http://www.theoffside.com League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:55:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/kitties-taking-over-the-world.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/kitties-taking-over-the-world.html#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:20:12 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/kitties-taking-over-the-world.html A pitch invasion took center stage during the first half at Anfield this evening, if only because no one else could. There’s something in here about the cat being more productive than Andy Carroll, too. Also, it already has at least three Twitter accounts. Of course. (One of them.) Another cat, a black one, bolted across the [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/kitties-taking-over-the-world.html/feed 1 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/balotelli-feels-the-magic.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/balotelli-feels-the-magic.html#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:23:07 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/balotelli-feels-the-magic.html Beyond anything which Mario may or may not be doing…what an odd sequence to catch during a game, isn’t it? Fans get caught doing things quite often, but not players seated in cushy boxes. That said….Mario makes a coke can disappear. I think. Which is pretty nice. Though I imagine the higher ups would prefer he [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/balotelli-feels-the-magic.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/learning-to-tackle-possibly-a-couple-years-late.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/learning-to-tackle-possibly-a-couple-years-late.html#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:42:13 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/learning-to-tackle-possibly-a-couple-years-late.html This might be a touch simplistic and naive, but… Shouldn’t DVDs on ‘how to tackle’ be handed out to the youth teams of Premiership clubs, rather than the guys getting six figures a week to go in at some poor man’s ankles? But the higher ups at the FA in England have deemed it a necessary act. [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/learning-to-tackle-possibly-a-couple-years-late.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/the-hancuffed-everton-fan.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/the-hancuffed-everton-fan.html#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:19:10 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/the-hancuffed-everton-fan.html One of the biggest days of the football year – the transfers are far more important than the games – and the thunder’s been stolen by some nutjob who decided to handcuff himself to the post during Everton and Man City at Goodison Park. He was protesting…ummm… Never before has a Premier League match been interrupted by [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/the-hancuffed-everton-fan.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/for-love-or-football.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/for-love-or-football.html#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:20:49 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/for-love-or-football.html “Footballer asked to give up honeymoon for new club.” Admit it – first thoughts center around the wife and a reaction worthy of any reality shows in which a new bride or bride-to-be seem like a good candidate for a rubber room and a key which gets mysteriously lost for…ever. Tim Ream was given a choice: sign [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/for-love-or-football.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/keane-be-clubbin.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/keane-be-clubbin.html#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:29:01 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/keane-be-clubbin.html Robbie Keane is the latest MLSer to eschew a winter siesta for a short term loan overseas. In case you were wondering, Wikipedia tells us… Wolves, Coventry City, Inter, Leeds (loan), Leeds (buy), Tottenham, Liverpool, Tottenham, Celtic, West Ham, LA Galaxy, Aston Villa. That’s not a career – that’s an intimacy problem. The best news is he’s only [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/keane-be-clubbin.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/today-in-balotelli-mario-goes-to-school.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/today-in-balotelli-mario-goes-to-school.html#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:29:11 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/today-in-balotelli-mario-goes-to-school.html Much of his life would be a fantastic comic book or children’s book series on how not to behave as an adult. Which Mario so rarely appears to be. But today he decided to go to school – a random school – since he needed to use the bathroom. Of course since it’s Balotelli, you [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/today-in-balotelli-mario-goes-to-school.html/feed 3 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-legend-of-titi-reignites.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-legend-of-titi-reignites.html#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:48:47 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-legend-of-titi-reignites.html The inevitable: Thierry Henry came on as a substitute to score the only goal in Arsenal’s victory over Leeds in the FA Cup. The way it was always going to happen. How many minutes was he on the pitch? Ten? Maybe? (Yes – ten.) After the goal he appeared to be heading off for a full victory [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/the-legend-of-titi-reignites.html/feed 1 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/january-4th-the-keepers-holiday.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/january-4th-the-keepers-holiday.html#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 18:07:25 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/january-4th-the-keepers-holiday.html For whatever reason, the holiday season hasn’t been kind to the big teams of the Premiership – I have a theory based on the higher wages and proportional amount of booze that allows one to buy. Bolton was bottom of the table and looked to stay there after Tim Howard booted a clearance and it [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/january-4th-the-keepers-holiday.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/premiership-coaches-starring-in-iconic-comedies.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/premiership-coaches-starring-in-iconic-comedies.html#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:54:48 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/premiership-coaches-starring-in-iconic-comedies.html Arsene Wenger and his merry band of Gunners were once the cream of the Premiership-coach-starring-in-a-gif-referencing-an-iconic-comedy crop. Aside from losing the whole front seat, he’s also lost his mantle to Woy. Zoolander just can’t compete with Queen. Something happened to Mr. Hodgson during yesterday’s Everton – WBA match, possibly symptomatic of a serious medical condition. 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