Fin De Semana

February 23 – 2007

The week endeth, and the bullet points shall be summoned:

• The Bellamy celebration really got me thinking, “Was it the most ridiculous of all time?” Well, in terms of blatant display of jack-assity, it has to be considered in the top 3. Throw Paul Gascoignes’s loyalist flute playing in at #3 and, of course, Robbie Fowler’s line-sniffing is a distant, distant first. Somehow I think Bellamy won’t rest until he locks up #1. Good luck with that.
• I have had a TIVO for 10 months now. I have it set to record anything with “MLS” in the title. I have never watched a single of these recorded games. Until Yesterday. The CD-Olimpia fans were in full voice, the stadium and field had that oh-so foreign look, and Christian Gomez was fantastic. In earlier postings I had slighted the CONCACAF Champions Cup, but I’m warming up to it. Now only if it were a qualifier for the Copa Libertadores…
• La Liga has a new fat Brazilian, and his name is Ronaldinho. Ronnie might want to lay off the feed-bag.
• A video came through my email that reminded me of the fantastic talent that was is Diego Maradona: Maradona-Messi vs. Tevez-And Some Old Guy in soccer tennis. Maradona is by far the best player on the court. Amazing.
• Some 11 hours from now we’ll know if West Ham are definitely going down, or just going down in all likelihood. With a new coach and new owner having shelved my favorite players (Gabbidon and Mullins), I’m wondering why I bother. But bother I will. Because this is what we do. We watch 6 pointers with f-ing Charlton, from thousands of miles of way, screaming at the television, destroying the last shred of respect our wives have for us. Apparently.
• One more mildly amusing vid to take us into the weekend. Please welcome, Rafa The Magnificent.