Aston Villa VS Manchester United
Nemanja Vidic should have been sent off. He wasn’t! Is Philip Dowd in the employ of ManUre? Aston Villa crumbled and instead of pushing on to win the game from their one goal advantage gave their opponents too much respect. Wayne Rooney came on and punished them and Dimitar Berbatov tracked back and defended and ran after lost causes.
Manchester United retained the Carling Cup.
Man United 2 Aston Villa 1
2 1
Owen Milner
Rooney
Chelsea VS Manchester City
Wayne Bridge is a big baby. Carlos Tevez is a punk. Chelsea fans shouldn’t have booed Bridge. John Terry should not screw other player’s wives. JT should also re-learn the art of defending. Mikel Obi is crap. Ballack is nothing. Bad day at the office for all of Chelsea.
Chelsea 2 Manchester City 4
Lampard (2) Tevez (2)
Bellamy (2)
Stoke VS Arsenal
Ryan Shawcross is an angel. Blame Aaron Ramsey for being too fast. Blame Arsene Wenger for playing with small players. How can Wenger say the tackle is horrendous and unacceptable when he doesn’t know that Ryan Shawcross is the next player to be canonised. Tony Pulis is an arse.
Why can’t Arsenal defend against Rory Delap? How many passes does Arsenal need to score from? Cesc Fabregas is a brilliant player. Manuel Almunia is not.
Can Arsenal win the league? Don’t think so, but they are having a good go at it.
Stoke 1 Arsenal 3
Pugh Bendtner
Fabregas
Vermalen
Tottenham VS Everton
Everton can beat Chelsea and ManUre but not Tottenham. Why? The race for 4th place is exciting; changes after every game. Redknapp is not a 4th place team manager if he doesn’t believe his team should finish 4th. Modric is not world class. Yakubu is not even Mersey side class, how this fat boy still plays for a premiership side is baffling.
Tottenham is losing too many players to injuries, are they going to drop off?
Tottenham 2 Everton 1
Pavluchenko Yakubu
Modric
Liverpool VS Blackburn
Two teams who are as boring as watching paint dry. Sam Allardyce is clueless as a manager and his teams play accordingly. Clatter into opponents, kick the ball into the air and pray that it doesn’t fall to an opponent. Rafael Benitez needs to buy 15 players or lose the only two players he has. And is it a coincidence that the only managers who feud with the English managers are the foreign ones.
Count yourself lucky, you didn’t watch this game.
Liverpool 2 Blackburn 1
Gerrard Andrews
Torres
Sunderland Vs Fulham
Even the managers were bored stiff watching this one. This game works as well as valium. Sunderland hasn’t won since November. Nothing more.
Sunderland 0 Fulham 0
Bolton VS Wolves
Bolton are struggling, no news there. Wolves are struggling, no news there too. So why bother about this game
Bolton 1 Wolves 0
Knight
Burnley VS Portsmouth
Portsmouth will go down. Burnley might join them. I want to know who is to blame for the demise of Portsmouth? David James is Englands No 1 goalkeeper, ha ha ha.
Burnley 1 Portsmouth 2
Paterson Piquionne
Yebda
Birmingham VS Wigan
The 1-0 champions of the whole footballing world, Birmingham needed to get back to winning ways but this is a very ugly win. Wigan needs a miracle to stay in this league if they continue to play Titus Bramble and Mario Melchiot.
Birmingham 1 Wigan 0
Mcfadden
Monday, 1 March 2010
Thursday, 25 February 2010
NEVILLE RACIST?
Sometime yesterday, while discussing the impending return of Phil Jagielka to the Everton squad, the Everton club captain, Phil “I am ugly but rich” Neville said that Jagielka was an old English defender who played through the pain barrier while the foreigners would crawl up in bed if they were afflicted by a broken nail.
Should I be claiming that Neville is either xenophobic or ignorant or that he is an arsehole to make such a claim and I hope all the foreigners in his team will ask him for an explanation for such arrant nonsense. Is it an issue of engaging your mouth while brain is in neutral?
It is the same nonsense you hear about diving, Englishmen don’t dive but the foreigners do. It has been repeated so many times and even by players that it is becoming a nuisance to hear. Wayne Rooney dives when necessary, Steven Gerrard tried the trick against Arsenal two weeks ago and that is just two international that might be doing it again at the world cup.
When will a foreign player call out their team mates on this nonsense? If you look at the Everton team, if the so-called foreign players are not as committed to the cause, they won’t be playing as hard as they do now. Saha, Fellaini, Arteta, Yobo, Yakubu, Heitinga and co should ask Neville for an explanation for his asinine remarks.
