Even Homer could rig a football match more professionally than the British criminal classes.
It is little wonder that your sport, this game of football, is TOTALLY controlled by Asian
underground bookmakers whose expertise on both the sport and the behaviouralisms of another culture
show you up as the psychopathic antisocials that you are.
By Andrew Crawford, writing from Shanghai
Despite the city starting to slow down for the Chinese New Year, Shanghai Shenhua's PR machine
remains as busy as ever. The club's website is more brightly coloured than usual and images of the
new manager, Jean Tigana, and his star player, Nicolas Anelka, flicker across the screen whilst
behind them, four silhouetted figures stand in the background.
Gutted for Lukasz
No post yesterday as the holiday festivities kept me away from my laptop. A day away from the
news may not be much but there has been a lot going on the past couple of days. These last 24 hours
has been quite refreshing without the internet. Just saw that Cesc Fabregas also wished Happy
Chinese New Year to all, nice of him to remember.
The U.S. team will miss the Chinese New Year on Feb. 3, but already you can see preparations being
made around Chongqing, with many decorations being hung.
2011 is the Year of the Rabbit and a FIFA Women's World Cup Year. The last Year of the Rabbitt?
1999. Hmmmmm....
The U.