There are days when the weather is cool, nice, cloudy and perfect for football. Yesterday was no such day. The sun was so bad, Maran had tan lines. And that is no exaggeration.
With one phone call and a couple of absinths, Philbert and Navin PP managed to make sure half our team for the game were in good "SPIRITS". So fair play to them.
Here was the line up in full:
Sober: Harvey, Riz, Chan, Harish, Maran, Vana, Shyam, Farhan
Not so sober: Maran, Kumaran, Sat (arrived 310pm for 3pm game), SK (arrived 345pm) and Prak
Confused: Vana's friend Damon ("guys let's just go have a beer screw the game".)
The opponents brought 200 players (rough estimate).
Game started off with our much fitter opponents running around and creating all sorts of mayhem for our defence. MiB's defence adopted a new tactic yesterday. As long as the ball is played behind you, stop, look at the ball, put up your hand and say "OFFSIDE". It will work 5 out of 10 times. When it works great, when it doesn't work, that part we haven't figured out yet.
As the game wore on, Chan, Vana and Farhan started to create some good moves and in one such move, Chan broke clear only to be tackled from behind by the defender. Stone wall penalty. Up stepped Faizal to pass it to the keeper, who passed him back. With the whole goal gaping, Faizal thought he could make it less hot by aiming for the sun. His shot almost reached it but not quite. Still 0-0.
Within the next 2 moves, MiB was down 1-0. Like I mentioned, the new defensive tactic came to the fore here. Sat (not sober) and Riz did not pick up the opponent's striker who burst through and shot straight through the middle, leaving the diving Harvey no chance. If the game had ended here, MiB would have paid and went home happy. Unfortunately, there was still 70 minutes to play.
Chan and Vana were looking lively (they did not go to ACE the night before please note), and were MiB's most threatening players. It was no surprise that they dragged MiB back into the game. With a melee in the box, Vana picked out Chan who turned and slammed in the equalizer. 1-1. Within the next 5 minutes, Vana, who at this point was playing striker, latched on to a through ball by Chan, and made it 2-1 with a solid curling shot into the top corner.
But then MiB decided to try their new tactic again. A long ball was launched between Sat (not sober) and Harish to a striker clearly in an offside position. So as expected, MiB stopped playing. A deep running midfielder obliged by running to the loose ball and saw his shot saved by Harvey, but the referee had seen Sat (not sober) apparently push him from behind. Harsh. The resultant penalty was rammed straight down the middle but Harvey only managed a weak hand at it. 2-2.
By this time Vana's friend Damon was hallucinating and swore he saw Teletubbies on the field. So MiB decided to put our most right-sided player, Pirakash (not sober), at LEFT-back. BRILLIANT MOVE OF THE DAY 1.
The game was ding-donging between both halves and Chan was unlucky not to get a penalty after the defender tried to knee his head off in mid air. The opponents made their 177th substitution at this point.
Much to everyone's surprise, MiB's no 8 was seen on the touchline (not so sober). With his first touch after coming on at right wing, his shot on goal was deflected by the defender. But the ref, who was still feeling guilty after not giving Chan his penalty despite his head hanging from his neck by now, gave a dubious penalty! Zal wanted to try again and knock out the sun, but Harvey managed to persuade him not to, and duly stepped up to convert the penalty to make it 3-2 at half time.
If any of you have watched the war movie Platoon, there is a scene where the soldiers will be lying after 3 weeks of war, faces bloodied, uniform tattered, sweaty, exhausted and faces filled with pain. That pretty much sums up MiB at half time. Chan tried his best to rally the troops, but Kumaran (not so sober) said he couldn't get the "Pote Tak" song out of his head and had to rest. Sat (not so sober) had the same feeling. Prak (not so sober) wanted to sleep already at this point but claimed that David Beckham had met him in the toilet and told him its his destiny to play in the second half. Or something along those lines. Once again, thanks Bert and Navin.
Second half started at a slow pace. No one was complaining. The weather was getting nicer too and it started to pay off as Harish and Shyam grew into the game down the right side. Chan too had plenty of chances as he fought his way into the box, but with each attempt, tried to blaze it higher than before.
