The Start of Something ... New ?! :P

Well folks ... its finally happened ... i finally can say i'm a proud owner of a COMPLETE ORIGINAL MANCHESTER UNITED JERSEY !!!

now for those of u who have known me long enough, u'd probably say, " wait a minute .. didnt u already have one ?? u noe the one u said ur cousin bought from old trafford ?? so was tht all a lie then ?? "

no that is not ... i repeat NOT a lie ... yes ... that WAS from old trafford ... yes that IS an original jersey ... but that is NOT COMPLETE !! :P

see .. a complete jersey is a jersey which has not only a number at the back, but a player's name ( usually called a hero jersey in UK ) and also the badge of the league on the sleeves ... My previous jersey, only had the number ..

the current one, which i'm proud to say will be the first of many ( i intend to start a collection to treasure for years to come - hence the title " start of sumthin ...")(and yes ... the collection will ne *dare i say it ?* Legen ... wait for it ... DARY !! ) is the 2008/09 away jersey of Manchester United, which was launched in July 2008 ...

My jersey comes complete with the name of Wayne Rooney on the bck along with the legendary number 10, n has the golden BPL badge on both sleeves, emphasising MU's status as the DEFENDING PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS !!

The reason i chose Rooney's name, is not only because he's a young talented striker who's skill on the ball is outstanding, and is capable of unlocking even the tightest of defences, but also because he's a dedicated striker to the team, n plays for the benefit of the team first, n himself 2nd.

For those of u who're curious abt the price, the jersey was the usual RM 259 that can be found in any Nike Store ... but the name n numbering cost a whooping RM 169 in total !!

Well, enuf bragging abt that for now :P

I shall leave u with pictures of said treasure for ur viewing pleasure :)

~ Krishtiano ~

the shorty eats fish :P

It may sound unbelievable, but its true ..

A few days ago, on the 16th of November 2008 ... my nephew .. the short li'l Nishanth Ganapathi Pillai, WILLINGLY consumed FISH for the first time EVER in his life !!!

*in in a weird coincedence, its been raining every day since !!*

n when asked the reason behind the sudden change in his lifelong goal to NOT eat seafood, his reply was " Dunno la wei ... i still too short la i think ... must start growing ..."

WTF ?!?! HAHAHAHAH !!

lets see if it makes u any taller !! :P

signing off to go ROFLMAO !!

~Krishtiano~

Sir Alex Ferguson - Simply The Best !!!

If greatness is defined by what you leave behind then Sir Alex Ferguson's trophy cabinet is as good a place as any to start.
It's a long list but stick with it.
Ten Premier League titles, two Champions League trophies, one Cup Winners' Cup, five FA Cups, two League Cups, one European Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and seven Charity Shields.
Twenty nine trophies in a shade less than 22 years .

Ferguson is the greatest-ever football manager in Britain.
Some might disagree.
Liverpool supporters, for instance, who have always bemoaned the fact that Matt Busby and Ferguson were made knights for winning the European Cup once while Bob Paisley was overlooked for the highest honour after bagging Europe's most prestigious trophy three times. ( too bad u scouser freaks !! looks like Queen E is a Devils fan ... haha !! )

Others might point to Brian Clough's unique management style which brought back-to-back European Cups for unfashionable Nottingham Forest or Jock Stein's success at Celtic.
Those with short memories might go for the charisma of Jose Mourinho who bought back-to-back titles for Chelsea with the cash of Roman Abramovich.

