Dags för premiär i det nya spelet ”King of the Castle”. Varje dag på förmiddagen kommer vi att presentera dagens match. Ni behöver helt enkelt bara tippa rätt tecken – 1, x eller 2 – och du är vidare till dag två. Den som har längst svit (antal dagar i rad) blir ”King of the Castle”. Skulle man åka ur är det bara att börja om dagen efter och försöka gå så långt som möjligt. Vinnaren kommer sedan att presenteras på hemsidan på ”Wall of Kings”. Sedan är det upp till er alla att slå rekordsviten. Lycka till!

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Vill du vara med och tippa i ”King of the Castle”?
Skicka ett mail till info@lansdowne.se med namn och dagens match med tillhörande tecken (1, x eller 2).
Ange ”King of the Castle + dagens datum” som ämne.

Its getting harder as i knew it would. 103 kg was my weight 17 days ago. I weighed in at 99,9 kg on monday but i get the feeling not a lot has happened since then! Still eating right, meat, chicken, salad and vegatables. Training at least 4 days a week but its becoming a struggle. The text will come tomorrow when i travel up to Stockholm passing at least 7 Mcdonalds, 3 Burger Kings and a couple of Max restaurants. If i manage to pass all of them and eat a nice salad somewhere else i will be on the right track.

Who will be the new manager of Sweden is becoming an interesting topic of conversation with many experts varying their choices. We know that both Svennis and Roy Hodgson have ruled themselves out and they were probably 1 and 2 on the list. That would tell me that a man with a lot of International experience has the required qualifications for the job. Hasse Backe has been named and he fits the bill. Erik Hamrén has experience of Scandinavia which doesn´t really meet requirements. The younger generation Jonas Thern and Roland Nilsson have international experience as players but none as manager. Jörgen Lennartsson has never trained a club outside of Sweden. So who do we have left with the right merit list and knows Swedish football? My choice is Stuart Baxter. He has trained various Swedish sides usually with success. He has been in the English FA´s set up, managed South Africa, trained a couple of teams in Japan and even had spells in Norway, Cyprus and Potugal. Managing Sweden is a step up from Finland.

Another Champions League evening. I cant imagine we will have as many surprises as yesterday. Though i do feel Man Utd will find it hard against CSKA Moscow. I will be watching Real Madrid – Milan and watching Xabi Alonso pulling the strings in Madrids midfield. He is together with a subdued Steven Gerrard the biggest reason as to why Liverpool will not reach the next stages this year!

Enjoy your evening.

Its not been an easy start for the ”King of the Castle” players.  IFK Göteborg surprised over 65% by winning at Malmö and yesterday Lyon surprised not only Liverpool but even all of mondays winners. Congratulations however to Patrik Rydasp and Toni Andersson who both had Lyon to beat Liverpool and are now the only 2 remaining and battling it out to be the first ”King of the Castle.” Good luck to you both and of course all of you others that start again today on a new run.

Dags för premiär i det nya spelet ”King of the Castle”. Varje dag på förmiddagen kommer vi att presentera dagens match. Ni behöver helt enkelt bara tippa rätt tecken – 1, x eller 2 – och du är vidare till dag två. Den som har längst svit (antal dagar i rad) blir ”King of the Castle”. Skulle man åka ur är det bara att börja om dagen efter och försöka gå så långt som möjligt. Vinnaren kommer sedan att presenteras på hemsidan på ”Wall of Kings”. Sedan är det upp till er alla att slå rekordsviten. Lycka till!

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 Vill du vara med och tippa i ”King of the Castle”?
Skicka ett mail till info@lansdowne.se med namn och dagens match med tillhörande tecken (1, x eller 2).
Ange ”King of the Castle + dagens datum” som ämne.

Dags för premiär i det nya spelet ”King of the Castle”. Varje dag på förmiddagen kommer vi att presentera dagens match. Ni behöver helt enkelt bara tippa rätt tecken – 1, x eller 2 – och du är vidare till dag två. Den som har längst svit (antal dagar i rad) blir ”King of the Castle”. Skulle man åka ur är det bara att börja om dagen efter och försöka gå så långt som möjligt. Vinnaren kommer sedan att presenteras på hemsidan på ”Wall of Kings”. Sedan är det upp till er alla att slå rekordsviten. Lycka till!

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Skicka ett mail till info@lansdowne.se med namn och dagens match med tillhörande tecken (1, x eller 2).
Ange ”King of the Castle + dagens datum” som ämne.

The first day of ”King of the Castle” and not that many survived. Over 65% thought Malmö FF would win or at least take a point. Congratulations to those who believed in ”Blåvitt”, you others better luck today!
Last night was Kalmar FF´s fashion show night. Alarm Street Media are together with Kalmar FF the organisers and at the same time a new number of the much acclaimed magazine ”Fokus” is released. I am not sure monday night was the best choice for this event but i guess its not easy to find a day during Kalmars season when the players are available. The event started at Byttan, Kalmars hottest night spot at 18.00 with a Viktor special drink. A quick mingle session, just time for Tre Drag Gothenburgs nr 1 cover band to present themselves with a great rendition of The Voice (John Farnham would have been proud) and then of to Leos Lekland by limosine in my case!
Leos Lekland is Kalmars new childrens playground if i was a kid or Junior was a few years younger i would visit often. Tobbe Carlsson KFF´S central defender is one of the owners and it feels like right man, right place. The fashion show took far to long to get under way but when it did it was enjoyable. Some of the players love the spotlight, some just do their job and others look uncomfortable.
Back to Byttan a quick drink and i am off home.
Champions League tonight, but before that another session at the gym.
Back soon!

