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/let-the-love-linger.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/let-the-love-linger.html#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:37:50 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/let-the-love-linger.html Is there a rule in sport which stipulates the appropriate duration for touching a teammate’s ass? Whatever it may be, Frank Lampard crossed the line. There’s no such thing as an appropriate pat-and-slide. That ventures into a ‘caress’. Really it’s not that bad, though, and it’s purely a ruse: Where’s the footage of Branislav Ivanovic [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/let-the-love-linger.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/tis-the-season-for-great-amazon-reviews-not-gifts.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/tis-the-season-for-great-amazon-reviews-not-gifts.html#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:44:06 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/tis-the-season-for-great-amazon-reviews-not-gifts.html Are you looking for the right gift for the weekend upcoming? Of course you are, and we have it here. And no, it’s not a jigsaw of United’s Director of Communications, Phil Townsend, but it is related – his amazon.com reviews. The Guardian compiled a list of some of the most asinine gifts for the football-lover [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/tis-the-season-for-great-amazon-reviews-not-gifts.html/feed 2 http://www.theoffside.com/asia/good-news-nicolas-anelka-isnt-poor.html http://www.theoffside.com/asia/good-news-nicolas-anelka-isnt-poor.html#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:39:44 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/asia/good-news-nicolas-anelka-isnt-poor.html There have been some utterly absurd contracts handed out recently, the guilty party typically residing on the blue side of Manchester with Dagestan looking a formidable foe in the near future (obviously). However, that just handed to a 32 year old Nicolas Anelka might just quash all others combined: Chinese media quoted a report by sports [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/asia/good-news-nicolas-anelka-isnt-poor.html/feed 1 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-avb-prays-for-his-job.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-avb-prays-for-his-job.html#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:09:33 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-avb-prays-for-his-job.html Chelsea lost. Again. Via a 90th minute dagger in Aspirinland. Is Andre Villas-Boas likely to get sacked soon? No. As he said, not even Roman would dish out such a buyout fee (fifteen million) and then can the man before Christmas. On Christmas? Probably. He’s got some rope….but this website might be worth a bookmark. (That [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/photo-avb-prays-for-his-job.html/feed 3 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/a-polite-suggestion-from-a-qpr-fan.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/a-polite-suggestion-from-a-qpr-fan.html#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:36:04 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/a-polite-suggestion-from-a-qpr-fan.html With Chelsea earning a throw and Branislav Ivanovic very prepared to get proceedings moving, he ambled over to the touchline. And then this man happened. And the ball went way down the pitch. And Branislav got a suggestion of just how one QPR fan feels about his laundry. So apparently QPR really was playing with 12 [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/a-polite-suggestion-from-a-qpr-fan.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/tournaments/champions-league/the-power-of-curly-prayer.html http://www.theoffside.com/tournaments/champions-league/the-power-of-curly-prayer.html#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 14:55:48 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/tournaments/champions-league/the-power-of-curly-prayer.html Before last night’s thrashing of Genk, David Luiz and that mop of curls atop his head took to touching Fernando Torres’ head before the match – saying it was a rabbit’s foot thing, rather than “I’m about to quit Chelsea to lead my own congregation on early morning TV…would you like to buy my book?” [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/tournaments/champions-league/the-power-of-curly-prayer.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/aspiring-thespians-death-by-massimialiano-allegri.html http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/aspiring-thespians-death-by-massimialiano-allegri.html#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:24:37 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/aspiring-thespians-death-by-massimialiano-allegri.html Easily one of the most underrated aspects of football is the prematch press conference photography. Before the Champions League? It’s magic. Dozens of photogs clamoring for the best facial expressions, angles and moments of maniacal madness. Andres Villas Boas appears as though he’s running through the cycle of emotions posed by an acting class teacher, [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/aspiring-thespians-death-by-massimialiano-allegri.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/roman-abramovich-just-cant-help-himself.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/roman-abramovich-just-cant-help-himself.html#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:53:33 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/roman-abramovich-just-cant-help-himself.html The midweek teamsheet against Fulham, which involved yet another coaching change for Chelsea. But what’s perhaps most important, and going undetected by the mainstream media, in all of this is that someone has finally indicated just how Chelsea manage to successfully traverse the minefield that is John Mikel Obi. Or Obi John Mikel. Or Mikel [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/roman-abramovich-just-cant-help-himself.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/that-fernando-torres-thing-plus-free-ideas.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/that-fernando-torres-thing-plus-free-ideas.html#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:21:41 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/that-fernando-torres-thing-plus-free-ideas.html If you’ve been breathing continuously for the last 24 hours, it’s utterly impossible to have not seen the Fernando Torres miss against Manchester United. For those on a respirator since midday Sunday, but now off, there it is. Enjoy. But what’s more astounding than the miss itself is the lack of foresight on the internet community, [...]]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/that-fernando-torres-thing-plus-free-ideas.html/feed 0 http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/rough-week-for-yossi-benayoun.html http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/rough-week-for-yossi-benayoun.html#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 17:03:06 +0000 chris http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/rough-week-for-yossi-benayoun.html First there was the racial abuse in Malaysia, for which the Malaysian FA, unlikely to be the actual perpetrators in the crowd hurling anti-semitic epithets, apologized. And then this. Sometimes it just isn’t even worth it to try. ]]> http://www.theoffside.com/leagues/england/english-premiership/rough-week-for-yossi-benayoun.html/feed 0