New Chelski Manager

Greetings

Well The Arsenal won this morning 3-0, no real surprises there. I got to see the 1st 15 minutes or so before i had to leave for work and i have to say i was so close to picking the phone up and ringing in sick so i could watch the rest of the game. They looked so sharp and were playing beautiful football i didnt want to leave. The biggest disappointment of the game has to be the commentators, i hate ESPN, i hate their 20 minute ad breaks but even more than that i hate the American "commentators". Their inability to pronounce names and the fact they call it "soocer" make me sick, it makes it sound second rate and you cant take the game seriously. People are going to say the game died off after the 1st goal, but what else would you expect? The job was done and the weekends game against Pompey needed to take priority.

So it looks like there will be no more players joining The Arsenal until at least the new year, i for one hope that we manage to go until then without to many injuries. Chelski on the other hand, if you believe the crap floating around the web lately are going to try and sign Jar Jar Binks himself, Ronaldinho. Are you kidding me? Some reports suggest that the wankers are willing to line his pockets with 200,000 pounds a week. Hahahahahaha wouldnt that piss John Terry and Fat Frank Lampard off. For months they have fought to be on level pay terms as Bollocks and Sheva, somewhere around the 120,000 pounds a week mark. Let me start by saying that NO MAN is worth that amount of money, let alone Fat Frank. I am far from Fat Franks biggest fan, safe to say i dont rate him at all, so if his agent was to ring me up as Chelski manager and tell me he thought his client deserved to be equal highest payed at the club i think the convo would go a bit like this -

Agent - Hello is this Sir Boom?
Me - Yes, who else is it going to be?
Agent - Im just ringing in regards to Frank Lampards contract
Me - Thats nice, why are you calling me?
Agent - Because your the Chelsea manager
Me - I am? how did that happen? i hate Chelski! This is terrible, i feel so dirty!
Agent - mmm, so....about Frank's contract?
Me - You mean Fat Frank, well at least thats what we call him behind his back, hahaha, what about his contract?
Agent - Well we believe he should be on equal terms with the highest paid at the club
Me - Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha, are you serious? Fat Frank would be paid in hot dogs if it was up to me, except he would probably want a pay increase in those as well! Fat prick, he cant play and we are actually going to sack him tomorrow, goodbye!



I would just like to state that i would never accept the post of Chelski manager ever, and i think anyone that does has no penis!

Its just my opinion

Sir Boom

A-League season preview

Id like to start by first welcoming the newest member of the Boom Goes The Arsenal team, The Manager. I am looking forward to his contributions over the coming season, his insight and passion for the game will make for some interesting reading. Add to that the fact he is a die hard Newcastle Jets fan i am sure i can count on his support when we meet the pretty boys of the league, Henry Bergkamp's Sydney FC!

Speaking of which i better get down to business and lay down my thoughts for the coming A-League season, Mark III. As ive previously stated i am indeed looking forward to the football that lies ahead, i have a feeling that it is going to be a very close title race and that top 4 spots wont be decided until the last weekend. Damm i love this game!

Champions - Newcastle Jets

You may be pissing yourself laughing right now, thinking that ive gone mad, but i have a very good feeling for this season. The Jets suffered some massive losses from last season (Carle, Okon and Rodriguez) but have been able to bring in some decent talent as well (Spencer, Denni, Drovandi and Jardel). Gary van Egmond proved last year how good a coach he is, taking the Jets from last to 3rd in a little over half a season, in the second half of the season there was no better team in the league, none! The greatest injustice was that they never made the Grand Final.
Player to Watch - Jorge Drovandi
Leading Goal Scorer - Mark Bridge
Waste of Space - Since Coveny has left, nobody!

