Wednesday 10th of March

I am going to start "Hump Day" off with an Oldie but Goodie straight from the Russian Top 20 in 1976! Mr Zavadski was this a family favorite?


Two of my favorite teams play each other today with a spot in the Champions League Quaterfinal up for grabs! Will Davey Becks be a Hero at his old stomping ground?

When I was learning to play soccer they told me from an early age "Have an idea what to do with the ball before you receive it" this guy doesn't even look at the goal once, but he knew what he wanted to do!

The England national team coach Fabio Cappello has some lofty idea's? I hope he continues to have these thoughts and totally over looks the USA in the first game as we crush them!

Paul Scholes recently scored his 100th goal for Manchester United. He has played his whole career with ManU (22 years) it is a rarity now adays that you stay with a club and don't chase the cash. Here is a video talking a bit about it and showing his goals!


Recently we have seen that FIFA is not willing to implement new rules/technology this debate has been on going for sometime and tends to get more news in a "World Cup Year". All that said there is one rule I feel will make a big impact on the World Cup if it is not ammended, or the referees are not given stringent direction at the World Cup. The way it is interpreted world wide is very loose to say the least, The following videos show what I mean

Video 1: Japanese League, 1 player sets up the ball and looks ready to take the kick, he is by the definition of the rule in play by standing inside the 18(All players other than the defending goalkeeper and the penalty taker must be outside the penalty area), another player runs up from outside the 18 and takes the kick.


Video 2:Brazilian League, Fifa rule states (After the referee blows his whistle, which is the signal for the kick to be taken, the kicker must kick the ball in a forward direction. The ball must be kicked after a run-up by the taker, who may slow his run but may not completely stop once the run-up has begun. If the taker scores after violating this rule, the kick must be re-taken)


Video 3:Intelligent version or intepretation of the rule. This has been tried many times over in many leagues. It has worked and failed, here are two of the best examples.

Vinnie Jones was known as a bit of a "Hard Man" during his time as a player and the picture of him giving Gazza the "How do you do" was famous for many years. Now that we have TV camera's on all the games we can get slow moition with commentary

I have a guy I play with (BP) who is a pro at the "Slap and Tickle" or the "Goose" or as we know it "The Ball Buster" I feel it's the one occupational hazard male soccer players have!

Guys if we need only one reason to hit the gym, then this should be it! And if the Gym isn't your thing then you may also sit home have some cheetos and watch Porn!

Samir Nasri made the Porto defense look silly on this goal! Personally I feel it was the 3 defenders wearing those ugly "Yellow Shoes" with blue and white uniforms? They got punished for it!

I would pay to see this guy fight one more time! I may root against him but I would pay to do it!

The Seattle Sounders will be playing in the CONCAF Champions League this year. Here is the first game of the tournament this year. Columbus vs. Touluca (2-2)