Jan

30

Bent as a nine-bob note

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£18 million for Darren Bent! And it’s been turned down!
Welcome to the new-look Premiership, where foreign capital provokes ridiculous bids for half-decent players.

Jan

30

Wenger gets his revenge

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Patience is a virtue, as they say, and months after the incident at Upton Park which saw Arsene Wenger lose his rag with Alan Pardew for his terrible dancing the Arsenal manager has gotten his revenge.
Alexandre Song will join Charlton on loan until the end of the season. Can you imagine the converstation?
*ring ring*
Pardew: [...]

Jan

30

Ronaldo move to Milan breaks down

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Officially the story is that no agreement could be reached but Left Back can exclusively reveal that AC Milan offered a straight fee for the Brazilian striker but Madrid’s insistence on a pay per weigh deal meant the transfer fell through.
Based on a per kilo calculation the move would have cost the Italians €245,059,495,237,446.98c.

Jan

30

How can Liverpool sign Mascherano?

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Liverpool have stepped up efforts to sign the Argentinian from West Ham despite FIFA rules which state a player cannot play for more than 2 clubs in a 12 month period. Rafa Benitez says:
We know the rule says he cannot play for three clubs, but he is unable to play at West Ham and we [...]

Jan

29

Best commentary ever?

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Jan

29

What is it about Marco Materazzi’s face?

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Everything I’d suggest.

Jan

29

You have to admire Charlton’s determination to be relegated

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Bougherra is manager Alan Pardew’s third signing this month following the captures of Zheng Zhi and Ben Thatcher.
Ah. I’m sure the rest of the Premiership are quaking in their boots. As the transfer window hurtles towards its close, you have to say: Charlton are screwed. The only bit of good news about [...]

Jan

29

The best chip ever

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Who ate all the pies asks was Wayne Rooney’s chipped goal at the weekend the best chipped goal ever? I’ve seen Dennis Bergkamp score a few in his time, one in particular against Sheffield United springs to mind. Couldn’t find that though so here’s a very young Dennis doing it for Ajax. This is up [...]

Jan

29

Is Matthew Upson retarded?

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The Birmingham defender is upset that a potential move to West Ham has been blocked over disagreements surrounding the fee.
If I was him I’d be happy as Larry that a move to West Ham had been ruled out. Despite the money they’re throwing around they still look like they’re going to have to scrap for [...]

Jan

28

Alan McAnally is either blind or a moron

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Just watching Barcelona v Celta Vigo on Sky and Gio van Bronckhorst dived from outside the area, tumbled into the box and the ref gave a penalty to Barcelona.
As they showed the replay again and again, each time showing there had been no contact whatsoever, McAnally was saying “Oh, that’s a bad decision” but when [...]

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