Beyonce's new song 'Single Ladies' undermines men (something I can't stand in her songs),but it's still a good song, with the Wahahhoooooo...hohohohohooooo... Wahahhooooooo section. On another note I can understand why Alexandra Burke's song 'Hallelujah' is good, but I still can't get over her constant 'victory speech' shananigans on X Factor.I will be downloading Beyonce's new song, but not Alexandra's... sorry.. (unless I have a sudden change of heart).
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Well... Sky Sports News has confirmed that Nigel Clough is now manager of Derby County. I don't know anything about his contract, but quite frankly I'm not bothered about that, and that isn't the point of this post.This appointment will definitely spice up the encounter between Derby and Nottingham Forest in the FA Cup later this month, with Nigel Clough, of course, being the son of Brian Clough, who had success at both clubs. Also a former Derby manager in Billy Davies facing his former club, after just joining their bitter rivals! This occurring after Earnshaw and Commons had also traded places across the A52!
Wow!.. What a match it will be! Much respect... I'm sure... will be shown to Nigel Clough from the Forest fans, even with him becoming manager of our bitter rivals. But with news of the match being shown on Setanta, Friday the 23rd, 7 45pm, it should prove to be a feisty encounter!.. and a game that surely the players will enjoy and saviour.
Will Nigel Clough follow in his father's footsteps and eventually join Nottingham Forest? Will Derby give Clough the vital experience to eventually manage at Forest? Or will he never join Forest and not emulate his father?.. Who knows!
Believe it or not, but Shakira was broadcast onto Sky Sports News... No, don't fret... she hasn't taken up a sport, like, say Rugby (!), but she was seen watching a sport.That sport was tennis. She was spotted in the crowd at the Abu Dhabi World Tennis championships watching the match between World No 1 Rafael Nadal and Nikolay Davydenko. This has led some fellow bloggers to believe that a possible fling is going on!?
I can't see this in the slightest. What with all Rafa's power on court, I feel that he is just too immature for Shakira and I'm writing that when I don't personally know the guy... I just have a gut feeling.
On the tennis side of things, Nadal eased past Davydenko and will play Andy Murray, who beat Federer, in the final later on today (1pm GMT, UK time).
Will Shakira be there?.. If so... will the rather silent rumours go on?.. Or does she just enjoy her tennis?
Whilst watching Sky Sports News today I noticed that Real Madrid would be interested in signing 'out of favour' Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant, that's if they don't sign Antonio Valencia of Wigan.Even the Valencia (who has had a rather successful season) rumour, was perceived by me as a slight shocker. Both Pennant and Valencia are good players, but for them to be linked to moves to Real Madrid, for me, seems a bit far fetched...
These rumours follow the signing of Lassana Diarra from Portsmouth, which wasn't envisaged. Does this mean that Madrid are struggling to attract the big name stars? Or are they just holding their funds for a substantial bid for Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer?.. It sure seems a bit fishy.
The text before was written a couple of hours ago. I have now just read from Times Online that Valencia has agreed to join Real Madrid in a deal worth £14 Million. Pennant seems to be set to join Wigan, to replace Valencia. Now that sounds slightly more realistic...
Here's the link to the Times Online story:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article5415823.ece
According to BBC News Steven Gerrard has been arrested after an assault at a hotel bar in the early hours of this morning.
Wow!.. I never could imagine Gerrard doing such a thing. In his post match interviews, he seemed to be the innocent type, plus I've never really seen him get angry on the pitch. Well I guess football and his personal/outside life aren't intertwined.
All this comes after he has put some remarkable displays in for Liverpool over the past couple of weeks. Will he get sent down? Banned for a few matches?.. Or will he most likely just get away with it?.. Only time will tell...
Here's the link to the story:
It is not just his success alone that makes him worthy. Even though he won, he still respected the achievements of both Lewis Hamilton and Rebecca Adlington who finished second and third respectively. The speech was both emotional and inspiring. It was defiantly well said.
Well done Chris Hoy.
Forest, including the under par Joel Lynch made a series of mistakes. Joel Lynch was subbed off early on in the first half, to be replaced by Julian Bennett who was making his comeback.
