do with Australia's cricketing abilities or what my prediction is of how the match will unfold. I say this because of the following quote by Kevin Pietersen:
"If our batters bat well, and we have some pretty good batters, we could still draw."
Pietersen has really been the only England player that has provided any kind of consistent resistance in the series so far. This is his mindset; he has already resigned to not winning the game. He has already given up hope of winning and now at best thinks they can achieve a draw. I imagine this is the mindset throughout the England team. They have already lost. They will not even draw the match with this kind of attitude.
The Ashes will belong to Australia once again on Sunday afternoon.
I can guarantee this will happen. The reason I say this has not anything to do with Australia's cricketing abilities or what my prediction is of how the match will unfold. I say this because of the following quote by Kevin Pietersen:
"If our batters bat well, and we have some pretty good batters, we could still draw."
Pietersen has really been the only England player that has provided any kind of consistent resistance in the series so far. This is his mindset; he has already resigned to not winning the game. He has already given up hope of winning and now at best thinks they can achieve a draw. I imagine this is the mindset throughout the England team. They have already lost. They will not even draw the match with this kind of attitude.
The Ashes will belong to Australia once again on Sunday afternoon.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
3 totally random comments on a Tuesday
The London Paper is one of 2 free papers handed out to Londoners on their way home of an evening, much like the Metro is made available for free in the morning. It touches on a couple of news stories during the day, that anyone who pays attention already knows about; this way it can pass itself off as a newspaper and not a pile of gossip crap, which essentially is what it is. Every day the average IQ of Londoners is decreased by people reading this paper.
Yesterday, on the front page of The London Paper, was a picture of Nicole Richie eating. Yes that was the story to go with it too: Nicole Richie actually eats something. How anyone can even consider this worthy of pointing out, let alone mentioning it on the front page of a paper is way beyond me.
More good news on the Mat Rogers front, it seems as though he has been reading this blog and will actually be fucking off back to league. Thanks for nothing Rogers, and no thanks for losing us the world cup either. You never had enough class to play rugby, go back to your poor man’s game; I hope one day in the near future you decide to follow in your father’s footsteps.
Graham Poll isn’t everyone’s favourite ref and he has made one or two blunders in recent past; but he was right on the mark on Saturday when he showed Manchester City’s Bernardo Corradi a yellow card for diving to try and earn a penalty in the opposition box. It was his second booking of the game and he was subsequently given his marching orders. The most refreshing aspect of the whole situation was that after the match, City manager Stuart Pearce admitted that his player had dived, did not condone it and suggested that he would have a word with the player and not tolerate that kind of behaviour at his club. Well done Stuart, you are a man who deserves much respect. A week after Sir Alex Ferguson defended his player Ronaldo who clearly dived to earn a penalty; football needs more honest people like Pearce. I will qualify this comment however by suggesting that his comments may have been slightly different if Poll had fallen for the trick and awarded a penalty.
Yesterday, on the front page of The London Paper, was a picture of Nicole Richie eating. Yes that was the story to go with it too: Nicole Richie actually eats something. How anyone can even consider this worthy of pointing out, let alone mentioning it on the front page of a paper is way beyond me.
More good news on the Mat Rogers front, it seems as though he has been reading this blog and will actually be fucking off back to league. Thanks for nothing Rogers, and no thanks for losing us the world cup either. You never had enough class to play rugby, go back to your poor man’s game; I hope one day in the near future you decide to follow in your father’s footsteps.
Graham Poll isn’t everyone’s favourite ref and he has made one or two blunders in recent past; but he was right on the mark on Saturday when he showed Manchester City’s Bernardo Corradi a yellow card for diving to try and earn a penalty in the opposition box. It was his second booking of the game and he was subsequently given his marching orders. The most refreshing aspect of the whole situation was that after the match, City manager Stuart Pearce admitted that his player had dived, did not condone it and suggested that he would have a word with the player and not tolerate that kind of behaviour at his club. Well done Stuart, you are a man who deserves much respect. A week after Sir Alex Ferguson defended his player Ronaldo who clearly dived to earn a penalty; football needs more honest people like Pearce. I will qualify this comment however by suggesting that his comments may have been slightly different if Poll had fallen for the trick and awarded a penalty.
Friday, December 08, 2006
Not this week
I haven't had much to say this week. I will say this now though:
FUCK OFF MAT ROGERS!!!
FUCK OFF MAT ROGERS!!!
Friday, December 01, 2006
North London Derby
Big game this weekend, 12:45 on Saturday it's Arse vs Spurs.
I think Spurs are in with a shout this year; Arsenal are not playing that well at the moment, they still haven't settled properly into the new stadium, though they had a midweek loss they will be looking to bounce back from. Spurs have had some good form of late and Berbatov has been at the centre of it all. None the less, form often goes out the window in derby games but I still think the Yids will fancy their chances tomorrow.
The odds I think were very generous indeed and so I have had a punt
£10 on Spurs to win at 5/1
£10 on Spurs to win 1-0 goal scored by Berbatov at 70/1
£2 on Spurs to win 1-0 goal scored by King at 250/1
Unfortunately I wont be seeing any of the match as the 12:45 kick off clashes with the time I must be arriving at Wandsworth Park for our match at 1:30. I hope that both results will go my way.
Come on you Spurs!