The opponents too had their fare share of chances thanks to MiB's new tactic. But with SK (not so sober) now at left back, we were containing them pretty well. The longer the game wore on, the more mistakes occured. The opponents should have scored when the striker beat Sat (not so sober) easily and squared for his team mate. Harvey made the save and MiB scrambled the ball away.
Then Maran (not so sober) decided to do his community service for the year. A ball from the right was missed by everyone and fell to MiB's prolific no.11 in the 6 yard box. He would have had enough time to jog to his bag, call Bert and Navin, persuade them to go ACE, bathe and come back and score. But he decided to kick the ball so softly into the keeper's hands that a snail overtook it.
Time for BRILLIANT MOVE OF THE DAY 2. MiB got a corner with about 10 minutes to play. What do you do when you're leading 3-2 with minutes to play, absolutely shagged out, in the burning hot sun, with some players still smelling of alcohol? That's right, let's commit 8 players into the box and leave 2 of our fastest players, Riz and Sat (not so sober), in defence. So what happened? The opponents broke away within 2 seconds of our corner and it was a 2 v 1 with just Harvey left. The striker managed to poke the ball towards goal but SK (not so sober) heroically clearing the ball from under his cross bar! Game winning save!
Having failed to let the opponents score, MiB tried again, with another 2 v 1 seeing the striker selfishly kick wide instead of making Harvey look like a circus monkey.
And just when it looked like MiB had done enough to win, BRILLIANT MOVE OF THE DAY 3. With our defence aching, and Vana and Maran (not so sober) not being able to run back and defend because of an invisible forcefield, what should MiB have done at this point? Yup, you're absolutely right. We made Kumaran (not so sober), play defensive midfield. Not his fault totally because that's not his position, but like I said, BRILLIANT MOVE OF THE DAY 3.
The opponents broke through and Harvey saved the shot, but could only parry it to the striker, who smashed it into the empty net. 3-3. Game was over shortly after that. MiB was put out of its misery.
ACE next week?
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
WEEK 5 Fantasy League
(Please read the previous post with regards to our plans for the weekend ahead)
And so I spoke too soon. Just last week, I was hyping up DIE HARD 11 FC (Prak) 128 points performence. This week, that record has been smashed at the very first time of asking. As a matter of fact, our Top 3 teams for the week all went above that record.
Top 3
1)dark knight fc 143 (Navin SIM)
2)Villa MiB 139 (Satheeish)
3)MIB_LFC 128.5 (Vana)
Bottom 3
1)Argentinos 47.5 (Kumaran)
2)mib_corporatation 49.5 (Harish)
3)LAS But Not Least 69 (Shamwil)
Team of the WEEK
dark knight fc (Navin SIM)
G) B. Myhill 9
D) I. Sonko 3D) T. Vermaelen 33.5
D) J. Heitinga 4.5
M) M. Carrick 0
M) Lucas 7
M) F. Fabregas 14
M) J. Milner 19.5
F) W. Rooney 12.5
F) F. Torres 25.5
F) Eduardo 14.5
CURRENT STANDINGS
Rank Team Points
1 MiB FC 533.00 (anan)
2 boyz 11 525.00 (chan)
3 MIB_LFC 504.50 (vana)
4 reds82FC 476.50 (fadli)
5 MiB10 476.00 (bert)
6 LAS But Not Least 442.50 (shamwil)
7 DIE HARD 11 F.C 435.50 (prak)
8 Villa MiB 430.50 (sat)
9 dark knight fc 429.50 (navin sim)
10 Argentinos 400.00 (kumaran)
11 Lazy FC 394.00 (maran)
12 down_under FC 392.00
13 Jack Jingaroo 346.50 (rooban)
14 mib_corporatation 258.00 (harish)
15 football4 245.00 (puvan)
This is the final week for September, so we'll be announcing the MANAGER of the MONTH for SEPTEMBER in next weeks edition. Hopefully, we'll manage to secure a sponsor in time for a prize.
There clearly is a runaway favourite to win the monthly award and it will take alot for anyone else to overhaul him and clinch it, but stranger things have happened.
Do we have time for another winner? Highly unlikely, this aint Old Trafford.
Be Champions.