Overall, Forest missed a ton of chances, another notable effort seeing Garner's header being well saved by the Blackpool keeper. Even though Blackpool were never really in the game, I honestly thought they would have snatched the win. The draw wasn't good enough as we are still four points off safety. Forest should have won the match.
For me, Brendan Moloney has to be Forest's man of the match. He showed a drive to win that very few of our players seemed to possess yesterday. He made attacking, darting forward runs and took on their defence.
After her performance tonight she starts crying and explains how she couldn't have done it without her mentor Cheryl Cole, plus other things that I have now forgotten.Well, I believe that she will now get a substantial number of votes just for crying. And I wondered why Ruth Lorenzo got booted off the show last week...
She was placed second in the list... behind Beyonce Crazy in Love... No real surprise. If it was my list Shakira would be number one for sure.
Here's the video for Hips Don't Lie:
Kaiser Chiefs, for me, have hit the spot with their new single 'Never Miss A Beat'. It's difficult to describe, the song seems well worked, plus the track possesses the usual quality in the voice of the lead singer Ricky Wilson. It's typical Kaiser Chiefs.
Here's the link to the video:
Both Leona and Boyzone are a few of many artists or bands who, for me, have recorded one great song, only for the rest of their music to be 'not to my taste'.
Both songs have that 'spark or edge' about them. They are both catchy tunes.
Here's the link for Boyzone - Love You Anyway: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=85yYAf4EMT0
Watch out for Keith Duffy who is second from the right in the dance routine at the end. In my opinion he can't dance and looks out of place. Saying this, the rest of Boyzone aren't much better themselves.
Here's the link for Leona Lewis - Forgive Me:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TbObeE6s1I8
I've actually realised that despite her rather unlucky nose shape (apparently she's had a nose job, but I haven't noticed), Leona has a better body than I thought. She looks good in jeans. On another note, the video is really bright, too bright in my opinion.
Don't get me wrong, the first half was dull... but Commons' first touch was rather comical. As soon as the booing started, he was probably startled and gave the ball away. This was the best action of a dire, but satisfactory first half for the Reds.
The second half, however, was more of a spectacle. Forest took the lead after 54 minutes of the match with a Garner nod on which deflected in off Emanuel Villa's shoulder, a goal which was the result of a cross in from the right. Just 11 minutes later though, Derby equalized when a, lets face, perfect Commons delivery was flicked on by the substitute Barazite, for Villa to knock in.
Lewis McGugan was sent off with a straight red in the 74th minute after he slid in studs showing, taking out Derby midfielder Paul Green. The replays showed that he won the ball, but it was a reckless challenge. Saying this, I think it was only worthy of a yellow card.
The real drama of the match came in the last few minutes though. It all started when Chambers apparently handled in the box. The referee gave a penalty to the Rams even though Addison had converted a header. Lee Camp remarkably saved the spot kick, then made a fantastic save to deny another on target h
eader from Derby.
The official Nottingham Forest website stated that "Camp had joked to the media in the build-up to the game that he would save a last-gasp penalty. It ultimately proved to be an uncanny prediction".
The drama continued when, from the resulting corner of Camp's second save, Addison scored again, but for the referee to disallow it for an apparent push, even though, to be honest, I didn't see anything wrong with the goal. Forest charged forward whilst the Derby players were still protesting. At one point Forest had two against one (at this point I was screaming at the TV). The Forest striker literally passed the ball into Bywater's arms. After this counter attack however, the referee Stuart Attwell pulled it all back to Forest's box, so the potential goal wouldn't have counted anyway. Attwell had a tremendously shocking game.
To watch highlights of the match, along with the 'legendary' Colin Fray's commentary, follow this link:
Turn the lights down, pump the volume up... and enjoy... or jump behind the sofa. What a film! When this came out quite a while back I thought, yeah, the usual action blockbuster, only focusing on big explosions. This epic (saying this, it only lasted around 1hr 10mins) did have explosions, but there was also much more to it... The 'handheld' cam element of the film worked really well. It made you feel like you was in the action, it was so intense. For example if a missile came the way of the camera guy, the viewer would find themselves in the rubble. This made the movie feel extremely realistic. As a result you really felt for the characters and cared about their safety.
The two reasons why I decided to watch this film were because it was quite short and more importantly because it was in the FilmFlex Recommends folder. Every once in a while I come across a great film like this through the recommends folder. I advise you look through this folder, plus if you haven't done already, watch this film. Late at night of course...
