Saturday began on an enterprising note. The morning went by trying to figure out, "How to get your passport done, without too many hassles?". The afternoon did cover up though, through a nice easy movie called, "The Ugly Truth". The movie is good, period!!! I don't have any more expert comments or reviews to give apart from what I just said. However the evening started off as disastrous as it could possibly get. And yes, I am referring to the Manchester City vs. Arsenal EPL match. Post-match, friend's asked me what was my expert opinion / feeling???( Such a stupid thing to ask anyway)
One Simple word: "GUTTED".
It was awful enough to see blood streaming down our key striker (Robin Van Persie’s) face, when it was followed up by some unprofessional and disgraceful taunt run by an ex- Arsenal player, Adebayor. The Goal was good but the run was deliberate provocation. The riot I feel was justified. The striker could have been blinded for life. One does not play football like that, regardless of which club or at what level you play. I would probably have been in the forefront as well to throw a tomato on the moron's face. The game was splendid though. As usual, some bad refereeing did them in. It's getting quite frequent these days, with one team alone bearing the brunt, every time. Seems like Arsenal is either under a spell or are cursed. Phew!!!
While some claim this incident to be racist, and biased and what not... most of these statements are half baked or pointless...primarily because one of Arsenal's greatest dark skinned player Thierry Henry is still revered as a great footballer even though he plays for a rival club now. That's what you call a Good Sportsman. Not dimwits like Adebayor, who bring disgrace to themselves and to the sport alike. Shame!!!
Meanwhile, on the flip side, I read some provoking and some thought provoking comments supporting Adebayor. One of them is utterly hilarious...It goes something like this...
I think the FA needs to step in and make clear what an appropriate response by the fans should be, so for example:
Level 1: Player smirks after scoring goal = Fans allowed cat call, jeer and hurl racist abuse
Level 2: Player slides on knees after scoring goal = Fifty fat fans allowed fall down the stairs, hurling invective and attacking stewards
Level 3: Player pulls shirt off opposing player and spits on the crest after scoring goal = Fans allowed daylight bombing raid on rival club ground of their choice.
Level 4: Player scores goal and proceeds to crap on rival dugout and wipe his ass with the managers cravat = Fans take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
Grr....Some fans can often stoop to any level to prove themselves right!!!
Apart from this, came the mind boggling loss of the newly crowned Cricket ODI champions - Men in Blue, India. Falling down like a pack of cards, they lost by a margin that would seem teams like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe to be like Championship material. So Saturday's been terrible. Wonder what’s in store ahead!!!
P.S.: I have been asked to keep the posts shorter and more specific to one topic alone. Hmm, Interesting thought that. Will consider it folks…
