Well its no wonder Galatasaray lost tonight. With a red card to Tomas after 38 minutes and 3 yellow cards to other GS players and guess what not a single caution to a cheese head. Maybe its a crime to be Turkish in Holland now, it certainly seems that way after a one sided and completely biased performance from the officials.
All we can do now is try and beat Liverpool and Bordeaux and make sure we qualify for the UEFA cup and try and win that again. Otherwise with the woeful performances of the other Turkish teams in Europe taken for granted, I mean when has any other team achieved anything, there will be fewer and fewer places for Turkish teams in the European competitions.
Over on Turkish Soccer, Ahmet has been saying something similar that the lack of success and the reliance on second rate imports is beginning to affect the teams performances in Europe and that of the National Team, where is Hakan's replacement?????
Think about that anyone who is gloating about this result.
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Washing Machine springs a leak
Unfortunately Vestel Manisa could not continue their good form and lost 3-2 to the team from Istanbul that is not the champions. As I mentioned in my previous post I wondered how long it would take for normal service to resume in the Super Lig and lo and behold what happened, the team that was playing well and leading the league cam up against the Kadikoy mob and promptly lost...coincidence I don't think so. I mean lets face it if you were Aziz and had spent so much money last season for nothing and had emptied the coffers again to buy the Brazil B team plus other assorted mercenaries, rather than developing good young Turkish Players then you would also have to make sure that you got a return on your investment!!! I mean how good are the Kadikoy mob in reality, they could not even beat Newcastle who are pretty poor at the moment!!! (Not that the Champions are much better at the moment, Mondragon get some new gloves!). As a supporter of the only Turkish club to win anything in Europe I can safely say that that situation will not change this season, unless Besiktas wins something!!!
Galatsaray face a difficult game this week in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE but should have the capability to beat PSV, lets hope the team that played the second half at Anfield turns up and not the other team.
Turns out Nathan does not have much of a sense of humor, or is extremely sensitive, anyone who reads this blog knows that I am not the biggest fan of the Istanbul team who is not 16 times CHAMPION, get a life and lighten up is what I say!!!! I mean how can you honestly support a team that wins games from outrageous dives for last minute penalties (almost any game last season), deliberate and blatant handballs (Anelka against Konya, wants its main rival kicked out of the ;league for being poor!, wants to increase the number of non-Turkish players from 6 (ie have a full 11 team of Brazilians) and basically cheats its way to points!!!
From the first city.....
We might be poor, cant
Galatsaray face a difficult game this week in the CHAMPIONS LEAGUE but should have the capability to beat PSV, lets hope the team that played the second half at Anfield turns up and not the other team.
Turns out Nathan does not have much of a sense of humor, or is extremely sensitive, anyone who reads this blog knows that I am not the biggest fan of the Istanbul team who is not 16 times CHAMPION, get a life and lighten up is what I say!!!! I mean how can you honestly support a team that wins games from outrageous dives for last minute penalties (almost any game last season), deliberate and blatant handballs (Anelka against Konya, wants its main rival kicked out of the ;league for being poor!, wants to increase the number of non-Turkish players from 6 (ie have a full 11 team of Brazilians) and basically cheats its way to points!!!
From the first city.....
We might be poor, cant
Saturday, October 28, 2006
First city first
So relatively normal service resumes in the Super Lig with an Istanbul team beating one from somewhere else. Galatasaray, whilst not playing particularly well beat Genclirbiligigigigi 1-0 with a goal from the grand old man of Turkish football Hakan Sukur. Looks like we will be staying in 4th place whatever happens in the other games unless Trabzon score a bucket load, which with the odds that Gokdeniz may lay on the game is not impossible!!!!!
Wonder when we will get a sober post from the Kanka's??????
