www.Go To The Mountain - Musings of a Potential Guru

In Game Week One of the new season, it produced 23 goals in eight  matches. Game Week Two was even more furious where Everton, Leeds and Tottenham gave us 7-goal thrillers and  total of 44 goals in ten matches with high scoring matches being the theme. Not only that, there have been a quite a number of hattricks - Salah, Calvert-Lewin and Son but Son bested them all with four goals and Harry Kane provided an incredible four assists and a goal setting a new record of a player providing four assists to another who scored four times. If you aren't tuned in you don't know what you are missing. Long may it carry on!  Wow! I have also noticed the fashion statement. Like Leeds have the most number of players with the hair thingy - brushed back and up into a bundle at the finish. That bun was what some memes on social media likened to those black trash bag tied up into a bun to prevent rodents and scavengers from ravishing. Even Ronaldo, Bale and now Harv...

Welcome back to the EPL! It is still strange to see empty stadiums and fake crowd noise. Where there is no intimidating home ground advantage and the only slight advantage for the home teams are that they are more familiar with their own pitch and they don't have to travel.  In last week's season opener, Arsenal and of course Aubameyang got off quickly with a reassuring 3-0 away win at Craven Cottage over Fulham. Roy Hodgson's Crystal Palace actually had a win over Southampton. Then Liverpool and Leeds showcased an exhilarating encounter. West Ham stammered at home instead of hammered so that Newcastle flourish. The Foxes got a good 3-0 away win at WBA, courtesy of Jamie Vardy scoring two penalties to ensure he is just one goal shy of Mo Salah who got a hattrick thus Salah has got a new record for being only the 4th player ever to score on four opening days and broke Rooney's record with 35 wins whenever he scored.  Tottenham's home defeat was Everton's first aw...

Welcome back to the New Normal. Its still new and anything but normal. When the EPL returned near the end of last season, many players and teams were affected, at least psychologically. A new condensed season is soon underway and we can be happy. As we aged, we experienced new things as I could see among friends. We gave up playing soccer, some gave up golf. Heck, some even gave up following and watching soccer. We need hobbies don't we? Things that we can be passionate about. What are you going to do when old and retired? Pay bills and die? The  lock down and months of WFH has changed everything. The entire world need a new reset. Well, at least we have some distraction by way of a new season of soccer league even as we live the life of a hermit in a cave. Gareth Southgate's England over-achieved at the World Cup. Then he was bolder but now way too conservative. Jack Grealish had a great season but was originally overlooked. Selected ahead of him were Phil Foden (City) and Mas...