FOOTBALL: CROUCH SCORED; MILAN LOST; ARSENAL LOST; REAL BOOED

Finally, Crouch scored. How long has it been since he scored? 24 hours? A football match lasts for 1 hour 30 minutes. That will mean 16 matches exactly. That is almost half a season! How can a striker play for almost half a season before scoring a goal? No matter how many assists he had delivered, a striker is supposed to score goals right? That's their primary job.

Milan lost and so did Arsenal. Chelsea and Manchester United won, just like Liverpool and now all three are at the top three of the table. Wigan have finally fallen out of grace.

In Spain, Mr. Beckham got himself another proud red card for such a reckless tackle that only van Nistelrooy, of all players on earth, can perform. Real Madrid underperformed and got booed again for playing lousy 2nd class football that a whole team worth of 11 million Pounds (1 million Pound per player) team can produce. They played such lousy quality of football I guess fans like me will expect them to not go very far this season.

Again, all the earlier season hype has all died off. Title contenders? Real Madrid seem to look more and more like Inter Milan. They will always underperform no matter how many players they buy. As long as ECONOMY>FOOTBALL mentality and not FOOTBALL>ECONOMY mentality is not set, they will always live behind the shadows of FC Barcelona. It is a team that only collects retired footballers and economically viable footballers whose positions in the starting 11 are irreplaceable. They are planning to buy more semi retired footballers called Roy Keane and Michael Ballack! Imagine that? Ballack may still have 2-3 years to give but Roy Keane? Please. I am dying!

Hence, I have lost the appetite to write about football nowadays. Real Madrid play ugly football and Newcastle United are barely surviving. Double blow for me. It is my vacation soon so I guess I will take a break from football for a while. Raul will be out for ages anyway and Shearer is almost retiring. What luck!