I think Spurs are in with a shout this year; Arsenal are not playing that well at the moment, they still haven't settled properly into the new stadium, though they had a midweek loss they will be looking to bounce back from. Spurs have had some good form of late and Berbatov has been at the centre of it all. None the less, form often goes out the window in derby games but I still think the Yids will fancy their chances tomorrow.
The odds I think were very generous indeed and so I have had a punt
£10 on Spurs to win at 5/1
£10 on Spurs to win 1-0 goal scored by Berbatov at 70/1
£2 on Spurs to win 1-0 goal scored by King at 250/1
Unfortunately I wont be seeing any of the match as the 12:45 kick off clashes with the time I must be arriving at Wandsworth Park for our match at 1:30. I hope that both results will go my way.
Come on you Spurs!
Bristol Cars
If I was asked how much the car that should be pictured above actually cost, I would not assign it a very high price tag. It’s not much to look at is it? I would guess it is at least 30 years old, takes leaded fuel, and couldn’t be relied upon to start on a cold day.
All of these things of course are wrong; otherwise this posting wouldn’t really be of any interest. The car is in fact, a current model Blenheim 3 made by Bristol Cars. It is powered by a 5.9 litre V-8 and will take you to 60mph from a standing start in 6.3 seconds. The cost? £150,000
One of the worst things about people with wealth, are those that choose to display it in the most garish and obscene ways. This is one of the reasons why I do not at all like the whole Rap/ R ‘n’ B culture in the US; apart from the fact that I don’t much care for that kind of music, the culture exists to flaunt wealth in the most ‘in your face’ way as possible. The bling bling, the ostentatious clothing, the shiny 36” wheels on huge gas guzzling SUVs. It is all rather tasteless; a consequence of ‘new money.’
I feel there is a much more refined and dignified way of displaying one’s wealth, a way that is perhaps adopted by those with ‘old money.’ The Bristol Blenheim though goes right off the scale when it comes to understating one’s wealth. Apart from those who know of Bristol Cars (and it is not a well known car brand) driving a Blenheim almost says, “I am poor.” Those who drive these cars certainly have no intention of ostentatiously showing off their wealth. I have said that if I were wealthy (which sadly I am not) I would choose to be refined with my money, however if I could afford a Bristol Blenheim, I would still be buying an Aston Martin.
There is another Bristol car however that I would be tempted to buy. However this car is so powerful I am sure I would end up killing myself and most likely a few other innocent people when I took it out on the motorway. It is the Bristol Fighter T. It certainly does look like a car you need to be rich to drive. At £350,000 you need to be more than rich. I will lean back so as to not drool on the keyboard when I type this; the Fighter T is powered by a twin turbocharged and intercooled 8 litre V10 engine. It pumps out a massive 1,012 bhp and 1,404 newton metres of torque. It will take the car from 0 to 60mph in 3.5 seconds, on it’s way to an electronically limited maximum speed of 225mph. Bristol have said they are...
"Responding to the needs of some exacting customers we have created a very special Fighter variant which, as ever, remains a compact and enjoyable car to drive around town or as an exhilarating track car. Yet it takes two people and their luggage in great luxury and ease for trans continental travel."
I would like to meet these customer who claim to need more than a thousand brake horse power.
First deliveries are in September 2007. I had better start saving.
All of these things of course are wrong; otherwise this posting wouldn’t really be of any interest. The car is in fact, a current model Blenheim 3 made by Bristol Cars. It is powered by a 5.9 litre V-8 and will take you to 60mph from a standing start in 6.3 seconds. The cost? £150,000
One of the worst things about people with wealth, are those that choose to display it in the most garish and obscene ways. This is one of the reasons why I do not at all like the whole Rap/ R ‘n’ B culture in the US; apart from the fact that I don’t much care for that kind of music, the culture exists to flaunt wealth in the most ‘in your face’ way as possible. The bling bling, the ostentatious clothing, the shiny 36” wheels on huge gas guzzling SUVs. It is all rather tasteless; a consequence of ‘new money.’
I feel there is a much more refined and dignified way of displaying one’s wealth, a way that is perhaps adopted by those with ‘old money.’ The Bristol Blenheim though goes right off the scale when it comes to understating one’s wealth. Apart from those who know of Bristol Cars (and it is not a well known car brand) driving a Blenheim almost says, “I am poor.” Those who drive these cars certainly have no intention of ostentatiously showing off their wealth. I have said that if I were wealthy (which sadly I am not) I would choose to be refined with my money, however if I could afford a Bristol Blenheim, I would still be buying an Aston Martin.
There is another Bristol car however that I would be tempted to buy. However this car is so powerful I am sure I would end up killing myself and most likely a few other innocent people when I took it out on the motorway. It is the Bristol Fighter T. It certainly does look like a car you need to be rich to drive. At £350,000 you need to be more than rich. I will lean back so as to not drool on the keyboard when I type this; the Fighter T is powered by a twin turbocharged and intercooled 8 litre V10 engine. It pumps out a massive 1,012 bhp and 1,404 newton metres of torque. It will take the car from 0 to 60mph in 3.5 seconds, on it’s way to an electronically limited maximum speed of 225mph. Bristol have said they are...
"Responding to the needs of some exacting customers we have created a very special Fighter variant which, as ever, remains a compact and enjoyable car to drive around town or as an exhilarating track car. Yet it takes two people and their luggage in great luxury and ease for trans continental travel."
I would like to meet these customer who claim to need more than a thousand brake horse power.
First deliveries are in September 2007. I had better start saving.
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