Areselona: The Movie
So, have any of you lot watched a chick flick? No? Well you are a fucking liar. You’re on a football site – so you must, therefore, like football – and like most of us, you probably watched, over the last two weeks, snipits of, what is, essentially, a film made for a girl, or, what the sporting community like to call it…barca-fucking-lona.
Yes, it starts with the nice guy, losing. Thee nice guy of football, on it’s knees after falling to thr might of an Italian. A sexy ... Continue Reading →
No Transfers, No Problem?
People have in the past judged a club’s success in the transfer window by how many players they’ve brought in, but in austere times it appears that success can also come in the form of holding on to your current crop of stars.
Newcastle are one such example of a team who failed to make any serious forays into the transfer market, but count themselves lucky to have kept the likes of Ben Arfa, Ba, Cisse, Cabaye, Krul and Tiote. There’s probably upwards of £60million worth of talent in ... Continue Reading →
Be Back Soon…
Apologies to you all for our lack of posting as of late. Along with other commitments taking our time, we have taken this moment to make some changes to the website and we will resume normal service very soon…
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Don’t Believe The Hype About St George’s Park
As the FA announce the opening of the new national football centre – St Georges Park, their PR team has gone into full swing in trying to convince us all that the £105 million project is money well spent, but I’m not convinced.
Then FA Technical Director Howard Wilkinson began this project by modelling it on the famed centre of excellence in France – Clairefontaine, which has produced footballers such as Thierry Henry and Nicolas Anelka in recent times. With similar projects such ... Continue Reading →
Cristiano Misses A Sitter…
He may have scored 152 goals in 152 appearances for Real Madrid, but that doesnt mean that Cristiano Ronaldo is immune from missing absolute sitters…
A shocking miss from the C-Ron in monday night’s match away at Rayo Vallecano, although he did get on the scoresheet minutes before from the spot and Madrid picked up the three points.
I’d still count this miss vs Sheffield United as worse though…
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PSG: Zlatan and Thiago shown the Money
The saying “everyone can be bought at the right price” has never sung truer as Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Thiago Silva make the move to PSG.
The two player will earn a staggering average wage of 14 Million euros a year each, with AC Milan set to earn up to 70 Million for their troubles.
They join new signing Marco Verratti who joined for 12 Million euros today, as well as Ezeqiel Lavezzi who joined the club last month.
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Pre-season Analysis: Liverpool
Usually when the football season is over the void tends to be filled by days in the park, music festivals, and beer-garden jollies. But instead life has been rather glum while Britain has had it’s rainiest summer ever. Hopefully me writing this and you reading this will pose as a distraction Stangely this year; Football: I don’t want to get over you
So Liverpool. New manager. New players. New philosophy. It’s likely Kenny’s 3-5-1-1 or 4-4-1-1 will be replaced by Brendan ... Continue Reading →
England Up To Fourth In FIFA World Rankings…WTF?!
England have risen to fourth in the latest FIFA World Rankings with Brazil falling out of the top ten for the first time since 1993.
Eyelids were raised as FIFA announced the latest World Rankings with Roy Hodgson’s England side (surprisingly) moving up to fourth.
Back-to-back European champions Spain remain number one, while beaten finalists Italy – who dominated before knocking England out on penalties – rise up six places to sixth.
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VIDEO: David Beckham Fights With San Jose & Mascot
LA Galaxy midfielder David Beckham was involved in a bust up with San Jose Earthquake players as well as the mascot.
Becks, still frustrated after his controversial Olympic Games snub was involved in a heated row, which quickly turned into an awful lot of pushing and shoving, before finally letting rip with a tirade of abuse at the San Jose Earthquake mascot at the final whistle.
The incident was triggered when the 37-year-old kicked the ball at San Jose midfielder Sam Cronin earning Becks a yellow ... Continue Reading →
Pictures: Mario Balotelli In Tears After Italy Euro 2012 Defeat
Mario Balotelli was reduced to tears after Italy were soundly beaten by champions Spain in the Euro 2012 final
Balotelli was the hero of the semi-final after his brace helped the Azzurri bag a famous 2-1 win over Germany. However, the 21-year-old was powerless to stop Spain in Kiev and then clashed with members of Italy’s backroom staff after the match.
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