All Roads Lead to Romo...
Monday, oh how I loathe thee. Actually, it isn’t too bad of a day here in the beautiful Coastal Bend of Texas. The sun is shining, the sky is clear, and I’m leading my Premiership “I Know the Score” League. I know it won’t last, but it is good to be on top. Also, there is early voting here in my office building today, so I performed my civic duty and cast my ballot. If you know of an early voting station near you, I highly suggest going before election day. Otherwise, make sure you get to the polls. It is important to get out and be heard. OK, enough of the soapbox, lets get down to brass tacks.
The Arsenal played at home against Everton on Saturday and drew 1-1. Everton went ahead early off a corner kick that saw an unmarked Cahill put it in the net. After this Everton dropped back, put 10 men in the penalty area, and greatly limited the Gunners ability to get inside and take a shot. Even GK TIMMAY Howard got in on the act and wasted as much time as possible on every goal kick. You can’t really blame them, but some gamesmanship would have been nice. Anyway, the Gunners got a free kick just outside the area in the 70th minute and Robin van Persie blasted one past the Everton wall and TIMMAY. Wenger brought on Flamini, Walcott, and Aliadiere to try and get a winner but it just wasn’t their day. Too bad Baptista was injured because it would have been fun to watch him bully his way through the 18-yard box. Hopefully he’ll be fit for Carling Cup match against Everton.
Plymouth Argyle traveled to south London on Saturday and beat Palace 1-0. The Argyle have been doing well on the road lately and it has put them in 5th place in the Championship. Plymouth hosts Ipswich tomorrow on Halloween. A Home Park win would round the month out nicely.
Traveling to Spain really quick, our good pal Becks is now saying he doesn’t want to leave and will stick out the season in Madrid. I could really care less what he does, but I wanted to bring it up as a good intro to a classic Holloway quote:
"He's going to be what?! Oh for God's sake. Sir David Beckham? You're having a laugh. He's just a good footballer with a famous bird" - Ian Holloway isn't impressed by talk of a knighthood for David Beckham.
You can always count on Holloway to put things straight.
In the England camp, Second Choice Steve McClaren is serious about making some changes to their tactics after their miserable performances in the recent Euro 2008 qualifiers against Macedonia and Croatia (draw and a loss). He plans on going around to all the players and asking them what went wrong. You would think that as the manager he might have a bit of a clue himself, but he feels it is necessary to ask the overpaid prima donnas what they think. I say that coming up with a system better than the 3-5-2 might be a start and maybe a bit of the old “Oi! Start performing or you’re going home lads” could help as well. Also, another striker to accompany Wayne “Stomp em in the Nuts” Rooney might be nice. Crouch, though he has his moments, doesn’t really instill a lot of confidence in me. Of course nobody on the squad does, but that’s another story.
In the States, my Cowboys rallied last night to overcome the Carolina Panthers and win 35-14. Last week veteran QB Bledsoe was benched during the game and youngster Romo came on. Romo made his first start last night and looked pretty good. He made a rookie mistake early in the game when instead of taking the sack he tried to dish the ball off and it ended up as an interception. The Panthers went on to score and I thought it would be a short honeymoon for the new QB. But the kid persevered and saw his team to victory. I hope he keeps it up and the ‘boys can turn the season around.
I think that is about all I can handle today. I planted a tree in the front lawn yesterday and painted the guest room. Fat people can’t handle that much work so I’m a bit tired.
Adios.
The Arsenal played at home against Everton on Saturday and drew 1-1. Everton went ahead early off a corner kick that saw an unmarked Cahill put it in the net. After this Everton dropped back, put 10 men in the penalty area, and greatly limited the Gunners ability to get inside and take a shot. Even GK TIMMAY Howard got in on the act and wasted as much time as possible on every goal kick. You can’t really blame them, but some gamesmanship would have been nice. Anyway, the Gunners got a free kick just outside the area in the 70th minute and Robin van Persie blasted one past the Everton wall and TIMMAY. Wenger brought on Flamini, Walcott, and Aliadiere to try and get a winner but it just wasn’t their day. Too bad Baptista was injured because it would have been fun to watch him bully his way through the 18-yard box. Hopefully he’ll be fit for Carling Cup match against Everton.Plymouth Argyle traveled to south London on Saturday and beat Palace 1-0. The Argyle have been doing well on the road lately and it has put them in 5th place in the Championship. Plymouth hosts Ipswich tomorrow on Halloween. A Home Park win would round the month out nicely.
Traveling to Spain really quick, our good pal Becks is now saying he doesn’t want to leave and will stick out the season in Madrid. I could really care less what he does, but I wanted to bring it up as a good intro to a classic Holloway quote:
"He's going to be what?! Oh for God's sake. Sir David Beckham? You're having a laugh. He's just a good footballer with a famous bird" - Ian Holloway isn't impressed by talk of a knighthood for David Beckham.
You can always count on Holloway to put things straight.
In the England camp, Second Choice Steve McClaren is serious about making some changes to their tactics after their miserable performances in the recent Euro 2008 qualifiers against Macedonia and Croatia (draw and a loss). He plans on going around to all the players and asking them what went wrong. You would think that as the manager he might have a bit of a clue himself, but he feels it is necessary to ask the overpaid prima donnas what they think. I say that coming up with a system better than the 3-5-2 might be a start and maybe a bit of the old “Oi! Start performing or you’re going home lads” could help as well. Also, another striker to accompany Wayne “Stomp em in the Nuts” Rooney might be nice. Crouch, though he has his moments, doesn’t really instill a lot of confidence in me. Of course nobody on the squad does, but that’s another story.
In the States, my Cowboys rallied last night to overcome the Carolina Panthers and win 35-14. Last week veteran QB Bledsoe was benched during the game and youngster Romo came on. Romo made his first start last night and looked pretty good. He made a rookie mistake early in the game when instead of taking the sack he tried to dish the ball off and it ended up as an interception. The Panthers went on to score and I thought it would be a short honeymoon for the new QB. But the kid persevered and saw his team to victory. I hope he keeps it up and the ‘boys can turn the season around.
I think that is about all I can handle today. I planted a tree in the front lawn yesterday and painted the guest room. Fat people can’t handle that much work so I’m a bit tired.
Adios.
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