Feb

29

Premier League accumulator

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Here’s this week accumulator which, like all the others, promises to make me rich but will, like all the others, fail. Click for big…

Update: I should point this is an actual, real life bet. Not a game. Made via www.bluesq.com

Feb

28

Fans of league accumulators, take note

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The Manager of the Month awards for February are in, so avoid backing the following teams as the dreaded curse descends on…
Stoke City! Tony Pulis was the victor in the Championship after guiding Stoke to five wins in six but, somewhat predictably, once the Potters reached the poisoned chalice of first place, they contrived to [...]

Feb

27

Boro v Sheffield United an absolute stormer

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Five minutes into the second half and this is the minute by minute text commentary on the BBC. Looks like quite a game. Click for big…

Feb

26

Boro monster Aliadiere gets a longer ban than Martin Taylor

Filed Under Idiots, The FA, discipline | 20 Comments

It was referenced below but the sending off of Boro’s Jeremie Aliadiere could not have been more different than that of Martin Taylor for his shocking tackle on Arsenal’s Eduardo.
Yes, we all know you can’t ‘raise your hands’, as if the simple act of raising your hands would instantly result in a shattered jaw for [...]

Feb

25

Funniest goal ever?

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As Real Madrid were celebrating a ‘goal’ which was given offside the Getafe players kept playing and ran upfield to score the only real goal of the game.
Funny stuff.
Not for Madrid though. Barcelona’s 5-1 means what was an 8 point gap just a couple of weeks ago is now down to just 2. It might [...]

Feb

25

Weekend thoughts - Arsenal, Eduardo and more

Filed Under Idiots, Injuries, Premiership | 12 Comments

Obviously the Eduardo incident is the one that most of the headlines have been generated about. Some thoughts in bullet point form.

I don’t think Taylor tried to break his leg, I do think Taylor tried ‘let him know he was there’. Both Taylor and Eduardo were unlucky.
Any player, manager or pundit who tries to say [...]

Feb

25

“Oooh, yes that does look a bit sore actually…”

Filed Under Injuries, Premiership | 10 Comments

The thought suddenly struck me a few years ago that about a third of Arsenal’s goals come from offside positions. Not wishing to be the tit in the room pointing out that the actor’s voice is less than perfectly synched in with his mouth movements, I kept this to myself and endured a tough [...]

Feb

22

This weekend’s accumulator

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As always click for big

Feb

22

Why did Portsmouth buy David Nugent?

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No sooner had they bought him from Preston there were stories that they were willing to sell him. Now it looks like he’s off to Ipswich on loan after barely making an appearance all season.
Did Redknapp buy him based on the newspaper hype? It wasn’t cheap either, £6m. To put that in perspective that’s as [...]

Feb

22

Gazza sectioned

Filed Under Sad, TV | 3 Comments

Apparently Paul Gascoigne answered the door to police naked with the word ‘mad’ scrawled on his forehead. He’s also been eating day old raw liver and talking to mechanical parrots.
I assume it’s only a matter of time before we get a new reality show ‘At home with Gazza’, or ‘In Gazza’s padded cell’.

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