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100 Days to Go!
There are only 100 days to go! Hectic stuff! Soon, the greatest sporting event on Earth will be on our shores and tourists will be everywhere! I am quite stoked!
Are you guys excited?
I want your opinion on what is going to be good, bad, ugly, a success, a gigantic failure! Leave all your opinions below!
How far do you think Bafana can make it?
- Captain Awesome2009/2010 Premier League Stats So Far
As you might know, I am a HUGE football fan, and I came across these Premier League stats on Sky sports the other day. I thought that some were really interesting and I thought I would share.
| Category | Player/Team | Total | |||||
| Top Shooter | Wayne Rooney (Man Utd) | 102 | |||||
| Top Passer | Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal) | 1458 | |||||
| Top Tackler | Hendry Thomas (Wigan) | 120 | |||||
| Most Dribbles & Runs | Charles N’Zogbia (Wigan) | 163 | |||||
| Most Crosses | Andy Reid (Sunderland) | 249 | |||||
| Most Offsides | Jermain Defoe (Tottenham) | 42 | |||||
| Most Fouls | Kevin Davies (Bolton) | 78 | |||||
| Team with most fouls | Blackburn | 391 | |||||
| Team with most shots | Chelsea | 450 | |||||
| Goalkeepers | Team | Saves | Saves/shots | ||||
| Jensen | Burnley | 105 | 69% | ||||
| Myhill | Hull | 91 | 70% | ||||
| Green | West Ham | 88 | 69% | ||||
| Jääskeläinen | Bolton | 87 | 65% | ||||
| Friedel | Aston Villa | 83 | 81% | ||||
| Tacklers | Team | Tackles | Success rate | ||||
| Thomas | Wigan | 120 | 77% | ||||
| Mascherano | Liverpool | 116 | 82% | ||||
| Lucas | Liverpool | 104 | 65% | ||||
| Palacios | Tottenham | 103 | 73% | ||||
| Cuéllar | Aston Villa | 96 | 78% | ||||
| Passers | Team | Passes | Accuracy | ||||
| Fabregas | Arsenal | 1458 | 80% | ||||
| Mascherano | Liverpool | 1453 | 83% | ||||
| Terry | Chelsea | 1351 | 89% | ||||
| Huddlestone | Tottenham | 1341 | 80% | ||||
| Lucas | Liverpool | 1336 | 84% | ||||
| Scorers | Team | Goals | Goal/shots | ||||
| Rooney | Man Utd | 21 | 21% | ||||
| Drogba | Chelsea | 17 | 17% | ||||
| Bent | Sunderland | 15 | 25% | ||||
| Defoe | Tottenham | 15 | 22% | ||||
| Saha | Everton | 13 | 21% | ||||
| Team | Goals | Shots | On Target | Shot Accuracy | Succ Passes | ||
| Arsenal | 61 | 327 | 161 | 49% | 10662 | ||
| Aston Villa | 32 | 226 | 89 | 39% | 5998 |
Spurs 9-1 Wigan
Man of the Match: Defoe
Well I was actually rating this to be a fairly close game, but wow was I wrong. The goals came, and just never stopped. I have never actually seen a score like this. My mom told me this morning and I actually laughed at her. I thought, “no ways can it really be 9-1. That is just ridiculous.”
Clearly it isn’t. Defoe grabbed himself a hat-trick in just 7 minues. I actually don’t know what else to say, except something that was said at half-time clearly worked for Spurs. It was only 1-0 at the break, but once Defoe found the net, it was the only thing that seemed to happen.
Does any one know of any other games that have had ridiculous scores lately? Drop your comments below.
Springbok End of Year Tour Squad Announcement
So the Springbok squad was announced shortly after the Absa Currie Cup Final which the Bulls took. I enjoyed the final and thought that the Cheateehs should probably have been rewarded a bit more for their efforts, but a think a spot in the final was just reward for their form after losing the first four games of the season.
Something that I found amazing about the Final weekend, was that in the U21 game, the Cheetahs received four (4) yellow cards, and a red card! That is unbelievable! It was poorly ill-discipline that cost them the game as they were never able to take the game to the U21 Bulls as they often had two players off at a time.
