Midget Maestro, What a Player
The holiday season is upon us. Walking up and down
Abbot Kinney two nights ago in Venice Beach, the Christmas Carolers were already out - entertaining
locals and tourists alike with their festive renditions.
And you know what that means - the busy Christmas fixture list is around the corner, and then - a
bunch of injuries due to exhaustion, overuse of muscles, and cold weather.
Israelis advance in Europe, Scots do not...
A bit of what's bouncing around Butt's
Brain in the past few days:
- How a soccer game survived a hijacking attempt. Big respect to most Celtic supporters for their
actions during last week's Europa League match with (John Pantsil's former club) Hapoel Tel Aviv
[Jerusalem Post]
- Avram Grant plans to raid Chelsea's bench for two players in January.
Some thoughts on today's action on a lazy Saturday morning. It's half time across the
country...
- In the early game, Portsmouth won 2-0 at home to Burnley. Avram Grant got his first win and it
came courtesy of a game-changing substitution in the 60th minute. Pompey looked 2nd best throughout
the first half, but Grant introduced the classy and composed Kanu in the second half - and that
made the difference.
Neither Chelsea nor Manchester United nor Liverpool won this weekend. The three giants from the
2008-2009 season managed just one point, though
all three had home matches. Just one
point from nine at home. Last weekend, we saw a ton of penalty misses. This past weekend, we saw
the vulnerability of the Top 4 (and contenders).
