For those of you that don’t know what i’m on about, see the below video of the incident.

Now onto the subject of England not being in it. Well yes it sucks because i obviously only watch it when my own country is playing. I think i’ll only be watching Euro when the big matches are on like when the knockout stages start otherwise it doesn’t interest me.

I think that one of the 4 teams will win…

1. Spain
2. Holland
3. Portugal
4. France

Thats my bet that. I really hope Holland win it actually, they played so well last night and deserve it.

How did i do it? Well what you do is as soon as you kick off start heading towards the opposition and hold the long pass button (on PS3 this is square) and it will do a massive lob. 9 times out of 50 you will not score but it can be done if timed correctly. I’ve known a few people that have done this including my work colleagues. Luckily i’ve never had this done against me online but people have attempted and the closest someones got is hitting the bar but it went over.

• Liverpool (me)
• Blackburn (colleague 2)
• Manchester United (colleague 3)
• Barcelona (colleague 4)

Manchester United came first, Liverpool came second, Blackburn came third and Barcelona came last. Manchester United and Liverpool made it to the cup final where Manchester United beat Liverpool. Not to worry though because i said i want to use a team i’m good with and that’s Barcelona. So in league 6 i used Barcelona.

We have played league 6 and it’s the last league, we are giving Fifa 08 a break for now. League 6 looked like this:

• Barcelona (me)
• Chelsea (colleague 2)
• Manchester United (colleague 3)
• Arsenal (colleague 4)

What an interesting league this was. The two best players (me and colleague 3) drew against the two worst players in our first games. However, we won against the worse players in the rest of our games. Now then, the hardest part is playing potentially the best player, colleague 3. The first game Manchester United beat Barcelona with a lucky injury time goal. BUT i’m glad to say Barcelona THRASHED Manchester United in second time around by not 1-0, not 2-0 but 3-0! This gave me the lead and won on goal difference by 3 goals.

So the competition has ended and altogether i won: £55 which isn’t bad at all. All i can say is that i were the best at Fifa 08 and no one could come close to me apart from colleague 3 who i tactically outclassed him in our last game.

What’s happening next is we are switching game to Project Gotham Racing 4. The colleagues have the advantage over me because it’s on the Xbox 360, they all own one and i don’t, i prefer the PS3.

We’ll have to see what happens.

League 4

Well, i didn’t win this league like i said i would, but i came second which i’m happy about.

• Hamburg SV (me)
• Chelsea (colleague 1)
• Sporting Lisbon (colleague 2)
• Barcelona (colleague 3)

Chelsea finished top, Hamburg second, Sporting Lisbon third and Barcelona fourth. The cup was a different story. I got knocked out in the first round and so did Sporting Lisbon. Guess who won the cup? Yes that’s right the colleague who has never won anything won the cup!

I have a few excuses to why i didn’t win the league or cup – i didn’t have a 5 star team so i didn’t have the pace of strength like Chelsea and Barcelona do.

We agreed that whoever comes top has to pick a 4 star team, second 4 and half star team, third and fourth 5 star teams. This makes it fair.

Anyway, i warned all colleagues that in league 5 i will be using a 4 and a half star team and i choose Liverpool.

League 5

League 5 will be an interesting one. It currently looks like this:

• Liverpool (me)
• Blackburn (colleague 2)
• Manchester United (colleague 3)
• Barcelona (colleague 4)

I’ve played a game and beat Blackburn 3-0.  Blackburn (colleague 2) gave me some stick when he beat me in the previous league and i just warned him that i used the wrong team – 4 stars! I thrashed Blackburn – enough said. Carrying on, Manchester United beat Barcelona 3-0, which leaves us joint first.

I might be able to win this league, i think i will struggle against Manchester United – Anything can happen in football.

League 3

• Italy (me)
• England (colleague 1)
• France (colleague 2)
• Brazil (colleague 3)

France won the league this time, Italy came second, England came 3rd and Brazil came last. While i lost the league i thought i would be giving colleague 2 £5. We all proceeded with the cup, and Italy won the cup so i didn’t have to give any money out because if you win the cup you don’t have to pay, you keep the £5 you put in the pot.

