MC Prussian

This is why I‘ve grown to hate a certain aspect of football. Short-sighted decision after short-sighted decision at our club. Transfer window a bit of a mess, and so is the managerial situation. Sadly, impatience rules. I‘d have given Shakespeare until Christmas, but the football on show was mostly dire and his substitution policy bordering on a farce more like it. Not just his fault, the players are also to blame. Looked mostly disinterested and unmotivated. Now can we please have some consistency under the new manager and not sack every new one after four months (or less)!

Big banana skin for Switzerland. Should they lose against the Northern Irish, they‘ll be a laughing stock for years to come, in particular after nine wins in their first nine matches. Which side will go into each match with the better winning mentality on the day, I wonder?

More of this, please! MAHREZ SCORES! I repeat: MAHREZ SCORES! It's a miracle! 1-1 No idea why we can't approach games with this attitude at 0-0, instead of having to chase the score...

Funny how people are having a go at Schmeichel. I'm still fuming at Iheanacho for his pathetic control of the ball. What a cheap way of giving away a free-kick.

Well, nerves caught up with the boys in red. Serves them right, and the national (gutter) press also. Overhyped this Swiss team to the extreme. Would be quite the dramatic finale - imagine us losing out on the World Cup in Russia after failing in the playoffs... And that with nine wins from our first nine matches in the qualification process! Playoffs will be horrible. Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Sweden, Italy, Ireland all tough opposition. And Northern Ireland shouldn't be underestimated, either. Yikes.

Lack of match practice, I suppose.

If we should lose. Surely won't be a walkover. Press over here are so much focusing on Ronaldo, but Portugal are way more than that. I'd take a draw, of course. We seem to have gelled well under Petkovic, we work as a unit and compensate for lack of skill in many areas with fighting spirit and relentlessness. Yann Sommer's a good goalkeeper and shot stopper, but not the tallest and thus susceptible to long shots - we can't allow the hosts too many chances. If we should lose, then I don't think we'd do too well in the playoff phase. We've worked so hard to get to this point, no reason why they don't want to maintain that unbeaten record. We've never completed a qualifying phase without losing a single game - would be quite the feat, and that in a group with the European Champions, mind.

Link to the original page - worth for the video interview alone: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11070444/nigel-pearson-keen-to-succeed-in-belgium-after-leicester-city-exit

Elliott Moore scored his second league goal for OH Leuven, converting from close range after a corner, in a 3-0 away win at Cercle Brugge, going the full distance. Callum Elder was back in the starting XI and assisted on Wigan's first against Walsall, a goal by Will Grigg. Complete chaos in the Walsall box, though. Update on last weekend: Elliott Moore played the full game for OH Leuven in a 2-1 victory against KVC Westerlo, Leuven are now only two points off top spot. Callum Elder finally made it once more back into Wigan's starting XI and came out victorious in a 2-1 away win at Scunthorpe. Coincidentally, the Latics are now also in 2nd spot in League One.

Best Austrian pop since Falco. You heard it here first.

Bouge ce popotin, gamine!

Better than the original.

No 80ies compilation is complete without the marvel that is Kate Bush:

And now he really has left us into the great wide open. Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Terence Trent D'Arby, Matt LeBlanc, Chynna Philips, Huey Lewis, Gabrielle Anwar.

With the advent of music videos, this song opened the treasure chest that is Tom Petty for me: Obviously, having Kim Basinger in it helps. Boy was she hot back in the day!