Should I be claiming that Neville is either xenophobic or ignorant or that he is an arsehole to make such a claim and I hope all the foreigners in his team will ask him for an explanation for such arrant nonsense. Is it an issue of engaging your mouth while brain is in neutral?
It is the same nonsense you hear about diving, Englishmen don’t dive but the foreigners do. It has been repeated so many times and even by players that it is becoming a nuisance to hear. Wayne Rooney dives when necessary, Steven Gerrard tried the trick against Arsenal two weeks ago and that is just two international that might be doing it again at the world cup.
When will a foreign player call out their team mates on this nonsense? If you look at the Everton team, if the so-called foreign players are not as committed to the cause, they won’t be playing as hard as they do now. Saha, Fellaini, Arteta, Yobo, Yakubu, Heitinga and co should ask Neville for an explanation for his asinine remarks.
Friday, 4 December 2009
WORLD CUP 2010 DRAW
GROUP A
1. South Africa
2. Mexico
3. Uruguay
4. France
GROUP B
1. Argentina
2. South Korea
3. Nigeria
4. Greece
GROUP C
1. England
2. United States Of America
3. Algeria
4. Slovenia
GROUP D
1. Germany
2. Australia
3. Ghana
4. Serbia
GROUP E
1. Netherlands
2. Japan
3. Cameroon
4. Denmark
GROUP F
1. Italy
2. New Zealand
3. Paraguay
4. Slovakia
GROUP G
1. Brazil
2. North Korea
3. Ivory Coast
4. Portugal
GROUP H
1. Spain
2. Honduras
3. Chile
4. Switzerland
1. South Africa
2. Mexico
3. Uruguay
4. France
GROUP B
1. Argentina
2. South Korea
3. Nigeria
4. Greece
GROUP C
1. England
2. United States Of America
3. Algeria
4. Slovenia
GROUP D
1. Germany
2. Australia
3. Ghana
4. Serbia
GROUP E
1. Netherlands
2. Japan
3. Cameroon
4. Denmark
GROUP F
1. Italy
2. New Zealand
3. Paraguay
4. Slovakia
GROUP G
1. Brazil
2. North Korea
3. Ivory Coast
4. Portugal
GROUP H
1. Spain
2. Honduras
3. Chile
4. Switzerland
Arsenal or Arsene?
In the matter of two weeks, Arsene Wenger has gone from a respected manager with a beautiful football playing side to a manager with no respect for the game or his fellow manager with no grace to understand when he loses to better sides.
What was the nonsense about when his Arsenal side were trounced by Chelsea; how could he really say that Didier Drogba didn’t do anything after scoring twice. And everything else he said in the post match interviews. Of course the less said about his behaviour on Wednesday the better.
Now I need to state for full disclosure that I agree that Arsenal play beautiful football; the intricate passing and movement is second probably to only Barcelona in Europe and have been doing it for quite some time.
The problem is not beautiful football but everything else surrounding the team and the club in general. Jose Mourinho is an ass but he is right, Wenger is under no pressure so he can get away with producing a team with all style and no substance. A team capable of putting 76 passes together but not capable of defending a free kick or throw-in against most of the team in the premiership because of the disparity in size between his midget team and most other teams.
Why did Arsenal go from the might, bulk and height of Patrick Vieira, Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Emmanuel Petit and co to the midgets of Andrei Arshavin, Bacary Sagna and the supporting cast of the seven dwarves? Arsenal being muscled off the ball is becoming such an occurrence no one bothers to discuss it anymore. Did any one really think that Arsenal stood a chance against the brute force of Drogba, Anelka, Ballack, Essien and Terry, puhleeeeze? The true fans knew there was no way the fancy Dans of Arsenal could withstand the onslaught except the manager who has seen it over the last four years; flattering to deceive and then falling off when the serious games came along.
Of course, let’s take a look at the team itself, in the goalkeeping position they have Manuel Almunia who is clearly a joke and partnered with the defence have shown that they can concede in any game, no matter the score. Any one remembers West Ham? Arsenal has averaged 3 goals this season because that is the only score line that guarantees a victory.
In the midfield, there is the brilliant Cesc Fabregas who is burdened with the presence of Abou Diaby, a water carrier who believes he is Zidane and Alex Song. Song is a vastly improved player but his improvement don’t cover the fact that some matches he is just running around racking up fouls.
