Hello everyone! Happy Chinese New Year!
First and foremost, I would like to thank everyone who hasn't forgot about me, the poor-old' cute chunhowe hidden in a corner of the world's birthday. There wasn't a need to, but it's nice of you guys to drop by, thanks!
But next time hor, I wouldn't mind, you know, something else to go with your well wishes.
My HSBC Account is 4179 xxxx. Haha!
I no angbow to collect leh! So cham.
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I was watching The Day After Tomorrow on my lappie while chewing on my barrel of Fried Chicken (birthday present from myself)
If you know, I have always been complaining about how cold the weather is in London now.
When I saw the scene where people and New York started to freeze instantaneously as temperatures dropped 150C per second, my room like suddenly turned very cold.
I wonder why.
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Warning: Football post ahead. I've been watching the trail of the Premier League since I was 16 or 17 years old, very much influenced by fellow footie fans like Eugene and Chong. Considering many old guys, I'm considered quite a newbie. Yet till this stage now, I have to admit that I never failed to refresh Soccernet at least once a day, got on the news of a new signing within 48 hours, and played Man Utd in Football Manager till I've already superseded Sir Alex Ferguson as one of the best Managers in the club's history (of course, that wouldn't make any sense at all realistically).
Yet the direction of the Premier League is turning in a way which I had foreseen, but never wished to admit to.
I just hope that the Premier League would just turn back into pure, passionate game of clubs playing football instead of the current, recent trend of foreigners cashing in for profits and fame.
Takeovers by very rich bastards have already taken place, which extents to the Big Four of Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Man Utd. Even comparatively smaller clubs like West Ham United and Derby County (which I never understood). Pressure by the owners to achieve results to rank in more profits (to a certain extent of truth) has maimed the face of the game. Liverpool's manager is going on a downwards spiral while Chelsea's was sacked, Arsenal was almost scrapped.
More and more wealthy businessman are seeing clubs as entities of cash-generating cows. With the Premier League getting more and more widespread coverage over the world, TV revenues are increasing, and with that, the prize money of major competitions increased, everyone wants a slice of pie. Players now cost and demand more, stadiums getting bigger and debts piling up high.
And unlike Barcelona, most of the owners aren't real fans of their own clubs.
It's not a pretty scene I guess.
And the latest development was to squeeze in one more game to play overseas in major cities like Hong Kong and Japan. Thereby, the cities will get to bid to host a game to the already jam-packed 38 game schedule, thus one, earning from the proceeds of bids and gate receipts, and two, increasing the global appeal to local fans and as a result increasing revenue through jerseys and fanware.
I don't like it. I've got a feeling it's gonna be a "rich-get-richer, poor-get-poorer" vicious cycle.
Wait till I buy over Sunderland, Man Utd's good buddy.
Read more about it at
soccernet.com.