Much has been made of Malta's recent historic victory over the mighty football titans of Hungary. To put this in some context, consider that Hungary drew 0-0 against Croatia during qualification round for the 2006 World Cup. These results would appear to demonstrate that Malta is, statistically speaking, a superior footballing to even England, which was disastrously, defeated 2-0 by Croatia last weekend. All thanks, it might be added, to the efforts of Marsaxlokk striker Andre' Schembri.
However, as I noted in the comments section of the Lanzarote blog, the achievements of the Maltese national team are as of nothing when compared with the historical ascendancy of Marsaxlokk F.C. The most recent development is that Marsaxlokk have gone top, having defeated the only team that can really compete against them... Marsaxlokk.
Now, I have never subscribed to the fashion of deriding di-ve, which I find somewhat akin to firing Katyushas on a Sisters of Mercy orphanage, but this latest blunder is truly a masterstroke of editorial incompetence:
"Marsaxlokk rose to the top of the table when they beat Marsaxlokk in a kenly contested encounter yesterday."It is frankly surprising that in addition to the existing squiggly red and green lines that Andrew Borg Cardona relies on so completely to make his I.M.Beck columns sound literate, there isn't also a third variant which signifies "you are complete frigging moron". For the sake of di-ve’s editorial team, one can only hope that the word processing program in the much-awaited Microsoft Vista operating system has been accordingly upgraded.
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Lanzarote appreciates your attempt at giving our sadly underrated blog some badly needed publicity but would like to inform its loyal reader that it's moved shop.
www.lanzarotemaltabrux.blogspot.com
PS: As I drove home yesterday, my car radio allowed me to follow an animated discussion on the reasons why Belgian first division team Mouscron (which, it appears, is doing rather well this year) is never ever mentioned by the press. Then someone said: "C'est pas assez glamour!" Like Anderlecht and Charleroi are the epitome of glam! Ah that word relativity!
Hmmm, not sure how I managed that screw-up. Rather undermines my mockery of di-ve, it must be said.
Please note that the link has been fixed, which should be a prelude to a spike in traffic to your blog. Probably.
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