Things You Never Knew...

- because I'm too lazy to write it all up coherently, here are some random thoughts floating about in my head.

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poor sheva. again :( Salomon Kalou was a decent sub though, like the last time. Looked lively, and had a decent attempt on goal seconds after coming on.

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Yay, John Terry is back. No more leakyleaky defence. In the words of Mourinho, "Now that Terry is back, the gap [between Chelsea and Man U] will never get larger than 6 points again."

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Anyone else remember Wayne Bridge being this good at crossing the ball? And why does Chelsea have 2 left backs of such quality, yet have absolutely crap right backs?

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Is it just me, or did Liverpool display a total lack of imagination trying to break down the Everton defense? In a game they knew they absolutely had to win - Merseyside derbies are like that, plus with Chelsea playing the second from bottom team you'd figure they knew they needed 3 points to keep up the pressure on them. Yet they kept to the same strategy for most of the match, involving Jermaine Pennant or someone knocking the ball into the box for Crouch to chase, even when it became obvious that Stubbs and Yobo were relishing the prospect of knocking everything as far away as possible. True, it worked against an exceeding makeshift defence of Essien and Ferreria - both not centrebacks, mind you - but as they say, not everyday is a Sunday!

And in the final irony, arguably the best chance of the game fell to Andy Johnson - at the other end of the pitch, mind you - which you figure would've been a goal had he been at full fitness.

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And on to the local scene...

Really, the Thais only have themselves to blame for not winning. 1-0 up, Singapore playing exceedingly badly (even by our own standards!) and presenting Thailand with a number of gilt-edged opportunities to go 2-0 and kill the game, yet they didn't grab their chances. And then they conceded a goal, and that was that.

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I totally missed the play right before Singapore's goal - the tv was showing some replay, and they suddenly cut to the action and in 2 seconds flat the ball was in the back of the net. Anyone actually managed to catch what happened before that? Or is my brother right in saying that the cameramen were slacking off and there's no footage of the action before the goal?

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Both teams are really liberal with the magic spray!

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Oh, and the Singapore team physio/doctor(?) is sorta kinda quite cute!