Disappointment -part 2

Didn't think it fair to club this along wth the previous post..Although the post still is sports related,
I think Hockey deserved its own rant..After all,Hockey has always been my first love..
Football came much later..In fact there was a time when I wondered why ppl cheered for local British clubs like ManU when instead thy shud be rooting for local INDIAN clubs,hehe
Then I saw a match between our local teams..i think it was Dempo and Salgaonkar..then some more..and i was totally put off..It wasn't until much later by the coaxing and cajoling by my Engg friends tht I started watching the Premeirship..

I will always be thankful to them for opening my eyes to this beauty..(ah!I luv being dramatic,sumtimes!)

No,seriously,I soon got totally hooked onto the action..Tht was the time when Arsenal were champs..Mourinho was yet to make an appearance at Stamford Bridge,ManU were wondering wht was going wrong wth them and Liverpool were languishing in the fourth place fight with mediocre teams..

Owen,the England star, was still rubbing shoulders with Gerrard at Anfield..It was this duo which had me spellbound in one of the matches (I dont remember the opposition but it was a premeirship match)..The precision passing by Gerrard and the anticipation by Owen which had him at the right place to hit the ball home simply had me glued to the TV set..
There was a Liverpool fan in the making i guess..Chelsea were boring even back then and Arsenal though classy were thoroughly arrogant,ManU was well ManU, i tolerate them only coz' of the English players in there.

Things change in football quite often..Owen no longer is at L'pool..nor at Real Madrid where he was wasted on the bench for a year..back in England for a stint at Newcastle..tsk tsk tsk

Gerrard on the other hand after much much speculation,has stayed at Anfield..sometimes money is not all that counts..Someone needs to tell Mr.Mourinho that...We have seen in the recent WC how Lampard and Gerrard instead of complimenting each other wud rather compete for the same position..Moaninho just wanted to have a back up player in Gerrard while Lampard got to play in the crunch matches...What an insult!!Outrageous!!Disgusts me the arrogance Chelsea display on the basis of Abrahimovich's money..Now they have gone and bought Ballack and Shevchenko..No point in going into this,enuf has been said and commented abt the money Chelsea get to throw around like litter all over the world!!

Gerrard is the pillar around which Benitez has built the current team..I cant imagine L'pool without Gerrard..tht wud be heart-breaking..
The way he fired up the team with his brave performance and gusto during their successful CL journey in 2005 was amazing!!

Yet,he is human too..and it shows..The recent bad patch for Pool will go away soon i hope..but yesterday's match was not an out and out disaster anyways..Chelsea had the home advantage and Liverpool were denied many times by the brilliant Cech..I expected them to come back wth a point atleast ..*sigh*
This season the team Rafa has put forth is quite good and has depth unlike the pevious season..but i wud be too optimistic rt now to expect the Premeirship trophy this season..

Well,atleast it was not anything like the humiliation we suffered at the hands of bitter rivals and neighbours N-everton in the derby match..
3-0!!WTF?? I lost my apetite tht day,man! Tond dakhvayla jaaga naahi rahili kunalach...

So,here we go again waiting for the next match ,hoping the Scousers will pull up their socks and bring back smile to our face.

P.S: India was rather lucky the rains saved them in the DLF tourney against Australia the other day..35/5??hahahahaa..wht a shame!!!