Back on the treadmill again tonight. 3 km in 16 mins 45 secs is a clear indication that i am not yet 100%. It was good however to get back in the swing of things.

I am really looking forward to seeing David Beckham run out at the ”Theatre of Dreams” tonight. He is one of the biggest stars ever to play in England and a legend at Old Trafford. Anything less than a standing ovation would greatly disappoint me. He learnt his football at Man Utd grew up with the likes of Scholes, Butt, Giggs and the Neville brothers and was a member of one of Uniteds best ever sides. Not bad from a skinny kid from London.

No Fabregas no chance for Arsenal last night. Not my greatest ever prophecy. The ”Gunners” won 5-0 and the great dane Nicklas Bendtner knocked in a hattrick. Now Arsene wants a british side in the 1/4 finals. Cant make that one out. Both Chelsea and Man Utd have a good record against the reds. I am now of course assuming that both United and Chelsea beat the Milan sides to make the last 8.

Its now tea time and then Viasat Sport and the Champions League. Can life get any better?

Spring was definately in the (Kalmar) air today. Sunshine and +degrees. Unfortunately i was indoors all day at Kalmar Science Parks HQ out at Varvsholmen. Fortunately the offices at Varvsholmen have some fantastic views overlooking Öland and the open sea. Everyone seemed to be in a great mood probably due to the sun and business moved along nicely. Sir William Promotion AB was presenting its new product line for 2010 and it seemed to be well appreciated.

Apart from the sun the major topic of conversation was Kalmar FF´s first league game this coming saturday. IFK Göteborg are first up and it seems that Kalmar FF´s fans mentality has changed a lot over the last few years. Its no longer ”i hope we can keep the score down” or ”a point would be a good start” its now ”Santos and Mendes are far to quick for Göteborgs defenders” and ” captain Henke will dominate the midfield”. All in all 3 points seems to be in the bag.

Lasse J sent me a message from Italy where he is skiing untill sunday. I wonder if he is missing ”Allsvensk” football?

TV4´s ”Tipslördag” are sending the game live and this his two side effects. 1: A lot of people will stay at home and watch the game on TV. 2: Paddy will be visiting Ernestos with Lansdowne.se and ”the usual suspects” saturday evening. 

”Snäckan” is also on his way to Kalmar/Öland this weekend for a class reunion.

Arsenal – Porto tonight. No Fabregas no chance.

Wigan 1 – Liverpool 0. Benitez can no longer get the best out of his players. Gerrard and Torres both threw their dummies away last night and Liverpool threw in the towell.

Junior travelling light!

Lansdowne.se enjoying the sun!

All of Swedens ”Allsvensk” trainers got together today for their annual ”kick off ” event. 16 trainers all with different goals and ambitions meet up to give their opinions on the forthcoming season. I wasn´t expecting too many oneliners or quick-witted comments or even any psychological warfare but something more than diplomatic political correctness would have been nice. But then again there´s not that many of the 16 i would have an afterwork beer with!

IFK Göteborg and Elfsborg were the two clubs that received the most votes to take this years title with Kalmar FF third and last years champions AIK 4th. I am still deliberating on my selections. The top of the table is the easy part. Kalmar FF – IFK Göteborg this saturday will give me a better indication of Kalmars chances.

PK was up at my office today and he seems to be enjoying training Bergkvara AIF. He´s always enthusiastic and loves his football and i am sure he will do a good job. I will be following them closely this season. There´s even a possibility that they might be playing ”TV Allstars” later in the year.

Lets just hope Bojan, Henke Rydström and Tobias Grahn all choose trainer careers.

Back on track. Up at 7.00 long breakfast then 3 hours watching a Swedish sporting classic. ”Vasaloppet” 90km cross country skiing. 15900 competitors and the winning time this year was 4 hours 2 mins 59 secs. Every year on the first sunday in march its time for the skiing fanatics to have their day in the sun (snow in this case). Swedish televisions coverage of the event is to say the least thourough. Everyone who has ever cross country skied and works for SVT sport was covering todays event. Even my old mate David Fjäll was called upon.Not to sure about his Cross Country Skiing skills. It cant however be easy covering an event that takes more than 4 hours when most of the time nothing really happens. It even makes Cricket look exciting for the uninitiated.

Sunday lunch and walk time. Sunshining and around + 5 degrees. 6 km today at a good pace and lots of time to mentally plan for the next few weeks. Loads to sort out. Lansdowne.se Golf, improving ”King of the Castle” and working on the football/golf trips for the autumn. On top of that the Swedish football season starts next saturday and my predicted outcome for 2010 needs to be finalised this week.

I bet Pernilla is happy she chose the ”second chance” event and reached the final at the Globe next week. She did however miss the other ”second chance” event for Laila and Niclas.

I have now heard all the finalists in this years Swedish Melodifestival. Anna Bergendahl´s ”This is my life” is my winner.

Todays Swedish Super Cup between AIK and IFK Göteborg answered a few of my questions as to if AIK can defend their ”SM Guld” or not. Firstly can Maanoja can replace Örlund between the sticks. He didn´t have a great deal to do but has a good physique and looked confident. Dodgy feet though! Kenny Pavey will do a great job at right back. Walid Atta looked solid enough today and partnered Per Karlsson well. Equeren is definately a class act but doesn´t really have the same qualities as Obolo. Flavio however could play a bigger role this season. All in all AIK looked solid and start as my favourites in this years championship race. IFK Göteborg have loads of injured players at present and will of course be a threat when key players return.

TV4 Sports new winter jackets looked great. No chance of them freezing or going unnoticed.

I was up early today and still not 100% so i gave my saturday morning walk a miss. I did however catch a couple of classic ”Cheers” episodes. Brilliantly written series well ahead of its time.

Melodifestivalen´s second chance night tonight. Will Pernilla be there or is her brothers wedding more important than her possible last chance of getting back in the limelight? Family first or Pernilla first?