Well firstly blog readers I think I've learnt that I may well be in love with the Tahitian international football team, but that's a story for a bit later.;
The fact of the matter is blog readers that the sporting week has had very little to do with my love for random things, and more to do with myself, and no doubt millions of others, pondering the answers to several questions such as:.....................
1) Does Novak Djokovic think he is the luckiest man alive who happens to play tennis rather well and is currently residing in the Wimbledon area?
Well put it this way, when we are in an tennis era where four male players are clearly head and shoulders above the rest of world in terms of ability, Novak Djokovic has probably performed several rain dances to the tennis gods this week, thanking them for the fact he more than likely would not come accross Murray, Federer or Nadal over the other side of the net until a Wimbledon Final. In fact Djokovic's biggest opponent for 6 matches at Wimbledon could possibly be complacency.
2) If Gus Poyet and Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club represented a marriage, would they be heading for the divorce courts right now, due to irreconcilable differences?
This question comes about after Gus Poyet, performing pundit duties for the BBC's coverage of the Confederations Cup in Brazil, was informed by the BBC that Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club, the club he has managed since 2009, had issued a statement saying they have terminated his contract after a disciplinary hearing, but he does have a right to appeal. Now Poyet, speaking on the BBC coverage, claims he wasn't personally informed of this actual decision by any means of communication, which the club actually deny. If it is correct what Poyet says, Brighton and Hove Albion haven't exactly acted with a great deal of class in this situation. In fact it's tant amount to issuing divorce proceedings to your husband/wife by means of a communique to the entire world.
3) Does the England Cricket Team have the ability to think outside the box when it comes One Day International Cricket?
I must confess odd thoughts have been racing through my brain whilst watching England during the ICC Champions Trophy taking place in England and Wales these past two weeks. I was delighted they reached the final of the tournament which ended with them playing India in the final today. The trouble was even though England had reached the final, I still didn't think they had a hope in hell's chance of actually winning the damn tournament. Was it because of their opponents. Well yes that is partially true. India were actually outstanding during this tournament and deserved their victory today. Duncan Fletcher yet again has done the business and he has the makings of a great team, especially in the shorter formats of the game.
What bothered me somewhat about England had far more to do with their plans when it came to batting. Apart from a two brief cameos with the bat by Bopara, England trotted along (if you pardon the pun) at the same pace during most innings. There was virtually no thinking outside the box. There was zero speculating meaning minor accumulating. England for the most part were too safe, and relied heavily on the fact they did have one of the better bowling attacks in the entire tournament. When they eventually had to come out of their shells today, and really bat well, they completely lost the plot and seemed to decide the best way to deal with the situation was for both batsmen to end up at the same end. England seem to have lost their Mojo, their vibrancy when it comes to batting in the one day game. Where's KP when you need him? Oddly enough scoring a bucketload of runs in a County match.
4) Should Tahiti being playing in the Confederations Cup or any other world tournament?
Absolutely 100% categorically YES! Forget the fact Tahiiti have been on the end of severe pumellings by Uruguay and Spain particularly during the Conferderations Cup. What has iritated me for years and years now is that on every continent except Oceania, there is always a representative who has automatically qualified for a World Cup tournament though winning a qualifying group, yet if you play in the Oceania group you have to go into a play off to qualify for the World Cup. How the hell are the likes of the Tahitis of this world able to improve their performance and quality of their play unless they can play against the better teams of this world. Tahiti may have been the whipping boys of this tournament, but let me tell you they have won thousand of friends around the world for the courage, passion, pride in representing their country. The experience of playing against the best team in the world can only serve to help improve their football and learn how to be better. Surely that is most important?
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