Saturday I watched Sampdoria v Juventus, my first full viewing of this year’s black and whites. I was excited to see Christian Poulsen, a signing that was supposed to improve the center of midfield. Not impressed. Saw very little of the ball and gave it away when he did get it. Sissoko is god awful. Liverpool stole from Juventus. This guy can’t tackle, pass or shoot. Good thing he is the other anchor of midfield. In the end I was, in a word, shocked with the nil-nil draw. Juve had no width, very little in the way of possession and little cutting edge.
Based on what I’ve seen so far, this will be a long season. I have grave doubts about whether they will be able to match last year’s third place finish. As for the Champions League, they were fortunate to get a home win vs. Zenit, and will have to get a least a split with Real to progress to the knockout round. I see them going out in the round of 16, because I’m not convinced they can score enough goals to progress.
I’m really disappointed because last year’s team was solid, hard working and dynamic. The management team should have built on that instead of regressing. Why they ever sold Nocerino is beyond me. Young, hard nosed, Gattuso version 2.0 in the making. Getting rid of Almiron and Tiago is fine, but selling Nocerino and Palladino? Nedved, Camo, Del Piero and Trezegol can’t hold on forever. Hopefully they will prove me wrong and contend for the scudetto. Seriously contending for the Champions League is years away due to current squad’s age and lack of quality depth.
While watching the Juve game, I was watching the UM game vs Wisconsin. They got rolled in the first half, came out of the halftime break and had a nice drive. I was like, that’s nice, at least they won’t get shut out. And then all hell broke lose. When the defender rolled into the endzone to put them in the lead, pandemonium baby. What a great game. Too bad that will be their last victory this season.
Watched Batman Begins again. What a great movie. Not just a comic book movie, but a great movie. Good vs evil. Vengeance vs justice. New beginnings, overcoming tragedy, becoming a symbol. I just really enjoyed it and hardly have a complaint. Even Katie Holmes didn’t annoy me that much.
More interesting tidbits from cyber space:
Bad domain names (from the website Funny Shit--http://humour.200ok.com.au/index.php)
Who Represents is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is www.whorepresents.com/
Experts Exchange is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange Advice and views at www.expertsexchange.com/
Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island atwww.penisland.net/
Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder atwww.therapistfinder.com/
There's the Italian Power Generator company,www.powergenitalia.com/
And don't forget the Mole Station Native Nursery in New South Wales,www.molestationnursery.com/
If you're looking for IP computer software, there?s alwayswww.ipanywhere.com/
The First Cumming Methodist Church Web site iswww.cummingfirst.com/
And the designers at Speed of Art await you at their wacky Web site,www.speedofart.com/
If you want to reflect on the diabolical nature of pop music, read this article of the 10 worst songs to hit #1 from Spike.com
http://www.spike.com/blog/top-10-worst-songs/68721
Batdance? Really?
Alright. Enough of that. Back to work. My goal is to get a new poll up soon. Ta Ta for now.
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Watched the Juve highlights from yesterday. They were lucky to come back from 2 goals down.
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