In the three pronged attack, he was lucky with the presence of Andrei Arshavin and Robin Van Persie and ay other player. Samir Nasri or Tomas Rosicky is good up there but after them the talent pool dries up. Nicklas Bendtner is another joke as a striker an Eduardo is not good enough. Theo Walcott seems to have reached his peak because explosive speed alone is not what football is all about. He can score in games where are Arsenal are three goals up but doesn’t do anything else to warrant the plaudits he receives. Well he is English and they are looking for a star anywhere.
Arsenal need to bulk up and need a striker but we all know that Arsene will go out and buy some unknown from Togo in January who will become disillusioned with something by next summer. Why not take a punt on Ruud Van Nistelrooj or some proven striker who will enjoy the service the Arsenal teams can provide.
Arsenal needs to win something and they are already out of the coca cola cup and the league. Are they going for a fifth year without silverware?
What was the nonsense about when his Arsenal side were trounced by Chelsea; how could he really say that Didier Drogba didn’t do anything after scoring twice. And everything else he said in the post match interviews. Of course the less said about his behaviour on Wednesday the better.
Now I need to state for full disclosure that I agree that Arsenal play beautiful football; the intricate passing and movement is second probably to only Barcelona in Europe and have been doing it for quite some time.
The problem is not beautiful football but everything else surrounding the team and the club in general. Jose Mourinho is an ass but he is right, Wenger is under no pressure so he can get away with producing a team with all style and no substance. A team capable of putting 76 passes together but not capable of defending a free kick or throw-in against most of the team in the premiership because of the disparity in size between his midget team and most other teams.
Why did Arsenal go from the might, bulk and height of Patrick Vieira, Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Emmanuel Petit and co to the midgets of Andrei Arshavin, Bacary Sagna and the supporting cast of the seven dwarves? Arsenal being muscled off the ball is becoming such an occurrence no one bothers to discuss it anymore. Did any one really think that Arsenal stood a chance against the brute force of Drogba, Anelka, Ballack, Essien and Terry, puhleeeeze? The true fans knew there was no way the fancy Dans of Arsenal could withstand the onslaught except the manager who has seen it over the last four years; flattering to deceive and then falling off when the serious games came along.
Of course, let’s take a look at the team itself, in the goalkeeping position they have Manuel Almunia who is clearly a joke and partnered with the defence have shown that they can concede in any game, no matter the score. Any one remembers West Ham? Arsenal has averaged 3 goals this season because that is the only score line that guarantees a victory.
In the midfield, there is the brilliant Cesc Fabregas who is burdened with the presence of Abou Diaby, a water carrier who believes he is Zidane and Alex Song. Song is a vastly improved player but his improvement don’t cover the fact that some matches he is just running around racking up fouls.
In the three pronged attack, he was lucky with the presence of Andrei Arshavin and Robin Van Persie and ay other player. Samir Nasri or Tomas Rosicky is good up there but after them the talent pool dries up. Nicklas Bendtner is another joke as a striker an Eduardo is not good enough. Theo Walcott seems to have reached his peak because explosive speed alone is not what football is all about. He can score in games where are Arsenal are three goals up but doesn’t do anything else to warrant the plaudits he receives. Well he is English and they are looking for a star anywhere.
Arsenal need to bulk up and need a striker but we all know that Arsene will go out and buy some unknown from Togo in January who will become disillusioned with something by next summer. Why not take a punt on Ruud Van Nistelrooj or some proven striker who will enjoy the service the Arsenal teams can provide.
Arsenal needs to win something and they are already out of the coca cola cup and the league. Are they going for a fifth year without silverware?
Monday, 2 November 2009
LESSONS FROM LAST WEEKEND
Spurs are not in the same bracket with Arsenal yet. Ledley King does not train but still gets into the team, why?
Harry Redknapp can’t coach for toffee and couldn’t find the grace to say that Arsenal are better than his lot.
Jamie Carragher got away with pulling Michael Owen down last week so he decided to repeat the trick but was caught against Fulham. Is the man that slow that he needs a wrestling move to stop players.
Liverpool is Torres and Gerard and nine others and they are poor without them. How did they let Xabi Alonso leave? And the fans blame the owners.
Can someone tell Phil Brown that self tanning went out in 90’s and he should stuff the receptionist mike where the sun don’t shine. And he should get used to coaching in the championship if he stays with Hull.
Sam Allardyce tried to deflect his abject coaching skills by taking on Giovanni Trappatoni, it failed and his team have now shipped 29 goals in 4 games. And I bet he is still the front runner for the England job when Fabio Capello leaves. His Blackburn team can’t string 4 passes together and it is woeful to see them defend too.
Chelsea are strong and full of men, nothing can stop them winning the league.