2nd - Melbourne

Most people's obvious choice to take the league title again, not mine. While the team is full of quality, and i love the fact that they were getting over 50,000 fans to their games, i hate Muscat and i hate Merrick. I think they are going to feel the loss of Fred alot more than they think and unless someone is able to fill that void i dont see the goals coming.
Player to Watch - Carlos Hernandez
Leading Goal Scorer - Danny Allsopp
Waste of Space - Archie Thompson

3rd - Sydney FC

Ive been sitting here for over 10 minutes after deciding on the top 2 trying to figure out the rest of the league, finally settling on Sydney, but not by much. Id also like to see some finals football live this year so the fags in blue making the semi's will help that happen. After a very ordinary pre season with players leaving, players coming back and a struggle to find a "marquee" signing, i think they may struggle early on in the season but come finals time, they will be there.
Player to Watch - Juninho (who else?)
Leading Goal Scorer - Patrick Da Silva (Alex Brosque? hahahahaha)
Waste of Space - Alex Brosque

4th - Adelaide

If there is a more boring team on the planet i DONT want to see them. They are rubbish, but they win games, due in large to the fact they bore the opposition to sleep then steal a goal. They were an embarrassment in the Grand Final last year, way out of their depth but as i said above they win games and therefore will be there in the finals. The only decent thing about them is Angelo Costanzo and that ponytail of his!
Player to Watch - Cassio
Leading Goal Scorer - Paul Agostino
Waste of Space - Aurelio Vidmar (yes the manager)

5th - Queensland Roar
But only just, i dont rate Farina as a manager and i still hold a grudge against him for everything he did to the national team. decent signings will help them this year.

6th - Central Coast Mariners
They are a consistent team i will give them that, but they are very similar to Adelaide and we all know what i think they them!

7th - Wellington Phoenix
So the whole story is they are rising from the ashes left by those poor excuses for football teams of the previous seasons hey? i think they will be the surprise packet of the season.

8th - Perth Glory
Looking at their squad the biggest thing that stands out is that they have FOUR goalkeepers! With the squad limitations that are in place can you give me a good reason why you would waste four of them on goalkeepers? Wooden spoon anyone?

So thats it, thats the season, we may as well pack up and go home now. Unless of course you are a Newcastle Jets fan because the fun is only just about to start! GO THE JETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its just my opinion

Sir Boom

Manager Of The Month

Righto, I’m going to take the opportunity of my first blog contribution to write about the trails and tribulations of being a manager.

It’s hard work. The team does well we congratulate the players – praise them to the ends of the earth. The team performs poorly and the finger of blame points straight to the manager. No wonder they have heart conditions

I’ve just started the new season managing my own team of superstars. I’ve selected some of the best players in the world and brought them together, hoping they will gel and bring home the silverware at the end of the season. And so far things, I’m afraid to say, haven’t gone to plan.

The directors are already asking questions and my promises of “nothing but the championship” are looking shaky.

I’m being held responsible, but like every good manager I find excuses for the team’s poor performances. Injuries have riddled my team, my captain went and got sent off for a head butt and the owners are severely limiting my powers to change my squad. While the starting 11 in my team are top class my squad lacks depth – the bench players are donkeys, I only bought them to sell a few thousand shirts.

I’m floundering in middle-table mediocrity and only a few weeks in, the leaders are looking further and further ahead. There’s no option to go on a spending spree, I can’t do an O’Leary and spend money I don’t have. I must to battle on with the troops I have.

But I still have faith; it only takes one good week to get the team back on track. Then we’ll see the points start to flow in and Boomgoesthedynamite will be back on top of the Black Ice Fantasy Premier League ladder once again!

The Manager

WOW, did Manure really just lose 3 straight?

Greetings

I woke up this morning to some very interesting news. First up i found out that The Arsenal had a predictable 1-all draw with those thugs from Blackburn, damm i hate that team, i really do. Unfortunately over that past few years Blackburn along with Bolton have been some what of a bogey team for the Gunners and it proved that way again today.

I have to admit that that news didnt really get me off to the greatest of starts this morning at 5am, the only way i was going to feel any better was if Chelski and Pool had a draw and 10 men were sent off or injured and Manure had done the unthinkable and lost....again. Now while Chelski and Pool finished with the full 11 on the pitch, they did have a draw, all thanks to a very dodgy penalty. If i hear Mourinho complain once this season that Chelski dont get penalties i will fly over there and smack him in the face, just like im sure many of you wish you could do, what a wanker. So that was result number 1 going my way, i had even broken out in a smile.

