There were only 2 things I was looking forward to last weekend, Schumi dominating in Japan and the England team climbing on top of their group at Old Trafford, none of which happened.
SUZUKA SUNDAY SIZZLER
Massa (Brazilian translation for I-got-beat-with-the-ugly-stick) polled at Suzuka with Schumi behind him and Fernando “Soul Patch” Alonso 4 places down. It looked like a sure win for the retiring German, when all of a sudden, his engine blows up. The last time that this happened was in 2000. 2000!!! IT’S A CONSPIRACY!!! The Ferrari engine is perfection and this happens NOW?! NOW THAT MICHAEL AND ALONSO ARE TIED FOR THE DRIVER’S SERIES?! I smell a rat. And it has white hairs. And it’s called Flavio Briatore.
Pre-Japan GP: Michael Schumacher: 116 points Fernando Alonso: 116 points Post-Japan GP: Fernando Alonso: 126 points Michael Schumacher: 116 pointsThat means, Alonso has to NOT finish the FINAL GP in Brazil and Michael to win it. I volunteer myself to take out that ugly Spaniard. Somebody has to do the dirty work around here.
More reliable (and less psychotic recap of the Japan GP):
Schumacher blown engine changes F1 chase then Renault mocks Schumi
ENGLAND 0-0 MACEDONIA
And everyone thought this was going to be a piece of cake. The Macedonians didn’t exactly make it easy for England to try out their new formations. They were sticky suckers. I saw the frustration in everyone’s face, especially Stevie. I tried to telepathically tell him to calm down and be calculating rather than take on the Wazza-attitude, but he was just all over the place. He played Beck’s position and was tasked to protect Gary Neville at the right. But soon after the frustration set in, he went AWOL. And then he’s just pop out of the left, bringing the ball with him and setting up a shot that would be missed by his strikers. ARGH. I feel for you, Stevie. And because he never calmed down, at the end of 90minutes, he had no goals and a yellow card to show for all his efforts. Talk about disappointment.
If you want the bloody details, go over here.
“It’s disappointing to miss Wednesday,” Gerrard said. “I don’t think it was a booking. I’ve hit the woodwork four or five times this season and I need my luck to change.”
Stevie tackles Pandev ..
.. and is carded.
