Henrikh Mkhitaryan now at Arsenal as part of the Alexis Sanchez deal – Arsenal fans can see him at his best when he played for Dortmund in this video
Is he on the verge of a transfer to Arsenal – possibly. A lot of Arsenal fans are not keen on the deal, watch this video it will change your mind and I dont support them
A top quality striker
This is something which US readers will probably know but others will find astonishing is the cost of some of the stadiums in the NFL. With a proposed stadium Las Vegas being touted at $1.9 billion dollars – yes you read that correctly.
Most fans will say the costs are justified, what we don’t say in this article is how the stadiums were funded – thats another story
1. Watch professional golf players play the game.
If you want to become a golf player, it is a good idea to watch professional golf players playing the sport. When you watch them, you would become more inspired in getting better with your game. Aside from that, you could also take note how they carry themselves on the field, as well as how they make their swings.
2. Find a playing partner.
Playing golf is interesting, especially if you do it together with a friend. Find a friend who also wants to learn how to play golf, so that you can each share some pointers. Aside from that, you can both boost your motivation by competing against each other from time to time.
3. Hire a trainer.
To begin learning the sport, it is best if you can hire a trainer. The professional trainer can guide you on how to execute the proper swing. Aside from that, he can also monitor how you handle yourself with each swing, and be able to make adjustments. Moreover, a trainer can provide you the guidance you need in every aspect of the game.
4. Buy a good pair of sunglasses.
Buying accessories for your newfound sport can be fun. One of the more important accessories though would be a pair of sunglasses. This is because, when playing the game, you would be doing it out in the field, when the sun is shining bright. A good pair of sunglasses would provide your eyes the protection that it needs.
5. Find a good pair of golf shoes.
There are lots of golf shoes available in the market today. However, you should know that they are not all the same. Thus, it is best if you do your research about the brands that are more preferred by professional golf players. This way, you can choose a pair of golf shoes that can really serve its purpose for a long period of time.
6. Buy golf clubs.
Having your own golf clubs is important if you are serious in playing golf. Just keep in mind though that golf clubs are pretty expensive. Therefore, you should purchase a set that are really made with the best materials. Aside from that, you should also know how to compare the different sets of clubs, so that you can choose the best ones while playing the game.
7. Find a good caddy.
When you play at a certain golf course, it is best if you find a caddy that you can rely on. A good caddy should be able to give you the club you want in just a few seconds. Aside from that, he
should also be someone who is easy to work with. Furthermore, once you find a good caddy, try to see if you can make him your regular assistant, so that you won’t have to find someone else.
8. Go for smaller golf courses at first.
There are golf courses that have 18 holes, while others have only 9 holes. Aside from that, each of the innings of these golf courses may also vary in terms of their sizes, as well as in their designs. Since you are still starting out in playing the game, choose the courses that are relatively smaller first. Aside from that, visit those that offer simpler obstacles.
9. Book hotels that have or are near a golf course.
When you go on a vacation with your family, try to book a hotel that has a golf course on its own, or at least near to one. You can also do this even on business trips, as long as you have spare time. By doing this, you would be able to try out other golf courses, which are designed differently from the ones you are used to in your place.
10. Read stories about successful golf players.
Reading stories about successful players in the game of golf can be done through magazines, or even through the internet. Doing this would inspire you more in playing the game. Aside from that, you can also gather ideas on how they are able to improve on their game and follow them.
11. Take note how professionals do it.
It is a good idea to visit golf courses where well known professionals enjoy the game. When you do that, you would be able to see them play golf. With that, you would be able to take note on how they would do their putting, how they execute a powerful swing, how they decide between the woods and the irons, and so on.
12. Eat a healthy diet.
Although playing golf would not require running, jumping, and, other types of activities, it is still best if you watch what you eat. This is because playing golf would still require a lot from you physically. Keep in mind that golf courses are very big pieces of land. Thus, you may often find yourself walking uphill or downhill in getting to the hole. With that, it is best if your diet can provide you with the energy that you need.
13. Try to lose weight.
If you have gained some weight than you think you should, then it is best if you lose some of them. This is because playing golf also need you to become flexible. Your flexibility can help you in executing the swing properly. Thus, eat right and get some exercise, so that you would become fitter.
