Filed in archive Managers
by daryl on September 29, 2007
Alex Ferguson travels to Birmingham today to take on his protege Steve Bruce. I have it on good authority that Bruce will NOT be wearing a head bandage for today's game. To be fair, Fergie could...
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Rooney and Ronaldo are a deadly pairing on the pitch, but off it? Not so much. It's nice to see them pretending to be best friends, but this segment got me thinking that all those media courses...
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Filed in archive Blog Watch
by daryl on September 28, 2007
Arsenal Pies show us ten promising English teenagers. Who Arsenal will eventually sell to Championship clubs. Tottengam Massive detail Daniel Levy stabbing Martin Jol in the front. Sideline Views...
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Filed in archive La Liga
by daryl on September 27, 2007
With Ronaldinho seemingly unable to go past a man anymore, subbed off in his last three Barcelona appearances, whistled by his own fans during the Barca vs Lyon game and now crying off sick with a...
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Graeme Le Saux has been all over the media recently, offering his thoughts about the (inaccurate) gay taunts he endured through his career. Mostly to sell his new book. But his thoughts are still...
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Filed in archive Managers
by daryl on September 25, 2007
One of the best things about Mourinho was that he was never sycophantic towards his boss, but something happened on Sunday to suggest ass-kissing is the future at Chelsea. When Andriy Shevcheko was...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on September 22, 2007
Tottenham's ball boys are mean. Check out the attitude this kid gives to a Famagusta player during the recent UEFA Cup clash. The sad thing is that without a shadow of a doubt this is the most...
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Filed in archive General
by daryl on September 22, 2007
About a year ago I did a roundup of my favourite football podcasts. Thirteen months later it's time to do it again. The bad news is that Steve Bunce's excellent The Rumour Mill is no longer...
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With Mourinho's departure, the Premiership is now missing a little arrogance. And that's a bad thing. Though he crossed the line more than once, Mourinho has consistently provided us with...
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1. He didn't win the Champions League. That's what Abramovich wanted and The Special One didn't deliver. I'd argue that he had a pretty good CL record, being only a slightly dodgy Luis...
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Filed in archive La Liga
by daryl on September 19, 2007
I'm starting to think Barcelona didn't need to buy Thierry Henry. With Samuel Eto'o, Ronaldinho, Deco, Andrés Iniesta and Leo Messi already giving them plenty going forward (and...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on September 17, 2007
Remember Kerlon, the young Brazilian famous for his seal dribble? He runs with the ball while balancing it on his head. I'm not sure how effective it is but I am sure that opposition defenders...
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Filed in archive International
by daryl on September 15, 2007
I know we're not supposed to celebrate punch ups in football and it's a disgrace and what about the children and etcetera. But have a look at this from last Wednesday. After Venezuela scored...
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Filed in archive Players
by daryl on September 14, 2007
The transfer window may be closed, but clubs can still sign players who are euphemistically labeled "unattached." What that really means is that they're unemployed. But that doesn't...
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Filed in archive International
by daryl on September 13, 2007
James McFadden scores an absolute belter, and all of a sudden Scotland are top of Group B and France are in trouble. Also worth watching to hear how the commentator pronounces McFadden's name.......
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Filed in archive England
by daryl on September 13, 2007
With 3-0 wins over Israel and Russian the Three Lions are now up to second place in Euro 2008 Qualifying Group E and masters of their own fate. And after so long of England being absolute dump,...
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Filed in archive General
by daryl on September 11, 2007
Football mad Italian pink paper Gazzetta dello Sport has published all the Serie A salaries, and Milan's Kaka tops the list. The Brazilian genius takes home a decent €6.0 million a year, which...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on September 10, 2007
To celebrate (or exploit) the start of the Rugby World Cup, Orange have enlisted French legend Zinedine Zidane to star in a few rugby themed commercials. This one's my favourites, but the rest...
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Filed in archive Video
by daryl on September 06, 2007
This superb passing move is from the Mexican league, with Toluca scoring against Club America. Toluca break fast and it looks like the wide guy will just center the ball and hope there's a...
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Filed in archive England
by daryl on September 05, 2007
Stuart Pearce has been complaining this week that he doesn't have many potential England Under 21 players to look at in the Premiership. Apparently he had to go to see Southampton at home to Stoke...
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Filed in archive Players
by daryl on September 04, 2007
The phrase "The New Maradona" gets bandied around a lot. Basically any skilled Argentinian attacking mid or forward gets labelled with it, from Ariel Ortega to Carlos Tevez to Leo Messi. My...
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Filed in archive Blog Watch
by daryl on September 03, 2007
You know when you look at a foreign team's name and just shrug your shoulders because you've got no hope of pronouncing it correctly? Well now there's no excuse. El Blog del Rinoceronte -...
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