League 4

We started league 4, we said that the top 2 players in the last league (me and colleague 2) would be 4 star teams and the other rubbish players would be 5 star teams. League 4 looks like this…

• Hamburg SV (me)
• Chelsea (colleague 1)
• Sporting Lisbon (colleague 2)
• Barcelona (colleague 3)

So far we have all played twice. So i lost to Chelsea and beat Sporting Lisbon (the best player next to me). Sporting Lisbon has lost 1 and won 1 and Barcelona has lost both games. Chelsea have won both games up to now. So that leaves Chelsea top, Hamburg SV in second, Lisbon in 3rd and Barcelona last.

I’m confident i will win this league again, i’m currently £45 up, i plan to stretch that to £60 and go on to win the cup.

If i don’t win the league, i might take the money and run.

At half time, what the hell did the Bolton manager say to his team? I was sat near the goals at the home end rather than the away end, and couldn’t see any of the action due to it being at the other end of the pitch in the first half. So my head was also looking right, and the same thing happened in the second half, no action at my end!

Bolton played really poor in the second half, ok they did hit the crossbar, and missed an open goal, and they should have won easily. Lisbon managed to get an away goal which is bad news for Bolton, and they hit the crossbar.

The Bolton fans tried to start a mexican wave but didn’t get very far, but they were singing practically all through the game which was good to witness. 

There is still hope for Bolton’s dream to come true, all they need to do is score and not let Lisbon get a goal. If they do get through to the quarter finals, i’m hoping to attend the home game. Let’s hope Bolton win!

Burnley vs Watford feedback

Me and my friends were sat in the away stand cheering for Watford because, although i don’t support Watford, my two friends do, and they asked me if i wanted to go to the match and i thought yes, why not.

Burnleys Stadium, Turf Moor was better than i expected, i was expecting a very old grotty stadium with no roof, but to my surprise this wasn’t the case. The home stands in Turf Moor aren’t too bad and they look up to date, however the away stand is shockingly horrible. It had a roof which was a good thing because it started raining, but the seat were awful. We had to sit on old school wooden seats that weren’t very comfy at all. I took a photo of the seats:

Anyway, the match was fairly decent, with plenty of goals to see (ended 2-2) and both teams started to get rough with each other.

Watford started off very well, dominating and keeping possession for the first 30 minutes, but started to lose concentration and Burnley was on a constant attack.

We saw the first goal after 20 minutes. We waited until the 75th minute before Burnley equalized making it 1-1. 10 Minutes later Watford scored a nice goal, a shot going into the top corner and lastly 3 minutes after that goal Burnley equalized finishing the game to a draw.

I couldn’t get any photos during the game because the Watford fans were very lively and giving plenty of support for their team. They were constantly standing up and blocking my view making it difficult to take any good snaps.

I’m looking forwards to seeing Bolton take on Sporting Lisbon on Thursday the 6th March, it should be a good game and i’ll post the feedback on this blog, so stay tuned!

Who do i think will win tomorrow? Watford. I even think Watford will win the Championship this season, but only just because they have been getting rid of most of their good players such as their ex captain, Marlon King. King was probably the best striker in the Championship.

Since the sales of their best players, they have been knocked off the top of the league and are now in 3rd position.

Speaking of the Championship, my home football team, Blackpool are not doing bad, considering they only entered the league this season. Blackpool are currently 14th and look healthy in terms of avoiding relegation.

I will try and get a review in for Sunday.

Bolton beat Madrid 1-0, and to be honest it was a lucky goal. In the first half Bolton was all over Madrid, had a good few shots, and the Bolton keeper made a fantastic save keep out a header that was heading in the top corner.

There was a bust up between Diouf and Simao after Diouf went in hard.

In the 2nd half, Madrid started to play the ball alot better, passing it around and creating chances. Aguero came on as a substitute but got sent off 12 minutes later for spitting on a Bolton player. As soon as that happened Diouf netted the goal.

I was surprised at how packed the stadium was, there was an attendance of 26,650 or something like that. Alot of spanish came to the match to give their team support and i was sat right next to them.

If Bolton win at Madrids home land, then i may perhaps watch Bolton play whoever they play at home again.