14. Build your stamina.
When you watch professionals playing golf, it may be easy for you to conclude that playing it would not need you to have good stamina. On the contrary, you need to build your stamina in playing golf. This is because going from one hole to the next can become quite tiring, aside from the fact that you are going to do lots of swings. When you get tired, it might affect your judgment in selecting the clubs, as well as executing your swings. Thus, it is best if you have good stamina.
15. Develop a way to determine the direction of the wind.
Always remember that the golf ball is lightweight. Therefore, when it is in midair, the wind can easily affect the direction that it is going. Therefore, it is best if you can develop a way to determine the direction that the wind is going. By doing that, you would be able to properly target the hole by considering the wind‘s direction and speed.
16. Develop a way to determine the roughness or smoothness of the green.
When you hit the ball while you are putting, you might get surprised when it slowly goes to a different direction. It is actually the grass inside the green that influences it. Aside from that, it can also affect the speed of the ball. Therefore, it is best if you check the green properly. Moreover, don’t forget that it is also possible that the green has an angle.
17. Think about playing golf at nights.
Before you go to sleep, while you are lying in bed, it is best to think about playing golf. This way, you would be more motivated in practicing your swing, and your putting the next morning. Aside from that, thinking about the sport at nights can also give you the opportunity to plan your steps in training for it.
18. Come up with a plan.
When you are about to learn how to play golf, it is a good idea to come up with a plan for it. Your plan should provide you with the guidance on the steps that you need to take in learning to play golf. This would involve hiring a trainer, going to a driving range, buying your gears and accessories, and many more.
19. Set up goals.
When you play golf, it is best if you set up goals for it. For example, your initial goal may be to finish holes in a golf course with a par; and, once you are able to hit it, you can set goals that can offer you with more challenge. Setting up goals would provide you with the challenge that you need, aside from helping you in monitoring your progress.
20. List down the things you need to bring.
If you are on your way to a golf course to play the game, it is best if you can bring all the necessary things you need. Thus, you should come up with a list of things you want to bring. The list should help you check on the things you need. However, make sure not to forget checking the list. With that, you should hang it somewhere you can easily see, such as at the door of your refrigerator.
The world of football (soccer for US fans) can gift us with many funny comments , here we provide you with a selection of some of them
“Without being too harsh on David, he cost us the match.”
Ian Wright
“They didn’t change positions, they just moved the players around.”
Terry Venables
“They (Swindon) are still finding that they are much happier when they have the ball than when the other side has it.”
Ron Jones
“Woodcock would have scored but his shot was too perfect.”
Ron Atkinson
“I didn’t say them things that I said.”
Glenn Hoddle
“That’s Steve Howey’s third-ever League goal and he’s never scored more than two in a season before.”
Jeff Stelling
“I predicted in August that Celtic would reach the final. On the eve of that final I stand by that prediction.”
Archie Macpherson
“Football’s not like an electric light – you can’t just flick the button and change from slow to quick.”
John Greig
“The Champions League semi-final is over two legs, so it will be a one-off affair.”
Graham Beecroft
“The problem is not what we are doing badly, it is because we are not doing things well.”
Patrick Evra
“To be second with one game to go – you can’t ask for more.”
Stuart McCall
“Sometimes he does the brilliant things really well.”
Lee Sharpe
“Players prefer the FA Cup because it’s the end of season curtain-raiser.”
Peter Withe
“Germany are a very difficult team to play – they had eleven internationals out there today.”
Steve Lomas
“He’s caused the Chelsea defence no amount of problems.”
Jimmy Armfield
“We had already beaten them 4-0 and 7-0 earlier this season, so we knew we were in for a really tough game today.”
Barry Ferguson
“We had two shots saved off the line by the post.”
Craig Brown
“Some of their players are internationals; some play for their national team.”
Steve McClaren
“Not to win is guttering.”
Mark Noble
“It’s 0-0 here. No goals.”
Adrian Chiles
“He’s unpleased about that.”
Mark Bright
“He’s one of the greatest players in the world, if not one of the greatest anywhere.”
Sky Andrew
“His return gives England another key to its bow.”
Stuart Pearce
“I’ve been consistent in patches this season.”
Theo Walcott
“He’s been like a fresh of breath air.”
Roy Keane
“The thing about goalscorers is that they score goals.”
Tony Cottee
“It’s now much more 50-50 in favour of Everton.”
Iain Dowie
“Sheffield Wednesday are third in the table. You couldn’t be any higher.”
Ian Abrahams
“Playing with wingers is more effective against European sides like Brazil than English sides like Wales.”