Then there is Arse 'n' Wanker, who gave birth to the Arsehole 'Invincibles,' who delivered the (suppossedly) most eye-pleasing football the Premier League has witnessed and whose nose for a bargain is without compare (bullshit)

All worthy, but none comes close to Ferguson and here's why.
Greatness cannot be measured purely by medals or by mere longevity or even by the manner in which success was achieved.
It is a mixture of all three and Ferguson, having built three great teams, scores highly on all fronts.
But it is the style with which all Ferguson teams have delivered their trophies which is so impressive.
Not as pretty as Arsenal at their most prosaic, but football is not about weaving meaningless patterns. It is about winning and not once in 22 years has Ferguson diverted from his belief that adventure, creativity and style, albeit built on solid defence, is the best way to win.
In short, he has protected the legacy handed down by Busby and the famous 'Babes' with a ferocity he also demonstrates to reporters who might cross him.

The 2007-2008 season was the perfect example of what might be termed Fergusonism - football played with pragmatic foundation but a swashbuckling nature.
Rio Ferdinand finally came of age as arguably the best defender in Europe and his partnership with Nemanja Vidic was key. So was the work of Patrice Evra, the rejuvenation of Paul Scholes and the scampering energy of Carlos Tevez.

But undoubtedly what makes Ferguson's team stand out as his best-ever is the twin menace of Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Rooney should score more goals but his industry and creativity, if not his language, is an example to every schoolboy in Britain.

Then there is Ronaldo for whom every superlative has already been used but whose 41 goals this season really say it all about a wide man who is currently comfortably the world's best player.

In Ronaldo you have another of Ferguson's most accomplished managerial traits. The ability to man-manage, to polish and protect the precious jewel.
He did as much with Eric Cantona in volatile circumstances more than a decade ago. In the past two years he has done so with Ronaldo, repairing the damage caused by the Portuguese winger's part in Rooney's sending off at the World Cup in 2006.
Many predicted Ronaldo would never grace Old Trafford again after that infamous sly wink.
Ferguson dismissed the incident, if anything using it to forge an unbreakable link between his two most destructive attackers.

That is the true art of management, the ability to turn obstacles and adversity to your advantage, one which Wenger and Rafael Benitez and Avram Grant have still to master.
Ferguson is far from the warmest or most likeable of characters but when it comes to producing football teams with a musketeering mentality and a winning ethos the game has no peer.
All things considered, he is not one of the greatest, but THE GREATEST !!!

n for ur viewing pleasure, i included a video below ... the video showcases some of Fergusons best players, n the song that plays perfectly describes fergie .. SIMPLY THE BEST !!!

a change of scenery ?

hey guys ... to the the ppl who took the time to visit this blog since i started i, i thank you guys, really appreciate it ...but i noe u guys are probably thinking "y da hell is this blog all abt football ??"

So frm now, i'm gonna add a little variety to the posts ... there are gonna be some posts abt comedy, love, jus stuff abt everyday life la basically

hope u guys keep reading it .. n enjoy !!

~ CHEERZ ~

Manchester United .... CHAMPIONS OF ENGLAND !!!

They've done it !! Afer a nail-biting end to the season, the Red Devils Wrapped up their 10th premiership tile, and 17th overall by beating Wigan on the final day of da season ...
A star studded performance, fitting end to yet another specacular season :)

Cristiano Ronaldo's penalty and a late goal from Ryan Giggs gave Manchester United a 2-0 victory over Wigan at the JJB Stadium as they retained the Premier League title.
The Portugal winger collected his 31st league goal to help Sir Alex Ferguson's side lift their 17th league title which left them just one behind Liverpool's haul of 18.
United were handed an opportunity to break the deadlock after Emmerson Boyce brought down Wayne Rooney in the penalty area and referee Steve Bennett pointed to the spot.
Ronaldo stepped up to take the 33rd-minute spot-kick and calmly side footed the ball past goalkeeper Chris Kirkland who dived the wrong way.
Giggs, on as a substitute to equal Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 758 appearances for the club, added a second for United in the 80th minute although the result mattered little after Chelsea drew 1-1 with Bolton at Stamford Bridge.
Andriy Shevchenko scrambled the ball home in the 62nd minute to give the Blues the lead but Kevin Davies equalised two minutes into injury team to leave them two points behind United.

all i can say is ..SUCKS TO U BLUE BABBOONS !!!!! BETTER LUCK NEXT TIME !!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHA !!!!!!!!!!!!

