Memories...
Sunday, November 18, 2007
ON EXPECTING THE UNEXPECTEDI feel for the Scots yest night man. They played like real tigers against the wily Italians, and I couldnt believe it when the ref gave that ridiculous free kick to Italy in the end. Where got such thing wan!? => Kena pushed down by opponent then still concede free kick. Haha! Thats like insult to injury. Ridiculous refereeing man.I wonder how the Scottish or Europeans in general curse referees. In dear old Singapore we have our very own "REFEREE KAYU!!", "REFEREE KELONG!!" and "REFEREE BLUTO" chants. Come to think of it, if only we can showcase such wonderful singlish to the whole world and glocalize these "Uniquely Singaporean" traits. Haha, but its impossible la, coz we wont make it to the World Cup. And the Russians, for all their bulltalk, fell to the Israelis. Looks like they ll have to save their vodka for Euro 2008. Credit to Israel though, they played with real pride. Lesson to learn: Dun count your vodka bottles before they are uncorked. Reading the delayed newspapers todae (which didnt report on the results of the matches) where the Russians were lambasting the English and blowing their own trumpets, on hindsight, makes them look really silly.I m not an England fan btw. I support Manchester United with all my heart for 15 years, but when it comes to international football all these years, be it the Euros and the World Cups, I dun really support any particular team. Except for Singapore of course =). The truth is that the England team is massively over-rated, esp in the Sg media. The last time they played decent attractive football was back in Euro 96, when Shearer was leading the line with Teddy Sheringham. There was Steve McManaman flying down the wing, tough-tackling Paul Ince, and of coz, the flamboyant & dynamic Paul Gascoigne. That was the last England team with real flair and creativity. The current one ll just count themselves massively lucky when they make it to Euro 2008.