Nov

30

Exclusive: Wenger sex snaps scandal?

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We understand that Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is being blackmailed with the threatened release of photographs showing him in a variety of compromising positions.
It is not known how the pictures were leaked, but it is believed they have fallen into the hands of the family of young midfielder Alex Song.
Song was loaned to Arsenal by [...]

Nov

29

The Nearly Man - Again

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I read that in addition to missing out on the Ballon d’Or, Thierry Henry has not been shortlisted for FIFA’s World Player of The Year. He must be sitting there wondering “What do I have to do to win this?” I have to believe that were he playing for Real Madrid or Barcelona he’d have walked [...]

Nov

24

Why I Don’t Like Bolton - Reason #145

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“Most Premiership clubs have followed what we have done since our success against them and they have been successful too - we’ve got a good record against Arsenal and we know the type of football we’ve got to play against them.”
Ahhh… the wisdom of Sam Allardyce. For those who after years of Bolton’s “uncompromising” approach [...]

Nov

23

Where For Art Thou, Stevie G?

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Seeing Stevie G play through the middle last night and the subsequent/inevitable goal made me wonder what has been going on in Benitez’s shiny noggin of late.
For example, when Liverpool played Arsenal the other week, rather than play Stevie through the middle, he plays Zenden instead in Sissoko’s absence. This is a player who has [...]

Nov

22

Pardew is funny

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Whatever you might say about Alan Pardew, and I have some West Ham supporting friends who have plenty to say about him, you can’t fault his unbridled optimism. Speaking about European football he said:
There’s no reason we can’t try and achieve it this year with a great cup run or strong league finish.
A great cup [...]

Nov

22

More on THAT penalty

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Says Sam Wallace in today’s Independent:
It would be hard to imagine Ruud van Nistelrooy missing a last-minute penalty.
I suppose ‘last-minute’ are the critical words here, because last night he missed his third penalty in five attempts.

Nov

22

Gary Neville and that penalty

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If Gary Neville told Celtic’s Neil Lennon that Louis Saha was going to miss the penalty because his ‘head was gone’ why, as captain of the side, didn’t he get somebody else to take it?

Nov

20

Rugby style refs the key to football discipline

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A few weeks ago Arsenal captain Thierry Henry said that he wished football referees would be as communicative and open as rugby referees. Yesterday I watched Ireland play Australia at Lansdowne Road.
At one point an Aussie and an Irish guy got into a bit of handbagging style argy-bargy. The ref called the two players over, [...]

Nov

19

Staunton is a clown

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The Ireland manager claims young striker Anthony Stokes has ‘gone backwards’ since he joined Arsenal.
So the football education at the Gunners, the coaching and the experience of a top quality set up has nothing to do with the fact he’s scored 11 goals in the last 5 weeks whilst on loan at Falkirk?
The more [...]

Nov

17

John Terry is a cry baby

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It beggars belief that John Terry has told on Graham Poll like a little schoolboy. The Chelsea captain claims that Poll told him to ‘fuck off’ when he ‘legitimately’ questioned a decision in the Chelsea v Spurs game.

Let’s get this straight. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen Terry, and other players, [...]

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