More laughs at Liverpool's expense
Gillett offers Parry Support
Liverpool's co-owner George Gillett has thrown his support behind Rick Parry in the wake of Tom Hicks' call for the chief executive to resign.
WOW this is amusing
Showing posts with label Ideas to Blow up in one's Face. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ideas to Blow up in one's Face. Show all posts
11 April 2008
WOW this is amusing
15 February 2008
Playoffs as an extra round
Just a quick FYI boys, read Pitch Invasion's scarily realistic proposal of the 39th game being a playoff round.
It makes sense in one way that it wouldn't be ruining the league and making it unfair, but it reeks of American sports so no one would like it even if it is the least assy way to have matches abroad.
I am against matches being played outside of England (well and Wales) by the way. I live in the US, but I realize that the club I love is ENGLISH. Maybe because I've actually lived in and have ties to Manchester that I don't have this ridiculous sense of entitlement that I've seen people living in the US have around these interwebs. I've seen people say "you don't realize your club belongs to the WORLD now" and "well there are fans here too!" and that's just a load of bullshit.
The other thing I really don't understand is for the most part, association football fans in the US tend to be latte liberals: middle class and upper middle class white (and asian) types with enough money to at least save up for a trip once a year. January flights to the UK from the US are pretty cheap and if you've not noticed there's a metric fuckload of fixtures in January. You just have no right to other people's heritage and take it away from them.
The other explanation could be because most American are United fans and therefore have their head and their rectum in reverse positions than the rest of us.
ps, boys the picture of my teets is gone to be replaced by my only friend. soz
08 February 2008
While you were worried about Villa playing in Suriname
The Premier League went ahead and approved a 7 deep subs bench, which is something Rafa Benetiz and his overpriced rotation system was asking for ages ago. It was brought to vote by Spurs' Chairman (according to last nights 5 Live Football Daily).
Anyway, the reasoning seems to be "giving young people a shot". Old cynics like us here think it's because naming more overpaid supersubs to the bench might attract more people to a particular club and help the rich ones play "buy all the players so no one else could get them" ala CSKA Chelski.
18 January 2008
WOW I actually DREAMT about my fantasy team!
This morning, I read the story that RVP isn't coming back after all and I log onto my pub's fantasy league to offload him. I notice I still (thankfully) have Sami Hyypia (did I just say thankfully about Hyypia??) and not Agger whom I remember putting in and arguing about with FootieGeeza. It turns out that was a dream. I'm not sure what's more sad: Dreaming about my fantasy league or being happy that I still have that Finnish goof on my team.
Oh boy, off to look for another striker--I can afford Adebayor now but everyone has him and it won't help me win. Such hard decisions. ETA: I chose Robbie Keane the striker with the most points that isn't in the top 5 list. The top 5 list being the top 5 players chosen at a position.
By the way I'm 8th in the local league ;)
Oh boy, off to look for another striker--I can afford Adebayor now but everyone has him and it won't help me win. Such hard decisions. ETA: I chose Robbie Keane the striker with the most points that isn't in the top 5 list. The top 5 list being the top 5 players chosen at a position.
By the way I'm 8th in the local league ;)
16 January 2008
Kevin Keegan! Are you kidding me!?
Toon Army forces the club into stupid sentimental decision. The BBC and Sky Sports both call it a shock. RTE called it sensational so that's the article I'll link to.
Keegan returns to the Magpies
Wednesday, 16 January 2008 16:58
Kevin Keegan will sensationally return to Newcastle United as the club's manager.
He's done so well in management since leaving Newcastle. Next he'll replace Fabio Capello as England Manager!
The one thing about Kevin Keegan, at least he gets better looking the older he gets.
I mean asides from the fact that he looks too old for 55 and a bit like Nick Lowe.
14 January 2008
Souness, Keegan, Houllier, Shearer--don't the Geordies want to WIN?
I am extremely underwhelmed with the names that Newcastle have been linked with for their now vacant managerial post. I'm not sure what I'm expecting but two former managers, a former player that doesn't want it, and an idiot Frenchman ain't it. (Discounting Mark Hughes because he's linked with every empty post in England).
It's club football's poison chalice, isn't it? You have deluded fans wanting the glory of just losing the title 15 years ago, a history of revolving door for managers since then, and new leadership that just sacked the best man for the job.
Reading the press today makes it look like Houllier may be the man for the job... God help us all.
09 January 2008
Retardation Up in Newcastle
“I am disappointed to be leaving Newcastle United but I wish the club all the best for the remainder of the season and for the future.”
Big Sam Splits with Newcastle
Kevin Keegan was 15 years ago, and he didn't fucking win anything. You're not going to achieve that success without some patience.
I for once can't wait for Alan Shearer to fail so that everyone can stop going on about him.
05 January 2008
Luton to Liverpool: Plz to help us kthnx. FB to Luton: Thnx for the Lulz.
Sky Sports | Football | News | Luton request Reds' aid
"The administrator asked Liverpool about donating their share of the gate money," Blackwell explained.
"They probably said: 'We have to pay players £100,000 a week. You must be joking! Otherwise we will be like you!'
"You just have to accept it. There are people in life who have got a Rolls Royce while some people have a Mini.
