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Anasyn
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Well, seeing as the Final will be on later today, and more than likely not the most exciting match ever (c'mon, chelsea are playing.. where's my pillow?). The majority of the tournament I feel has gone reasonably well.
Apart from a certain Mr Riley anyway, who can't referee a match to save his life, he complained about the players getting wound up? Only happened when he started getting card happy the twat. He should be castrated, hung and shot in the nuts with a chemical nuke, [or subjected to Wij for an hour, whichever is worse].
The football may not have been the most exciting, but I can see potential in the tournament, especially if they decided to leave a day between the 2nd match and the 3rd place play-off (I feel sorry for Malaysia, however adjusted you are to the weather, it's not easy ever playing 2 teams who out-class you in 2 consecutive days, in any weather let alone that).
The fitness of the premiership players really has been a surprise, I know that the standards have risen dramatically last decade or so, but still, in the world cup there was blatent problems for some players in the heat, but looking at Keiron (sp?) Dyer in that first game, you wouldn't ever believe he had been feet up, resting from a long season (ok, footballers get more holiday team than most of us could dream of, unless you're a student, teacher, or unemployed skiver but it's still long considering the speed the premiership plays at).
I think it'd be interesting to see if this trip has also helped raised stamina and how much of an effect it will have on the 3 respective teams during the course of the season (let's hope it helps, even having done so well last season, it's still another fight to stay in the division for my beloved Birmingham City).
What about anyone elses thoughts on this?
Apart from a certain Mr Riley anyway, who can't referee a match to save his life, he complained about the players getting wound up? Only happened when he started getting card happy the twat. He should be castrated, hung and shot in the nuts with a chemical nuke, [or subjected to Wij for an hour, whichever is worse].
The football may not have been the most exciting, but I can see potential in the tournament, especially if they decided to leave a day between the 2nd match and the 3rd place play-off (I feel sorry for Malaysia, however adjusted you are to the weather, it's not easy ever playing 2 teams who out-class you in 2 consecutive days, in any weather let alone that).
The fitness of the premiership players really has been a surprise, I know that the standards have risen dramatically last decade or so, but still, in the world cup there was blatent problems for some players in the heat, but looking at Keiron (sp?) Dyer in that first game, you wouldn't ever believe he had been feet up, resting from a long season (ok, footballers get more holiday team than most of us could dream of, unless you're a student, teacher, or unemployed skiver but it's still long considering the speed the premiership plays at).
I think it'd be interesting to see if this trip has also helped raised stamina and how much of an effect it will have on the 3 respective teams during the course of the season (let's hope it helps, even having done so well last season, it's still another fight to stay in the division for my beloved Birmingham City).
What about anyone elses thoughts on this?