How things in the Premier League SHOULD be ........

Come the end of the season, we may well congratulate Roy Keane for doing an excellent job in keeping Sunderland in the Barclays Premier League this time. However, I think the time for congratulations is already upon us.

Let’s not just credit him for his accumulation of points either – but rather for what he has brought to the way we perceive the game. If there is a more candid, straight-talking boss around in the top flight today I’d like to meet him. Just consider one or two of Keane’s comments in recent weeks: to start with, his ex-bosses Sir Alex Ferguson and Carlos Queiroz have yet to reply, but they will surely be aware that Keane accused them of hypocrisy in calling for greater respect to be shown to officials.

Then there is the Irishman’s ongoing campaign to draw attention to what he perceives as anti-Sunderland bias on the part of several match officials. Keane is so fed up with it that he mentioned in one of his matchday programme columns last month.
“I’m starting to wonder if it’s more than coincidence,” he wrote. In the column Keane pointed to winning goals against Aston Villa and Derby County being disallowed, a late goal for Reading that did not cross the line denying Sunderland a draw, and a harsh penalty award at Ewood Park that presented Blackburn Rovers with a win.

Plus, it was great to see someone finally take issue with one of the most annoying myths in football. Keane wrote: “Don’t fall for this nonsense that things will even themselves out over a season. There’s no way anything can be evened out for us. We’re not getting the rub of the green against any club, not just the big four, and it worries me. Even our youth team had a good goal ruled out in the last minute this week.”

Roy Keane isn’t the only person who thinks that it’s simply not good enough to point to a refereeing howler and say, “Well, the team will actually benefit some time later from a similarly outrageous mistake”. West Bromwich Albion arguably went out of the FA Cup to a goal which featured a handball in its build-up. Will they get a comparable break any time soon? Will they be in next season’s semi-final?

This has been a terrible season for referees. No one disputes that. But could some of these decisions have had far-reaching consequences for one or more teams in the league?
Once or twice a season, it’s worth popping along to the website www.rightresult.net where a group of football fans set out to produce a league table which reflects results as they might have been had officials not got things wrong.

Each week, their panel (made up of members of the Association of Football Statisticians) assesses the key injustices that happen each week during the Premiership season, applies the strict rules of the game to them and passes judgement. Typical examples of incidents include questionable penalties or those which have been overlooked, whether balls did or didn’t cross the goal line and goals disallowed for questionable offside.

According to their current “right result” league table, Manchester United would still seem to be cruising to the title (they believe Fergie’s men should have 82 points rather than 80), but they have Arsenal in second on 74 rather than 71 and Chelsea on only 69 instead of 75. So there you go, Monsieur Gallas – maybe life has been slightly cruel in recent times.

So, referees haven’t affected the ultimate destination of the league title. However, there are a couple of glaring differences elsewhere in the table. According to Right Result, for instance, Everton should be all but guaranteed Champions League football next season, rather than Liverpool. They point to decisions which robbed the Toffees of points in matches against Blackburn and West Ham, among others, and suggest Everton should have 66 points rather than 61. Liverpool’s total, meanwhile, has been “corrected” to 59 rather than 66, with the dubious decision to give Arsenal a 2-1 win in the league encounter at the Emirates, based on a penalty that they say wasn’t awarded.

Perhaps the biggest discrepancies occur down at the foot of the table where managers most commonly complain about bias, often in favour of the “Big Four” teams they play. Right Result currently have a bottom three of Derby (11 points), Reading (32) and Birmingham (32). Fulham are estimated to be two points clear of danger and Sunderland are in thirteenth place on 38 rather than 36 points.