"We are Mini drivers. We tried to live like a Rolls Royce but that's why we are where we are.
That takes some unmitigated gall. Go on Luton that's hilarious. If it's anything like their FA Cup tie with Liverpool two years ago, they may have the next rounds' gates to look forward to. I mean Xabi Alonso isn't fit to hit another screamer from midfield is he?
11 December 2007
Lip Service is all you'll ever get from the FA
So the FA has unvieled a plan where children can get concession tickets for "selected" FA Cup Ties in the 3rd Round for 1 pound. OOOH How great the FA is reaching out to the communit-ay. Etc Etc. Then you see the matches.
The games selected are
Blackburn v Coventry, Plymouth v Hull, Bolton v Sheffield United, Sunderland v Wigan, Huddersfield v Birmingham and Wolves v Cambridge.
It's to get people out who would rather watch the United Match on television. I love watching lower division Football and you can't beat the FA Cup for drama. But jesus christ, a more disengenious statement the FA couldn't have made if they tried.
16 November 2007
I will also marry Steven Gerrard by year's end
Robbie Keane believes it would be 'daft' to write off Tottenham's chances of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League this season.
Spurs have made a less than impressive start to the season and are currently languishing in 14th position in the Premier League after winning only two of their opening 13 games.
I believe they will probably wind up finishing very solidly midtable but to finish fourth they probably need a real keeper and a couple defenders in January--oh yeah and for Liverpool Chelsea Pompey and Blackburn to suddenly withdraw from the Premier League.
Of course, after posting this Spurs will beat City in the Carling Cup and the League in December and I will rue ever writing this.
13 November 2007
MyFootballClub picked a club.
MyFootballClub has agreed a deal in principle to purchase a controlling stake in Ebbsfleet United FC. Placed 9th in the Conference, Ebbsfleet United FC is one promotion from reaching the Football League for the first time in its history.
I think i will put in my 35quid or however much it is, but I really don't hope that it stops a team on it's way to the league. It's got a very convoluted system. Including members of myfootballclub.com voting on players and starters etc etc. It's really bad.
08 November 2007
Pele is a FRIGGIN IDIOT
I did have this before PIES but admittedly in my twitter so it doesn't COUNT.
Pele Wants Defensive Walls Banned
Pele has called on world governing body FIFA to ban defending teams setting up walls after conceding free-kicks close to the box.
Basically he doesn't think it's fair that you can pull down a striker right outside the penalty box when he's about to score and then get to put 10 people behind the ball to keep him from scoring. I admit that he has more of a point than that on his head. However, giving basically long range penalty kicks will result in every Mediterranean and Steven Gerrard falling down all they can.
Besides aren't goals like this all the more exciting because of a wall?
apologies for the video phone doesn't seem like there's any proper shots on youtube.
15 March 2007
"Xenophobia is cool if you're Ian Holloway"
And that's the truth....
There's all this fuss about a non-starter in the football league. Basically whether or not the football league will scrap draws and replace them with golden goal extra periods and eventually penalty shootouts.
A comment in Who Ate All the Pies? told everyone to be on the lookout to see what Ollie said about it on Sky News.
I did some googling as I rock the google out and found this article:
Plymouth boss Ian Holloway echoed the views saying the idea was 'a moment of madness'.
'Has an American taken over the Football League or something because they don't like draws in their soccer matches do they,' he said.
I have to say I hate Anti-American sentiment in football, not because of where I live but because it winds up being based on stereotypes and other stupidity that i've never seen in my friggin life. I also hate American Apologists who will eat shit if they are told it comes out of a Brrrritish (of course they mean English) asshole, and then proceed to tell you how much better it is than American non-shit products.
That said, I think Ian Holloway is a fucking pimp and I love his comment anyway. It's his delivery--I can hear him say it as I'm reading it.
15 February 2007
So naturally we must turn to someone who's never lived in England.
Steve McClaren has hailed Owen Hargreaves as the 'glue' that holds his England
team together, and the man to get him out of a sticky situation
Fat Sam was right, England's fat and useless.
At least Owen's column for the Beeb is more interesting than Kevin Nolan's.
Mpenza's Motivation: Revenge and Guilt--he's like a Belgian Elvis Costello
The Mighty Man City are going to sign Belgian international, Emile Mpenza. Belgian of course is an international footballing powerhouse, having not qualified for the last world cup and gone out second round previous to that--their record in the Euro is about the same.
I'm glad City are going all out. So this news is obviously a big deal
"I am not finished and I will prove it in Manchester," Mpenza told Belgian Radio Station Bel-RTL.
"I make this move as revenge with respect to all those who criticised my decision to play in Qatar."
Right, revenge is always a good motivator in football. The build up for this, is just going to guarentee another waste of City money.
On a more personal note, I was in Brussels in November for work and I bought the Footie Geeza (who needs a new name to be referred to here) a Belgian National shirt because he has a lot of shirts from all over the world, right? Footie Geeza is not a slight man, and he's as tall as one Peter Crouch, so it was hard to find him a shirt. I finally find one that's marked XXL the name on the back? MPENZA.
Btw, it doesn't fit him at all, and he said last night he's going to give it back to me now that Mpenza's going to sign for City. Ooooh I'm tingling with anticipation.
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