Final Score from St.James' Park;
Carling Cup Third Round
Newcastle 1
Laurent Robert (65th)

West Bromwich Albion 2
Shola Ameobi (O.G., 29th)
Lee Hughes (101st)

A loss, well, thats somethin after a long long time. I expected this, really. I mean, who fields full strength side in the League Cup? Sir Bobby lied when he said he took the cup seriously, coz he fielded a near reserve side. Well, when you field a reserve side, they fail to shine, thats wat happened last nite. Reports say Newcastle dominated the match, jus tt they couldnt convert. Hellew... thats wat reserves do! Even tho you have Shearer n all in the subs doesnt mean they'll do the work. (for ur info, it seems Shearer has never scored as a substitute during his time in Newcastle. Amazin fact for someone of his calibre)

Well, whatever the case, you expect a loss from a team after a run of 5 consecutive wins. nothing wrong wit tt. i hope they re-organise themselves for the weekend clash wit villa. coz tts gonna prepare them for the big outin wit Chelsea. oh wait, i think we got the UEFA Cup tie against FC Basle before that. dang. ah well. i think we're gonna lose to chelsea anyway, so yea.

since i gotta wake up around 5 to start fasting, i was watchin the mornin telecast of Blackburn and Liverpool n couldnt help but notice. Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke playin up front for the club. ok flash back 3 or 4 years ago. werent they the same partners when Man Utd totally stripped England and Europe in '99 to achieve the treble? I mean Sheringham n Solsjkaer contributed too, but Cole Yorke was the partnership they relied on. how time passes n how things change. now you see those two scramblin for chances n shots in Blackburn. Then you think, almost 8 or 9 years ago, Blackburn was a championship winning team. They bought Shearer n Sutton to form one of the most deadliest partnership ever witnessed in Premiership. I mean 30/20 goals a piece is a big deal. They were then the ancient example of wat Abramovich is doin wit Chelsea, only that for Blackburn's case, it was a hometown boy who injected money into the club to achieve success. but this was almost true success. Wat happened 4 years later? the club got relegated to the first division. wat a fall from grace. Shearer went back to his hometown club, Sutton tried to continue but couldnt n moved on to Celtic. So Blackburn, during their dark age in 1st div, got Souness to tie things up. He brought in Cole as a surprise, Yorke was on free transfer. It worked for a while I guess. But Cole's still the same guy from Man Utd who misses crucial chances.

But now u can claim definately that their partnership existed coz it was Man Utd. Witht their superb midfield n defensive supplies comin in, its impossible for anyone not to score. So it wasnt that Cole and Yorke were good partners. it was coz Man Utd owned a good midfield. See how those two strikers are doin in Blackburn. its nowhere near to wat they used to be.

But again, Blackburn is a gd team too. Too bad they lost two of their most important players, Duff to Chelski, Dunn to Birmingham. Imagine wat would have been if those two had stayed. ultimate. they could easily finish top 5 mate. Blackburn has couple of very good players. juz tt they cant play properly. Barry Ferguson is class, we all know that. Brett Emerton, wait, he was a superb regular for Feyenoord, he has to play, but Souness prefers to play him as a sub. Amoroso, is also a superb guy. If you work everythin right, this could hav been a fantastic squad. but who calls all the shots in the end? the gaf. Graeme Souness. and this team is underperforming.

wats to be done? sack the gaffer. wit all due respect, Souness is a great manager. but if u got all the elements necessary n cant get results out of it, that juz means u suck. so yea, out u go. let blackburn return to its glory days.

wow, did i write all tt? damn.

kk back to SAT II. Writing today. Its a weird subject test, this. worse than verbal in a way, not as difficult in another. lets see how this goes.