And so I spoke too soon. Just last week, I was hyping up DIE HARD 11 FC (Prak) 128 points performence. This week, that record has been smashed at the very first time of asking. As a matter of fact, our Top 3 teams for the week all went above that record.
Top 3
1)dark knight fc 143 (Navin SIM)
2)Villa MiB 139 (Satheeish)
3)MIB_LFC 128.5 (Vana)
Bottom 3
1)Argentinos 47.5 (Kumaran)
2)mib_corporatation 49.5 (Harish)
3)LAS But Not Least 69 (Shamwil)
Team of the WEEK
dark knight fc (Navin SIM)
G) B. Myhill 9
D) I. Sonko 3D) T. Vermaelen 33.5
D) J. Heitinga 4.5
M) M. Carrick 0
M) Lucas 7
M) F. Fabregas 14
M) J. Milner 19.5
F) W. Rooney 12.5
F) F. Torres 25.5
F) Eduardo 14.5
CURRENT STANDINGS
Rank Team Points
1 MiB FC 533.00 (anan)
2 boyz 11 525.00 (chan)
3 MIB_LFC 504.50 (vana)
4 reds82FC 476.50 (fadli)
5 MiB10 476.00 (bert)
6 LAS But Not Least 442.50 (shamwil)
7 DIE HARD 11 F.C 435.50 (prak)
8 Villa MiB 430.50 (sat)
9 dark knight fc 429.50 (navin sim)
10 Argentinos 400.00 (kumaran)
11 Lazy FC 394.00 (maran)
12 down_under FC 392.00
13 Jack Jingaroo 346.50 (rooban)
14 mib_corporatation 258.00 (harish)
15 football4 245.00 (puvan)
This is the final week for September, so we'll be announcing the MANAGER of the MONTH for SEPTEMBER in next weeks edition. Hopefully, we'll manage to secure a sponsor in time for a prize.
There clearly is a runaway favourite to win the monthly award and it will take alot for anyone else to overhaul him and clinch it, but stranger things have happened.
Do we have time for another winner? Highly unlikely, this aint Old Trafford.
Be Champions.
Monday, September 21, 2009
MiB Calendar of Events for Upcoming Week
- Friday Night 25th September
Khalsa Turf for Soccer 9.30pm to 11.30pm. For payment please contact Vana. - Saturday Afternoon 26th September
Hari Raya Lunch at Black Dyna.. I mean Rizvi's place. Probably around 1-ish. If you don't know where he leaves, don't bother to come. (There will be a long line of girls waiting to enter his house so that might be a good sign to look out for.) - Sunday Afternoon 27th September
Match at ITE Balestier 3pm. Further details to be up on the blog soon. - Mirza's Baby
We all call him our friend but we haven't even visited his first baby, and now he has his second. So instead of being so shameless, I suggest we pool money, buy them both a nice gift, and go pay them a visit. Mirza said that weekday is better for him and his wife and kids. So let's reserve a date and go visit. He stays at Bukit Panjang by the way. Keep your calendars free for Wednesday 30th Sept or Thursday 1st October evening. I will SMS n confirm soon.
Sunday, September 20, 2009
MUST SEE FOR ANY FOOTBALL FAN
Barcelona vs Atletico Madrid. Have you guys ever seen gang rape? Watch Barcelona's goals..
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Weekend 4 plus Fresh news from MiB's Academy.
Congratulations to Mirza and his wife on the Birth of their second bundle of joy, MEA. We hope to see all 4 of them real soon. We are now 9 short for WiB Jnrs and 11 short for MiB Jnrs. Lets hope Bert, Puvan and PP can soon also give our Academy more Bundles of Joy. :) Remember, first two for the parents, the third for the country and one for MiB.
This week saw impressive performances from a number of teams. football4(Puvan) had an extremely fruitful week scoring 99 points and catching up with the rivals nearest to him. Even the aptly named Lazy FC (maran) seemed to get its bum moving and keep within range of those above them. The top 3 in the league are creating a division on their own, seperated by a mere 10.5 points. Will they run away from the rest? Unlikely, esp seeing the form the Team of the Week is in.