Ron Greenwood
“Very few great goals actually go in.”
Graham Taylor
“Now Manchester United are 2-1 down on aggregate, they are in a better position than when they started the game at 1-1.”
Ron Atkinson
“There’s only one place you want to be and that’s Wembley, Old Trafford or Anfield.”
Mick Channon
“Fulham haven’t had a shot on target, which is probably why they aren’t in the goals.”
Tony Cottee
“Bayern will have the added advantage of playing in their home stadium. That’s like a home game for them.”
Paul Elliott
“Pitches today are like snooker carpets.”
Mick Quinn
“Suarez will improve and he will get better.”
Jamie Redknapp
“I never make predictions and I never will.”
Paul Gascoigne, making a prediction!
“I never make forecasts but whoever wins that game will win the final.”
Ken Bates doing a Gascoigne
“Bristol Rovers were 4-0 up at half time, with four goals in the first half.”
Tony Adamson
“That’s a yellow card for Cazoria. So the next time he’s involved in Europe, he won’t be.”
RTE commentator George Hamilton
“Barnsley have started off the way they mean to begin.”
Chris Kamara
“That was only a yard away from being an inch-perfect pass.”
Murdo MacLeod
“Bolton have won just three of their last two games”.
Ian Abrahams
“Martin Jol has put his hands on his heads.”
Ray Parlour
“Maths is totally done differently to what I was teached when I was at school.”
David Beckham (and English was probably teached differently as well)
“I’d love the person who taught Jose Mourinho English to taught me.”
Steve Claridge, who may have gone to the same school as David Beckham!
“Paul Lambert has learned Fabian Delph the game.”
Paul Merson
“I’ve had 14 bookings this season, 8 of which were my fault, but 7 of which were disputable.”
Paul Gascoigne
“Think of a number between 10 and 11.”
Ron Atkinson
“Samuel Eto’o is reputedly the highest-paid player in the world at £350,000 per week – that’s £5,000 a day.”
Clive Tyldesley
“When you are 4-0 up you should never lose 7-1.”
Lawrie McMenemy
“Real’s second goal made it 3-0.”
Des Lynam
“All that remains is for a few dots and commas to be crossed.”
Mitchell Thomas
“The 2,000 away fans will be unhappy. In fact half of them have gone, there’s only 500 left.”
Chris Waddle
“….and so they have not been able to improve their 100% record.”
Radio Commentator
“The possession stats at one point were 77% to 33%.”
Mick Quinn
“With Harry, two plus two always makes five, not three.”
Milan Mandaric
“You need at least eight or nine men in a ten-man wall.”
Mark Lawrenson
“I can count on the fingers of one hand ten games where we’ve caused our own downfall.”
Joe Kinnear
“Four minutes to go…..four long minutes….360 seconds.”
Alistair Alexander
“Aston Villa are seventh in the league. That’s almost as high as you can get without being one of the top six.”
Ian Payne
“We must have had 99 per cent of the match. It was the other three per cent that cost us.”
Ruud Gullitt
“Ireland will give 99% – everything they’ve got.”
Mark Lawrenson
“Even though two and two might look like four, it could be three or five.”
Kevin Keegan getting close to the right answer…but
“The Germans only have one player under 22, and he’s 23.”
Kevin Keegan, he was completely wrong on that one!
“Well, Harry, fifth place last year, how can you better that?”
Fergus Sweeney
“And some 500 Italians made the trip, in a crowd of only 400.”
Radio Commentator
“If Glenn Hoddle said one word to his team at half-time, it was concentration and focus.”
Ron Atkinson
“Chile have three options – they could win or they could lose.”
Kevin Keegan
“One thing about Germany – they’ll be organised, they’ll be big and they’ll be strong.”
Ally McCoist, now that’s three things!
“I’d like to play for an Italian club, like Barcelona”
Mark Draper
“I couldn’t settle in Italy – it was like living in a foreign country.”
Ian Rush on his spell at Juventus
“The Belgians will play like their fellow Scandinavians, Denmark and Sweden.”
Andy Townsend
“What I saw in Holland and Germany was that the majority of people are Dutch in Holland and German in Germany.”
Peter Taylor
“Argentina won’t be at Euro 2000 because they are from South America.”
Kevin Keegan who was listening in that lesson!
“We had enough chances to win the game. In fact we did win it.”