Here’s the major talking point: Bolton, they feel, should be six points better off, with 35 rather than 29 points, and in 15th place rather than 18th. Most of the incorrect decisions against the Trotters came earlier in the season, say Right Result.
If you haven’t laughed all this off as nonsense already, go to the site to see how your team’s season has gone in this parallel universe. Unless perhaps you support Tottenham: along with Derby and Reading, they are the only team whose Right Result points match those of the official Barclays Premier League table.

Lastly, let’s leave the final word on the matter with the pundits. American football analyst Don Meredith had no time whatsoever for playing the game of what might have been. His standard reply: “If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we’d all have a merry Christmas.” Try telling Roy Keane that.

in the semi finals again !!

The Red Devils have done it !! they're in the semi's of the champion league again and this time the belief is there that they can win it this season !! no more AC - this time the devils face the underperforming catalans frm barcelona .. n who noes .. on april 29th, united could well book their place in the finals for the first time since clinching the treble !! MAn i hope they win it this yr .. they really deserve it !!

Roma played well n gave the devils a run for their money .. but Dummy De Rossi blazed a penalty over, n that kinda ended the italians hopes .. too bad fellas !!

As history will show, the last time MU won the champions league, it was by beating Barca in the semi's ... is history abt to repeat ? only time will tell ..

oh .. n yeah ... GARY NEVILLE IS BACK !!! The Inspirational captain captain of the devilz made his long awaited return to first team action with a run out against Roma last night (along with mikael silvestre ) !!

n thats abt it for now coz i have no idea what else to write .. n kutuk-ing the gooners n the scousers is getting boring la .. :)

~ RED DEVILZ 4EVA !!! ~

PS - the pics below are my choices for players who really contributed ln the roma game.(neville is just there coz im happy he's bck ) ( note that we still won without ronaldo, scholes, rooney n evra !! )

The Title Race

As mentioned in a previous post, the League title is Man Utd's to lose.

* Sir Alex Ferguson’s side has come from behind spectacularly while Arsene Wenger’s young side is slipping. Chelsea, who are as resilient as a British bulldog, are still hanging on to their slim title hopes. They will be ones United have to look out for.

Arsenal, who started the season on fire, look like and play like they have lost their belief and determination. These are the ingredients that both United and Chelsea have in abundance right now. They are the ones who are finishing the season strongly. Heck, they are the only teams in the Premiership who are on fire. So even though I feel the title will remain at Old Trafford, the form of Chelsea proves there’s still some life in the title race.

Just wait for April 26 at Stamford Bridge. It will be a true title decider, a game in which both teams will be going at each other with all guns blazing. *

Chelsea - like British Bulldogs ?!?! More like a babbling, bumbling bunch of Blue Babboons if u ask me .. hehehe !! ( how nice would it be if the Devils won at stamford bridge to claim the title !! )

The Gooners may have been lucky o get a win against Bolton ( 2 goals and a man down no less ) but i still say they're out of the title race ..

~ RED DEVILZ 4EVA !!! ~

The Holy Grail .. here we come ?!

After such a long time, the great Red Devils of Manchester have produced the kind of away form needed to win the UEFA Champions League. A Superb 2-0 victory over AS Roma shows they have what it takes to lift the cup ( dubbed the Holy Grail by MU supporters) this yr.

Sure, the devils have been dominant in OT, but of late, their away form has been rather shaky ( recall the 3-0 drubbing at the hands of Milan last season). With the devils firing on all cylinders ( particularly cristiano Ronaldo ), its hard to see MU losing their advantage over the Giallorossi. Whats more, it could even be a good thrashing of Roma in OT next week.( not likely to be 7-1 again, but one can hope ryte ? :P )

Wanker's ( i mean Wenger's) Kiddos

After sailing through the first three quarters of the season, Arsenal now find themselves behind in the title race - and I mean really behind.

The Gunners have been dropping points left, right and centre in the Barclays Premier League and unnecessary ones at that.