Tobbe C – Proud to own Adam A

Henke knows where the camera is!

Keeper Petter doesn´t really need glasses!

99,9kg! I am now under the 100kg barrier for the first time since Harrys opened in Kalmar, and i am planning to stay there. After my saturday walk i had a lazy weekend. Still eating the right food but far to little motion. I have now purchased a pedometer so i can control just how many steps are taken daily. A visit to the gym is also a must today.

My only outing this weekend was a trip to Victoria Hallen to see the derby match between Nybro Vikings and Tingsryd. A crowd of 2200 saw an even fight that Tingsryd won 2-1. Nybro had chances when playing power play but were ineffective. Tingsryd are a strong unit and its easy to see why they have now gone 10 matches without defeat.

Tonight is the release party for a new number of KalmarFF´s magazine Focus. As usual Alarm Street Media together with KFF are putting on a fashion show and i am sure it will be a great evening. I have had a sneak preview of Focus and its another quality product. Wastå on the front cover is better looking than ever!

Dont forget to play ”King of the Castle”. Our new competition that kicks off today. First match out is Malmö FF- IFK Göteborg. Just click in under ”Tävlingar” and predict the result (1×2).

Good luck!

As usual up early for my saturday morning walk. Rainy and windy but i am not detered, i have already decided to move up from walker to jogger. 5 minutes walking  to get the body warmed up and then i raise the pace. Feels ok, no great speed but a steady jog. 250 yards and i pass a couple of walkers then i feel a twinge in the left hamstring i slow down and return to a walk. I obviously overestimated my progress and am not yet ready to join the joggers club. Hopefully the twinge is no more than just a twinge and i am back on track monday.

15.45 and i am getting ready to go to Fredriksskans to watch Kalmar FF – GAIS all of a sudden its starts pouring down. I open the balcony door and get blown back into the kitchen i feel the hamstring again and decide Sunderland - Liverpool on Canal Plus is probably a better bet.

Sunderland were the better side and won 1-0. I think everyone would agree that they won fair and square even the hard core Liverpool fans. They were without Gerrard, Torres and Macherano had a 3-5-1-1 line up and no real idea what they were doing. Spearing who took Gerrards place is nowhere near ready, Babel is a great sub, Carragher is struggling, Lucas and Benayoun dont contribute enough and a on top of that Sunderlands goal came via a deflection off a beach ball that a Liverpool fan had just thrown onto the pitch. Benitez will do well to survive this time. A defeat in the Champions League next week will probably find him looking for a new club.

Aston Villa beat Chelsea and are definately good enough to give all the top clubs a match. Tottenham won at Portsmouth were Defoe scored the winner and was then sent off. Man City play tomorrow and can move even closer to the top with a win. Expected home wins for both Arsenal and Man Utd.

I spoke to Biggy Wiggy after the Kalmar FF match and in his opinion 2-2 was a fair result. Petter Wastå was apparently outstanding in Kalmars goal and 17 year old debutant Mattias Johansson was given man of the match and rightly so. 

Lansdowne´s film tips.

The Damned United. A film for football lovers. Its about the 44 days Brian Clough spent in charge at Leeds United in 1974. Clough had lead arch rivals Derby County to the championship the previous year and after he had resigned at Derby he was asked to take over at Leeds United replacing their manager Don Revie who had been made England manager. He hated both Leeds United and Don Revie and this is the inside story as to why!! Some great acting and brilliant Cloughesque one liners.

Enjoy !!

Interior design company Input had a mingle evening on wednesday where they presented some exciting new designs in the world of office furniture! Input had also invited Kalmar FF´s chairman Johnny Petersson and architect Peder Knutsson who gave an interesting presentation of Kalmar FF´s new arena! Some space aged designs from 2006, 2007 were shown with glass roofs, glass walls and all differents shapes and sizes. Fortunately they have due to the delays caused by various protests finally decided on a far more sensible solution with some great facilities and room for 11800 fans and sponsors. The best decision however, in my opinion is the fact that real grass and not an artificial surface has been prefered. I just hope that things move along quickly now so the projected inaugural date will be in  April 2011.

Even thursday night and a new mingle event. This time an after work at Hotell Witt. Newly redecorated rooms and hallways have given this legendary hotel a big lift. Hotel Director Camilla Werner was in charge of the bar serving Hot Dogs and Beer a great combination. If only i wasn´t trying to lose some weight. I have many fond memories of Hotell Witt. The first coming in 1983 when we (Kalmar FF) had just beaten Djurgården 3-1 in the play offs and been promoted to the Allsvenskan. We partied all night long and i remember ”Gardin Herman” offering me a fortune if i signed a new contract!! I did sign a new contract but have still not seen the ”fortune”. There has also been many a tuesday night and even a few fridays and saturdays. It would be great if Witt could once again open their doors for us oldies!!

Back to reality this weekend. Allsvensk and Premier League football and i have together with Junior arrived at an interesting ”Stryktips” variation.

I myself will be up early and taking a long walk along Kalmars coast.  Then later i will be off to Fredriksskans to watch KFF – GAIS.

Have a great weekend.

Camilla working hard as always.