Keepy Ups

Footie Bird was going to attempt to liveblog the Merseyside Derby for all of her readers today but there were a couple of things stopping her from this.

1. Footie Bird is currently in the US--the Merseyside Derby is on at 730 in the friggin morning and she didn't get in til 330 am.
   
2. This match is boring as crap

It's also too early to write in 3rd person.

Instead, I'm currently sat in the pub, a Manchester Blue, surrounded by Mersey Reds and Blues, watching boring football wondering if I'm going to wait til 215 to watch City v Reading on a replay or if I'm going to watch it on the Chinese football pirating website--at the pub. :)

Posted by Chrissy at 9:13 AM 0 comments    

Labels: England, English Premiership, Everton, Liverpool, Man City, Merseyside Derby, Reading

Only I would start a blog late on a Friday afternoon when I am unshowered and the pub beckons. So here's a "hit and run" post about my pub fantasy league team and my premiership predictions for this weekend.

Please do not be jealous of my fantasy team. Now, this isn't a terribly complicated team. This is one of those things where you only get points for clean sheets, assists, and goals...so it's a lot different strategy than what you would pick for say Yahoo! or Premierleague.com, both of which I am kicking ass at btw--this one is for bragging rights down the pub tho.. so you know, I care more about it.

My predictions:
Liv'pool 2 v Everton 1
A Villa 1 v West Ham 0
Blackb'n 1 v Sheff U 0
Charlton 0 v Chelsea 3
Fulham 0 v N'castle 0
Man City 1 v Reading 1
Watford 0 v Bolton 2
Wigan 1 v Portsm'h 2
M'brough 1 v Arsenal 2
Tot'ham 1 v Man Utd 3


I will write about Joey Barton, Fat Frank, and the Sicilian Derby that I watched today when I get back--or tomorrow while watching Liverpool or something.

Posted by Chrissy at 4:49 PM 0 comments    

Labels: England, English Premiership, fantasy team, lulz, predictions, Serie-a

Arsenal/Bolton v Blackburn

Chelsea v Blackpool/Norwich

Manchester United v Reading

Fulham v Tottenham

Bristol City/Middlesborough v West Brom

Preston v Manchester City

Watford v Ipswich

Plymouth v Derby

One would never accuse me of being a Manchester United supporter and live to tell the tale, but jesus if they (or Arsenal) were to win the FA Cup I don't think anyone could really take it away from them, unless of course they wind up facing Plymouth Argyle in the final.

Meanwhile, Chelsea have had the power houses that are:

1. Macclesfield Town AT HOME -- The worst team in the whole of the football league. Looking at relegation to the conference (3 Divs below Premiership) Result: 6-0


2. 
   Nottingham Forrest AT HOME -- They MIGHT be promoted to the championship next year--currently 4th in League 1 (2 Divs below Premiership) Result: 3-0


3. Next round they will have to play either: Blackpool -- Currently 7th in League 1 2 spots behind Nottingham Forrest or Norwich OMG A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM (League directly below Premiership)
AT HOME!

Christ on a crutch AND a bike! I mean I realise the Mighty City hasn't had to play a Premiership team either, more on that in a second, but we're not Chelsea and we're not going to win the Cup.

I am sounding like a spoilsport. Calling CHEATER and NO FAIR before anything even happens. But seriously, it's kind of CRAP.

Anyway, City's draw is not something I am too happy with. Preston have been very solid in the second tier (The Championship nee First Division) for the past couple of years. It's just a matter of when they get promoted (and subsequently promptly relegated). It's an away match for City as well, but beings as though its only 40 minutes away, there should be a good City support showing.

BTW: Do you know what team has won more 2nd tier (The Championship nee First Division nee Second Division) titles, 7, than any other club? :) :) :)

nothing to be proud of but I'll take it where I can!

I'm going to write more about 4th round results later.

Posted by Chrissy at 3:40 PM 0 comments    

Labels: CSKA Chelski, England, English Premiership, FA CUP 06 07, Man City, The Championship

Hello! Welcome to my new blog about Football. I've been boring most of my regular blog readers with incessant posts about Manchester City, England, and football overall and decided that maybe it was time to break away, for the sanity of my readers and to become more involved in the "footiesphere".

So there you are.

Posted by Chrissy at 3:24 PM 0 comments    

Labels: introduction, Man City