In the games they should have won, they drew. When the pitch refuses to help their passing game, Arsenal struggle. When the opposition parks their team coach in front of the goal, Arsenal struggle. But when Manchester United struggle, they typically scrap out a win.

So it has been different for Man United. The Old Trafford outfit might say the League title is now theirs to lose. They have their noses in front and I have a feeling that it is a lead they will not relinquish. Sir Alex Ferguson’s team is not just a team capable of taking the game to their opponents, it’s also a team packed to the rafters with a wonderful never-say-die attitude.
But, if you were to ask me where it went right for Sir Alex Ferguson’s side, I would reply it was more a case of ‘where it went wrong for Arsenal’. How they have stumbled.

At the start of the season, Wenger’s kids threatened to run away with the title thanks to a number of impressive displays. Cesc Fabregas showed that he really has an old head on his young shoulders, while Emmanuel Adebayor was scoring goals for fun. Thierry Henry who?
But as the Gunners’ season progressed – especially after Wenger decided that the FA Cup was not to be a priority – Arsenal, in a flash, lost their early-season form.

Suddenly, you see heads being dropped after a goal has been conceded (or better yet, players storming to the other side of the pitch in protest!).

Put simply, this Arsenal side lacks leaders.

William Gallas is not the best example of a great leader. He may be good at what he does, but he is far from qualified to be Arsenal’s captain. They are crying out for a Tony Adams or a Patrick Vieira. Someone who can command respect both on and off the pitch. I ask you, is there any true leader in the Arsenal team right now?

By way of contrast, Man United are a team full of leaders. When fit and picked, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand, Gary Neville and even Wayne Rooney are leaders. They help inspire the team; they play on even when the chips are down. They can be depended on to carry on the fight to the opposition.

That’s why the Red Devils continue winning. That’s how they can scrap results even when they play like your typical Sunday pub team. Man United can, and do, continually grind out results.
The lack of leaders at Arsenal will probably cost them the title and the failure to find them in the coming seasons will be disastrous for the Gunners. Until that is rectified, Arsenal will remain just what we have been calling them all along – ‘Wenger’s kids’.

PS - watever is above is not my handiwork .. it's frm the blog of Steve Mcmahon .. and i have to say i agree with him 100% .. the kids of the gonners just dont have what it takes to compete with the heros of the Red Devils .. over the course of a season, they just have run out of steam ..

in a nutshell, ARSENAL, U GUYS SUCK !! MAN UTD RULZ !!! hahahahaha !!

~ RED DEVILZ 4EVA ~

Gooners .. Goners ??

Speaking as a rock solid, life-long Manchester United fan, it’s impossible 2 be anythin other than ecstatic ryte now. ARSEnal's 2-1 defeat at Chelsea has probably, no wait, DEFINITELY killed off the Gooner's title chances for this season and while their defeat was unexpected ( i predicted a draw ) it’s the Gooner's current form that’s the most appealing to me. Four points from the last fifteen is not the kind of run title winning teams go on (unlike United who have taken 15 frm their last 15 points .. now THAT'S a title winning team !!)

Now i have a few die-hard ARSE-anal fans ( make that FANTICS .. u noe who u guys are .. i'm not mentioning any names )who, despite all evidence to the contrary, keep insisting that the Goners are merely in a slight slmp of form, n that they'll bounce bck better than ever n claim the BPL title this yr n bla bla bla bla .. now seriously guys .. get real .. do u really think that MU .. the team with the best defence in the premiership this season ( only 15 goals conceded all season - thats basically 0.48 goals per game !! WOO HOO !! ) can possibly slip up against smaller teams like Boro, Wigan and Rovers ?! Admitedly, the game against Chelsea is a worry .. Arsenal ? haha we were Unlucky to draw in the Emirates .. 2 lucky goals saved them .. so MU are unlikely to slip up at OT .. so no matter wat the gooners do after this, the title is oput of their hands !! *better luck next season suckers !!! hahahahah !!! *

~ RED DEVILS 4EVA !! ~

dumb AND Mystified ?!?!