Top 3 for the week:
1)DIE HARD 11 F.C 128
2) football4 99
3) boyz 11 86.5
Bottom 3 for the week:
1) mib_corporatation 37
2) Jack Jingaroo 44.5
3) dark knight fc 54
No prizes for guessing who is the Team Of The Week. Phenominal Performance by DIE HARD 11 FC (prak). 128 points in a single weekend of matches is by no means a small feat. It is hard to conceive that any other team would manage to break this record in a single weekend of 10 matches. What makes the acheivements of DIE HARD 11 FC soo remarkable is that they missed out on the First weekend which was worth more than 100 points since there were 16 matches that week.
Here's their team for the past week:
GK) P. ROBINSON 5.00
D) T. VERMAELEN 5.00
D) M. RICHARDS 11.00
D) G. NEVILLE 0.00
M) F. LAMPARD 13.00
M) J. RODWELL 4.50
M) Y. BENAYOUN 45.00
M) D. BILYALETDINOV 0.00
F) W. ROONEY 21.50
F) F. TORRES 2.50
F) D. DROGBA 20.50
The current standings are as follows:
Rank Team Points (Manager)
1 MiB FC 415.00 (Anan)
2 boyz 11 407.00 (Chan)
3 reds82FC 404.50 (Fadli)
4 MIB_LFC 376.00 (Vana)
5 MiB10 373.50 (Bert)
5 LAS But Not Least 373.50 (Shamwil)
7 Argentinos 352.50 (Kumaran)
8 DIE HARD 11 F.C 322.50 (Prak)
9 Lazy FC 308.50 (Maran)
10 down_under FC 300.50
11 Villa MiB 291.50 (Sat)
12 dark knight fc 286.50 (Navin SIM)
13 Jack Jingaroo 260.50 (Roobz)
14 mib_corporatation 208.50 (Harish)
15 football4 166.50 (Puvan)
This week saw impressive performances from a number of teams. football4(Puvan) had an extremely fruitful week scoring 99 points and catching up with the rivals nearest to him. Even the aptly named Lazy FC (maran) seemed to get its bum moving and keep within range of those above them. The top 3 in the league are creating a division on their own, seperated by a mere 10.5 points. Will they run away from the rest? Unlikely, esp seeing the form the Team of the Week is in.
Top 3 for the week:
1)DIE HARD 11 F.C 128
2) football4 99
3) boyz 11 86.5
Bottom 3 for the week:
1) mib_corporatation 37
2) Jack Jingaroo 44.5
3) dark knight fc 54
No prizes for guessing who is the Team Of The Week. Phenominal Performance by DIE HARD 11 FC (prak). 128 points in a single weekend of matches is by no means a small feat. It is hard to conceive that any other team would manage to break this record in a single weekend of 10 matches. What makes the acheivements of DIE HARD 11 FC soo remarkable is that they missed out on the First weekend which was worth more than 100 points since there were 16 matches that week.
Here's their team for the past week:
GK) P. ROBINSON 5.00
D) T. VERMAELEN 5.00
D) M. RICHARDS 11.00
D) G. NEVILLE 0.00
M) F. LAMPARD 13.00
M) J. RODWELL 4.50
M) Y. BENAYOUN 45.00
M) D. BILYALETDINOV 0.00
F) W. ROONEY 21.50
F) F. TORRES 2.50
F) D. DROGBA 20.50
The current standings are as follows:
Rank Team Points (Manager)
1 MiB FC 415.00 (Anan)
2 boyz 11 407.00 (Chan)
3 reds82FC 404.50 (Fadli)
4 MIB_LFC 376.00 (Vana)
5 MiB10 373.50 (Bert)
5 LAS But Not Least 373.50 (Shamwil)
7 Argentinos 352.50 (Kumaran)
8 DIE HARD 11 F.C 322.50 (Prak)
9 Lazy FC 308.50 (Maran)
10 down_under FC 300.50
11 Villa MiB 291.50 (Sat)
12 dark knight fc 286.50 (Navin SIM)
13 Jack Jingaroo 260.50 (Roobz)
14 mib_corporatation 208.50 (Harish)
15 football4 166.50 (Puvan)
Thursday, September 10, 2009
FANTASY LEAGUE WEEKEND 3 - WE HAVE A NEW SPONSER!!!!!
