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The Hammers knocked out a 2:0 win at home versus newly promoted Cardiff today. If, and that’s a hefty ‘if’ I was one of those stats kinda guys I’d go back and find the last time the Irons won on day one of the new season, scoring 2 goals and not conceding as well. Thanks to the Welsh boys - I love leeks. Just sayin’
Backtrack. It’s been a while, so I’ll give you an update of the last, ah, well, not sure but it seems like a long time. Let’s bullet point to simplify:
- I still am a West Ham United supporter and the tattoo has not worn off.
- Ted Lasso really needs to be the Spurs manager. Really. That would ‘complete me’.
- The triplets and Lexi are all driving Nascar and love the Irons, hate Millwall and Blackburn (no idea why they hate Blackburn - they call Millwall ‘mealworms’).
- I have a new job. I teach the 30%+ of urban Hoosiers who never completed High School. Because of that new job - I was not able to attend the West Ham United International Academy National Camp - I missed my friends Paul & Rae.
- I don’t coach Indiana HS soccer any more. Thank God. Story to follow.....
- I watched 2 of the first 4 players for Man Utd walk out at Swansea today and thought, oh yes, that’s right, products of the WHU Academy.
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- I really want Ted Lasso to really become Spurs’ manager.
- I’m trying to believe that Stewart Downing is going to be magic for the Irons.
- I was always dubious about going to Egypt, but the trip is now definitely off.
- I now work with a Brazilian guy who has never seen Star Wars. This was tremendously hard for me to a) hear, b) believe. Even worse: He has never heard of Darth Vader. I mean, never heard of - what do they watch in Brazil at the movies?
- Henry, my son likes baseball. I’m buying him a season ticket for Port Vale in an attempt to demonstrate sport can be fun. That, or a few weeks watching paint dry.
Future update - or projected activities for the coming months:
- Ted Lasso becomes Spurs manager and they get relegated to the Conference.
- Darth Vader becomes US President - oh, that’s right, if Hilary Clinton wins we’ll have that already.
- I am now connected with the Indianapolis Haitian community and therefore my French will bloom from ‘ridiculously crap’ to United Nations translator standard. Well, there’ll be improvement at least.
- NBC actually shows the Hammers on their main channel playing someone like Liverpool and the boys smash 7 past them.
OK, thoughts on the first Saturday of the 2013 Premier League Season.
- Arsenal. Oh dear. It’s Villa, I mean, Aston Villa. Really?
- Paulo. Oh dear. It’s Fulham, I mean, Fulham. Really?
- Swansea should spend a week or so on marking and trying to avoid giving space to the Premier Leagues’ most prolific scorer - Rick Van Persie.
- West Ham - smashing. Third at the end of the first day - and without Carroll, who will cause everyone problems. Ironically, and if you wish to review my “Lawro” score system, he predicted a 2:0 win for the Irons. Phil McNulty has them finishing 8th - wow. Maybe the BBC has a policy of ‘be nice to West Ham’ following my texts / comments and tweets questioning their sanity.
- Palace, Hull and Cardiff - you’re all going back down this year.
- Indianapolis has a new soccer club - Indy Eleven. Fantastic - can’t wait.
OK - so there it is. A brief recap and reintroduction to the blob. Feel free to comment, I’ve got $20 on Palace beating Spurs this Sunday. It would be 12:0 to the Eagles is Ted Lasso was coaching....
Oh, if you haven't - you need to watch this....
Cheers,
Matt
