Chelsea 2- Man City 1 -The Rebirth of Torres under the watch of Mourinho
Torres 1 assist, 1 sublime effort that hit the bar, 1 glorious winning goal!
Torres- now I believe that he's truly back!
This is the 'Real Dojo' , not all those 'McDojos' we've been watching since 2011
Chelsea Champions -Elect?
Who'd dare to bet against this now, with The Special One in charge of this team?
The Mongoose I want under the house, when the snake slithers by! Grrrrrrrrr
Scandal Season 3. Ep 4: "Say Hello To My Little Friend"
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Spoiler Alert!!
Scroll to the next post if you don't want to know about this episode until you have watched it
It's about Operation Remington & the President's secret, Rowan Pope & B613, Huck & Jake's unlikely alliance and their effort to involve Liv ( the ultimate goal being to bring her father down) , A Senator on trial for the murder of his young consort
Check up the links here and here for more details
Y'all know I gotta leave you with some quotes :
Jake to Liv : "Your dad would slit your throat and drink
the blood if it would serve the Republic!" Eli Pope, Ha!
Senator Meyers philandering/sending photos of his ..um..wang to young ladies aka sexting
"...This party already has a Wang problem..."
Hear what a female Democratic Party Cingresswoman Josephine Marcus ( Lisa Kudrow, remember 'Friends' ? )said about President Fitz- "I think it's high time the Prez tames his 'Cobra' and put a lid on the basket! "
Wang, Cobra-.......go figure!
Marcus On Mellie's (Prez's wife) faux pas: "We all get a case of foot & mouth disease from time to time"
Mouthy Mellie started trending immediately on Twitter!
Senator Meyers' wife to Liv ( after the latter discovered that the former had played her) : "We all deserve a second chance"
Y'all know I can't do this without a Liv quote: "Quitting is not an option"
It is one of my missions in life to convert y'all to lovers of this show!
Of SAF, Machiavelli, Greatness and a book
Sir Alex Ferguson's ( SAF) autobiography was released a few days ago
“Men ought either to be well treated or crushed, because they can avenge themselves of lighter injuries, of more serious ones they cannot; therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.”
"the appearance of virtue" is more important than virtue itself" - Niccolo Machiavelli
"Machiavellian" -a by-word for treachery, sneakiness, ambition, and ruthlessness.
Not too many will disagree that this description fits SAF
You'd not be able to point to too many successful people in the world without some of these negative attributes. Unfortunately!
I'm not sure why the revelations in this book are surprising to some though. There have been discussions about the hypocrisy and double-standards of the great Manager on many occasions in the past
For SAF- the end justifies the means ( another Machiavellian principle)
He has a strong sense of right and wrong even in the face of overwhelming odds ( check out the link to a Guardian article on the book here and a Racehorse tiff which describes this famous sense here
I'm surprised how the title of the book escaped editing though!
My Autobiography!! ( 'My the book I wrote about my life' )
Call the redundancy police, somebody!
'Autobiography' alone should have sufficed, in my opinion
EPL: Chelsea 4- Cardiff City 1
5 words to describe Chelsea today- Our Striker scored a goal!!
Starting XI today for Chelsea-(4-2-3-1):
Petr Cech, Ryan Bertrand, John Terry, David Luiz, Branislav Ivanovic, Frank Lampard, Ramires, Eden Hazard, Juan Mata, Willian, Samuel Eto'o
Story of the first half
The visitors were content for Chelsea to have most of the ball as they sat with 10 men behind the ball. Not for the first time this season, Chelsea struggled to break such opposition play down
Then 2 absolutely hilarious blunders-
The first around 10' : David Luiz's trademark 5 seconds of madness. It was a goal out of nothing for the visitors. Marshall hammers a long down field. Ramires pokes the ball back towards his own goal, Luiz leaves it (brain fart moment!! ) and the Cardiff striker, Mutch races in to dink over the onrushing Cech.
33' . Marshall, the Cardiff goalkeeper, decided to better David Luiz' gaffe.
