Weekend wrap-up

Back in business after holidays, quite a bit of catching up to do. Let's start with AC Milan where an unlikely hero is about to hand us the first scudetto since 2004.  When Zlatan is busy collecting red cards and Pato is busy collecting valentine cards Clarence Seedorf is busy doing exactly what I asked him to do a couple of months back.  Milan are on a winning streak and the recent wins are very much thanks to fantastic appearances from good old Clarence.  Together with another former Sampa man, Cassano, Clarence bagged easy three points for us on a weekend where all results went Milan's way.  Five more games to play, two very difficult ones (Roma and Udinese away) and three absolutely doable ones remain.  Milan should be able to get 10 points out of that.  And if they do, it will not matter if Napoli win all their five (mostly difficult) games.  The scudetto is really really close now.  Injuries on Abbiati and Pato are worries, but with Clarence on fire I doubt that will change much.

The only game I watched this weekend was El Clasico act 1.  Good to see Mourinho back to coaching the football that he knows works.  I will be fun to watch the rest.  How good was Pepe? Man of the match performance, no doubt.

Spurs did not play last weekend, and given their form of late that is probably for the best.  North London derby coming up, and hopefully Arsenal will be disillusioned from losing the title battle in the 102nd minute on Sunday.  More of that later.

Then, gamla fina Örebro.  Gefle coming to town today, and anything but a continuation of the perfect record so far would be most disappointing.  We need more speed in the offense than we showed against Syrianska though.  But I would not mind seeing more of this.  Speaking of a perfect record.  Two games is not a whole lot, but Örebro is a notrious slow starter and we can actually talk of a record start already.

This is where we have been after two games over the last years:
2011: 6 points
2010: 3 points
2009: 0 points
2008: 3 points
2007: 2 points
2006: 6 points (2nd division)
2005: 3 points (2nd division)
2004: 0 points (and a 3-10 goal difference)
2003: 0 points
2002: 1 point
2001: 2 points
2000: 2 points
1999: 1 point
1998: 0 points
1997: 4 points
1996: 0 points
1995: 4 points
1994: 4 points
1993: 3 points
1992: 4 points
1991: 4 points
1990: 4 points
1989: 4 points

Not since 1968 has Örebro started a season in the top division with two wins. We opened with five straight wins that time. Just sayin'.  This could be the year for the real thing.