Rafa's Beard
Stole this picture from Pies. The best football picture of the year. srsly
08 December 2007
06 December 2007
My only friend
Man City BEAR --the only one to watch City Matches with me at the bar. :'(
He was very sad after the draw at Wigan.
I will be back to posting normal things after this week. Big client Visit at work.
He was very sad after the draw at Wigan.
I will be back to posting normal things after this week. Big client Visit at work.
29 November 2007
Oh to be a Soton Supporter Today
Harry Redknapp is probably out of the picture for the England job you think?
I of course blame Willie McKay that asshole is just trouble. I've got his mobile number I wonder if he's changed it in the past year.
I of course blame Willie McKay that asshole is just trouble. I've got his mobile number I wonder if he's changed it in the past year.
23 November 2007
Have I mentioned that I want to marry Steven Gerrard yet?
BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Leeds United | Leeds demand High Court hearing
Yeah... that rule about entering CVA is just a suggestion.
Leeds United want their 15-point deduction to be adjudicated by the High Court rather than the Football Association, reports BBC Radio Leeds.
In August, Leeds lost an appeal over the points deduction for the start of the season after the club went into administration.
Since then Leeds have made two requests to the FA to set up an independent commission to review that decision.
...
Leeds chairman Ken Bates had insisted the League One outfit had not broken any rules.
Yeah... that rule about entering CVA is just a suggestion.
Poor Rafa
Happy Thanksgiving to me and whatever Americans may be reading this. Imma eat my weight in turkey and stuffing.
Football365.com - HICKS URGES BENITEZ TO 'QUIT TALKING' - All The News - Football365 News
Jose Mourinho to manage Liverpool next year.
Football365.com - HICKS URGES BENITEZ TO 'QUIT TALKING' - All The News - Football365 News
Liverpool co-chairman Tom Hicks has put manager Rafael Benitez in his place by telling the Spaniard to "coach the players we have" rather than complain about not being able to make new signings.
The American has spoken out further after originally issuing a statement with joint owner George Gillett which said they wanted all the focus to be on the forthcoming matches and not off-the-pitch issues
Jose Mourinho to manage Liverpool next year.
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.
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
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
If Sven signs Peter Crouch I'm going to jump in front of something that will run me over and squish me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
14 November 2007
Cookie Coleman is a party animal
Football: Coleman excuse fails to wash | News | Guardian Unlimited Football
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.
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.
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.
12 November 2007
Aussies are funny.
Sky Sports | Football | Premier League | News | Cahill hits out at Essien
Cahill then followed up by saying that he believes that Ronaldo and Gerrard should stop diving and he believes in Santa.
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.
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.
I also have big fuck off hoop earrings.
Try not to hate.
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.
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.
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?
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?
09 November 2007
Confirmed: England Strikers are made of glass and paper
Sky Sports | Football | News | Rooney suffers injury blow
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
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
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.
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.
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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