Life is a roller coaster

The headline is silly, but true. Unfortunately, one person’s mood can be influenced by so many weird factors and sometimes it is pretty difficult to predict what the life brings. Too many things happen and there is not enough time to follow by writing posts. Maybe it is better though, because I would not like emotions overtake the main sense of my thoughts. I should have already written about:

• Tegan and Sara concert (Friday);
• Sunday trip to Wembley (err);
• My disappointment with the Polish government decision over Kosovo;
• How Chelsea fans moan over themselves;
• How interesting was the meeting about the Community Stadium at Falmer.

It will not be easy to write five posts, with two days remained to the Warwick Model United Nations conference.

However, I still believe I will do that!

Lampard, what a player!

Many articles have been already written about Frank Lampard jr, and I don’t want to produce the next one. The truth is, I struggle with writing objectively about football since I left Poland and part-time posts giving me an opportunity to watch games from the press stands. I did really enjoy it, though. Such a pity, it is impossible at the moment here in England, however I’d love to do it again!

Coming back to the main subject of this note; let it be my small piece of the Lamps’ appreciation, his commitment and effort he did put into the Club. Last Saturday, he did a milestone step scoring goals #100 and #101 for Chelsea (literally, see picture). Moreover, the quality of football he played in this game was absolutely outstanding. Without any doubts, he deserves a place in the Chelsea’s hall (or walk) of fame to be immortalized in our memories for good, even if he decides to leave the Club at some point of his further career (in what I obviously doubt).

Although the Chelsea manager decided to leave him and JT on the bench for the Olympiakos game, it is only to frustrate them (with the sport meaning of this expression) before the Carling Cup final on Sunday. I will be there and I do really believe (because it is more than a hope!), I will see the Chelsea players lifting the Cup. I have already seen two defeats in the Community Shield, and as we often say – “third time lucky!”

I simply cannot wait to be there at Wembley singing “Super, Super Frank” and celebrating the win with Chelsea boys over archrivals from North London. For the second successive year we are already the last team in Europe to fight on the four fronts and after Sunday we can make a step closer to come our dreams true.

¡Qué será, será! Whatever will be, will be, we are going to Wembley!

Amy MacDonald, memo from Brighton gig

The true is I had not heard about her before I decided to buy a ticket for the Tegan and Sara's gig in Concorde 2. I Saw her concert info, youtubed it and bought tickets for both gigs in the same time. Simply as that!

Amy MacDonald gave a fantastic show on Monday, 19^th February, but let’s start with complaining. It had taken far too long before she appeared on the scene. There had been two long supporting artists, everything had been fine, but half-an-hour for each is too much, isn’t it? Moreover, a break between the last supportive guest and Amy’s performance was too long, around ten minutes. I believe I am patient person, however Amy and her band decided to test it. I passed it and the concert was worth every minute!

In those days full of WAGs, so-called celebrities and “others” without artistic gifts, Amy is a proof the proper musicians, singers, artists still exist. Proof and hope! Being so popular and having all gigs sold out long before they take place; she is still shy, modest and open to people. Her strong (ok, very strong, maybe even too strong for me!) Scottish accent did not let me hear everything she said, but I am sure she spoke straight from the heart. It may sound pretty silly though!

I had not expected a lot; and was positively surprised! Hopefully, Tegan and Sara will take the challenge of a bar, highly put by Ms MacDonald. Canadian sisters have their concert on Friday, the same venue, the same time, probably similar audience and the same me!

Another Liverpool game

We all know that games against Liverpool are always tough and difficult, but why recently they are so boring and awful too? Today’s nil-nil draw against Scousers left me disappointment and somehow bitter. Away team did not play anything special either, that is why I am surprised to hear: “If we play like we did here then we will win a lot of games between now and the end of the season” from their manager. Whatever.

Fair play, we cannot expect to see games like this and that (I love them: truly, deeply completely!!) too often, although right before the kick-off players had known the result from Old Trafford what should have motivated them enough. I really do not want to negate their ambitions, however commitment and willingness to win they had left in a dressing room.

Will we have any better opportunities to catch title challengers from Manchester? In the last two games they won massive 1 (ONE) point, while we got two, instead of easy six.

Last season we lost “go-4-it” challenge by the beginning of May, even though we had not done any signings in the January transfer window. This time we bought three players (Has anyone already seen Ivanović and di Santo? They cost us about ₤13m), and facing respectively Olympiakos (UEFA Champions’ League), Huddersfield (FA Cup) and Tottenham (Carling Cup), we can lose it all before March come! Sounds bad, doesn’t?

I have just realised the African Cup of Nations is over. At last, good! By the way, does anyone know who won it?