I have been somewhat underwhelmed by the season so far with CimBom stumbling form 1 draw to another and the fiasco in Europe is just embarrassing. At least of we were playing at Ali Sami Yen instead of the Olympic stadium there would be some atmosphere! In part the emotion of the way last season finished with the big spending, no class cheats being pipped at the post by the supposedly bankrupt classy team is unlikely to be topped this season. In fact with the way that Vestel Manisa are playing we could be looking at a champion from outside of the big 3 and the Kadikoy mob. So lets hope that Manisa repeat last years performance tomorrow against the budgies. I have to say I wonder just how long Aziz and his mates in the TFF will allow this situation to carry on, I mean where are all the last minute "penalties" and basketball goals that happened last season????? Oh yes Nobhead is at Besiktas and Anelka is at Bolton, strange how the team is struggling for those kind of advantages with only Alex the deciever left.
I see there is now a FB blog in English although compared to the blogs about the other teams it is of course of lower class. For example the writer appears to believe that that permatanned moron Halak Ulusoy is GS's best supporter....what planet has this guy been living on and how much does he really know about about Turkish Soccer!!!
Anyway must go and celebrate a good day, GS and Man Utd winning, the only downside being that the English equivalent of the budgies, Chavski, complained, whinged and cheated their way to a win as well, just goes to prove that class is independent of money......
Wonder when we will get a sober post from the Kanka's??????
I have been somewhat underwhelmed by the season so far with CimBom stumbling form 1 draw to another and the fiasco in Europe is just embarrassing. At least of we were playing at Ali Sami Yen instead of the Olympic stadium there would be some atmosphere! In part the emotion of the way last season finished with the big spending, no class cheats being pipped at the post by the supposedly bankrupt classy team is unlikely to be topped this season. In fact with the way that Vestel Manisa are playing we could be looking at a champion from outside of the big 3 and the Kadikoy mob. So lets hope that Manisa repeat last years performance tomorrow against the budgies. I have to say I wonder just how long Aziz and his mates in the TFF will allow this situation to carry on, I mean where are all the last minute "penalties" and basketball goals that happened last season????? Oh yes Nobhead is at Besiktas and Anelka is at Bolton, strange how the team is struggling for those kind of advantages with only Alex the deciever left.
I see there is now a FB blog in English although compared to the blogs about the other teams it is of course of lower class. For example the writer appears to believe that that permatanned moron Halak Ulusoy is GS's best supporter....what planet has this guy been living on and how much does he really know about about Turkish Soccer!!!
Anyway must go and celebrate a good day, GS and Man Utd winning, the only downside being that the English equivalent of the budgies, Chavski, complained, whinged and cheated their way to a win as well, just goes to prove that class is independent of money......
Friday, October 27, 2006
'ere we go
As Gary Glitter said before leaving for a Vietnam jail;....." Did you miss me, yeah when I was gone?"
So where were we. Thats right a draw against Ankargucu. Since then there was Mondragon throwing the ball into his own goal in front of a passionless atmosphere followed by 2 wins......finally both by 2-1 against someone and someone else in the Turkish Cup.
Bad week for Turkish soccer min Europe with all the teams losing and only Emre being victorious, Besiktas being almost as poor as Cim Bom.
Anyway its a 3 point certainty this weekend at Genc so until then.......
Flu is a pisser
So where were we. Thats right a draw against Ankargucu. Since then there was Mondragon throwing the ball into his own goal in front of a passionless atmosphere followed by 2 wins......finally both by 2-1 against someone and someone else in the Turkish Cup.
Bad week for Turkish soccer min Europe with all the teams losing and only Emre being victorious, Besiktas being almost as poor as Cim Bom.
Anyway its a 3 point certainty this weekend at Genc so until then.......
Flu is a pisser
Sunday, October 15, 2006
Another day another bore draw
The Husband was surfing ealrier today and was looking up something called Coleman Balls which apparently is a collection of the saying of David Coleman, a BBC sports commentator who was famous for saying crazy or just plain wrong thongs in the heat of the moment. One of these comments seems to sum up Galatsaray's season so far:
"It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday." (Radio 5 Live)
although this is closely followed by....
