SRI'S Blog

W eek 3 ( yes it has been three weeks ) saw the completion of the group matches and the tournament getting in to Knock out  and Hear break phase. As predicted , Germany , USA qualified and it was sad to  see Portugal go out from this group. Playing the first match badly cost them the opportunity to move up . You can have the Stars in your team but unless everyone plays well including your star player, you go nowhere .. So much for team work and team dynamics Greece was the surprise packet from its group along with Columbia. Italy got dumped by Uruguay but the man of the match was Suarez. How on earth can he be doing what he did ?. Not for the first time that he was found chewing off flesh of his opponent players. FIFA quickly swung in to action and there is not only a ban on matches but a fixed time period of time  that he has to sit out. Argentina and Nigeria went through from their group as well as France and the Swiss from their groups The fi...

Manchester United Football Club ( ManU ) has been in the news for all the right reasons for the last two decades—claiming silverware, making money , great following , known for its comebacks from adversity in its games , never say die spirit and so on and so forth .. Only right reasons.. They had a long run at the Top and leading them was their ex Manager Sir Alex , who held firm the club for the past 26 years. Things have changed quite dramatically ever since he took up retirement at the end of the last season ( 2013). His replacement had a big job to do : Fill in to his Big shoes… Not an easy task .. Now ManU , post the leadership change is known for all the wrong reasons : 1. Struggling in the league – currently placed sixth ( seventh after another home loss on March 16th ) with diminishing chances to qualify for the next year Championship League. Clearly they also have no chance of retaining the Premiership title they won last year. 2. Loosing matches so easily —just not a...