Football, life's gift to man..

For the past few days, I've been agonising over this post. I started this post after my favourite football(soccer if you are American) club Liverpool won an extremely strong rival(Chelsea). See the beauty of this win was we(yes I said we) won them at their home ground where they have been undefeated in 4 season. Thats a very very long time if u wondering what that stat meant. The picture?? Thats just something for the boys(if there are any that reads my blog that is).

But by procrastinating(my favourite pastime by the way), I have successfully missed my chance of being able to lament about our(liverpool) undefeated record this season. It just pass 4 on the clock in my hall. I reached home barely 20 minutes ago. All torn and dishearten, after watching my beloved club crash 2-1 to Spurs. There were no tears but plenty of heartache(and profanities). Sigh, the life of a football fan. Plenty has asked , whats with this football craze. And those who know me knows that I love my dose of football. Let me try to explain what this game means to me. Every match is like a blind date. You have a squad of 20 odd "1st team" players. From there the manager chooses 11 players he believe are the best suited for that particular game they playing. So the "date" starts there. As the players walk out into the field we regular football fans use our trained eyes to spot all 11 thus being able to guess what type of game plan the manager has. Be it offensive, defensive, counter- attack or etc. And just like that, a smile or frown will appear. Just like in a date. We like what we see, we give our best smile and nod in approval. If we don't, we look disappointed and start to pray that the evening ends without any casualties.


But pretty much like a blind date, sometimes the hot babe turns out to be a bore and the nerdy gal with the braces seems to have so much more depth. I swear the rules apply in football. When your team wins, its like getting a goodnight kiss. Top of the world baby. But if they lose, it feels like a date you really like finding you a bore. For some people who may not know what this feeling is like. Let me explain. Its like being stab in the heart. REPEATEDLY. And unless you look like someone from the cover page of some magazine(I don't mean animal planet), chances are you ain't gonna have such a vibrant social life where every weekend is a date with someone new. Thus my twice a week dose of EPL fills the dating void in my life.


Yes ladies, thats the truth. We(most men not all) have discovered how to entertain ourselves without you. I'm sorry gals, as much as we need you for reproduction,laundry, and cooking. Watching football is just so much more cheaper and relaxing. A) They don't expect anything(we the fans expect things from them). B) They are cheaper(a cup of tea at the kopitiam will give you a front row seat). C) There is no need for 'C'. 'A' and 'B' are reasons enough. And before any lady reading this post chew my head off. Remember this, our(again most man but not all) love affair with our football team is 1 which is so dear to us that its sacred. And any sacrilegious person who comes between a man and his football beware, the footballing gods are watching. You have been warned.