Soccer/ Water Polo

I'm serious...... Soccer/ Water Polo, following Austin's post i thought i would inform you all of probably the worst soccer conditions i have ever played or coached in this past weekend.

I arrived at the field to coach my U14b team in Brighton I was greeted by a very fine drizzle of rain, I said to myself "this isn't that bad, i can deal with this" oh was i wrong.

As my assistant put up the canopy planning for a possible downpour, it started to rain like i have never seen before, as i looked out in front of me from underneath an umbrella (yes... i scummed to the Steve McLaren era) it looked like a rain version of the Matrix from the hit trilogy.

After 1hr of that the field conditions were unbelievable, pockets of water everywhere and we had not even started the game yet, as we finished our warm-up underneath a very fine drizzle, my team talk began with "look, we are not going to be able to pass and move today as the ball will hold up on the standing water, just boot it and run" suddenly i fell into the Parent (dad) coach telling his u9's to kick it towards goal and run really fast, but under the circumstances i was proved to be right.

After 10 minutes of play and neither team had got out of the middle because of the standing water, the heavens opened up with a much worse rainstorm than the previous one, right there and then we should of asked the players to lie down & swim to goal............. it was ridiculous.

The game finished 0-0, with 1 chance going to us and the ball stopped on route to goal.. funny.

TV this week has been awesome so far, Prison Break is hotting up after only 4 episodes, this season so far has been much better than the previous 3.

The Shield is The Shield, absolute quality and Vic Makey deserves and Emmy for his performances, I've always dreamed of being a cop I'd only hope if i was one I'd be just like him, going back to one of Austin's previous quotes "yes, i have a man crush of Vic Makey.

Burn Notice this past week was excellent and now we approach the season finale on Thursday, will Micheal find out who burned him, watch and see.

Next week's TV is also going to be awesome, CSI Miami and Without A Trace return with new seasons, what will be in store for Agent Malone and will we find out who shot Horatio.
My money is on Wolfe giving the order, or will the text he received "its done" at the end of season 6 be totally coincidental, personally i am looking forward to seeing Duquense and Boa Vista again as they walk the Crime Scene in their whites.

As far as the English Premiership goes, i have nothing to report. United got outplayed, City lay down for Chelsea and Arsenal were terrific against a soon to be manager less Blackburn, Paul Ince is not the right man for the job, put Tommy Smith from ESPN in charge and he would do a better job.

As i said to a good friend this weekend who preceded to tell me that my team Manchester United we already out of the title race, there are 35 games to go. Shut up and call me in January to discuss where the title will be going.

Austin, your dreaming if you think Chelsea are going to do the double, maybe the Carling Cup & FA Cup, but forget the rest.

Until next week.........................