Keepy Ups

22 November 2007

Well some good news to come out of yesterday's fiasco

Sky Sports | Football | Internationals | England | England axe McClaren

The Football Association have confirmed the departure of England coach Steve McClaren.

The FA board convened on Thursday morning after calling an emergency meeting and they wasted little time in confirming the termination of McClaren's contract.

McClaren's tenure was brought to an end less than 24 hours after England were knocked out of Euro 2008 at the qualifying stage.

Posted by Chrissy at 5:22 AM 1 comments

Labels: England, Internationals, Steve McClaren

20 November 2007

quick un

BBC SPORT | Fun and Games | Quotes of the Week

CHANTS OF THE WEEK
"Who picked your team this week?" and "Stand up if you own Ebbsfleet."
Oxford United fans to the travelling Ebbsfleet fans on Saturday.

oh i lolled

Posted by Chrissy at 6:22 AM 1 comments

Labels: Conference, ebbsfleet united fc, England, MYFC

19 November 2007

Rumour Mill

Insane article about how now that City's transfer kitty will be 150,000,000 pounds and Sven will try and bring "good players" to Man City

Crouch tops wanted list as Sven given bumper transfer kitty| Sport | This is London

That could even lead to spectacular bids for the likes of Barcelona's South American pair Leo Messi and Ronaldinho, or Brazilian playmaker Kaka, of AC Milan, although nailing down such big names is another matter.

The first big target of the January transfer window will be Peter Crouch, a deal that would depend on whether or not his club, Liverpool, qualify for the knockout stages of the Champions League.

If Sven signs Peter Crouch I'm going to jump in front of something that will run me over and squish me.

Posted by Chrissy at 6:50 PM 0 comments

Labels: England, English Premiership, Insane Rumours, Manchester City

16 November 2007

I will also marry Steven Gerrard by year's end

Keane targets top four finish

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.

Posted by Chrissy at 12:59 PM 1 comments

Labels: England, English Premiership, Ideas to Blow up in one's Face, Spurs

an admin note

This blog's time is in GMT for reasons which I can not fathom (well more to the truth remember)... so when it says that i posted nonsense at 3 this morning I can most assuredly tell you that I posted my nonsense at 10 last night.

Posted by Chrissy at 12:57 PM 3 comments

Labels: admin stuff, time zones are for wimps

15 November 2007

Post of little original content.

Italian policeman who shot dead football fan faces murder charge - Forbes.com

An Italian policeman who shot dead a young football fan has been charged with murder, his lawyer told reporters on Thursday.

Murder and not manslaughter Hallelujah.

Also,

Keeper Carson to make England debut against Austria | Breaking News | Guardian Unlimited Football

Aston Villa goalkeeper Scott Carson will make his England debut in Friday's friendly against Austria.

Chuffed for him. He's quality.
Wall of Support for Israel | Fanbanta

Wall of Support for Israel
Pledge your support for Israel in Saturday's crucial Euro 2008 Qualifier.

It's England's biggest game of the season - and they're not even playing.

England need Israel to stop Russia from claiming maximum points on Saturday, otherwise we're not going to Euro 2008.

Wall of Support for Israel sounds like some Zionist tirade. But with the situation against Russia this weekend, I guess I'll let it go.

Posted by Chrissy at 10:47 PM 1 comments

Labels: England, football violence, Internationals, Israel Russia, italy

14 November 2007

Cookie Coleman is a party animal

Football: Coleman excuse fails to wash | News | Guardian Unlimited Football

Real Sociedad are investigating coach Chris Coleman's late arrival at a press conference, amid reports that he was seen at a local nightclub in the early hours of last Friday morning.

Coleman claimed a faulty washing machine had been the reason for arriving 90 minutes late on Friday only to be forced into a statement on the club's website in which he admitted that it had been an "excuse" after being out the night before until the early hours. "I was in the wrong place at the wrong time," said the former Fulham manager, who has taken the second division club to four wins out of 12.

Right. That's him back to England then.

It is seriously uncool that the club allowed their manager to hang like that. Who cares if he was out late partying or if he was late because of his washing machine? You need to present a united front with your manager--especially if you've won 4 outta 12. Don't force your manager to embarrass himself more. It's just unnecessarily mean and unfair. It probably wouldn't have been that big of a deal if the club didn't make him admit what really happened.

That said, what kind of professional fucks around like that? Also from experience, I know if you're 90 minutes late from being out late and drinking--you can get there on time. It's only when you get to like 3 hours late that you can use partying as an excuse. He's too old to party.

Posted by Chrissy at 6:23 AM 0 comments

Labels: Chris Coleman, Spain

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.

Posted by Chrissy at 6:24 AM 0 comments

Labels: COMMUNISM I TELLS YA, ebbsfleet united fc, Ideas to Blow up in one's Face, myfootballclub

12 November 2007

Aussies are funny.

Sky Sports | Football | Premier League | News | Cahill hits out at Essien

Everton ace Tim Cahill has hit out at Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien for his tackle on Leon Osman.