I am pleased to announce that we have found a sponser for our Manager of the Month Award for August! Club Jeanz have kindly sponsered us a prize to be given to the Manager of the Month for August. The winner can claim a one-time only FREE entry into Club Jeanz at Boat Quay. Just who is the Manager of the Month for August? Read on...
Before we talk about the Manager of the Month, its a new month, so new members are more than welcome to join the league. Though there is catching up to do, its better late than never!
Here's the link, do it:
http://uk.premiership.fantasysports.yahoo.com/football
League Code: 8313
And again, before we move on, I'd like to highlight the excellent post below, regarding the 'Black Dynamite - MRJ'.
Here is the latest ranking for Weekend 3.
Rank Team Points
1 MiB FC 347.50 (Anan)
2 reds82FC 322.50 (Fadli)
3 boyz 11 320.50 (Chan)
4 MIB_LFC 312.00 (Vana)
5 MiB10 300.00 (Bert)
6 LAS But Not Least 289.00 (Shamwil)
7 Argentinos 272.00 (Kumaran)
8 down_under FC 239.50
9 Lazy FC 233.00 (Maran)
10 dark knight fc 232.50 (Navin SIM)
11 Villa MiB 231.00 (Sat)
12 Jack Jingaroo 216.00 (Rooban)
13 DIE HARD 11 F.C 194.50 (Pirakash)
14 mib_corporatation 171.50 (Harish)
15 football4 67.50 (Puvan)
For the best week, here are the top scoring 3 teams and lowest scoring 3 teams:
Top 3:
1)reds82FC (Fadli) 112.5
2)MIB_LFC (Vana) 107
3)MiB FC (Anan) 98
Bottom 3:
1)mib_corporatation (Harish) 29
2)Lazy FC (Maran) 54
3)boyz 11 (Chan) 60
And Here is What You all have been waiting for....
TEAM OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST:
MiB FC managed by Anan-the-rajah
-For scoring the highest number of points in the month of August. For a long while, it looked like boyz 11 (Chan) would win the Manager of the month award for August, but his team performed very disappointingly in the final weekend and that cost him the coveted award.
Anan, congratulations, you have won yourself a one-time only free entry into Club Jeanz.
Just who was in his team the final week of August?
GK: Shay Given (ManC)
Def: S. Bassong (Spurs)
Def: M. Richards (ManC)
Def: H. Beye (Villa)
Mid: L. Valencia (ManU)
Mid: L. Lucas (Pool)
Mid: L. Modric (Spurs)
Mid: R. Delap (Stoke)
Att: F. Torres (Pool)
Att: E. Adebayor (ManC)
Att: D. Drogba (Chel)
Once Again, I'd like to thank our kind sponsers and a gentle reminder to have your teams ready for the weekend by Saturday 6pm I think.
Be champions.
#Free Entry to Club Jeanz is to permit one only and is only valid till 30th September 2009.
Before we talk about the Manager of the Month, its a new month, so new members are more than welcome to join the league. Though there is catching up to do, its better late than never!
Here's the link, do it:
http://uk.premiership.fantasysports.yahoo.com/football
League Code: 8313
And again, before we move on, I'd like to highlight the excellent post below, regarding the 'Black Dynamite - MRJ'.
Here is the latest ranking for Weekend 3.
Rank Team Points
1 MiB FC 347.50 (Anan)
2 reds82FC 322.50 (Fadli)
3 boyz 11 320.50 (Chan)
4 MIB_LFC 312.00 (Vana)
5 MiB10 300.00 (Bert)
6 LAS But Not Least 289.00 (Shamwil)
7 Argentinos 272.00 (Kumaran)
8 down_under FC 239.50
9 Lazy FC 233.00 (Maran)
10 dark knight fc 232.50 (Navin SIM)
11 Villa MiB 231.00 (Sat)
12 Jack Jingaroo 216.00 (Rooban)
13 DIE HARD 11 F.C 194.50 (Pirakash)
14 mib_corporatation 171.50 (Harish)
15 football4 67.50 (Puvan)
For the best week, here are the top scoring 3 teams and lowest scoring 3 teams:
Top 3:
1)reds82FC (Fadli) 112.5
2)MIB_LFC (Vana) 107
3)MiB FC (Anan) 98
Bottom 3:
1)mib_corporatation (Harish) 29
2)Lazy FC (Maran) 54
3)boyz 11 (Chan) 60
And Here is What You all have been waiting for....
