Wednesday, 17 June 2009

If I said Wolf, did he say gla?

The aftermath of the results has been that good friend gla has once again good naturedly dedicated some of his very valuable time to me. And as for me crying wolf, well, given below are some of my thoughts on the matter.

As has already been said, I have known Gla for three years now. In that time there have multiple instances when in panic, I have flourished under his guidance, only to see him falter. But long gone are those days and since then he has come bouncing back (literally). Alas, one semester can much so much of a difference. In fact, that is the one effectively separates us now. But truth be told, this semester, being a secretary did take its toll on me. ( At this juncture, I would like to thank Gla for his compliments and in return congratulate the man on a Lit Soc winning performance, one I am pretty sure will be hard to emulate in the near future). I have always tried and told the truth. True that I might underestimate a tad at times, but mostly I can attribute this apparent success to my batchmates who seem to have gone off their A game worse than I have. And as he so graciously mentions, was he stupid enough to believe me whenever I cried wolf ? Well, this begets the question, did I cry wolf in the first place? I reiterate, I haven't. He will probably stomp on the ground and maybe even jump on me for this, but the truth cannot be changed. As for him being stupid, that would be anybody's guess. Regarding the incident in question at McD, man, I told you my scores dude. I myself am fairly in shock right now, be it in a good way. God forbid, the teacher may change the grade after reading this blog. Well as for gla losing it and breaking stuff, that's just good ol' gla. So cheers to this fruitless discussion and cheers to the apparent competition which I can positively state would have no bearing on the state of affairs and cheers to absolute success we have enjoyed in the recent past. As for your offer, you know what I said.

P.S.: I know that Glen Johnson is not that good a buy. But I have to concede that he has improved immensely over the last season, even to the extent of cementing his place in Capello's first team. Champion's league football is probably exactly what he requires to hone his skills right now and those are the kind of players that should be given a chance, though I too feel that 17m pounds might be overkill. As for selling Dossena, I would say I am a little sad as he seemed to coming a bit into his own after last season's ManU match( you know which one). Arbeloa might have linked up well with Kuyt, but I have to say he did not perform up to the mark in his primary duty as a defender. He just doesn't have enough pace to fall back fast enough against quality counter attacks. Babel would truly be a good sell, considering that he isn't match fit half the season. Ideally , Liverpool should start looking for holding midfielders. If Mascherano and Xabi Alonso were to leave, Liverpool would be forced to play Gerrard deeper (Lukas just plain sucks) which isn't good. Oh, before I forget, the eves of all the countries who were knocked out of this year's T20 world cup have made it to the semi finals in the T20 women's world cup. As someone rightly pointed out in the TOI today, if Dhoni's men can't play bounce (England), pace (WI) or spin (SA of all teams), what can they play ?

Cheers,
Shreesh.

1 comment:

Arun said...

Wolfy.. That shall be your new name! Waxy the wolf! Yes, that is worthy of a Nobel in itself! You are the wolfest of the wolves.

Oh wait... you were the kid who cried wolf... not the wolf.. shit..

And is that even a question?? I said gla.. that is sure as the fact that you shouted wolf! :D