Back to the Boks. There are one or two surprises in the squad, but I think some new blood has been rewarded for their efforts this season. So here is the squad:
Forwards (20)
John Smit – Sharks, Captain (90)
Victor Matfield – Vodacom Blue Bulls, Vice-Captain (89)
Andries Bekker – Vodacom Western Province (18)
Bakkies Botha – Vodacom Blue Bulls (63)
Heinrich Brüssow – Vodacom Cheetahs (10)
Schalk Burger – Vodacom Western Province (53)
Bismarck du Plessis – Natal Sharks (30)
Jannie du Plessis – Natal Sharks (12)
+ Alistair Hargreaves – Natal Sharks (-)
+ Ashley Johnson – Vodacom Cheetahs (-)
Ryan Kankowski – Natal Sharks (10)
+ Bandise Maku – Vodacom Blue Bulls (-)
Tendai Mtawarira – Natal Sharks (19)
+ Dewald Potgieter – Vodacom Blue Bulls (-)
Chiliboy Ralepelle – Vodacom Blue Bulls (8)
+ Davon Raubenheimer – GWK Griquas (-)
Danie Rossouw – Vodacom Blue Bulls (43)
Pierre Spies – Vodacom Blue Bulls (28)
Gurthro Steenkamp – Vodacom Blue Bulls (22)
* Heinke van der Merwe – Xerox Lions (1)
Backs (17)
+Heini Adams – Vodacom Blue Bulls (-)
* Meyer Bosman – Vodacom Cheetahs (3)
+ Juan de Jongh – Vodacom Western Province (-)
Fourie du Preez – Vodacom Blue Bulls (52)
Jaque Fourie – Xerox Lions (51)
Bryan Habana – Vodacom Blue Bulls (54)
+ Francois Hougaard – Vodacom Blue Bulls (-)
Adi Jacobs – Natal Sharks (28)
* Zane Kirchner – Vodacom Blue Bulls (1)
Odwa Ndungane – Natal Sharks (6)
* Jongi Nokwe – Vodacom Cheetahs (4)
Wynand Olivier – Vodacom Blue Bulls (24)
Ruan Pienaar – Natal Sharks (35)
JP Pietersen – Natal Sharks (30)
* Earl Rose – Xerox Lions (-)
Morne Steyn – Vodacom Blue Bulls (9)
+ Riaan Viljoen – GWK Griquas (-)
+ Denotes new cap
* Denotes recalled to squad
No Tambourine’s Mr Wenger
This goes out to all my Arsenal friends! A great moment during the game against United the other day. 2-1!!!
Simply brilliant!
New Springbok Jersey
So the new Springbok jersey has officially been unveiled right ahead of the Lions Tour. I personally prefer the previous top, but hey, I don’t care what they wear as long as they win!
Not many people will actually notice that the King Protea has now been included and placed over the heart. It has the word “Rugby” underneath. There was much talk of the Springboks being renamed to the Proteas Rugby side, but it seems they have decided to keep with the Springbok, which has now been moved over the right breast. The players jersey will say “Springboks” under the Springbok, while the fans jersey will just say SA Rugby, as in the picture above.
What do you think of the jersey? Is it better than the previous one, or is it horrible? Leave your views below!
New Balence Sponsored Tops
So at practice we finally got our warm up tops! Awesome! They are simple, but very elegant and go extremely well with the rest of our kit! Take a look:
Quite sexy don’t you think? These pictures were taken with my phone so forgive me if they are not the greatest.
New Man United kit 2009/2010
So the end of the season is almost here, and United have managed to wrap up their third title in a row. Now for the Champions League final! It is now the time of the season where most of the clubs reveal their changes to their kits. Man United have not confirmed this as their new kit, but they have had their current one for two years, and most clubs make changes on a yearly basis, so I am fairly confident that they will have a new kit for next season.
New Kit Option Two
I personally prefer option two. I think it looks far more professional, and a more complete kit. I am not sure if I like the V shape on the chest, but then again, we don’t actually know if one of these is the right kit. Which one do you prefer?
Man United Can Wrap Up Title
Man United face Arsenal today at Old Trafford. This game is quite an important one for Man United as they can clinch their third succesive title if they get even a point from the game. I think that is enough motivation for any side!
Arsenal don’t have much left to play for, except they will want to get revenge for being knocked out of the Champions League by Man United. The game will be quite a fiercely contested one as both sides will be really fired up to try and have a good end to their season.
I rate United will go out and grab a 2-0 win today. What do you rate? If United lose today, Liverpool could have a sniff at grabbing the trophy, but United would also need to lose their final game of the season – unlikely, but still possible. Of course Liverpool still need to beat West Brom tomorrow.
The game kicks off at 13h45 on SuperSport. UNITED!
