Germany. The team I’ve been supporting since 1990, in fact, a few months before I started supporting Arsenal. Thus, it’s my first footballing team and one I hold dear to heart. I watched them lift the 1990 World Cup the first month I started supporting them, and Lothar Matthaeus went on to become my favorite [...]
Read moreI’m sure most of you have heard about Paul, a 2 year old Octopus with a splendid record of predicting the results of the German national team. This English fella, who resides in Germany, comes out before each German match, presented with food in 2 different containers with the respective countries, and selects its container [...]
Read moreIt’s been a relatively dull world cup except for a few spurts of matches worthy of its billing. The best of the lot was Germany’s mauling of England – that was the highlight for me so far. Here are my thoughts of the upcoming quarterfinals, with 2 big clashes between Europe and South America in [...]
Read moreHahahaha! I’m sure you English supporters are ranting about that denied goal by Frank Lampfart. But, most of you were probably swimming in your father’s balls back then, when West Germany lost in that 1966 final against England, having a goal ruled out incorrectly against the English. So, karma is a big ass bitch that [...]
Read moreOK, I will keep this short and sweet as I’m unavailable to blog this weekend due to family commitments. Greece vs South Korea – I predict a 0-0 scoreless draw. Argentina vs Nigeria – I think Argentina will have problems in this one, and may even end up losing their match. I fancy Nigeria to [...]
Read moreOdds: 10/1 World Ranking: 6 13 June vs Australia, 18 June vs Serbia, 23 June vs Ghana Based on current form, it is hard to see the German national team progressing far in South Africa. But then again, German teams often don’t look like real contenders on paper, but then go on to do a [...]
Read moreOK, before I proceed, I would like to say that the country that I support is Germany, and been supporting them since 1990 and Lothar Matthaeus still remains my favorite player of all time. Moving on with my initial prediction, which I shall tweak closer to the event, looking at the player selections for each [...]
Read moreIf you can see me now, I’m grinning from ear to ear that would put the Joker to shame. Wenger’s visit to Malaysia wasn’t publicized much, and thanks to my colleague, who spotted a lilliputian section of the back page of the NST newspaper last week, I called my Arsenal compadre to confirm the news! Until Monday, [...]
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