Essien was booked for a late lunge on Osman during the 1-1 draw between the two sides at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Osman escaped serious injury in the tackle and Cahill believes Essien should apologise for the challenge.

Cahill then followed up by saying that he believes that Ronaldo and Gerrard should stop diving and he believes in Santa.

Posted by Chrissy at 7:12 AM 0 comments

Labels: Chelsea, Divers, Dogdy Tackles, England, English Premiership, Everton

my scallie cred is plus 2000

Quick post: After a bit of an ebay splurge--I now have 8 replica Man City shirts. I'm playing catchup with Footie Geeza and Footie Neighbor

I also have big fuck off hoop earrings.

Try not to hate.

Posted by Chrissy at 6:54 AM 3 comments

Labels: gear, Kits, pictures of your hostess, post of no consequence, scallie

11 November 2007

Italian football is out of control

I'm so angry right now about the state of Italian Football. I am ranting at a friend on IM over the corruption and violence and how everything just needs to fucking STOP.

After what happened in Sicily last year the whole season should have been behind closed doors
"Italian Bizzies Are ASSHOLES" from the beating of Man Utd Fans in Rome this year to today's shooting, these fuckers are out of control. Something to be said against compulsory police service--if they don't wanna be there, they won't give a fuck. HOW THE HELL DO YOU SHOOT SOMEONE TO BREAK UP A FIST FIGHT?? Further, I believe that a lot of the violence in Italy has escalated due to poor crowd control. NOT hooliganism.
Match Fixing -- How could a team punished for Match fixing be allowed to compete in MUCH LESS WIN the fucking Champion's League? I'm not even going to get into the laughable punishment that Juventus received.

It's just a horrible situation all around, obviously. While it's really easy to blame the people involved and the hooliganism which of course is a factor, the institutional corruption of Italian government and Football plays a much bigger part. I'm a radical at heart--so I see a lot of the violence as a reaction to this. Hopefully--this will be the sign that UEFA and FIFA need to clean up Italian football. If they can stop trying to deflect attention away by calling English (and Liverpool specifically) supporters the worst in Europe and actually pay attention to what's going on. If not, a lot more people are going to die both supporter and police.

Posted by Chrissy at 5:03 PM 1 comments

Labels: Hooliganism., italy, Lazio, Policing, Serie-a

Fantasy Team: Why the fuck do I have Michael Owen.

Now, let me explain that this is the stupidest fantasy league among the 3 I pay attention to (I have a premierleague.com team that's middling and a yahoo team that's like 90th percentile--don't hate). It is also the highest stakes because it's the one that my local does and you win shit--I mean stuff.

Anyway, you get 55 million pounds and only 20 transfers a year (which is why I'm riding out the RVP injury). You get 3 points for an goal 2 points for an assist and a complicated system with defenders (1 point for 60 minutes on and 2 points for a clean sheet and minus 1 point for the second goal conceded and every goal thereafter). Pick a captain and their points are doubled.

There are no points for tackles or balls won or anything else, so it's really hard to get a good team because obviously the goal scorers are expensive. You hope for some dark horses like Petrov (MC) or Elano. Of course they've done SFA since I put them on.

I had a really good week this week because of fucking Cristiano Ronaldo my captain--from three people. THAT IS NOT HOW YOU WIN. I mean I'm still doing really well locally and I'm also winning the Philly Scouse Contingent mini league, but I'm really ashamed of my team. If I could get more than 20 transfers I'd put Almunia in goal and get rid of Owen and Geremi. I think I put them in after a bad injury week and Newcastle must have had a decent week--but I'm not sure when that is.

I'm sorry I subjected you to my shitty team.

Posted by Chrissy at 3:57 PM 4 comments

Labels: English Premiership, fantasy team, shame

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?

Posted by Chrissy at 6:34 PM 1 comments

Labels: Elvis Costello, England, English Premiership, Fulham, Lawrie Sanchez, Liverpool FC

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.

Posted by Chrissy at 5:35 PM 0 comments

Labels: England, England Strikers Made of Glass, Euro 2008, Ian Holloway, Internationals, Jose Mourinho, Man City, picking on little girls, Stephen Ireland, Wayne Rooney

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.

Posted by Chrissy at 12:04 PM 0 comments

Labels: Brasilians, Divers, Elano, Ideas to Blow up in one's Face, Pele, youtube

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.

Posted by Chrissy at 12:01 PM 4 comments

Labels: Cristiano Ronaldo, fatties, Man Utd, Northern Women, PIES

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.

Posted by Chrissy at 7:59 AM 0 comments

Labels: Footballers behaving badly, footballers try to "write", knickers, Manchester City, Micah Richards, Steven Ireland

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.

Posted by Chrissy at 7:22 PM 1 comments

Labels: England, English Premiership, Graeme Souness, Paul Jewell, Wigan

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.

Posted by Chrissy at 6:41 AM 0 comments

Labels: Besiktas, Champion's League, Liverpool FC, Rosenborg, valencia, WTF

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.

Posted by Chrissy at 6:36 AM 2 comments

Labels: English Premiership, Manchester City, Oh those Oirish, Steven Ireland, Superman Pants?

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