10 November 2007

Liverpool manage to put me to sleep for only 81 minutes before salvaging their title hopes

So I was watching Liverpool at home instead of at the pub with the Philadelphia Scouse Contingent (of which Footie Geeza is a proud member / leader in debauchery) and holy shit I was bored. First half there was one real gasping chance that Crouchinho had bouncing off the crossbar. Then we were bored for another 35 minutes further until Fernando Torres (El Nino, la) scored. It was a nice goal (not on youtube yet) then 4 minutes later. There was a WELL dodgy penalty that shouldn't have been awarded but Steven Gerrard proved his worth by converting. So there you go a 2-0 win that probably should have been 1-0 but even that isn't a fair enough scoreline for how well Fulham were defending all match (until the last 10 minutes which is pretty much their "thing" now).

Ok now onto the important things. The glasses really do make Lawrie Sanchez not look like an idiot.

Before

After


hmm...

Actually in that last picture he looks a bit... hr I dunno.



What do you reckon?

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09 November 2007

Confirmed: England Strikers are made of glass and paper

Sky Sports | Football | News | Rooney suffers injury blow
Wayne Rooney is facing four weeks on the sidelines after suffering an ankle injury in training.

The Manchester United striker will now miss England's final Euro 2008 qualifier against Croatia at Wembley on 21st November.


I know England was depending on Israel to beat Russia but I'm not even sure they can beat Croatia now.


BBC SPORT | Football | Holloway column
STEPHEN IRELAND'S SUPERMAN SHORTS

He's a complete fruitcake, that bloke, isn't he? We've got to be careful with him, he's after the old crazy mantle and he's going to win it hands down.

You'd better ask Superman what he thinks about it, someone impersonating him playing for Man City.


I, like Pies, love Ollie and he's 100% Ireland is a fucking fruitcake. He's steppin in for Sir Joey of Barton. Only with more dead Nans.


BBC SPORT | Football | Gossip | Friday's gossip column
Jose Mourinho has been involved in a playground spat with a 12-year-old boy. The former Chelsea boss was not so special when he was forced to write a formal apology to one of his daughter's classmates after pulling the child's hair.


I also think Jose is fucking Legend and can not wait for him to come back to England and manage some team with money. The unintentional hilarity will last for ages.

oh another note, I started tracking traffic into this site (so there are 30 of you not 2--wooooo) and someone came in through searching google for "fucking old birds". classic. Sorry to disappoint. I'm only 26.

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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.

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100th post!! Crisy ate all the pies!

woo all 2 of my readers can celebrate with this new classic quote via Who Ate All The Pies.


Staff at Old Trafford have told the pacy Portuguese to cut back on his intake of pies before he begins to put on weight. Ronaldo said: "I dated a girl from Manchester and she showed me that steak pies and chips are very good. But I have to be careful. the club do not want me to eat too much of this food as it would not be good for my game. They have told me they do not want me gaining any extra weight."


I could not stop laughing at this.

Northerners will always lead you astray a fact to which yours truly can attest.

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Micah Richards reveals more about team camaraderie than I'd ever hope to know

From his always insipid BBC Sport Column

To be honest, I was supposed to do that celebration with him. We both bought the same pants at the same time!

However, I was not playing so I could not join him - and I am quite pleased now because otherwise I would have got the same stick.


Well then. I can just picture them in the Asda by Eastlands buying their undies together and talking about how fantastic it will be when one of them scores a goal to flash the world their knickers.

I miss "good scouser" Kevin Nolan's column.

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07 November 2007

Dear Dave Whelan:

Let me cut to the chase: Paul Jewell over Graeme Souness EVERY FUCKING TIME

Love,

FB

ps., it's a shame you can't have Jimmy Bullard back but he's hurt so Fulham isn't enjoying him right now either.

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Liverpool 8 - 0 Besiktas - in which our Footie Bird's closet Scouse sympathy comes to light.

I only got to the pub in the 75th minute to meet with the Footie Geeza yesterday. I still got to see 3 goals.

Peter Crouch helps Liverpool to new heights in record win | European Football - Times Online
Liverpool set a Champions League record last night with an 8-0 victory over Besiktas, the most resounding in the competition in its revised format. They may still require victories in their final two group games to reach the last 16, but an emphatic triumph, the club’s biggest in any competition since 1989 and best in Europe for 27 years, has given their campaign a spectacular, if overdue, kick-start.


Kuyt will still start on Saturday because Rafa is a stubborn bastard. I mean he's right in a way--Crouch is rubbish, but he's on form. Even those 10 minutes he gets to play at the end of the match esin the league he's really looking stellar. BUT HE'S RUBBISH omg it makes my head spin.

Another thing that makes my head spin.

ESPNsoccernet - UEFA Champions League - Valencia v Rosenborg Report
VALENCIA, November 6 (Champions League) - Ronald Koeman's Valencia career got off to a dismal start on Tuesday after visiting Rosenborg stunned his new charges in their Champions League Group B clash at the Mestalla.


HOW THE FUCK DID THAT HAPPEN???? Rosenborg who finished 5th in the Tippeligaen (and my beloved IK Start were relegated), and they beat Valencia twice?!?!? Will Rosenborg benefit next year from the Liverpool rule?? If Porto could win so could Rosenborg haha.

They're being raided by all the big sides of their players after beating big clubs so it'll be interesting to see what happens.

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06 November 2007

In which our Footie Bird laughs at Stevie Ireland's pants

Boring match last night save for this strange goal celebration:



I've got the match on tape and Setanta kept showing it from all angles, but I have no way to get the tape onto youtube, because I'm old school like that.

At least the FA isn't going to fine him.

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05 November 2007

World Cup Bid Analysis: Stadia

Some People Are On The Pitch: World Cup 2018: Who's got the stadia?

The excellent Chris (the reason I've not thrown the towel in on this blog yet) posted a fantastic analysis of which countries have the stadia infrastructure to host the World Cup in 2018.

It's really informative and basically highlights what England needs to do to get the bid. And why China and the US are prolly set.

Personally, I'm pulling for the US or England so that I can go easily. Travel around the US will be expensive (unless your FB learns to drive in the next 11 years, which is not likely). Travel TO England will be expensive but once I'm there it'll be relatively cheap to travel around.

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Reading Footballers to Pay for Manchester Trip: A good start.

Reading players will subsidise the trip for fans visiting Manchester City on 24 November - partly because of the club's inconsistent start to the season.
The Royals squad, currently 12th in the Premier League, have donated £5,000 to supporters heading to Eastlands.
Reading captain Graeme Murty told BBC Sport: "We know that at the moment we are massively inconsistent.
"It's not easy to justify spending so much money to watch us perform and this is giving something back to the fans."


What a fantastic thing for them to do! It's a acknowlegement of their shit form as well as a fact that they are a damn CLUB not a business. While their players aren't getting John Terry money, they will not be put out by sponsoring a bus from Reading to Manchester. It's a shame that the fans will still have to pay out of control prices at Eastlands.

Last year some clubs (in the North but not City) decided to lower ticket prices with the increased television revenue. Those clubs (with the exception of Blackburn) are not doing super well this year but at least the fans know that they are not being gouged for the privillege of seeing shitty football.

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A quick post to make up for not posting yesterday...


soccerfans: If England were to win the world cup....
If England were to win the world cup....
.....do you guys think they would swap their jerseys?


Why the rest of the world hates American football soccer fans.

Let's deal with the Immediate task at hand shall we?

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