Then that smile grew and i was even heard to be laughing as i read the next result from the Manchester derby, a 1-0 win to City. Hahahahahahaha. Suddenly a draw at that shit of a place, Ewood Park, looked like a good result. From what ive seen Manure were poor, had plenty of chances but the ugliest man in football, Tevez, couldnt finish. Oh i feel for them, i really do. Hahahahahaha. Maybe i need to go back and change my seasons predictions and have Man City winning the title and Manure fighting relegation. However that would be stupid and very premature! I still stand by my previous comment that they will be there or there abouts come May.

Well im off to watch the highlights show and see how bad The Arsenal were, or should i say how bad Lehmann was!

Tomorrow will be my A-League season preview, so keep your eyes open for some hot tips!

Its just my opinion

Sir Boom

It has begun!!!!

As the old saying goes "when it rains, it pours", after months of waiting for the season to start, the games are now coming thick and fast. To those of you who have pay tv, just how good is the coverage! To those of you who dont have it, how on earth do you live? please do yourself a massive favour and get it. The new "viewers choice" option of games that kick off at the same time is sensational, i dont want to sound like im on Foxtel's payroll, but if your any kind of football fan you NEED it!

So Arsenal's season began with a very late win against Fulham, as Henry Bergkamp remarked to me the next day, a win is a win. Really its those kind of games where you pull a win from the clutches of a draw that can win you titles, so who knows hey! With Manure dropping points both on the weekend and also this morning with 2 draws, added to the fact that Rooney is now out injured and Ronaldo is also now out for around 3 weeks after being sent off for a headbutt, im reading a few stories of people writing off their title defence. Are you people serious? Grow a brain, neck up and dont be stupid, they will be there in May.

Ive just finished watching the Arsenal v Sparta champions league game and while it wasnt the most beautiful game of football ive ever seen, im taken back to the above comment from Bergkamp, "a win is a win", especially away from home in Europe. It looks like Alex Hleb is an avid reader of Boom Goes The Arsenal, as he has scored in his last 2 starts and is looking twice the player he was last season, not that that would be hard. While at the moment i still think he is a waste of space (im happy to be proven wrong) there is someone who would like to take this title away from him, Alex Song! Do you remember when you are a kid playing under 10's etc, and there is always, in every team, this one kid who is rubbish, i mean embarrassingly rubbish. Well id like to introduce you to Alex Song!

If this guy is getting a run for the Mighty Gunners id like to put my hand up, i mean seriously i think i could run rings around this guy, its almost like Wenger owes someone a massive favour and the way they want it repaid is for Song to get a run. He would struggle to get a run at Leeds, and thats saying something!

Some other games where played over the weekend and during the week, but lets be honest, who cares about them? All except that the Scum have lost both their opening games, hahahahahaha, and that i am sitting pretty ontop of our local fantasy football ladder!

There is news that Liverpool are planning a new stadium, i have come across an exclusive early artists impression below.


Its just my opinion

Sir Boom

Let the Games Begin................

And the winner is Sidineeeee Beijing............

Oh shite that's the Olympics and this is meant to be an eloquent review of the upcoming EPL season.

Well, when I read Sir Booms' review of the forthcoming season I was most impressed and intimidated, I mean a great deal of research must have gone into it, given the detail in his blog, especially in regard to his top five predictions, their transfers in and out etc...

He was most evenhanded, even tipping against the "Arse" finishing top of the pile.

I must admit I had similar thoughts, but then I woke up from my alcohol induced nightmare and decided that I have to be rational and logical when compiling my own list.

So I took it upon myself to carefully research all twenty teams that will partake in this seasons "premier" football competition. I went to their respective web sites and gleaned as much information as I could, about their players, manager, support staff, supporters etc. I was going to leave no stoned unturned in my quest to write the most balanced review possible.

But then I remembered.............................shite, I'm an Arsenal supporter, I've no respect for any other team. In fact I'm down right one eyed and biased when it comes to the team from Highbury Emirates, so logic doesn't even enter the equation.

I see no reason to even comment on the Arsenal team itself, nothing can be achieved by padding out my list of “one”. While I concede that the other teams do have some very good players/managers and they may even be nice people, there is only one team that will win the 2007/2008 Championship, ARSENAL and the rest can please themselves where they finish, I don't give a toss.............

