Oct

31

Pots and kettles

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Mourinho warns his players against Barcelona’s tricks which is a bit like a George Best warning you about your alcohol consumption.
At the very least you have to give him credit for having a neck like a jockey’s bollocks.

Oct

29

Money talks

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Despite having Chelsea bang to rights over their tapping up of youth players Leeds United have decided that money is far more important than principle.
A report in today’s Sunday Times reveals that Leeds and Chelsea have struck a deal, believed to be worth around £5m, to withdraw their complaint. Leeds will use the money to [...]

Oct

28

Anti-football. Pragmatic, practical, poxy, putrid

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While I understand Everton’s tactics today it is horrible to watch. They took advantage of a mistake by Kolo Toure to go ahead early. The 6th minute to be precise.
Then they sat back with 10 and 11 men behind the ball and defended. And defended. And defended. It took a wonderful Robin van Persie free [...]

Oct

28

They shoot horses, don’t they?

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Luckily for Kieron Dyer he’s not a horse. Imagine if he and Jonathan Woodgate had babies together though.
Nurse - “It’s a boy. Wait. It’s a boy that’s just ruptured its cruciate and snapped its achilles.”
Dyer and Woodgate - “Hurrah!”

Oct

27

How to foster team spirit…

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…the Lithuanian way.
Hearts majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov has warned his players they are all for sale if they do not win this weekend, BBC Scotland has disclosed.
Full story
I suppose they should be lucky they’re not owned by a Russian who’d send them all to Siberia. Wouldn’t it be fun to see what happened if Roman [...]

Oct

26

Benni McCarthy and racism

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Interesting story about Wisla Krakow defender Nikola Mijailovic being banned for 5 games for racially abusing Blackburn’s Benni McCarthy.
If he’s guilty of it then I’m happy that UEFA have acted quickly and firmly. There’s simply no place for this kind of thing in the game.
However, I’d be very interested to know on what evidence they [...]

Oct

26

And there it is…

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…the moment West Ham fans have been waiting for. Hammers chairman Terence Brown said:
Of course Alan was hurting, but I put my arm around him and told him that everything would be fine.
Not only the dreaded vote of confidence but an arm around the shoulders too. If I was Alan Pardew I’d check the mirror [...]

Oct

25

My God!

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FIFA last night revealed that more than half of the players treated on the pitch during this summer’s World Cup were not actually injured.
Professor Jiri Dvorak, FIFA’s chief medical officer, said this showed a cheating culture at the highest level of the game, with too many players feigning injury in the finals in Germany.
Frankly I [...]

Oct

24

West Ham’s run

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Since an opening day win over Charlton this is West Ham’s sequence of results:
Watford League Drew 1-1
Liverpool League Lost 1- 2
Aston Villa League Drew 1-1
Palermo UEFA Cup Lost 0 - 1
Newcastle League Lost 0 - 2
Man [...]

Oct

24

Ince and Gazza

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Paul Ince would welcome the help of former England team-mate Paul Gascoigne after taking over as player-manager at Macclesfield.
Source.
There’s no question Gazza could be a big benefit to Ince. He could organise boozy nights out, make sure the Macclesfield players get the best kebabs money can buy and generally be a great example to young [...]

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