Capello reversing his decision. Beckham creating a new stir in England.

David Beckham is a name synonymous to Football since the mid 1990s as he rose to fame while playing for Manchester United. Despite leaving England in 2003, Beckham continue to have influence in the football community in England. Beckham has always expressed his desire to play for England and has worked hard to prove himself fit and viable for competitive football on the international stage. Beckham came close to playing for England at the recent World Cup 2010 but his plans were thwarted by an unexpected injury to his ankle.

Capello offered Beckham a farewell game as he probably wanted to subtly let Beckham know that he will no longer be considering him for the England squad. However, Capello seems have taken a U-turn on this decision as he eat his words and is now again saying that there might be value in older players and will still continue to consider Beckham for the squad as long as he plays regularly.

We can only begin to wonder what is the reason behind such a reverse in decision and words. Is Beckham too influential in England and the Football community? Maybe the retirement of some key players in the England squad has forced Capello to seek other options. Worst of all, Capello's decision to focus on the youth may simply be not feasible as we don't see many promising and capable youths coming up the ranks in England.

Well, we may once again see Beckham curl a ball for England come 2012.

Instinct

Sometimes in life, you don't have the luxury of time when making a decision or analyzing a situation.

That's when you trust your instincts. It is an acumen that is unique to the most successful and favours the courageous. It doesn't come overnight of course, it comes through trained foresight overtime, experience, talent and sometimes luck.

The best soldiers have it, the most brilliant investors have it, the highly skilled doctors have it too.

The recent acquisition of Bebe, the Portugese street footballer by Sir Alex Ferguson is a prime example of that. Who is going to bet against a manger who discovered Giggs, Scholes, Ronaldo, Rooney, Beckham, Nevilles etc. and groomed them to stardom.

From time to time, instinct fails you. (i.e. African flops Manucho, Djemba Djemba, Brazilian disappointment Kleberson, unhappy Argentine Veron, the Italian clown Massimo Taibi.) but more often than not, instinct brought him more good than bad (see above names again).

"Sometimes you have to go on an instinct, you look at material, you look at the player's age and whether they're bringing pace, balance, desire to play and things like that. That's how a category is formed." Sir Alex Ferguson

Trust your instincts.

Youth Olympics to cost more than S$300 million.

*Picture taken from http://theonlinecitizen.com/2010/07/yog-budget-balloons-s104m-to-s387m/

The inaugural Youth Olympics is about to take place and while much news have been generated, I was wondering whether we all know about this piece of news.

The Youth Olympics was estimated to cost S$104 million but is now reported that it may cost the country S$387 million, which is more than 3 times the initial estimate. In contrast to this amount, The ComCare and Social Support programme is set to receive S$92.39 million while the Social Service Sector Planning programme is set to receive $83.02 million, of which both costs more than 3 times less than the inaugural event which is to last for 13 days, this August 2010.

More surprising news is that the local government is putting its initiative to allocate a special lane for YOG vehicles through markings on its road, which requires local vehicles to give way to YOG vehicles or be liable to a fine of S$130. I suppose this is to encourage the locals to show graciousness as hosts and to allow smooth travel of YOG vehicles between event venues.

I wonder if the local government extrapolates this initiative to ensuring that locals give way to emergency vehicles such as Ambulances? I suppose if the purpose is to ensure smooth travel and to encourage graciousness, this should have been initiated a long time ago for emergency vehicles too? We can only wonder...

Chicharito- the next Red legend.

Javier Hernandez, Chicharito (otherwise known as the little pea)

Small in stature, big on talent.

Love his friendly nature and his ease at finding the back of the net.

He is the next smiling assassin, we've waited long for the successor to the predatory Ole Solskjaer.

I am loving Chicharito already.

Discrimination against Liverpool Fans.

Other than the usual job requirements, Nom Nom Media added another clause, stating that the applicant must not be a Liverpool fan. Although this is followed by cheeky emoticon (:P), it still doesn't change the fact that the company is blatantly discriminating against Liverpool fans.

check out the ad here:

(http://www.nuffnang.com.sg/blog/2010/07/01/we-are-hiring-again-growing-to-conquer/)

Nom Nom Media is the exclusive media reseller for Nuffnang, whilst Nuffnang is Asia's first and leading blog advertising community. We can only begin to wonder why a company of such stature amongst the online community chose to put such a discriminating clause in their job advertisement.

Putting aside that I am a Liverpool fan, it is disappointing our following in football is now going to affect our job opportunities. I empathise with my fellow Liverpool fans, who might have been eyeing for this position. Truly disappointed to know that such things are happening. Liverpool fans should do something about this. Football fans around the world should do something about this.

NO WAY SHOULD WE ALLOW OUR FOLLOWING IN FOOTBALL TO AFFECT OUR JOB OPPORTUNITIES!