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Here is a quick one for instructions on watching games on the internet. I will expand this later to put in more information, tips and links as I familiarize myself again with the different softwares.

Lets start with some of the softwares which we can use to watch the matches. There is no need to create a account for most of these softwares as you can login as guest or annonymous to watch several channels including sports.

1) SOPCAST
You can download it here. Simply install it, login as anonynomous and you get a host of channels to choose from. Simply choose the one you want and wait for it to buffer.

2) TVAnts
You can download it here. Install it but you may not find a lot of sports channels in the software itself. You will find streams which require the software to view them on various websites. There is no login required for this software.

3) TVU PLayer
Download it here. Refer to the User Manual for more help on how to use it.

Most softwares are similar in function and only the interface changes. I will add more players and more details in the future.

Below are a few websites where you can find streams for watching games.
Myp2p , ChannelSurfing , LiveFooty , RojaDirecta , GoalTube

Some of the links you will find will require external softwares like the ones mentioned above to view them. Clicking on the link will automatically open the external software on your computer or request you to download the software. There are quite a few links which use Windows Media Player so you may be able to watch games without downloading any sftware if you find the correct links.

While at times some links can be viewed in the browser itself using software plugins and may prompt you to download plugins to watch without any external. The plugins nay be browser specific so please take care of the version you may be downloading. Some of the plugins used are

Flash Shockwave Player
Sopcast WebPlayer

You will ofcourse need a broadband connection to view these matches. A stable 256 connection should be good enough to find streams for most matches. Sometimes if you are lucky you will find streams which you can view on as low as a 64kbps connection, but those are very rare.

Thats it for now. Start searching those streams now!

Fantasy Premier League 08/09

Arsenal last season were on a roll up until February. The underdogs were on top of the world, denying every self proclaimed expert on their way to the top. But did their success in proving their critics wrong got to their heads?

Three crucial games that people talk about when discussing “What went wrong for Arsenal”? are usually the ones against Chelsea at the bridge, Liverpool at Anfield and United at Old Trafford.

I’ll start with the Liverpool game. Now to be honest, after Torres had scored the second goal for Liverpool, Arsenal were all over the pitch. Liverpool were clearly the dominant ones at that time and they looked as if they would run away with the game. Theo then ran away with their pride after opening them wide open and leaving it to Adebayor to put it in the back of the net.

As I saw it, Theo should have been the one who Adebayor should have thanked. Instead of doing that, Adebayor celebrates alone infront of the fans as if he was the one who had torn Liverpool apart. Everyone went to Theo, they were all over him (apart from from Adebayor ofcourse) Wenger on the other hand had only one thing in mind, the game was NOT won yet. There was time on the clock and he was shouting at his players to go back and focus on the game. And the consequences we all indeed saw. People would go on and on and on and on about whether it was a penalty or not a penalty. I would rather go and ask the players why the hell is Ryan Babel allowed a free run at the defense just SECONDS after kick-off. Why was he able to get in the penalty box in the first place? Why was he allowed such an advanced position immediately after restart. Plain lack of concentration. Gunners celebrated as if they had won the match. I know it was a breathe taking run, I know what it meant for them, for us and for Wenger. But that doesn’t mean that you keep on celebrating rather then focusing on the task at hand!

The loss to United at OT is where our title challenge finally ended. Now it is said that this was the game where it all ended for us and we faced the prospect of yet another trophyless season. But the important question here is WHY DID ARSENAL LET IT COME TO THIS? For me Arsenal lost it during the sequence of 4 draws and the defeat at the hand of Chelsea at The Bridge. Those games dealt a crushing blow to the morale of a thin and injury filled squad especially the game at The Bridge which resulted in us going down thanks to Drogba and also loosing Sagna, one of our most consistent performers for the remainder of the season. As I saw the two goals which Chelsea scored, Kolo Toure of all people seemed to be the culprit. He made what appeared to be silly silly mistakes, completely misjudging the header on from anelka and ending up in no mans land when Drogba scored the second goal.

Out of the 4 draws, Arsenal conceded first against Boro and Villa once again due to simple simple errors. An offside trap not well played and we conceded to Boro while some woeful defending meant we gave yet another soft goal to our opponents. Chasing games for large part of it was what we did and even though the team did come back and scored the equalizer, there wasn’t much time to kick on and win the game.


Another game that comes to mind is the ill fated game at St Andrews where the first half Arsenal looked totally out of sorts and you can hardly blame them after the events of the first 10 minutes of the game. But they picked themselves up brilliantly in the second half only to throw it all away in the last minute of the game with an uncharacteristic error by clichy. Yes you could again argue that it wasn’t a penalty but the question here is WHY DIDN’T CLICHY SIMPLY CLEAR THE BALL? And the events that followed it with Gallas completely loosing it is also termed as the start of the breakdown of Arsenal’s season. Although we did pick ourselves up and put probably the performance of the season against AC Milan (Cunts) at San Siro but our BPL form remained woeful in spite of an awesome performance at San Siro.


Yes the Arsenal boys have made us proud of what they managed to achieve last season be it being at the top for two thirds of the season and playing arguably the best football in Europe but despite all these we ended up trophyless due to the most basic school boy errors which when made at any other time would not have proved as costly. Hopefully the lessons learnt from these mistakes would help the team go that extra step next season and decorate the glorious corridors of our new stadium with trophies.

Credit to Vinay Vikram for Adding and proof reading this article. This one is here largely due to his effort.

Adebayor is making all the news for Arsenal recently. His comments to News of the World (NOTW), if true, were completely unacceptable. Initially, I believed that his quotes were fabricated, but its almost been a week and he has not denied them, leading me to believe that they were indeed his quotes. Very disappointing, I must say. But lets look at this from an Arsenal perspective.

Initially Ade insisted that he would see out his contract with Arsenal, which may have prompted his agent to whisper in his ear – “if you continue talking like this, then Arsenal will not give you the wage hike you demand”. So Ade issues a contradictory statement to Sky news that his future would be decided next week. Then came the infamous interview with NOTW.

I believe that the player wants higher wages, but he has gone about in a completely inappropriate way. He should have asked the club and kept this out of the media. Having said that, Wenger might decide that he is worth a wage increase (not upto £120K per week, of course, but perhaps to about £50-60 K per week). Or Wenger could decide to sell him to Barca or Milan for a fee in the range of £25-30M which represents excellent business for a player we signed for about £7M. No player is irreplaceable and Ade can certainly be replaced.

Wenger is extremely tolerant with his players. He was willing to keep Ashley Cole despite him talking behind our backs with Chelsea. So, I don’t think he would mind keeping Ade despite his comments to NOTW. Both Ade & Hleb have not covered themselves in glory with the manner in which they have gone about things this summer, but I believe this is part of the changing face of modern football and something fans will have to learn to put up with, in much the same way that Wenger has.

If Wenger does decide to sell Ade, then I think we should hold on to Hleb. I think the club can cope with losing two 1st team players, but losing 3 of them will hurt our chances next season. I would prefer it if we retained both these players, as with the additions in Nasri, Ramsey and whoever else Wenger decides to sign, we will be a much stronger squad next season.

In any case, I am not very worried about the summer events. Wenger has earned our trust and belief in his summer moves. He has let go of players at the right time and signed excellent players at the same time.