I’ve just watched the Fulham-Man Utd game which finished 1-1, Mr. Ferguson was not impressed – hahahaha! Alan Smith got the first goal for Manchester United and he is who I will be blogging about tonight.

Long time visitors to Sparkster.net will know that since Smith’s move from Leeds to Man Utd, he hasn’t been my favourite player. In fact I commonly referred to him as Alan “Scum” Smith. I think for myself it is time to move on from these feelings and remember the good he did for Leeds.

Last season, I learnt that the Leeds board had set a meeting with Smith where they told him that he would be sold and had no Leeds future; this was even before the season ended. Smith left the meeting in tears – not really a player desperate to get away.

While at Leeds, Smithy always gave 110% even when the other 10 players on the pitch were simply pissing about. If all the other Leeds players over the past 3 seasons gave as much effort as Smithy did Leeds wouldn’t be in the position they are now – they would be top of the Premiership!

Smith still loves Leeds. According to many, while playing for Man Utd in last weeks Champions League game against Fenerbahce, he was asked by Man Utd fans to “kiss the badge” as he so commonly did for Leeds. Smith then shook his head and did the trademark Leeds salute!

I’d now like to wish Smithy all the best of luck in his career (although I do still want Man Utd to fail!). Also to say, if you ever get the chance to leave Man Utd please take it! I will always welcome Smith is always welcome back at Elland Road when he decides its time to come home.

I still HATE Man Utd by the way! :o)

Well, firstly I am very pleased that I can’t predict football results properly! I thought Leeds would get hammered by West Ham but the game finished at a very respectable 1-1. Leeds won a penalty in the dying seconds of the game to grab the equaliser.

Many West Ham fans were furious as they thought Leeds striker David Healy dived to get the penalty. I will admit, it wasn’t a penalty BUT if West Ham fans are honest with themselves they will know that Leeds were denied two clear penalties earlier in the game.

Even so, you could say Leeds got lucky which is just what manager Kevin Blackwell was asking for. Anyone who has listened to Blackwell’s pre-match interviews before, (see my blog about it below) he always complains that Leeds lost because they were luckless. I wonder what excuse he will use if they lose to Millwall next week, here’s a few suggestions for him…

“We need even MORE luck”
“Our players were stuffed on Mince Pies”
“It was Santa’s fault – I’ve been a very bad boy this year”
“My car broke down”
“… hmmm ….”

and finally the proper answer, but one I doubt I’ll hear…
“We didn’t play well. Millwall were the better team. I’ll change my tactics”
Hopefully he won’t need to use any of these as Super Leeds will win!

Still on the topic of football I am currently watching the Arsenal – Chelsea game. As I type it is currently 2-2 and is an absolutely fantastic game. I hope Arsenal win this game and indeed The Premiership.

I believe this year its either going to be Arsenal or Chelsea for the title (although based upon my current predictions it’ll probably be Norwich City). If Chelsea win it’ll be a sad day for football as they would have bought the league. They won’t have won it by building a super team from scratch over many years.

Finally, I went to the cinema again last night to see The Forgotten starring Julianne Moore (from Hannibal). Good film, although it was slow to start. Like The Grudge there were a lot of moments that made me jump so I was on the edge of my seat a little throughout the film.

I won’t go into the plot details here as it’ll ruin it for people who want to see the film, but I will say there were a lot of questions left unanswered at the end of the film. It seemed to have been rushed and felt unfinished.