Eto'o nicks the ball off Marshall as he bounces it. Hazard gathers and squares. Eto'o can't bundle home, but the ball breaks loose again to Hazard who can.
First half stats for Chelsea
95% possession, 12 shots at goal, 2 on target
The second half was more lively as Cardiff became bolder in their forward play. This created more space for the Chelsea attack and it was end to end stuff at some point
Oscar replaced Mata at the 59' min and Betrand made way for Torres at about the 63'
This changed the formation from 4-2-3-1 to 3-5-2. The gamble almost backfired as the Cardiff strikers had acres of space on the left of the Chelsea box around the 65' but they didn't make it count
67' Cometh the hour, cometh the man
Eto'o receives the ball to his feet in the box ( from a lovely Hazard pass)
dinks to the right, making the defender slide by, then finishes with powerful shot low into the corner. Goaaaaaaaallll!!
Mourinho, just as he did at Carrow Road a few weeks back, gambled by moving to three defenders. And, once again, the move paid off.
Mourinho moved to four at the back almost immediately following the goal ( 69') with Cesar Azpilicueta coming on for Eto'o, and the rest of the match was a coast.
70' Mourinho started raging at something and was giving Anthony Taylor ( linesman) a hard time. The referee comes across to have a word and the Chelsea boss is sent to the stands. He moves about three rows back from where he was.
He can do no wrong at Stamford Bridge though-the fans started chanting " HE SITS WHERE HE WANTS, HE SITS WHERE HE WANTS!
JOSÉ MOURINHO, HE SITS WHERE HE WANTS!"
Oscar added a stunning goal, one that shaved the crossbar as it whisked past Marshall (77') before Hazard wrapped up the day's scoring in the 82nd minute- the Cardiff goalie should've done better with the attempted save. He had a forgettable day - to be honest
He did save a tame Willian effort around the 79', this was off brilliant counter-attacking play by Hazard
Positives
Eto'o finally got that goalless monkey off his back. To be honest, he'd done pretty little wrong apart from scoring a goal since arriving. His runs, passes , link up play and defensive work are impressive. I have a feeling he'll be massive for us this season
John Terry - imperious at the back as usual. Definitely our most dependable defender. To think some were writing him off after last season
Hazard is back!! He looked sharper, fitter and hungry today
Oscar is going through a purple patch at the moment. That's his 5th goal this season
Congrats to Cech on his 300th appearance today. He pulled off a couple of Cech-esque saves to mark the occasion
Bertrand was impressive at LB. Ashley Cole better watch his back!!
Negatives
We still struggle to break down teams that play with 10 behind the ball. This is baffling - considering the kind of Gaffer we have. You'd think that wing play is the key in this situation. Unfortunately, Hazard and Willian keep on cutting in, when they have the ball, and choking the middle more
Also, Ivanovic can still not cross the ball if his life depended on it.
I wish Azpi will get more game time. So many teams will play this defensive style ( particularly at the Bridge) and we need to find the right formula to break them down
I refuse to comment on Torres' cameo today. I'm in a good mood!
We are 2nd in the League table, level with Liverpool by points but better Goals difference
...and better kits too
It can only get better with this team. This should be scary for our rivals
....like attempting the first fart after a bout of diarrhoea!
Scandal 3x03 - "Mrs Smith Goes to Washington"
It's getting more heated on Scandal!
Highlights of this week's episode:
Liv's handling of the Bomb scare scene-
Olivia Pope NEVER needs a trim. Her ends are fierce and fearless, forever!
helpingheroespr: If only Congress had Olivia Pope... Washington needs a Washington!
Mellie's drunk scene-
alphatheta87: Mellie's ( President's wife) drunk scene was a MASTERPIECE!! @BellamyYoung is AWESOME!! #Scandal
Check out part of her monologue with her husband present:
"..As long as she ( Olivia Pope) is still alive, she is your FLAW!...your Achilles' heel....which makes her my weapon.."
Watch the clip here
David Rosen's face off with Cyrus was also worthy of mention-
....and Rowan/Eli Pope (Liv's father) has his hold on everyone in this show, including Olivia
What the heck is Operation Remington?
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