Follow this link to watch a trailer for Cloverfield:
I've thought this for quite a while actually. She, of course, has relations with Shakira due to them both being Latin, in one form or another. Ruth is from Spain, whereas Shakira is from South America, Colombia.
It isn't just these two connections, however, that, for me, links the two. I also believe that Ruth looks l
I hope that Ruth gets through tonight. Like Simon Cowell has said, she's a real woman, plus she is Spanish. For me, seeing a Latino on the X Factor, is a breath of fresh air...
Well... what a remarkable match. With only two minutes left on the clock, Arsenal were cruising. To be honest, even I thought that there was no way back for Redknapp's Tottenham Hotspur.Jermaine Jenas' finely placed shot started the comeback. When this goal went in, I thought, well... could this happen. Even though I support Arsenal, due to their exquisite passing and flair they possess, I wanted Spurs to make the comeback. Aaron Lennon remarkably finished the comeback when Modric's shot came back off the post. The funny thing was all of the Arsenal scorers were foreign, whereas the Spurs scorers were English!
To watch highlights from the match, go to this page: http://www.football.virginmedia.com/ then follow the links.
Laura White's performance on the X Factor tonight was absolutely electrifying. The other contestants who performed after her, must have been petrified. How could another act beat that?
Louis Walsh said "...it was world class."
Dannii Minogue said she "...would buy it tomorrow."
Simon Cowell said "...it was incredible", by any standard he heard.
Laura looks confident... she already looks like a star. At the start, when she was laying on the white rug, she looked exceptional... Even though I thought it was special treatment (I mean... on a rug, come on), I still have to praise her for it.
She may be the one to beat... Now lets see what Ruth Lorenzo can do!
(The photo is from the second live show).
Today witnessed an emergence of a 'teenage sensation', a 19 year old snooker player called Judd 'Terrific' Trump.
When I saw this on the headlines for snooker on BBCi, I must admit it left me thinking about other things.
On another note, the match was laughable in one sense. Trump had almost ten chances in the last two frames to win the match. O'Sullivan bizarrely missed easy chances (by his standards). It was one of those which made you think "It's like I'm playing..." Maybe that is over exaggerating it a bit, but still it was shocking. Willie Thorne in the commentary box couldn't believe it...
(This post was written on October 17th).
The current announcer for World Snooker is such a character. He's such a character that he gets me shouting 'SHUT UP' at the screen. When he introduces the players, it's so reminiscent of a boxing match, it's unbelievable. Earlier tonight, Ryan Day actually flexed his neck from side to side before coming out onto the bay, as the announcer calls it.
I think it's hilarious, the fact that if a person was to turn it on and they have never watched snooker before, they may think it was exciting. Don't get me wrong, it can be exciting at times, and I do regularly watch it (when it's on), but it isn't as thrilling as he introduces it to be.
Like I've said, he's a great character, however I don't know his name, and can't find it out...
"If you see Morgan and Chambers in our starting eleven, tell Dexter to fill his boots."
... These are the views of Kevin Finnegan on Forest's chances against QPR tomorrow. I totally, 100 percent agree with this statement because both Chambers and Morgan have made far too many mistakes this season. I personally hope Forest can get a draw, plus it will be good to hear Anderson, Earnshaw, and McGugan playing.
Here's a link to the Kevin Finnegan interview:
http://www.qpr.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=128501
I read something in The Sun today, something that I've been thinking for a long time. Lewis Hamilton's driving is too aggressive. Robert Kubica, who is a good friend of Hamilton, called him a 'cocky track bully'.
I totally agree with what Kubica is saying. When watching the race a couple of weeks ago he was far behind after being unlucky with a safety car incident. When Hamilton overtakes his rivals, he always seems to push them into a certain situation where they have to let him past. For example there was an overtaking move on Timo Glock where he almost forced him off the race track. Glock had to give up his position to ensure his safety.
Hamilton, in my eyes, is also overrated. He seems to constantly get all the attention in the McClaren team, whereas Kovalainen has to settle for second best. Hamilton also began his F1 career at a top team, whereas every other driver I've heard of needed to work their way up, besides probably Alonso. I would love to see what Hamilton would do at a lower team...
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