Liverpool sucks

Don't know who ever says Liverpool facilitated with champions elect quality this season? Don't know who's been so happy to lead the EPL table by christmas? Don't know who's been singing 'We are the champions' no so long ago?

I've been telling all along Liverpool just don't have that kind of character and quality to win the EPL just yet! With Rafael Benitez in charge, you can only dream of winning EPL! Just few weeks ago he opened fires at Sir Alex Furgeson shows he's under extreme pressure to keep the lead, let alone winning the league! Last night's draw against a depleted Wigan side shows just that!

Chelsea possesses more quality and character than Liverpool to win the EPL and also Arsenal although they still lack behind both these teams but not far away! A good team doesn't need to care how other team doing, and also doesn't need to start a war of words with others if they are confident of winning.

So Liverpool fans, Man Utd waited 26 years to win their 1st league title, and hopefully you will not break that record!

Glory glory Man Utd

Man Utd is slowly back to its best, and with the 2nd half of season matches in their favour, I think it will yet be another Man Utd year!

It's been long since we seen such free flowing Man Utd side playing, and it's certainly 1st time this season in the EPL we seen such a Man Utd team! Now that C. Ronaldo is on scoring sheet again, we would expect more from the FIFA world player of the year to perform to a level which won his all the major awards this year.

I still remember just barely a month ago, people started questioning Man Utd's integrity and credibility as defending champions, and also please bear in mind that first half of season Man Utd was playing all the tough games away from home, and still they manage to keep within touching distance of all the top guns.

Now with match vanue in their favour, I can't see any reason other main challengers able to dislodge them from the pinnacle of EPL except themselve throwing it away, which is not what Man Utd ever did before!

So Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal together with Aston Villa, Everton, do not let them run away with the title yet again! Make it a wonderful season although Man Utd does win it at the end!

Malaysia Badminton

we've seen Malaysian shuttlers slowly back to their best with winning 3 titles from the year end GP finals, and also some good outings during last week's Malaysian Open.

Lee Chong Wei successfully defended his title by defeating Korean top shuttler, and Koo-Tan came close to beating Korean top pair again. But overall Malaysian shuttlers performed up to expectation.

However, it's a home tournament, and just wondering if they are able to keep up their performance in this week's Korean Open! (For those who took part) One thing I found out is that Malaysia depend too much on Lee Chong Wei to deliver the results, and now Malaysia is only down to a single and only one world class player.

I think it's not lack of talent, but the way BAM handling these issue. Why are they hold back those bright stars and kept them under wrap? I think it's time to let go all potential players to explore to the world stage to gain as much experience playing different type of players from different countries. That would be the quickest learning curve for player and simplest for BAM to judge which is the potential star in the making!

Rexy is doing exactly that with all doubles now and hopefully we would find more potential players to carryon the trend and make Malaysia proud! China, Indonesia, Korea and Denmark are doing this all the time and I think it's time Malaysia doing the same too!

Chelsea on the declining slope

After last Sunday's defeat at Old Trafford, I think it would probably be the end of Chelsea era, which has been built to the great level by the Special One, Jose Mourinho. Eversince Jose Mourinho left, it will be a tough act to follow by any coach or manager from around the world because Jose has set such a high standard for the club.

Now that Chelsea team is falling apart, it would not surprise me that Roman Abramovich would sell out Chelsea club at this moment of financial crisis time. Chelsea used to be the leader of football transfer market because they can simply get the man they wanted. "Money no object" time has pass by Chelsea and now it's just only time this team really falling apart unless Big Phil can turn things around within a short space of time.

So title race would now unofficially, but almost effectively be down to the straight fight between Liverpool and Manchester United. Of the two teams I would place my bet on Man Utd because of their vast experience in winning EPL titles, also they have the depth in squad, they have the calmness required and most importantly they have someone who know how to win league titles.

Rafa Benitez is a good coach / manager, but he just don't have the coolness that needed for a manager to put out a winning team week in week out! Look at what he commented on Man Utd last week and it's simple to know why! Rafael Benitez is starting to losing it now as what happen to Kevin Keegan back in 1996.

Hopefully 2008-09 title race will be as good as ever, unlike 2000-01 and 2001-02 where teams won the titles with few games to spare.