I have followed English football since I was in secondary school. I was even in Bolton, England. The closest I got to a football match was shopping at Tesco under the Reebok Stadium. My daughter Elaine does not follow football. She asks the odd question and get answers from me (Arsenal fan), Joshua (Chelsea fan), and Matthew(Liverpool fan). Yet she has entered the Old Trafford of the Manchester United 
Football Club and watched a football match where the host played West Ham Utd. You can call this grace! The person who worked got nothing; the one who was not even looking experienced the Old Trafford atmosphere. I sent her a terse message on her wall in her Facebook, “Dear, if you decide to become a Man Utd fan, don’t bother to come home. Love, Dad” 
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“Dear, don’t bother to come home”
Arsenal’s search for new striker can end here!
Arsene Wenger says he is shopping for a striker in the January window. They have to buy because Van Persie is injured and will be out for several months. They need a central striker who is able to hold the ball with his back to the goal. I have found the striker that Arsenal needs in order to have any chance at all to challenge for honours. She is from China and she is available on a free transfer . Manchester United, and Chelsea watch out!
How will this EPL season pan out?
My prediction has gone awry. In August my prediction of the English Premier League 09/10 was: first, Chelsea; second, Liverpool; third, Manchester United; and fourth, Arsenal.
My prediction of champions still look formidable: physically, technically, tactically and as a team. Best in Europe right now: Chelsea.
Liverpool has surprisingly unravelled quicker than expected. Who would have known that besides losing Alonso to Real Madrid, poor Liverpool would be hit with a double whammy of losses to injury of their twin terrors- Torres and Gerrard?
Manchester United, as usual, grinded out results despite their mediocre football. Mediocre compared to the last two glorious years, when Ronaldo and Tevez were around. They have too many injured. Too many pensioners. Giggs and Scholes will start creaking and make costly mistakes. Other teams, even the likes of Stoke, will fancy their chances of defeating a weakened Manchester United. The despair of teams when facing Man Utd has gone.
Arsenal is currently in second place with one game to play. I watch their goals on footytube and read of their exploits with glee. They have iron, thanks to Song and Diaby. My hope is that when Chelsea’s Essien and Drogba go play for their countries in January 2010, Arsenal will overtake them and not lose the lead until the end of this age.
I want to be wrong about my prediction. Let Arsenal top the table from January onwards.
How do you think the season will pan out?
Fastest men in the world
So its official. Usain Bolt is the fastest man in the world having just broken the world record for 100m at 9.58 seconds. The second fastest man in the world is Cristiano Ronaldo who bolted from Manchester United for Real Madrid in record time. Third fastest man would be Elijah who ran away from an angry woman, mainly out of fear for his life but most men would add, out of wisdom too. Fourth, would be Charles ‘Chip’ Goodyear who ran away real fast from the Temasek stable, some say for the same reason as Elijah, but I think his appetite for risk outstripped that of his board. Fifth, is Gareth Barry who wanted to move from Everton to play Champions League football, but ended up in oil rich Manchester City who are not in the Champions League. He ran so fast everybody was surprised, especially Benitez. Sixth fastest man was Jonah, who was running away from a God assignment; he ran a slow time – taking a slow boat to Spain. Seventh was Adebayor who bolted from Arsenal. His timing was slow because he hesitated, hoping Manchester United or Chelsea would offer him more $$$$$. Some of the fastest men are the ones in Wall Street; they ran out of trouble through government help and back into it with outrageous bonuses, and are still running, so we have yet to complete timing them to rank them among the top runners. So this is my list of the fastest men in the world. You may beg to disagree of course.
