We take it as they come

I know Sporting fans can't talk too much but hey, that doesn't mean we just keep quiet when we see and hear stupid egocentric statements, no matter which club we support (if any).

Benfica's coach, Jorge Jesus, said "Vamos ser novamente campeões" (we are going to be champions again).

Had he said "we will play for championship and we are confident we will succeed" it would have shown a positive message of optimism and strength but his words showed arrogance (even more after a defeat on first match).

After that Benfica took another big step for the championship by loosing again (2 games, 2 defeats) and Benfica's goalkeeper, Roberto, messed up yet again. Roberto cost about the same as Petr Cech (Chelsea), Hugo Lloris (Lyon) e Van der Sar (M. United) and so far all he did was BS.

Personally i believe it is a mistake to sell Roberto now - they will loose money. Better to win the championship in the tunnels again and afterwards sell him. I have no idea how much they pay in the tunnels but it is probably lesse than what they stand to loose if they sell Roberto now.

New Template

Well, i finally took some time (not much i admit) to go over the recent changes in blogger.com and i have changed the look of "My Little Corner".

It seems more light and in accordance to the current season.
Tell me what you think

Buz

Things i do not understand ...

A "new" season has started in the poor excuse of a money corrupted thing that was onde called soccer.

By now all my friends and family realized i was not kidding when i said i would progressively stop wasting time with this event - and i do not believe it will ever get better so soccer as i knew it is dead. Still some things i do not understand :

- a newspaper said Sporting had stumbled (after losing in the first game of the season). What ? Stumbled ? To me it is the normal behavior for this poor excuse of highly paid bunch of loosers.

- Another one said that there were "polémicas" in the FC Porto game. Again, what ? There are "polémicas" every single weekend of $occer, why bother saying the same thing over and over again ? That is also normal now ...

Why post this ? Basically because a friend said i should ... he wants to "hear" what i have to say even if it is just once every month or two :-)

To Moutinho or not to Moutinho ...

After a request from a friend to post something about yet another newspaper-selling-novel here i am again :-)

Moutinho is a young soccer player that was formed in Sporting's schools. He is, in my opinion, an average (slightly above to be fairer) midfielder that made one or two good seasons but failed in the last one (as did the whole team actually).

Currently there are talks that he was sold to FCP for 11M Euros partly because of problems with management. On this matter, and without knowing all the facts, i am tempted to side with the player.

First of all soccer is no longer a sport ( and thanks to FUEFA not even a show) - it is a business as any other (take a look at Bozman's case and you'll know it's true). Secondly the owner of the pass is the club and he has the final word, hence it was the club that sold Moutinho. Finally, why not ? Are people really expecting to see a player forever in the same team ?

You might say "He could have went to a foreign club, not a direct competitor" and you could have some very very slight reason ... had it not been for the fact that Sporting refused an offer to sell to Everton in the past (i think there were other offers).

So in the end there is NO Moutinho case !!! This is just rubish journalism material to sell newspapers on a daily base.