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Diouf’s is up to his usual antics again. If he’s not strutting the streets of Manchester pretending to be 50 cent, then he’s on the football pitch pretending to be a good footballer…
“For many years I have thought he was the gutter type – I was going to call him a sewer rat but that might be insulting to sewer rats.” – Neil Warnock
If Blackburn were a pack of cards, then El Hadji would be the joker. He’s a plan B, and bodged job player needed to fill the gap left by better players.
As the joker, El Hadji-Diouf throws himself about a bit. He unsportingly marks the keeper to put him off, He pushes a players patience to get their blood going, but abusing a player who’s just broken his leg in two places is a bit harsh, no?
Their seem to be a growing trend in the Football that goes like this: Club crisis’s and bad publicity = poor team performances. The team may not change, the manager may not change, but if something at the club isn’t right then neither are the results…
The most recent example of this is Chelsea and the immoral, depending on the publication you read, sacking of Ray Wilkins…
Now Chelsea haven’t changed in any way since his departure. Chelsea’s poor form began while he was still at the helm, coaching on the sidelines as Sunderland humbled the champions. Sunderland deserved to beat Chelsea, but once could consider them lucky to face them at their weakest – with a combination of a makeshift defence (Ferreira at Centre back) and a lacklustre midfield.
Moaning about Match of the Day has become a regular occurrence at In The Stands, but last night added fuel to this fire…
Q: What do Gabby Logan and Roy Hodgson have in common? A: They are both considered lucky to be in a job.
Before watching MOTD2 I got into the Halloween mood by watching the later part of the Exorcist as well as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Original, obviously). But not even these could eclipse or overcome the fright I had after watching an unsightly hour of Gabby Logan, Kevin Phillips and Mark Lawrenson.
The Exorcist and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre are films – all be it ‘allegedly’ based on some truth – whereas MOTD2 was real, for all the world to see, as a football fan I felt trapped in my own worst nightmare…and all the time my eyes were open, with no-one there to wake me up.
The age old disagreements between the beautiful game (Football) across England and the World (Minus the US) and ‘soccer’ is always ever present. Here is actor John Cleese to do my job for me…
Well said sir, but can you trust a man who is on his fourth wife?
I was very impressed with Theo’s display against Newcastle Yesterday: Two goals and a full 90 minutes provided affirmation of the players class and fitness.
Goal 1)
Goal 2)
It was no doubt the former Southampton player enjoyed the game and he has celebrated his return from injury with a new celebration. Here’s how its done.
1) Score a goal. Preferbly Walcott style, latching onto a through ball with a neat finish.
2) Run to a team mate arms open to give them a cheeky hug.
3) Point your fingers to the sky and move your hands up and down. (Have a look in the two videos)
…this might have the potential to beat Alan Shearer’s palm in the air classic.
Bale = God. To score a hat-trick against the Champions League holders at home, after being 4-0 down with ten men is nothing less that phenomenal. Here are the highlights of the wonderful game, if you missed it.
All hail Gareth Bale! The new Welsh Wizard! (Sorry Giggsy, the crown has been passed)
This season Darren Bent has scored five goals in eight games, a decent return for the striker. But guess how many Sunderland have scored in total?
If you said seven then you are right. The England international (well sort of) it seems is the bread winner for his side and Bruce has let the world know this.
It may seem slightly harsh as the manager insists on fielding a five-man midfield home and away that plays hoof ball tactics. (Oh, by the way the other two scorers with one a piece are Gyan and Steven Carr O.G, if your interested?)
Okay so perhaps a few players in his five man midfeild should chip in. Henderson has shown a lot of potential and is by no means shy of shooting (1.30m) , Welbeck isn’t the most goal shy as a former striker and Malbranque isnt to bad either.
I think it’s time the FA and The Scottish FA (SFA) got together to discuss the future of Rangers and Celtic. Currently they both sit joint top of the League, 11 points ahead of third place and with the maximum 24 points from 8 games. Essentially the season will be won depending on the outcome of the four Old Firm Games… a tad boring, no?
The three main reasons behind each teams success are as followed:
1) Huge fan base: Both teams don’t struggle to pack out at least 2/3 of their 60,000 (Celtic Park) and 50,000 (The Ibrox) seater stadiums every week.
2) They win stuff: A season without a trophy is a disasterous season, it’s as simple as that.
3) Champions League football: One team is guaranteed a place, whereas the other gets a chance to qualify.
As a result each team earns a fair bit of money and with this they can buy good players, who are thankfully drawn to the club because of the huge fan base, the promise of trophies ,and because they want to play in the Champions League.
The question I propose to you on this Sunday evening is: Do Manchester City have what it takes to win the Premier League?
Today the Citizens were second best and didn’t deserve to beat a spirited Blackpool side. In the first half especially the Tangerines played some wonderful, purposeful football, with Charlie Adams the central figure again. The midfielder controlled the tempo of the game, pinging the ball left and right to play in the flying full backs Eardly and Crainy, as well as playing the ball to into the strikers whenever possible.
Blackpool really should have scored after half time, DJ Campbell squandered a magnificent chance, side-footing the ball wide after being picked out by Varney. Holloway’s men were also denied a goal after a Taylor-Fletcher’s strike was wrongfully ruled offside.
Man City rode their luck before a Mancini substitution – Adabyor for Silva – changed the game. He instantly set-up Tevez to open the scoring. Harewood, another substitution, equalised but this was to little avail, by now Tevez was rampant and added a second before super-sub David Silva added a third. A 93rd minute strike from Blackpool’s Taylor-Fletcher did little to change the result as City moved into second place in the League.
The theatre is a visual medium, so rather than describing his antics It seems more apt to use YouTube as a tool of analysis…
1)Lehman having a quick nibble…
2) Lehmann practising his finest moves…
3) Lehmann having a cheeky leak…during a game
4) Lehmann playing catch with a ball boy…
5) Perhaps his finest performance vs. Bolton…
What a legend!
Joe Hart (GK)
Kyle Naughton (RB) Gary Cahill(CB) Phil Jones (CB) Kieran Gibbs (LB)
Jack Rodwell (DMC)
James Milner (MC) Jack Whilshire (CM)
Adam Johnson (RW) Ashley Young (LM)
Wayne Rooney (FC)
Subs:
Ryan Shawcross
Joshua McEachran
Tom Huddlestone
Theo Wallcott
Tom Cleverley
Fabian Delph
Connor Wickham
Jordan Henderson
So do you agree?
I’m not here to have a go at Stephen Ireland, he’s a good footballer despite some ill timed mood swings; i.e. pulling out of a Rep. of Ireland qualifier because is grandma had (really hadn’t) died. His name is Ireland and now he doesn’t play for them, who would turn that down? But today i’m going to have a look at his car collection.
First we have this beauty, a Range Rover with all the pink trimmings a man would ever need…egghh
He also bought this £260,000 Bentley GTC for his girl-friend. Bet she was thrilled…
Most recently he has purchased an Audi R8. Firstly, he went for his favoured pink touchs but after some stick from his Man City team mates he changed to baby blue…maybe he should add some claret to that now?
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