Battered and Bruised

It was one of those games to forget. We started well. And then our weaknesses got exposed. We lack both personnel and characters at the back. The ones we have at the moment just couldn't cope. They might cope in the future, but losing both Vidic and Ferdinand in one foul swoop was a bit too much. We lacked leadership.

We could do with a superstar defender. But even we manage to convince someone to come in without Champions League football, we would need time to bed them in. And the next transfer window was a good four months away. We have tamale do with who we had.

It was easy to blame the referee. And yes, Clattenberg was pretty lame, but a world class team would need a world clad character. We lacked that in our defending last night. Rafael was fouled, but he should not touch the Leicester player who was looking for the penalty. It was inevitable.

The cross for Leicester's first goal was delivered after the ball had crossed the byline, but that should not be an excuse for us to switch off and let Ulluo have a free header. We should have played to the whistle. Everybody knows that. Yes, our old boy De Laet should have been sent off. Some time you get them decisions. Sometimes you don't. Move on. The decisions will balance themselves out during the course of the season.

What we need to do was defend better. Defenders need confidence, and that something we don't have plenty at the minute. Time to take stock and work together as a unit. No team would do a QPR on us and let us win every week.

Bring on the next game. Let's start playing.

After the Walk

Time for a quick lunch after the afternoon walking around the KLPF. Will be blogging about that a bit later, but for now would be downloading some of the snaps at the apartment before returning to Gombak later.

Anita and the boys had been busy with the school assignments which meant no outing this weekend. I was also tasked to find dinner for tonight, to get back before the kick-off at 8.30. United playing Leicester away tonight. Hopefully we can chalk up another win to keep the momentum going.

Post-call Blues

It was not often that I caught myself unable to sleep on the day following my on calls. Usually, the challenge was to stay awake. It was different for some reason today. Part of it must have been due to the fact that I found out that United were playing tomorrow evening rather than tonight. Shouldn't paid more attention to the fixtures next time.

Anyways, tomorrow morning would be another long rounds but I planned to go straight to Mid Valley after that. The KL Photography Festival was there this weekend. Let's see if there were anything fancy in show. And I'd better get my wallet tucked in. I overspent the last couple of times I was there.

Good night.

Quick TV

There was always the issue of heading back to the apartment when on call. There was always the risk of the phone ringing the moment you got into the car. Or worst still, it went off the moment you reach home.

I always tried to delay the return as Kate as possible. So, after a quick sit down at the lounge, I decided to leg it.

Hopefully no more phone call. Clinic tomorrow morning. Good night.

Homework Time

Sri Utama did not follow the standard time table, hence they were open this week while the rest of the schools were closed. Both Idlan and Irfan also had tons of assignment to hand in before next weekend. But what infuriate us was the amount of daily homework that Idlan especially was getting. Personally they were both excessive and unnecessary.

We had pointed this out to the teacher during the last meeting but it seemed that nothing had really changed. Idlan still had to stay up almost every night doing his homework. Then Anita would be doing his and Irfan's assignments and projects in the meantime. It was getting ridiculous. Even the other parents were seething.

Unfortunately the assignments carried a substantial percentage of the exam marks for the end of term. We don't really have a choice. As a long term plan, we were looking at alternative school and maybe giving up on the national stream, taking O and A levels instead.

But, better get the assignments and homework out of the way first. The arrangements can't go on much longer.