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January 31st, 2009

Weekend Quiz: The Hints

By: Laurie | Comments 4 Comments

Not sure if it’s you or me or the subject matter, but I have never written a Weekend Quiz where so few of the photos have been guessed by Saturday night, and very few by any one person. I don’t think I realized how accurate I was being when I said that defenders are [...]

Category Category: World Football


January 31st, 2009

The Weekend JunkPile: Platini’s New Job, Mexico Does Voodoo and More

By: Laurie | Comments 6 Comments

Here’s your weekly (or whatever) pile of things that caught my interest or made me smile this week, but didn’t warrant a whole post.

Newest Member of the Village People

Here we have Michel Platini, head of UEFA, dealing with the financial crisis by preparing for his new career: Construction Worker. Doesn’t he [...]

Category Category: World Football
January 31st, 2009

Weekend Quiz: The Defenders

By: Laurie | Comments 26 Comments

For this week’s quiz, let’s take a look at the unsung heroes of the pitch, the back four. (Or back whatever, if your manager insists in getting creative.) These are the guys who are often next to invisible when they’re doing their jobs well, and most noticed when they screw up. So [...]

Category Category: World Football
January 30th, 2009

Offside Rewind: Grab a Handful

By: Daryl | Comments No Comments

Seven Offside/WCB stories you might have missed this week…

Reasons to be optimistic for World Cup 2010
A sneaky Scottish handball
La Liga is done and dusted, some say
Is this the worst offside call you’ve ever seen?
Why you should avoid Andorrans
Was this really the goal of 2008?
Remember to look before you celebrate

Category Category: World Football
January 30th, 2009

Daily Dose: Janury 30th, 2008.

By: chris | Comments 1 Comment

Stuff to read while you watch the coolest guy under pressure in history……..

The best things of the European week. (uefa.com)
The story of Luther Blissett. (ESPN)
The worst teams of all time now. (SoccerLens)
Liverpool showing the reflection of Rafa. (guardian)
People making stupid decisions; or: football fan tattoos. (Dirty Tackle)
Salomon Kalou is a big John Cena fan. (Unprofessional [...]

Category Category: Daily Dose


January 30th, 2009

Bundesliga Returns With Style, Electricity & Controversy

By: chris | Comments 1 Comment

Fans of the Bundesliga have been waiting for this one a long, long time, and were they ever rewarded for their patience. Though the scoreline would indicate otherwise, it was a wide open game with a plethora of chances at either end – and quality chances at that. You’d think it’s just a bit of [...]

Category Category: Bundesliga
January 30th, 2009

Joe Kinnear’s Mouth Causes More Problems For Newcastle

By: chris | Comments 3 Comments

The rant heard round the world, the “Mickey Mouse” comment which earned him a measly fine earlier in the week and now the straw that broke Insomnia….N’somb…..Charlie’s back. If – and that seems a big if – Kinnear stays on as manager after the year, Mike Ashley just might request he wear a muzzle.

January 30th, 2009

Time to Smash the Transfer Window?

By: Daryl | Comments 7 Comments

According to the Daily Mail, English Premier League clubs could be planning an end to transfer windows. And because it’s the Daily Mail, the main thrust of the argument is that the current transfer window system (teams can only sign players in the summer, or in January) was imposed on England by Europe.
Delegates at the [...]

Category Category: World Football
January 30th, 2009

Weekend Predictions: Fergie Gets What Fergie Wants

By: Daryl | Comments 4 Comments

I did it again last week, somehow managing to get all three predictions wrong. Which is quite an achievement if you think about it.
Here are three games worth watching this weekend, along with my now reliably untrustworthy attempts at clairvoyance.

Category Category: World Football
January 29th, 2009

Daily Dose: January 29th, 2009.

By: chris | Comments 1 Comment

Stuff to read while you casually put the ball in from 40 yards out during a friendly at an RV park……

A brilliant Harry Redknapp postmatch crib sheet. (Top Spurs)
WAG does pop music video without a great deal of clothing. (The Spoiler)
Another in the Becks to Milan crowd. (mCalcio)
Everyone’s a Barca fan these days, including Kobe [...]



January 29th, 2009

Late For A Drug Test? Sit Down A Year.

By: chris | Comments 2 Comments

WADA, in its neverending quest to make sports less fun and the lives of athletes more miserable, has struck a new low today after their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport on the cases of Napoli midfielder Daniele Mannini and Brescia’s Davide Possanzini. You see, the duo were late – just late – [...]

Category Category: World Football
January 29th, 2009

Special 1 TV Teaser Released

By: chris | Comments 2 Comments

This “trailer” shows near nothing but it does show enough that we can officially say it is most certainly not the end of Jose, Sven and The Boy. As expected, they’re onto bigger and better…and bigger things. Like Setanta, the actual channel.
The trailer says “after Live Premier League football on Saturday”, so by the [...]

Category Category: World Football
January 29th, 2009

Studs Up: The Rafa Rules

By: Daryl | Comments 7 Comments

With the bad, bad timing of Rafa Benitez’s rant followed by the possible implosion of Liverpool’s title bid (they’re now third) we’ve been shown exclusive stick figure drawings photos of the new “Rafa Rules” course being taught by the FA.
More football web comics at Studs Up.

Category Category: World Football
January 29th, 2009

Beckham Scores for Milan, Not Homesick for L.A.

By: Daryl | Comments 4 Comments

David Beckham scored the second goal of his short stay at Milan yesterday, prompting [brace yourselves Galaxy fans] more talk about a permanent move to Serie A.
I won’t be the first or last to notice this, but there’s something strangely… right about Beckham playing for AC Milan instead of LA Galaxy.
Maybe it’s the combination of [...]

Category Category: World Football
January 28th, 2009

Daily Dose: January 28th, 2008.

By: chris | Comments 1 Comment

Stuff to read while your kindergarten is robbed by kindergarteners……..

Granada FC protest against their lack of pay midgame. (101 Great Goals)
The next soon to be ex-coach of Bulgaria. (Guardian)
Luca Toni has a doppelganger. (Dirty Tackle)
Sometimes the B team is where the glory’s at. That goes for Jose Antonio Reyes, too. (La Liga Loca)
Mexico turns to [...]

Category Category: Daily Dose



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