TFC and the Chad Barrett Condundrum

Well TFC got their first win of the season, and that's great, but Preki insists on putting Nick Garcia in his team. How many times over the course of his TFC career must he the reason that the team concedes a goal? He makes Attakora look over his shoulder constantly wondering if he's going to be chasing down yet another school boy error by his partner and Garcia is suppose to be the senior defender! He wins nothing in the air and so bad that he doesn't even go forward on set pieces! Preki (with no more choice in my opinion) finally subbed him at half time. Bring back Jim Brennan or Serioux to partner Nana or leave Cann with him, but please leave Garcia on the bench or in the stands!

Now onto Chad Barrett. When do we do with Mr. Barrett? A striker who seems incapable of putting the ball into the net no matter how open he is. A striker with good, in fact very good runs, but lacks the composure to hit the target and put the ball in the net. Barrett, who has drawn comparisons to Wayne Rooney (in terms of physical appearance, and temperament) struggles with the basic currency of a striker, goals. I like Barrett, but if he can't improve his finishing, much like Garcia, he needs to be placed on the bench. Preki needs to make the decision and he needs to put the ball where it belongs, in the back of the opposing teams net.

Get it done Chad!

The terrible threes, fantasy sports and the EPL title race

Well, just when I thought that my wife, girlfriend whatever and I had avoided the terrible two's with our son, we got a rude awakening today. He's closer to three than two, but boy has he all of a sudden decided that behaving is something he'll do when he's good and ready. Its strange, at school he behaves, when he's at his grandparents or for all you Italians out there, his Nonno and Nonna's he behaves, but if you tell him he can't do or have something look out! Its like a hurricane, it hits leaves a trail of devastation and then moves on. I don't negotiate with him though, its just instruction, then consequence, he has to know that he doesn't make decisions in our house yet.

God, fantasy sports are killing my love of teams. I play fantasy football, hockey and basketball, and I find myself paying more attention to my individual players than the teams I support. Its insane. I've even found I have to pick players from teams I loathe in some cases to remain competitive in my leagues. It can be traumatizing. My fantasy football team didn't do very well, but I won my fantasy hockey league and came second in fantasy basketball, because I ran out of games with a week left in the season, next year game management is a priority for me. Oh well, it can be quite profitable if you make the right decisions.

On to the title race, well, Tottenham blew Arsenal right out of the title race today by winning a league game for the first time in 10 years at White Hart Lane today. By losing the North London Derby, Arsenal have left the title race a straight fight between Manchester United and Chelsea. With Chelsea four points up on United, it would seem its the Blues title to lose. However, here is where it gets interesting. Tottenham is one point behind Man. City for the final Champions League spot, they need to beat (or get a better result than City does) this weekend, to give themselves breathing room as Spurs do have to come play at Old Trafford before the end of the season. This makes the standout games of the weekend, the Manchester Derby, (City/United) and the London Derby (Spurs/Chelsea). Well I know which two teams I'm cheering for!

Later, I'll post again after the games this weekend! Feel free to follow me on Twitter if you want. I won't be upset if you don't though!

Its been awhile......

I'm baaaaackkkk!!!! I took some time off from blogging but I'm back now. Well, what's new? Hmmm, my son is turning three in July, I know time flies, and I'm switching schools at the end of this year. I've been at my current school for six years and its time for a change. I'll leave with good memories and bad memories of course, but I'm not afraid of change. I'll be interning as a principal again this summer, and hopefully in the not to distant future I'll be promoted permanantly.

Oh and I'm doing this brand new workout program I just got, and well in a word, its awesome. I just started it, and I've added 20 pounds to my day 1 lifts, its awesome. I'm currently sitting at 22.2% bodyfat, I want to get down to 20% so I still have a little ways to go 8lbs of fat to be precise. I also want to get down to 220lbs, and I'm at 225 right now. When I get to 220, I'll of course want to keep dropping. Well that's all for now, I'll be posting some EPL thoughts on Thursday after the North London Derby.

Talk to you soon!