Terry and Lampard set to appear in a Bollywood film

The two are set to appear in a Bollywood film that will feature the life of an avid follower of Chelsea. The movie will be called Jhoom.

It features Bollywood heart-throb Abhishek Bachchan as the devoted Chelsea fan. Some scenes of the film will be shot in London and will include footage of the players in action.

The club sees this break as an opportunity to further promote the club in India where the game is popular.

According to the club’s business affairs director Paul Smith: “From a Chelsea perspective, we have been looking at ways to reach out to the Brit-Asian community and play a leading role by involving them more in football.

“But we are also looking to Asia, particularly India, as part of the strategy of extending the Chelsea brand into new markets.

“In contrast to the approach taken previously by other clubs, the Chelsea strategy is focused on media and the power of communicating the club’s image.”

Smith added: “Nothing compares with the glamour and appeal of Bollywood and its stars. Making a connection to the new football fans of India through Bollywood confirms Chelsea’s status as the leading Premiership club.”

The film will be released next May.

Could this be the first Bollywood film I’ll get my hands on? Maybe.

Last Minute Changes

Tonight, Champions’ League Qualifiers resume. Chelsea play Levski tomorrow. Anyway, two last changes for the matchday.

I got rid of Villa for now, in exchange of Kaka. Because Kaka was expensive, I had to let go of another one, Simao, and pick one to replace Villa. Chose Venegoor of Hesselink. Unfortunately he might miss tonight’s match due to an ankle injury from a match last Saturday. So I’m playing 4-4-2 tonight, with Gilberto of Arsenal taking the other midfield spot.

Wonderful Football Misses

First one’s one of the funniest.

Chelsea win against Fulham.

2-0. Both by Lampard. And Chelsea’s bad history with Fulham has been sealed.

‘Nuff said.

LAMPARD GOOOOAAALLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EPL Fantasy Football

Fifteen transfers and counting. Sheesh. I wonder how many points all those transfer already cost me. Or did they work to my advantage? Right now, I have some of the best players. I hope for this week’s round, I earn much more points and climb the ranks. As of Matchday 5, I rank 235,000 out of 934,000. Not very bad but I sure can do a lot better than that. And… I do hope to avoid moooore transfers in the future. Some of the leaders in the Fantasy have made less than 5 transfers. I shall stop at… 20 until Matchday 15 or 20 perhaps.

Here’s my squad right now, following 4-3-3 formation:

James of PO is my GK. Van der Sar hasn’t been doing as well as this guy does.

Terry (CH), Campbell (PO), Scharner (WI) and Mellberg (AV) play as defenders.

Lampard (CH), Davis (PO), and Parker (NU) stand in the midfield.

Zamora (WH), Johnson (EV), and Seol (RE) will be my strikers.

Subs: Van der Sar (GK, MU), Neville (Mid, EV), Bowyer (Mid, WH) and Ferdinand (Def, MU)

Team composition: 3 Pompy, 2 ManYoo, 2 Chelski, 2 Everton, 2 West Ham, Wigan, Reading, and Newcastle- 1 each.

Football News. 9/18/06.

Ballack apologizes to Sissoko after stamping him on the knee in yesterday’s game, Chelsea against Liv. The incident gave the German midfielder his first red of his career. As if being sent off wasn’t enough, he will be facing (fuck) a 3-match ban against Fulham, Villa and Reading. He will be back on the 21st… next month.

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England assistant coach Venables considers Scholes to be part of the England squad again. The player was said to have already retired from international football but due to Hargreaves’ broken leg which would cost him 6 weeks of football, the assistant coach is asking him to reconsider. Hargreaves’ injury seems to open a slot for central midfielder. However, given the situation, we also wonder if Scholes really will be replacing Hargreaves, given Lampard’s bad form since the World Cup plus the potential of Michael Carrick. Are we to see another shocker from Macca? Will he drop Lampard?

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And as if we still havent had enough of the Becks issue, here’s another scoop. He thinks he won’t be playing for England again. (You bet! Are you trying reverse psychology on Macca by saying this?) He still wants to play for England. His resignation only meant he thought it’s time somebody else takes over the captaincy. He thinks Terry’s a good man for the job. Becks was said to be a ‘casualty’ of the Sven era.

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Portmouth defender Sol Campbell was dropped by Macca off the England squad…through an answering machine. The coach left just one message in his machine, just to tell he’s not part of the first squad anymore. For now, it seems then, the defender will only be playing for his Premiership team.

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It was a shocker that Arsenal won over ManYoo and broke the latter team’s straight win record. The game ended 1-0. I wonder where ManYoo’s scoring machines were ladt night. In the past, they’ve been scoring 2 to a max of 5. But last night was totally unexpected. To make it worse, they were beaten by a team who hasn’t won anything since the premiership began.

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And Drogba SCORESSSS for Chelsea! (Still nothing from Lampard!) 1-0! Liverpool loses… again! RIP Liverpool. 9/17/06. ManYoo’s loss puts them at the same level as Chelsea while Pompy stays on top.

Beckham reveals England heartache

From BBC.com

David Beckham says he has a “burning desire” to prove new England coach Steve McClaren wrong after being dropped from the national team.

“I know people said I should have seen it coming, but it was a total shock,” said the former England captain, 31.

“It’s a terrible feeling not playing for England after 10 years, but I’m not bitter – more disappointed and hurt.”

Beckham told the Daily Mirror: “He has made a decision, but I’ve got a burning desire to prove him wrong.”

The Real Madrid star revealed McClaren had told him “you are one of the casualties” when he took over from Sven-Goran Eriksson following England’s disappointing World Cup campaign in Germany.

He added: “It’s hard to take when the reasoning behind it was to move on but, I still believe I have got two or three more good years left in me.

“I thought I could move on with the team and not get left behind.

“I heard there were some reports that I had begged and pleaded with him not to do it.

“Well, obviously I was upset but nothing like that happened. I was upset but I am a man and I would never crawl to someone to pick me for the team.”

Beckham, capped 94 times by England, said he would always “be available” to play for his country.

“I didn’t announce my international retirement because I want to play for England again,” he said.

“I still want to reach that milestone of playing for England 100 times and help them win the European Championship.

“It’s a target I set myself a long time ago and I won’t give up now.”

Beckham added: “I want to fight my way back in. Steve McClaren says the door is still open. I’m not so sure.

“I’d love to say I’ll play for England again in the future. I’d love to say I’ll reach 100 caps and go beyond that, but I wouldn’t tell anyone to bet on it.”

Did the Gunners make history?

The team was believe to have made history in the Champions League for having starting players from different countries. While it is still unconfirmed by UEFA, for now, we hold this to be unprecedented. The unique line up was created when Toure, one of the 2 Ivory Coast players, left in the 29th minute. As he did, the team then looked like this:

Jens Lehmann (Germany); Emmanuel Eboue (Ivory Coast), Johan Djourou (Switzerland), Justin Hoyte (England), William Gallas (France); Tomas Rosicky (Czech Republic), Gilberto (Brazil), Cesc Fabregas (Spain), Alexander Hleb (Belarus); Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Robin van Persie (Holland).

However, one paper in the U, the Daily Telegraph notes that at one point in 2002, Fulham already was in the same situation. Their team was this:

Maik Taylor (Northern Ireland); Steve Finnan (Republic of Ireland), Pierre Wome (Cameroon), Andy Melville (Wales); Abdeslam Ouaddou (Morocco), Bjarne Goldbaek (Denmark), John Collins (Scotland), Junichi Inamoto (Japan); Barry Hayles (Jamaica), Andrejs Stolcers (Latvia).