Henry Bergkamp

Season Preview

Where to begin? As i've expressed in previous posts i am really looking forward to this coming Premier League season, even if i am going to have to wait till the second weekend to see the new look Arsenal on tv. Everyone is going to have a different opinion on who is going to win the league, who's going to make it into europe and who's going to suffer the drop. Mine may differ to yours, but i don't care, your going to be wrong!

Champions - Manchester United

What? he isnt predicting that Arsenal will win the title? No i am not, and for very good reason, they cant, not this season. The way Manure have added to their squad this summer, without losing anything of note is impressive, and if the Teves deal finally goes through it will be the icing on the cake. As much as i hate Manure i do respect them, they have earned their history and i just think this season will be another league title for them.
Player of the Year - Ronaldo (cant go past him, they won it on his back last year)
Leading Goalscorer - Rooney (darkhorse to win the league leading goalscorer)
Waste of Space - Fletcher (the only reason this guy gets a run is because he is Scottish, it has to be!)

2nd - Arsenal

The major concern for us this year isnt the fact the "kids" are too young to win the league this year, i dont believe in that theory at all, i just think along with Manure's quality squad, the fact i feel Arsenal's is a bit light may be the thing that hurts us in the long run. While i dont think we will win it, I have a feeling the boys will give it a massive shake and wont be far off the race in terms of points.
Player of the year - Fabregas (i just love the man, look for him to score more goals this year)
Leading Goalscorer - Van Persie (massive season for the man, time to step out of Henry's shadow)
Waste of Space - Hleb (his name sounds like something you cough up, and his ability resembles something similar)

3rd - Chelsea

I hate them, i really do. It does surprise me that "the great one" is still in charge after last season, but i have a feeling this will be his last. They didnt hammer the transfer market as they have in previous years which came as a bit of a shock. I think the injuries that they already have before the season starts are going to hurt them and if they are not careful they may find themselves out of the title race before it has even begun. If this season goes the way i think, look for a mass exit of players next year, that being said, im available to sit on the bench for a mere $250,000 a week!
Player of the Year - Carvalho (better than Terry, without him they are up shit creek)
Leading Goalscorer - Drogba (who else is going to score the goals? Shevchnko? hahahahahaha)
Waste of Space - Lampard (ive always said he is an ok player surrounded by a great team, nothing more)

4th - Liverpool

A massive amount of money has been spent by Pool this summer, all be it on crap. Benitez never ceases to amaze me in who he buys, the man is yet to make a truely world class signing, honestly. Sure he is spending alot of money, but what has he got to show for it? Champions League? That was a fluke, and besides, the premiership is a different story. The major problem i see with Pool is they never really gel as a team, and i think it will be the same this season.
Player of the Year - Gerrard (the heart and sole of the team)
Leading Goalscorer - Kuyt (he will make sure Torres spends mos of his time on the bench)
Waste of Space - Pennant (overrated Arsenal reject, another quality piece of transfer from Benitez)

5th - Tottenham (Never going to be good enough for top 4)
6th - Man City (you cant go past the Sven factor, losts of cash also helps)
7th - Everton (they continue to defy the odds)
8th - Portsmouth (decent squad, again money helps)
9th - Newcastle (Fat Sam gets his chance at a "big" club)
10th - Aston Villa (O'Neill is a quality manager, but the squad looks very thin)
11th - West Ham (new season, new start, will find it hard to break into the top 10)
12th - Reading (2nd season syndrom? maybe, but they will be safe, and hard to beat at home)
13th - Blackburn (very quiet in the transfer market, and i dont like them)
14th - Bolton (will feel the loss of Fat Sam more than they think)
15th - Middlesbrough (they will be lucky if they dont put half their supporters to sleep)
16th - Sunderland (they wont struggle too much, recent signing of a quality keeper will help)
17th - Fulham (will be fighting till the last day, but will get lucky)
18th - Wigan (anyone who signs Titus Bramble deserves to go down)
19th - Birmingham (are they the new yo-yo team? not enough quality)
20th - Derby (its getting harder and harder for the new boys to stay up, too hard for the Rams)

Thats it, my predictions for the coming season. I guess we will have to wait till May to see how ive gone, but im quietly confident! Next up is Henry Bergkamp's Season Preview which i am looking forward to with much anticipation! Bring on this weekend!

Its just my opinion

Sir Boom