Stardate 070307.4

Captain's Log:

I think I will use this entry to talk about soccer, and what has been happening to my teams over the past three months. Just for clarification, my teams are as listed:

English Premier League: Manchester United
National Teams: Germany and England
Major League Soccer: Colorado Rapids
Bundesliga Football League: Bayern-Munich

Manchester United:

Although they were knocked out of the Carling Cup early, Man U still has a shot at both the FA cup and the Champions League. This afternoon they will play Lille in an attempt to advance to the next round in the Champions League. Then on Saturday they will face Middleborough in the sixth round of the FA cup. In the league tables for the EPL, Man U is ahead of the queers from Chelsea by nine points. If they win two or three more games they can clench the league title.

German National Team:

Even with a new coach, the Germans cannot lose. They have been running over teams, both in International Friendlies and the European 2008 qualifiers. They should have no trouble whatsoever making it past the group qualifying stage. On a side note about the German Team, I recently purchased an authentic German jersey personalized with my name and number. Germany will be playing the Czech Republic on the 24th of March in a Euro 08 qualifier.

England National Team:

Steve McClaren is the worst coach I have ever seen, and I hope that they fire him soon. He is hurting the English National Team by his poor choices and his stupid formations. He has removed David Beckham from the team after Beckham won two of the World Cup games for England, and he has changed their formation from the 4-4-2, which has worked for them, and they have lost or tied the last four games. His record is dismal with a team that did quite well in the World Cup and has been very competitive in the past couple of years. The next game is on the 24th of this month and they will be playing Israel. The team is going downhill because of this idiot’s managerial decisions, and I do hope that the England National Team board members see this and fire him before he can drag England out of the running for qualification to the European Cup 2008. A swift kick to the face of this guy would not be too harsh.

Colorado Rapids:

Well, the Rapids made the playoffs last year, but lost in the first round. The MLS season is about to begin a month from today and I am looking forward to watching them play this year. Their first game will be against DC United.

Bayern-Munich:

I have very few opportunities to watch the Bundesliga; however, I do follow the scores through the Fox Soccer website. Bayern is fourth in their table and they have been stationary for a few weeks now. Podolski is still their best player, and has scored in most of the games in which he has played. Bayern faces off against Werder Bremen this weekend in a tough match.

All right, that should do it.

Until next time,

Lorimer