cock talk

1. i support manchester united. they're the best team at the moment. i've been supporting them for more than 10 years since my arrival from the states. it's because of them i started playing football again apart from basketball.

2. i think the height of manchester united is during the cantona era. Cantona was king then. He was so good, not even cristiano ronaldo could match his legendary status. I even had my school trousers' tailored by the trademark of Cantona-7 at Sungai Wang. Back then, it was definitely the 'in' thing to have, just like the i-pod or the PSP. You're not cool if you don't sport a cantona-7 product. Aweks don't dig you out without the label.

3. Bought at wheeler dealer price from Blackburn (i think around 10 mill pounds), I can say that's the bargain of the century. That's a piss pay compared to the latest football transfers now.

4. Perhaps his ultimate contribution that led him to legendary status was to wrest back the premiership title and Man Utd became regulars in the champions league. It's the only english club that has ever achieved the treble, winning the EPL, FA, and most importantly the Champions league title.

5. Being a football fan for 10 years has a bit changed me a bit. During the early times seems that all opinions are biased to Man Utd. Even now, if you encountered a die-hard fan of Arsenal or Liverpool, they are just going to say their team is the best. I've observed lately the fans are becoming more mature, and their opinions are much honest and dare to criticize their own team's weakness and strengths as well.

6. So what do I think of the current football situation right now ? I think it's going a bit of a downside. There's too much money invested. Players' transfers' costs is equivalent to a small country's annual income. That's going to attract wrong kind of party. With the economic turmoil right now, it has become increasingly uncertain what would happen in the future.

7. Look at Man Utd. right now. Their major sponsors are the AIG, or the American Insurance Group. If I can recall, during the start of the economic crisis, AIG was on the verge of bankruptcy. This is due to the 'hedge fund' crisis that has lead the American economy to face the worst recession since the Great Depression in 1930's. What I worry, is that , if there's no sponsors, the club can't pay the player's wagers, and the players tend to leave the club, and ultimately would kill the game in totality.

8. Indirectly, I can correlate with the economic crisis and the football scene. In summary, if the economy goes bad to worse, we can expect the football scene to become chaotic. Worst, live coverage won't be available as TV companies are expected to pay a huge cost to finance and cushion high debts to the club. It's a sad situation.