Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Georgi 'Kinky' Kinkladze

Georgi Kinkladze

This blog post is dedivated to one of the greatest Georgian footballers of all time - Georgi Kinkladze.


Facts and figures


Kinkladze was born in Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, on 6th July 1973
He was first involved with Dynamo Tbilisi when he was six years old
He went to Mretebi Tbilisi aged 16 but transferred back for a price of 1 million roubles (around 22,000 pounds).
He made his senior international debut aged 19 against Azerbaijan.
He made a big transfer to Man City for 2 million pounds on 15th July 1995, Alan Ball's first signing.
He was Club Player of the Year for two years running, but Manchester City got relegated twice.
He left Man City for Ajax for 5 million pounds.

An image of Kinkladze



So what was he like as a player?  He was a play maker,
the most exciting type of player, but not only created 
goals, but scored them too. He was remembered for 
his pace and vision, but most of all his skill. When you 
see him playing, it becomes obvious why he was voted
club player of the season twice in a row, he was a 
Manchester City legend. You may think it is crazy if you
have not seen him play before, but he played just like
Messi does today, destroying teams almost single-handedly.
He was probably the greatest Georgian player ever to play 
the game, but also one of the greatest Manchester City
players.

Below is a video that I have created using Jaycut 
which shows Kinkladze playing. 
I don't think he ever scored a dull goal...


After seeing that video, I hope you realise how good a player he was, it is just a shame that he could not prevent Manchester City from relegation. There is also a very good video on youtube about Kinkladze and I urge you all to watch it, it is well worth your time.

Wednesday, 2 March 2011

An Upcoming Blog Post and Presentation

Within the next week I will create a blog post on my own topic. I have decided to do this on the legendary, but largely unknown to my generation, football player from my own country - Georgi Kinkladze.


Brief background


Born 6th of July 1973 in Tbilisi, Georgia
First played in Dynamo Tbilisi
Transferred to Manchester City in 1995
Manchester City Player of the Year in two consecutive seasons

What was he like?


He was an extremely talented play maker and while at Man City often had about three men man marking him. He not only created goals but scored them too, and is known particularly for his crazy goal against Southampton. He hardly ever scored with his head and all of his goals are worth watching. To watch a great video on him, click here.

There will be a lot more detail in the big blog post.

Monday, 7 February 2011

Wikileaks - My opinion

Julian Assange arrives at court in London

Wkikleaks has been the centre of a lot of attention recently, and rightly so. Wikileaks release secret, private or classified documuments, which had been hidden from the public beforehand. Wikileaks is a non-profit organisation, lead by Julian Assange (right).
Many people are calling for him to be killed, and he could face a death penalty if extradited to the United States (see here). In my opinion though, Wikileaks is a force for good. The public have a right to know about something that is going on in their country, after all they are the ones paying taxes to keep the counry going. If soldiers are shooting innocent civilians, people should know about it, and in my opinion it is the fault of the soldiers, not Wikileaks. Julian Assange and Wikileaks are doing good to the world, making it  better and safer place. Assange has been accused of rape, maybe unfairly, but in my opinion it does not matter because Wikileaks will not stop, it is doing the world a great justice.

Wednesday, 8 December 2010

New ICT Presentation topic

The new topic for my presentation will be google's latest idea, Google OS.

Monday, 6 December 2010

FINAL COMPETITION SCORES

The competition has come to an end!

Here are the final scores:

Liverpool vs Aston Villa
Cam 0, Phil 2, Lawro 3, Kam 0, Nod 11

So here is the final table:


Nod         39
Lawro     39
Cam        38
Phil         34
Kam        16

Sunday, 5 December 2010

NEW COMPETITION SCORES

The competition is now 1 game away from finishing and here are the latest scores:

West Brom vs Newcastle (3-1)
Cam 3, Phil 2, Lawro 4, Kam 0, Nod 11

Sunderland vs West Ham (1-0)
Cam 11, Phil 3, Lawro 3, Kam 1, Nod 3

So here is the table for today's matches:
Cam           14
Nod            14
Lawro          7
Phil             5
Kam            1

And here is the overall table
Cam            38
Lawro         36
Phil             32
Nod             28
Kam            16