"If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect the same thing again." (TERRY VENABLES)
Once again Galatsaray get themselves into a good position, score first and then give away a silly stupid goal to an inferior team, inevitably it seems to be a South American who scores...are there no Turkish Players playing in the SuperLig except for at Ali Sami Yen?????
So 1-1 with Ankargucu, the only thing good about that is is that both teams are top of the draw league. Can only hope that both the budgies and th eagles stuff up again this weekend but I doubt lightnoing will strike twice.
Good to see Hakan scoring 4 in the week, that is more in one match than the rest of the season!!! As I said its still time for him to call time on his international career.
Anyway time for me to go and watch the Noocassle Bolton match
"It's now 1-1, an exact reversal of the score on Saturday." (Radio 5 Live)
although this is closely followed by....
"If history is going to repeat itself I should think we can expect the same thing again." (TERRY VENABLES)
Once again Galatsaray get themselves into a good position, score first and then give away a silly stupid goal to an inferior team, inevitably it seems to be a South American who scores...are there no Turkish Players playing in the SuperLig except for at Ali Sami Yen?????
So 1-1 with Ankargucu, the only thing good about that is is that both teams are top of the draw league. Can only hope that both the budgies and th eagles stuff up again this weekend but I doubt lightnoing will strike twice.
Good to see Hakan scoring 4 in the week, that is more in one match than the rest of the season!!! As I said its still time for him to call time on his international career.
Anyway time for me to go and watch the Noocassle Bolton match
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Hungry Turkey
Well there is not much happening football wise recently except for the Euro 2008 qualification game against Hungary which was won by a somewhat lucky Tuncay goal. If Hungary had a touch more luck then we would have been celebrating a draw or a loss as the team did not really play that well.
There has been a lot of talk about Hakan Sukur and whether he should still be playing for the national team. I must say that if Fatih Terim really wants to include hom then keep him as a substitute as his best days are long past and the defenders he plays against know all about him these days. Personally I would use Altintop and keep Hakan on the bench and use him as a tactic if you need extra firepower in the last 20 minutes.
Anyway tomorrow is Moldova and lets hope that Terim gets the team right, although even as an ex CimBom manager I would like to see him out....
There has been a lot of talk about Hakan Sukur and whether he should still be playing for the national team. I must say that if Fatih Terim really wants to include hom then keep him as a substitute as his best days are long past and the defenders he plays against know all about him these days. Personally I would use Altintop and keep Hakan on the bench and use him as a tactic if you need extra firepower in the last 20 minutes.
Anyway tomorrow is Moldova and lets hope that Terim gets the team right, although even as an ex CimBom manager I would like to see him out....
Hungry Turkey
Well there is not much happening football wise recently except for the Euro 2008 qualification game against Hungary which was won by a somewhat lucky Tuncay goal. If Hungary had a touch more luck then we would have been celebrating a draw or a loss as the team did not really play that well.
There has been a lot of talk about Hakan Sukur and whether he should still be playing for the national team. I must say that if Fatih Terim really wants to include hom then keep him as a substitute as his best days are long past and the defenders he plays against know all about him these days. Personally I would use Altintop and keep Hakan on the bench and use him as a tactic if you need extra firepower in the last 20 minutes.
Anyway tomorrow is Moldova and lets hope that Terim gets the team right, although even as an ex CimBom manager I would like to see him out....
There has been a lot of talk about Hakan Sukur and whether he should still be playing for the national team. I must say that if Fatih Terim really wants to include hom then keep him as a substitute as his best days are long past and the defenders he plays against know all about him these days. Personally I would use Altintop and keep Hakan on the bench and use him as a tactic if you need extra firepower in the last 20 minutes.
Anyway tomorrow is Moldova and lets hope that Terim gets the team right, although even as an ex CimBom manager I would like to see him out....
Monday, October 02, 2006
Bubble Bursta
Just when I thought GS's performance was bad Bursa beat the other Istanbuil team in Kadikoy, and Besiktas drew.......some joy from the weekend.
Now all we need to do is find a way for the washing machine motor to fail!!!!!
Now all we need to do is find a way for the washing machine motor to fail!!!!!
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