Javier Mascherano still has no idea why he was sent off against Manchester United during Liverpool's 3-0 Barclays Premier League defeat at Old Trafford.

While the possibility persists that the Argentinian could yet have to serve more than the mandatory one-match ban - because he failed to leave the pitch immediately after being red-carded - Mascherano remains non-plussed over the initial reason for Sunday's dismissal.

Mascherano told the Liverpool Echo: "I do not know why I was sent off. I asked the referee what was happening. I did not swear; I was not aggressive and I did not confront him. All I did was ask him what was happening, nothing else."

Mascherano, who subsequently lost his cool as he made his way off the field, added: "When he showed me the second yellow card and sent me off I could not believe it ....

~ Now honestly .. can anyone believe the crap coming out of his mouth ?! i mean .. how can u get sent off in a match n not know why it happened ??? As it was, he already got booked, not for his mistimed tackle, but for cursing the ref ( poor ol' Steve Bennet ) .. n yet he can say, "i only asked the erf wat happened" .. wat a dumb ass .. USE UR EYES MAN !!! ..

n instead of being careful so as to avoid another booking, when torres got booked, he had to go protest didnt he ? n its not like he was next to the ref to begin with .. He charged nearly 30 YARDS across the pitch jus to scream at the erf for booking his Teammate !!! damn man ..oi Javier .. u think torres would have done the same for u ?? i don't think so man .. torres got more common sense than that .... hahaha

neway thx to Mr Dumb Mystified-cherano, the scousers are out of the running again n MU will soon be one short of the record top flight title haul .. soon to be equalised, n then surpassed .. hehe

n till next time, cheerz !!

~ RED DEVILZ 4EVA !!!! ~

Man Utd 3 - 0 Liverpool .. Victory in the 150th meeting of these 2 great clubs.

* A Portuguese one-two from Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani plus a rare Wes Brown goal gave United the perfect Easter gift and destroyed any lingering hopes Liverpool had of breaking into the title race.*

haha .. its happened yet again . The Red Devils have sent the Reds to hell !!! Rafa's bunch of kids yet again succumbed to pressure in the Theater Of Dreams n presented the Devils with a 5 point lead at the top of the BPL, n the Devils are now favorites to retain the title ..

n to make a good day even better, the dumb ass gonners lost at stamford bridge .. meaning they have 4 draws n a loss frm their last five games !! wat a record for a club that claims to be one of the best in Europe( but have never won the champions league ) just because they knocked out the reigning kings of Europe ( by 2 fluke late goals )

Neway bck to MU .. this game showcased a man who has been labeled the Dumbest Man in the World (currently) - Javier Mascherano .

~ Javier Mascherano became the dumbest man in the world after crazily provoking ref Steve Bennett to send him off for dissent. Liverpool's Argentine midfielder got his red card after 43 minutes - handing Manchester United a win which virtually assures them of the title~

all i can say to that is .... HAHAHAHHAHAHA !!!!!!!!!1 i mean come on ... u noe u already got a yellow card.. n u're playing in one of ur clubs BIGGESt games of the season .. y be a bloody jack ass n get sent off just for arguing with the ref abt ur teammate's card ??? even torres wasnt arguing !!! Jeez !! ..

but in my opinion it was a great win for the Devils .. United kept the ball well, played good football n could have gotten more than 3 goals ..

aite then ... thats all for now .. till next time, cheerz !!

~ RED DEVILS 4EVA !!!!! ~

Bring It On !!

• be afraid .. be very afraid . but have no fear .. for KRISHTIANO is here !!


• i've finally succumbed to the dark side n started a blog .. *sigh*


• hopefully some of my posts will make sense, n not jus be nonsense like most blogs .. but then again, thats for u guys to decide .. :P CHEERZ !!!