there wasn’t any coverage in my area, so what i’m writing is just what i’ve read, presumed and imagined from news reports. basically, we had a walk a in the park. 4-0 against Portsmouth, a team that had shown much promise during pre-season, (of course, we wallaoped them 4-0 in the opening BPL fixture as well) is amazing.
Lamps scored, twice. the first a penalty which sent Big Ol’ Calamity James flying the wrong way, and the second was pretty comical, based on reports. it seemed that the ball rebounded against Super Frank and trickled into the net. still its 2 goals for Lamps and this is going to be a great season for him. Ppl say midfielders get better the older the become, and looking at how things are, i say its darn true. Boy am I glad we managed to keep him.
Malouda scored as well. it seems that this bloke is really on his way to being rejuvenated. a constant figure in TSSO’s plans meant that he’s slowly but surely regaining his confidence and playing like how the old Malouda was at Lyon. thats 2 goals in a week for Malouda and i’ve put my hat down for the lad. he was one of those i expected to be cleared out come this season but he’s really tried hard and is beginning to show his worth.
And, King Salomon scores again. I’ve always thought that Kalou should be given more than just a bench role, and be selected ahead of Anelka or Joe Cole, and tonight he showed why. provided a brilliant assist and grab a goal himself, which makes 2 in 2. TSSO really needs to give this boy more games. he’s showing us what he can do, unlike Anelka. and yes Anelka if you’re reading this, buck up!
besides that, other good news was that Ivanovic finnally plays!! the Invisible Serb, signed for 9m in January by Sulky Grant replaced Bosingwa at rightback and perform superbly. he’s not a very attack minded fullback like Bosingwa and doesn’t perform those marauding runs down the right flank, but he’s a composed no nonsense hard tackling defender, a typical eastern european type, strong and tough. i guess 9m wasn’t too much, and it was a good thing Mr. Kenyon blocked his move to Milan. with Ivanovic finnally showing what he’s capable of superbly, i predict that its the end of Paolo Ferreira’s Blue career, no hard feelings.
and it was real encouraging to see that the bench consisted of young players like Michael Mancienne and Miroslav Stoch. even if they’re not playing, getting used to the atmosphere and TSSO’s lessons are good enough. it shows that we are a team that does focus on youth growth and not just mney splashing club.
More good news to follow was that Mineiro has officially signed for us. I don’t know much about him, but he’s Brazillian and TSSO has faith in Brazillians so i guess he’ll be good signing. he should be able to provide good cover in the middle of the park for us now that Deco is confirmed to be out for at least a month.
OH!! and before i forget, Man Citeh lost!!! to Brighton!!! on penalties!!! guess Robinho and a wad of Arabian moolah doesn’t change much huh.
Next up, Stoke City!





