TEAM OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST:
MiB FC managed by Anan-the-rajah
-For scoring the highest number of points in the month of August. For a long while, it looked like boyz 11 (Chan) would win the Manager of the month award for August, but his team performed very disappointingly in the final weekend and that cost him the coveted award.
Anan, congratulations, you have won yourself a one-time only free entry into Club Jeanz.
Just who was in his team the final week of August?
GK: Shay Given (ManC)
Def: S. Bassong (Spurs)
Def: M. Richards (ManC)
Def: H. Beye (Villa)
Mid: L. Valencia (ManU)
Mid: L. Lucas (Pool)
Mid: L. Modric (Spurs)
Mid: R. Delap (Stoke)
Att: F. Torres (Pool)
Att: E. Adebayor (ManC)
Att: D. Drogba (Chel)
Once Again, I'd like to thank our kind sponsers and a gentle reminder to have your teams ready for the weekend by Saturday 6pm I think.
Be champions.
#Free Entry to Club Jeanz is to permit one only and is only valid till 30th September 2009.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Brilliant Lyrics I had to let everyone see.. Inspired by my dear friend..
Group X - I Just Want (Bang Bang Bang)
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want relationship,
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want to know your name,
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want to meet your mom,
I just want bang bang bang,
Fresh you drive me insane when you give me that bang bang bang,
---------------(talking)
Okay Annie...
Listen, I don't want to make sex,
Eat Chocolate,Look at animals,Take walk, no.
You come home and you say "Hashmir, touch me down there, I like that.
"I dont think so Annie.
Don't have time, want to drink, cigarette, you know...
you know something Annie, I tell you what...
---------------(singing again)
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want to talk to you,
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want to know your name,
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want relationship,
I just want bang bang bang,
Fresh you drive me insane when you give me that bang bang bang.
---------------
"Oh Hashmir, Hashmir you look so good in that hat.
Why dont you give me lots of kiss?"
(wrong)I don't think so Annie.
You want me to do things to you like the sun and the moon.
Idiot, I don't have time.
I have too many deamon.
All I have time for you know what?
---------------
(singing again)
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want to talk to you,
I just want bang bang bang,
I dont want to know your name,
I just want bang bang bang,
Fresh you drive me insane when you give me that bang bang bang.
Fresh, Fresh, Fresh, Fresh,
just give me that bang bang bang.
Bang bang bang,
shes a bang bang bang,
bang bang bang,
I dont want relationship
Just give me that bang bang bang...
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want relationship,
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want to know your name,
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want to meet your mom,
I just want bang bang bang,
Fresh you drive me insane when you give me that bang bang bang,
---------------(talking)
Okay Annie...
Listen, I don't want to make sex,
Eat Chocolate,Look at animals,Take walk, no.
You come home and you say "Hashmir, touch me down there, I like that.
"I dont think so Annie.
Don't have time, want to drink, cigarette, you know...
you know something Annie, I tell you what...
---------------(singing again)
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want to talk to you,
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want to know your name,
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want relationship,
I just want bang bang bang,
Fresh you drive me insane when you give me that bang bang bang.
---------------
"Oh Hashmir, Hashmir you look so good in that hat.
Why dont you give me lots of kiss?"
(wrong)I don't think so Annie.
You want me to do things to you like the sun and the moon.
Idiot, I don't have time.
I have too many deamon.
All I have time for you know what?
---------------
(singing again)
I just want bang bang bang,
I don't want to talk to you,
I just want bang bang bang,
I dont want to know your name,
I just want bang bang bang,
Fresh you drive me insane when you give me that bang bang bang.
Fresh, Fresh, Fresh, Fresh,
just give me that bang bang bang.
Bang bang bang,
shes a bang bang bang,
bang bang bang,
I dont want relationship
Just give me that bang bang bang...
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