Alex Smith when Aberdeen manager
“Manchester United could only beat Exeter 2-0 – and it was just 1-0 at one point.”
Alan Brazil
“That was a continuance of what we have seen most of the season – that is, various clubs beating each other.”
Ron Noades
“I was feeling as sick as the proverbial donkey.”
Mick McCarthy
“So, this movie you star in, The Life Story of George Best, tell us what it’s about.”
Sky Sports commentator
“I’d never allow myself to let myself call myself a coward.”
Graham Taylor
“I was a young lad when I was growing up.”
David O’Leary
“I just wonder what would have happened if the shirt had been on the other foot.”
Mike Walker
“That was the perfect penalty – apart from he missed it.”
Rob McCaffrey
“He had defenders swarming around him like a wet blanket.”
Gerry Armstrong
“My parents have been there for me, ever since I was about 7.”
David Beckham
“When England go to Turkey there could be fatalities – or even worse, injuries.”
Phil Neal
“The Merseyside derby games are unique in the city.”
Brendan Rodgers
“All of West Ham’s away victories have come on opponents’ territory this season.”
Marcus Buckland
“The manager could not even talk to us at the interval. He said we were bad.”
John Terry
“Apart from their goals, Norway haven’t scored.”
Terry Venables
“Doncaster will hit Villa with fire and broomstick.”
John Gregory
“Roy Keane going to Celtic would be a case of out of the goldfish bowl, into the fire.”
Radio commentator
“What I said to them at half time would be unprintable on the radio.”
Gerry Francis
“We’ll not give up even if we’re 12 points behind with one game left.”
Joe Hart
“They (Leeds United) used to be a bit like Arsenal, winning by one goal to nil or even less.”
Nasser Hussain who thankfully knows more about cricket
“Burton really couldn’t lose tonight – but they have.”
Ian Wright
“If I was still at Ipswich, I wouldn’t be where I am today.”
Dalian Atkinson
“If you want change, you’ve got to stick with it.”
Terry Venables
This collection is a list of genuine football (soccer if you are from the US) team names, yep these teams genuinely existed or still exist
Semen Padang : is an Indonesian professional football club, based in Padang. Backed by a cement company (Semen in Indonesian) so that’s a relief that explanation.
Deportivo Wanka : A peruvian club named after an indigenous ethnic group. So if anyone says the supporters are wankas that’s fair enough, I wonder if the merchandise sells well.
Golden Bush : An African team this time and they are from Botswana.
Deportivo Morón : An Argentine sports club located in the city of Morón. All of the supporters are morons, yep that would be spot on.
Chaco For Ever : an Argentine Football club. Who is Chaco and what position does he play ?
Dangerous Darkies FC : A South African team that was formed in the city of Nelspruit. They eventually changed their name, hmmm I wonder why. Not popular in the USA.
Double Flower FA : A team from Hong Kong, how nice
Løv-Ham : A Norwegian team who played in the Norwegian second division, sadly merged with another club and changed their name. Boo, Hiss.
Joe Public : This lot are based in Trinidad and Tobago. Their favourite player is A trialist.
King Faisal Babes : Another team from Ghana, if they are all of his babes then that’s some going.
Naughty Boys : Another African team this time from Botswana. Not sure if they are all naughty, being footballers more than likely.
Dinamo Bender : A team from Moldova who have sadly changed their name, a lot of people in the UK like to go on a Bender, maybe that was the problem. ( I can’t do the other joke for the PC brigade)
Fotballaget Fart : Located in Norway, they are situated in the north of the country in a place called Vang. Apparently their top striker likes to let rip from time to time.
Botswana Meat Commission : located in South Africa which is famous for exporting meat
The Strongest : Pretty famous Bolivian team based in La Paz. The oldest club in the country still active, they could change to that instead.
Hearts of Oak : team from Ghana, play in a 40000 capacity stadium, bizarre name.
Always Ready : A Bolivian team, every team should be Always ready, so fair enough to them.
Wankie Colliery FC : This team are based in Zimbabwe but sadly changed their name. Maybe everytime you were about to watch Wankie on the TV caught up with them in the end
Kalamazoo Outrage : Used to play in the good old US of A, sadly no more, guess you could be outraged about that.
Insurance Management Bears : Located in the Bahamas, often shortened to just Bears. Which I guess the fans will be pleased at?
Mysterious Dwarfs : From Ghana, again. I assume that they didn’t play high balls to often
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