looking at my weekend picks

in what I can see becoming a lazy monday tradition, I'm going to take a look at my weekend picks. don't worry, there will be more stimulating blogging later in the week, once I get out from under work.

1) I'm pretty happy with this pick. I wasn't so sure after the first session, which Higgins won 6-2, but the evening produced one of the best 3-4 hours of snooker I've ever seen. o'sullivan eventually lost, but his performance from 2-8 down to even the score was better than most of his career victories. he won't be happy, but he should be- him and higgins produced a match which far outstripped yesterdays' final, which higgins eventually lost to ding. not surprised, he must have been shattered.

2) yeah, the less said about this fight the better. johnson did well to go the distance, but he offered nothing beyond survival tactics, and vitali offered nothing beyond the occasional head shot. i watched this in the pub, and the general consensus afterwards was that the heavyweight division needs david haye...nothing we didn't know already. adam booth reckons he can beat vitali, and after saturday, so do I.

3) well, they haven't sacked quique yet, but after last night, it can't be far off. it wasn't his fault, but that's how they do at the calderon. atletico were rubbish, rubbish. apparently cerezo was in the dressing room demanding answers after they threw away a 1-0 lead to lose 2-1, but he should have been looking in the boardroom, as well as in the mirror. but of course, that's not how they do at the calderon. villarreal continue to show the rest of spain how their clubs should be run.

and my honourable mention should perhaps have been something more. valencia v real madrid was brilliant, and more proof, if it were needed, that at the top four level, la liga beats the premier league hands down for excitement and technical ability. the win for madrid will have been overshadowed by the injury to pepe, who apparently will be out for 6 months. that's one of their 3 key players down (the other 2 being alonso and higuain), and while his replacement (garay) scored the winner, he isn't much cop at the back.

this weekend also had UFC 107 (saturday) and WWE TLC (sunday) taking place. the next two posts will look at those. should be sometime later in the week. i also quite fancy writing a post about what parma are doing in serie a, so we'll see about that as well.