Premier League matches recommendation

This week, there are, I think, three matches you should not miss.

The first one is the Stoke City against Manchester City game. The focal point of this match is on the two new signings, Craig Bellamy and Nigel De Jong. Craig scored his debute goal for Man City in the last game against Newcastle United. Craig is a cxxk because he never has any loyalty to a club. However, no doubt for me, he is a very good player. He has pace and good techniques. Included his latest goal for Man City, he has scored goals for six different Premier League clubs. Around six players including Craig has got this record. Let's see if he as well as Nigel De Jong can make a positive impact on Man City. Another focus, of course, is the troublesome Robinho who has scored eleven Premier League goals for Man City. He is now the second top scorer in the league. Without him, Man City would probably be one of the three bottom teams. Despite his recent trouble, he could concentrate on the pitch and assist Shuan Wright Philips for a goal last match. That's good for Man City. There may some interest on Stoke City. Stoke City new signings, Matthew Etherington and James Beattie, are not bad player. Let's see if they can give us surprise and help the struggling club to get out of the bottom three.

The second match is the north east derby game, Newcastle United against Sunderland. Under the leadership of the current manager, Ricky Sbragia, the Blackcats have improved their performance. With the current good news about an extention of the contract of their star player, Kenwyne Jones, the team spirit should be quite good. They, for me, seem to be a better team. On the other hand, Magpies have been struggling since the beginning of the season due to the attitude of owner, the incapability of the manager (in my opinion), the bottom low spirit of the team and the horrendous injury list of key players. Thus, Sunderland may be able to make a record to win Newcastle for twice in a row in one season after breaking the record when they won in the last derby game.

The final match I suggest is the big four derby game, Liverpool against Chelsea. The Reds have been playing well for the season until previous five or six matches. They drew for last four games. There has been a lot of problems since Rafa openly attacked Ferguson. After the incidence, there were problems regarding the contract of the manager with the club, Robbie Keane not being played, Steven Gerard's fighting in a club and so on. There is no harmony at all in the club as such the performance of the club is being undermined. The Blues had played well at the beginning of the season. All in a sudden, they haven't been playing well. It is partly because of the injuries. Another reason may be that Scolari has only had one plan. When the plan doesn't work, he has no second plan. Enjoy the game.

ZM

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[轉載] 鸚鵡模倣吹哨攪亂足球賽 裁判將其罰出場(來源：揚子晚報)

現年9歲的鸚鵡米圖和66歲女主人艾琳·克林根生活在英國赫特福德郡。上周六，當英國哈特菲爾德城鎮隊和赫特福德希斯隊的足球隊員在赫特福德郡進行足球比賽時，艾琳用籠子帶著鸚鵡米圖一起去觀看了這場四分之一決賽，她像其他一些觀眾一樣，一直站在球場邊緣近距離地觀看比賽。在比賽前半局，這只鸚鵡一直安分守己，和女主人一起觀看比賽。然而後半局比賽剛進行10分鐘，這只鸚鵡突然開始模倣裁判吹哨子的聲音，不住地吹起口哨。每當裁判吹過一遍哨子後，這只鸚鵡就會模倣裁判的哨子聲再吹一遍口哨。

正在進行足球比賽的足球隊員們全都面面相覷，不知該如何是好，因為他們壓根分不清哪個哨子聲是裁判所吹，哪個哨子聲又是鸚鵡模倣所吹。這場足球比賽不得不屢屢暫停，學著裁判吹口哨的鸚鵡米圖徹底攪亂了這場足球比賽。

這只會吹口哨的鸚鵡也將賽場上45歲的足球裁判蓋裏·貝利驚得目瞪口呆，一開始當他聽到鸚鵡吹口哨時，頗感困窘的他只好向賽場上的足球隊員們揮手發出信號，要求他們繼續進行比賽，可是鸚鵡的口哨聲再次響起，暈頭轉向、分不清“東南西 ”的足球隊員們只好再次停下來，困惑地望著裁判。讓裁判貝利忍無可忍的是，這只
鸚鵡竟然還朝賽場上的足球隊員們不住大喊：“好孩子！”貝利感到實在受夠了，不得不向鸚鵡發出“紅牌”——要求鸚鵡主人帶著這只淘氣的鸚鵡遠離球場。貝利說：“我不得不要求她將鸚鵡帶離足球場，那個場景真是太奇怪了，觀眾們全都哄堂大笑。老實說，我以前還從來沒有將
一只鸚鵡罰下場。”

據鸚鵡米圖的女主人艾琳稱，米圖也是個球迷，非常喜歡看足球，她以後還會帶著它到球場觀賽。

Kick-Off

Football does not last 90 minutes only. When we talk about football, we are not talking about this 90-minutes match or that 90-minutes match. There are lots of areas and angles to look into football. Football should be a subject in university.

Zonal marking is a kind of denfenisve strategy, where each defender covers an specific area to avoid conceding. In this blog, however, each blogger does not cover any specific area of football world. Instead, we focus on our own mind.

After kicking off of this blog, more fancy gossips, tactics, opinions or whatever related, all are yet to come. Cheers.