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Second choice Steve finally found his cojones to drop Lampard, which in turn allowed StevieMe to morph into the swashbuckling player that we so often see in a Liverpool shirt. On Saturday, we finally got one over the Arsenal, and then some! Robokop isn't a bad player after all - he scored a hat trick with right foot, left foot and his head - how's that for variety?! Salomon Kalou is coming into his own and even agent provacateur is settling down now that he's become a regular fixture in the Chelski side. The team from further up the M62 are still doing the business so we are in for an exciting conclusion to the title race. Ostensibly, TTFFUTM*, could win 3 trophies this season and Chelski, 4. However, as we will be winning the European Cup, make that 2 and 3 respectively.

Well, what can I say, I choose the wrong Williams as Serena won in Miami - don't you think they should just give her the official ranking of number 1?! I hereby predict that Williams will do the tennis Grand Slam this year. El Pirata lost out to Novak Djokovic who went on to become the youngest winner of the Miami Masters. The Kid seems to have injured himself so we hope he makes a quick recovery as his country needs him for the Davis Cup tie against the Netherlands. It would appear that Guillermo Canas has the Swiss Maestro's number has he has now beaten him in successive tournaments.

It looks as if Brian Charles Lara won't be riding off into the Caribbean sunset on the back of a Windies World Cup triumph after all. Sri Lanka are getting better with every game and in Lasith Malinga, they have a human WMD (wicket mass destroyer). It looks to me as if he chucks the ball because of his arm action, but the people in the know are ok with it. Australia continue to sweep all before them, but I don't believe they will go on to win the trophy. It is criminal that the ICC priced out the locals in the Caribbean, hence the reason why the grounds are sparsely populated with spectators. They've stopped the tournament from being even more colourful - I just hope FIFA doesn't make the same mistake in South Africa in 2010.

The British government produced co-ordinates to prove that the 15 Royal Navy personnel were in Iraqi waters when they were captured, but then again they claimed that Sadaam Hussein could launch his WMD in 45 minutes!! Remember the special effects show Colin Powell conjured up for the General Assembly in early 2003!! We have John gun-ho Bolton suggesting that Britain should go into Iran with their guns blazing to free their personnel. Funny that, especially, as Britain doesn't know where they are being held. The fact that this man was appointed US ambassador to the UN serves to illustrate the contempt with which the White House administration holds the UN. Mr Bolton once said that it wouldn't make much difference if the UN Secretariat lost 10 floors.

Mugabe is still doing his bellicose, belligerent thing - it's time for him to do the octagenarian thing.

A la semaine prochaine.

* TTFFUTM - the team from further up the M62