Sunday, November 20, 2005;

ROY KEANE has quit man u. Surprise? Guess it was just a question of when. He would probably have left in june nx yr or maybe even in January. But reading deeper into this move, this would be extremely important for the next batch of players. To put it simply, there were 2 sides in this situation. Roy Keane VS The Five Criticised Players. Ferguson sided with the 5, representing the future of the club against roy keane, who would have represented the past of the club. It was a bold move by Ferguson and it just goes to show, when you go head-on with ferguson, you lose. There have been countless examples over the years, namely Jaap Stam, Dwight Yorke, David Beckham etc. The gaffer always wins. I’ll love to read Keane’s next autobiography.

Moving on to the world cup playoffs. Shocking scenes. Turkey just seems to be hell whenever foreign teams go there. Boisterous, rowdy and violent crowd. They just pelted the pitch with missiles aimed at the Swiss. Coins, lighters, water bottles etc. And if that wasn’t enough, it was reported that a few Turkish players and even police officials attacked the Swiss players in the tunnel. And yes, of course Alpay Ozalan was involved. One of his ex-teammates at Aston Villa even remarked that he’s one who would even be able to start a fight in an empty room. Haha. But on a more serious note, a swiss player was hospitalized after suffering a perforated urinary tract caused by a kick. This is sheer thuggery and FIFA should meet out the most serious punishment that they can give. Its not so bad if players hack each other on the field and shout crap to each other on the field, as long as they leave these things on the pitch once they leave, whilst not necessary being the best of friends, but holding each other in high regard and mutual respect. Who knows that maybe when they’re in their 60s, they’ll be sipping champagne together and laughing at all those incidents they did when they were younger.

Definitely not been doing enough fitness work these days… The last thing I want to do is to resume hockey nx yr in a shitty physical state. Cause you’ll definitely not enjoy the game as much. Guess ill need to find more self motivation to work out on my own. I’ll definitely have to push myself, and without a doubt it’ll pay off next yr. Hopefully. Cant afford to always be a laggard.

Been playing squash a lot these days, played for 3 consecutive days in fact. Squash is fun man. Hammering a black rubber ball against a wall. You can hear it when you hit a nice shot. Just like hockey. You can hear a good hit. Guess one of the reasons why im enjoying squash so much is that theres no pressure. Just play for fun, get a few gd hits, a few screwups. No worries.

Today’s been such a great day with Leed’s victory. Couldn’t have asked for more. I’ll remember it for a long time. Simply Brilliant. Promotion would be even sweeter. Can't wait for that to happen. It’s gonna be a reality. We’ll Be Back… to stay.

Come' on Lads!

11:09 PM