How Hot Is It?

Pretty hot but the altitude with the heat is a killer according to Clint Dempsey. He also praises the hospitality of South Africa, the location of the U.S. National teams game on Saturday. Dempsey is definitely getting better in front of the mic than he used to be.

U.S. Soccer has this interview with Clint. You can either right click here to download or just click to listen.

Weekend off

No Fulham, which means that there will be no misery this weekend.

After last weekend’s Second Annual Fulham Review Staff Road-trip To The North-West, this weekend we’re having the Second Annual Fulham Review Staff Road-trip To Watch Southend Utd.

That’s right, it’s Southend v Cheltenham!  Lock up your daughters, etc.

It will be great to watch a game without being in some sort of pain, be it emotional (usually) or physically (e.g. at Liverpool because there wasn’t enough leg-room).   I can just sit back and enjoy the game.   Roots Hall is a fantastic little ground too, plopped in the middle of some streets and boasting some wonderful old-school stands, some of which have Hi-Tec plastered all over them.

So that’ll be good.  Elsewhere something is happening that might decide England Euro 2008 future, but with today’s news that Steve McLaren is fielding a Cole-Lampard-Gerrard-Beckham midfield tonight I really am past caring.   To me, McLaren’s one redeeming feature was that he has picked the better team over the Famous Names recently.  With Barry and Gerrard the team was ticking along nicely, functioning even.  Now?  Whatever.   I don’t care.   

If it means we’re spared a load of empty drivel in the media next Summer and can get on with watching some other teams playing football, all the time reminding our players that they’re not as good as they think they are, and that playing well “when it matters” means playing well ”all the time”, well good.   I’d much rather watch some excitable young Bulgarian make a name for himself than see this bunch of overpaid tools underperform again.