I thought so. Of course, the first problem is that the CPA isn't all that well-known an entity in Malaysia in the first place. But surely part of the point of lobbying — or whatever it is politicians and diplomats do — to win Malaysia the chairmanship is to both increase the standing of the country in the CPA and vice versa. Despite Malaysia having the chair, there has hardly been any media buzz since Shafie first took up the post.

It is difficult to find a more astute mind in the game than Ancelotti. He won league, cup and European titles in eight years in charge of Milan — to take the Fergie comparison further, even one of the greatest managers English football has seen took seven years to win his first league title — before moving to Chelsea where his side, after edging Man United 1-0 last night, look dominant in the current Premiership race.

Are children then also encouraged to exercise such arsonic fervour when they grow up? No, that would be too simplistic. Instead, what is being invoked here is probably the link between fire, hell and the demonic.

These are bloody obvious statements. Obvious and, in the case of the latter, dumb.

But it is in fact true. The star of the Young British Artists generation that popped up in the 90s had just only been discovered by ad mogul-turned-art collector Charles Saatchi and was exhibiting without much fanfare as the tabloid press — usually of a tut-tutting sort — were only interested in ridiculing the young 'uns pretensions of being artists.

After a dozen years of supporting Labour, it withdrew its support for under-siege Prime Minister Gordon Brown ahead of a general election that must be called by June 2010.

Perhaps in Malaysia, where cynicism and indeed, scoffing mockery of print media is ubiquitous, a newspaper making such a proclamation about any political party would be dismissed as mere gimmick.

But the Spaniard has had five seasons to shape his squad, with only Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard left from the Champions' League-winning side of 2005. With rightback Glen Johnson the only new signing playing first eleven football, there is little to suggest that Benitez needs time to get to know his players.

Even the most basic news story can be accused of having an agenda for omitting certain facts or misrepresenting the context. This is probably true but ignores the fact that no matter how "neutral" one tries to be, there will always be an element of authorial licence. Mere words can already give rise to major differences in not just articles, but film, radio and any other form of modern media.

You could not have scripted the buildup — one team plays the champions, the other plays the team that seems most vulnerable to dropping out of the top four places. There were grudge matches all over the place especially with Man City having poached Emmanuel Adebayor and Kolo Toure from Arsenal, who both left under acrimonious circumstances.

There was also Dimitar Berbatov keen to prove a point after a dismal first season since leaving his former stomping ground of White Hart Lane.

And perhaps that is why Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein thought it a wise idea to use the “pig-headed” defence for the cow-head protestors in the continuing debacle over the Section 23, Shah Alam Hindu temple relocation issue.