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Weekend Quiz: The Hints
By: Laurie |
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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: World FootballThe Weekend JunkPile: Platini’s New Job, Mexico Does Voodoo and More
By: Laurie | 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: World FootballWeekend Quiz: The Defenders
By: Laurie | 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: World FootballOffside Rewind: Grab a Handful
By: Daryl | 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: World FootballDaily Dose: Janury 30th, 2008.
By: chris | 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: Daily Dose
Tags: Daily Dose, David Beckham, Leyton Orient, Liverpool, Luther Blissett, Rafa Benitex, Salomon Kalou celebration, TattoosBundesliga Returns With Style, Electricity & Controversy
By: chris | 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: BundesligaJoe Kinnear’s Mouth Causes More Problems For Newcastle
By: chris | 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.
Time to Smash the Transfer Window?
By: Daryl | 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: World FootballWeekend Predictions: Fergie Gets What Fergie Wants
By: Daryl | 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: World FootballDaily Dose: January 29th, 2009.
By: chris | 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 [...]
Tags: Barcelona, Beckham, Daily Dose, Harry Redknapp, Kobe Bryant, La Liga, Milan, NBC, Tottenham, World FootballLate For A Drug Test? Sit Down A Year.
By: chris | 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: World FootballSpecial 1 TV Teaser Released
By: chris | 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: World FootballStuds Up: The Rafa Rules
By: Daryl | 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: World FootballBeckham Scores for Milan, Not Homesick for L.A.
By: Daryl | 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: World FootballDaily Dose: January 28th, 2008.
By: chris | 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 [...]
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