Daily Dose: 09.03.08
By: chris |
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Stuff to read while you listen to a sermon about sex from a porn addict…..
The exodus of Dutch talent from the Netherlands. (ESPN)
The magic of the Real Madrid mercato lacked this summer. (Reuters Soccer Blog)
“Jimmy Bullard - England’s saviour?” (SoccerLens)
Who Ate All The Pies bids adieu. (Who Ate All The Pies)
What West Ham & Newcastle’s [...]
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Tags: Alan Curbishley, Daily Dose, Dutch, Kevin Keegan, Netherlands, Newcastle, Premiership, Real Madrid, West HamCurbishley Resignation Sets New Trend
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
Seems the closing of the player transfer window was also the opening of the manager exit door. First Kevin Keegan (maybe) parted ways with Newcastle yesterday, and now Alan Curbishley has resigned at West Ham Utd. Curbs has been under pressure at West Ham for the team’s perceived poor performance last season (even though they [...]
Category: English Premier League10 Things We Learned in the Premier League
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
1. The rules don’t apply if you’re a billionaire.
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley was spotted downing a pint at the Emirates while his team lost 3-0 to Arsenal. Slight problem: it’s illegal to drink within sight of the pitch in the Premier League. Ashley might think that drinking in the stands makes him more like one [...]
Category: English Premier League Tags: Arsenal, Blackburn, Cesc Fabregas, Darren Bent, English Premier League, EPL, Heurelho Gomes, Hull City, Joey Barton, Man City, Mark Hughes, Mike Ashley, Newcastle, Paul Ince, Premiership, Samir Nasri, Shaun-Wright Phillips, Spurs, SWP, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham, Wigan Athletic, World Football, World SoccerPremier League 2008/9 Predictions - Week 3
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
Well, I did get a couple of things right last week, like Daniel Sturridge scoring for Man City. But overall, not so good. Arsenal to beat Fulham? You’d think so, but no.
But maybe third time’s the charm. Here are my predictions for week three in the Premier League.
Category: English Premier League Tags: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Boro, Chelsea, English Premier League, EPL, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, predictions, Premiership, Spurs, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, WBA, West Brom, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham, Wigan Athletic, World FootballPremier League 2008/9 Predictions - Week 2
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
How many scores did I get right last week? Absolutely none, that’s how many. But am I discouraged? Of course not. You see, it wasn’t my fault.
Turns out someone (not me) had forgotten to recalibrate the old crystal ball for the new season and it was still on the 2007/8 settings. But I’ve had the [...]
Category: English Premier League Tags: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Boro, Chelsea, English Premier League, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, predictions, Spurs, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, WBA, West Brom, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham, Wigan AthleticPremier League 2008/9 Predictions - Week 1
By: Daryl | 2 Comments
It’s a bit of a Premier League predict-o-rama on The Offside today. I’ve already taken a shot at what the final 2008/9 Premiership table will look like (or more likely won’t) and Chris has weighed up the likely winners and losers in the sack race (if the sack race actually has winners.) But now it’s [...]
Category: English Premier League Tags: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Boro, Chelsea, English Premier League, EPL, Everton, Fulham, Hull City, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Premiership, Spurs, Stoke City, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, WBA, West Brom, West Bromwich Albion, West Ham, Wigan AthleticPremier League Prediction: Final Standings 2008/9
By: Daryl | 11 Comments
The Premier League gets underway tomorrow, and I’m feeling brave. So brave that I’ve taken a (likely woefully inaccurate) guess at how the 2008/9 Premier League table will finish, one to twenty.
Read on to see what the final table almost certainly won’t look like, and even further on to where I try and justify my [...]
Daily Dose 08.06.08
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
Something to read while you wait for your church to inflate…
Nice collection of off the line clearances (Soccer Training Info)
Women’s Olympic Soccer 2008: day one (From a Left Wing)
Financial trouble at Man City? (Man City Offside)
Another piece of the Comcast Olympic soccer puzzle (Sports NW)
David Beckham’s got the horn* (The Offside Rules)
Amr Zaki profile (Egypt [...]
Category: Daily DoseSome Video of that Columbus-West Ham Kerfuffle
By: Laurie | 10 Comments
I love YouTube. I knew it was only a matter of time before we got to see for ourselves the hoolie porn actions of the fun guys at the previously discussed Columbus-West Ham friendly.
FYI, gents? There’s nothing ladies find more attractive than drunken guys duking it out. Especially when they’re wearing [...]
Category: World FootballOoh! Hooligans! Straight from that American Hoolie Hotbed, Ohio!
By: Laurie | 9 Comments
Excuse me? Gentlemen? Yes, you, right there, the American West Ham “supporter” in the claret and blue. And you, over there. The Columbus Crew supporter in that bumble bee yellow-and-black. (But mainly the American guys in the claret and blue, who by most accounts were the instigators.)
Let’s talk.
I [...]
Category: World Football Tags: American Hooligans, Columbus Crew, fans behaving badly, Football Hooligans, Soccer hooligans, West Ham, World FootballMLS Fans, We Have an All-Star Team
By: Laurie | 8 Comments
MLS fans, it’s time! Time to start thinking about the July 24 MLS All-Star game, where we can once again prove that our best-of-the-best can beat an off-season, mid-table European squad. After which we can say, for another year, “See? We can compete with Europe!”
Unless we lose, in which case we’ll [...]
Category: World FootballOlof Mellberg Leaves Aston Villa With Class
By: chris | 3 Comments
Too often footballers are portrayed as money grubbing whores whose only care is the thickness of their wallets or the number of places their faces are plastered. Unfortunately, that’s sometimes the case. So it’s refreshing to hear stories of the players giving back. Such was the case last weekend, when Olof Mellberg, participating in his [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueIs the Premier League Top Four Unbreakable?
By: Daryl | 9 Comments
As Newcastle’s unbeaten run came to an end against Chelsea yesterday, Kevin Keegan looked at Avram Grant’s bench and saw Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and Andri Shevchenko lounging around. Then he looked at his bench and saw Cacapa. Then he decided the Premier League was unfair.
“Maybe the owner thinks we can bridge that gap - [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueNani’s Headbutt: the Video
By: Laurie | 11 Comments
Best quote from this video?
“I think Lucas mighta provoked him a bit, and Lucas has gone down a bit easy.”
No kidding. But in the end, it’s Nani with the red. It didn’t affect this game, which ended with a 4-1 ManU thumping of West Ham. But let’s hope that Nani’s suspension doesn’t [...]
Category: English Premier LeagueHappy Easter
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
Happy Easter Offsiders. And what better way to celebrate than by reminiscing about Eggert Magnússon? The Icelandic businessman (he’s a former biscuit importer/exporter) was the public face of a consortium that took over West Ham in November 2006, and was installed as chairman. Magnússon inherited all kinds of problems at Upton Park, not least of [...]
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