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November 10th, 2009

Cristiano Ronaldo: He’s No David Beckham.

By: chris | Comments 9 Comments

(That headline may crash Google. Apologies.)
The #7 Red Devil to Madrid train has treated the Spanish quite well so far. Whilst Cristiano Ronaldo appears irreplaceable and integral on the pitch, GoldenMcNuggets was irreplaceable off of it. In the club shops, on clothing store racks, plastered on billboards – Beckhamania did more for Spanish finances since [...]



November 9th, 2009

Story Of A Diver: David N’Gog Ends His Career Before It’s Begun.

By: chris | Comments 20 Comments

[101GG]
This is bad. So very, very bad.
Liverpool and Birmingham offered us, as Daryl so aptly pointed out, ‘what the Premier league is supposed to be like’. It really was some fantastic stuff with the Reds pinning Birmingham into not just their box, but their own six yard box; pinging the ball around the eighteen as [...]

November 9th, 2009

Six Possible Reasons Why Didier Drogba Was Booked After Jonny Evans Kicked Him in the Chest

By: Daryl | Comments 53 Comments

First thing’s first, I’m not sure Jonny Evans did this intentionally. So I don’t want this post to be all about him. But there’s no doubt that his studs connected with Didier Drogba’s chest during Man Utd’s 1-0 defeat to Chelsea yesterday, and there’s no doubt that said connection caused a great deal of pain. [...]

November 1st, 2009

Is This Really Rafa’s Fault?

By: Dave Martinez | Comments 21 Comments

This was the face that told the story, as Liverpool was stunned at Craven Cottage yesterday, taking a 3-1 loss with them into their Champions League clash against Lyon this Wednesday. (So much for that Manchester United revival, huh guys?)
The loss thrusts the spotlight back on Rafa Benitez. But is such scrutiny deserved? [...]

October 27th, 2009

Ivan Klasnić is Indestructible

By: Daryl | Comments 4 Comments

Liverpool’s win over Man Utd got all the Premier League attention this weekend, so Ivan Klasnić giving us yet more proof of his indestructibility went a little more under the radar than perhaps it deserved to.
You probably remember Klasnić as the Croatian striker who suffered kidney failure while playing for Werder Bremen in 2007, and [...]



October 26th, 2009

Don’t You Know Who Marlon King Is? (Allegedly.)

By: chris | Comments 6 Comments

Marlon King was once infamously described as being a £60m footballer by Watford, what with him being their key to Premiership involvement. Turns out he was neither the key nor was he worth that amount of money. Rather he was worth £3m two years ago before delving into journeyman loan status, which puts him as [...]

October 25th, 2009

Worldwide Derby Weekend Wrap Up

By: Jan | Comments 4 Comments

This has been a fantastic weekend to hate somebody and wish him ill almost everywhere around the world.
As Daryl pointed out earlier, this weekend’s fixture calendar was overflowing with big derbies and heated rivalries including three different flavored clasicos, inter-city and intercontinental matches. Time for a quick wrap up.

October 25th, 2009

Photo: Hands Up and Away

By: Jan | Comments No Comments

Manchester City’s Martin Petrov celebrates after scoring a goal against Fulham (2-2).
(Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

October 25th, 2009

Rumors of Liverpool’s Demise have been Greatly Inflated

By: Jan | Comments 1 Comment

Liverpool’s season has been given a new lease of life, after Fernando Torres struck in the 65th minute to put his club on the way to a 2-0 victory over Manchester United.

October 17th, 2009

Sunderland (and a Beach Ball) Pile More Hurt on Liverpool

By: Laurie | Comments 8 Comments

Poor Liverpool. They just can’t catch a break this year. Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard are injured, and a couple of weeks ago they were already approaching the maximum number of losses any team in the [...]



October 15th, 2009

Sir Alex Is In A Letter Writin’ Mood

By: chris | Comments 3 Comments

Days previous the news on the Sir Alex parchment front was his apology, which was never really an apology, for calling Alan Wiley fat. Or unfit. Or bulbous. Something. Seems this letter writing business was such a pleasant experience that Fergie has taken to it again, this time penning a few words to a young [...]

October 11th, 2009

Not Sure Who City Are After? Make Someone Up.

By: Rob | Comments 2 Comments

The Sunday Mirror it seems are bored of trying to figure out which players might join Megamoney Manchester City in Janruary, and have decided to just go ahead and make up players.
According to the above picture, they’re now after Carlos Toure of Barcelona. They don’t even mean Yaya Toure, who is mentioned as well. [...]

October 6th, 2009

The Accused Drug Dealing English Phenom Proves Nomen est Omen.

By: chris | Comments 2 Comments

You’re young, talented and in the door of the big boys’ club at the tender age of 17. You’re a phenomenon. You’re the youngest ever debutant at the club which produced Wayne Rooney, while garnering a favorable comparison. Whilst most kids your age are worrying about classes and acne breakouts, you’re worried about scouting John [...]

October 2nd, 2009

Nicklas Bentdner Gets A Heavenly Helping Hand

By: chris | Comments 2 Comments

Nicklas Bendtner and his car had an oopsie earlier this week, from which he emerged without serious injury, but still wearing his goddamn shoes, much to Emmanuel Adebayor’s dismay. As with most near-death victims, when posed on the reason he isn’t missing sitters six feet under, he claims a higher power intervened.
“I believe that somebody [...]

September 28th, 2009

Roy Keane Says ‘Go @#$% Yourself’

By: chris | Comments 6 Comments

The world is not lacking for stories detailing how Roy Keane did the exact opposite of what you’d expect from your normal living, breathing, feeling living being. Today we have another story about the man currently leading Ipswich Town into a plummet to League One. A story which should draw no gasps, no blank stares, [...]




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