Liverpool can’t win the league under Benitez.
Man United will try this season but as they can’t depend on luck to win games all season they might not get 4 titles in a row.
West Ham might be going down unless they wake up and find the spirit of the first half against Sunderland or the 2nd half against Arsenal.
Who replaces William Gallas or Thomas Vermaelaen in the Arsenal defence?
If Man City had turned the 4 draws in a row into wins they could be top of the league already but who said money alone can buy the league. You also need a manager.
Harry Redknapp can’t coach for toffee and couldn’t find the grace to say that Arsenal are better than his lot.
Jamie Carragher got away with pulling Michael Owen down last week so he decided to repeat the trick but was caught against Fulham. Is the man that slow that he needs a wrestling move to stop players.
Liverpool is Torres and Gerard and nine others and they are poor without them. How did they let Xabi Alonso leave? And the fans blame the owners.
Can someone tell Phil Brown that self tanning went out in 90’s and he should stuff the receptionist mike where the sun don’t shine. And he should get used to coaching in the championship if he stays with Hull.
Sam Allardyce tried to deflect his abject coaching skills by taking on Giovanni Trappatoni, it failed and his team have now shipped 29 goals in 4 games. And I bet he is still the front runner for the England job when Fabio Capello leaves. His Blackburn team can’t string 4 passes together and it is woeful to see them defend too.
Chelsea are strong and full of men, nothing can stop them winning the league.
Liverpool can’t win the league under Benitez.
Man United will try this season but as they can’t depend on luck to win games all season they might not get 4 titles in a row.
West Ham might be going down unless they wake up and find the spirit of the first half against Sunderland or the 2nd half against Arsenal.
Who replaces William Gallas or Thomas Vermaelaen in the Arsenal defence?
If Man City had turned the 4 draws in a row into wins they could be top of the league already but who said money alone can buy the league. You also need a manager.
Saturday, 26 September 2009
Saturday's done
So it’s official then; Portsmouth and Hull will go down to the championship at the end of this premiership season. After the results of this evening, staying in the premiership is virtually impossible.
Portsmouth lost their seventh game to start the season against Everton; so from a possible 21 points they garnered a total zero/nil points. Personally I don’t see how Paul Hart could have done any better after his team was gutted this off season. Defenders left, then the strikers and then the only decent Midfielder, Krancjar joined Harry at Spurs. Expecting anything more from Paul Hart is impossible. The man cannot do anything with the team he has left. Seeing Nwankwo Kanu, the 40 year old striker saunter on to the pitch after 80 minutes summarised the dire happenings at Fratton Park - An old immobile former skilful sod coming on for some unknown energiser bunny with the skills of Emile Heskey.
But I am happy for the position of Phil brown and Hull; the giant killers of last season have become the meek sheep of this one. The man who thought two great games in London elevated him besides Fergie can barely get his players to respond to his psychological mumbo jumbo. I wonder how long his spray on tan will last. He is being kept off the bottom of the league by the ineptitude of Portsmouth but he is as doomed as John McCain’s presidential bid after he picked Sarah Palin.
Wigan beat Chelsea 3-1 and Petr Cech was sent off; so Chelsea won’t go through the season unbeaten but should still win the league. Surprisingly, Chelsea lose to Wigan on the same day that John Terry says that Carlo Ancelotti can help them win the champions league. SO imagine the scenario; can’t beat Wigan but intend to beat Real Madrid or Barcelona. Good move JT, don’t let your mouth run away like that again.
Tottenham mauled Burnley by 5-0, with Robbie Keane getting four goals; is this the same spurs team that had 2 points after the first 8 games last season. Redknapp must really be a good manager. Ha ha ha
Portsmouth lost their seventh game to start the season against Everton; so from a possible 21 points they garnered a total zero/nil points. Personally I don’t see how Paul Hart could have done any better after his team was gutted this off season. Defenders left, then the strikers and then the only decent Midfielder, Krancjar joined Harry at Spurs. Expecting anything more from Paul Hart is impossible. The man cannot do anything with the team he has left. Seeing Nwankwo Kanu, the 40 year old striker saunter on to the pitch after 80 minutes summarised the dire happenings at Fratton Park - An old immobile former skilful sod coming on for some unknown energiser bunny with the skills of Emile Heskey.
But I am happy for the position of Phil brown and Hull; the giant killers of last season have become the meek sheep of this one. The man who thought two great games in London elevated him besides Fergie can barely get his players to respond to his psychological mumbo jumbo. I wonder how long his spray on tan will last. He is being kept off the bottom of the league by the ineptitude of Portsmouth but he is as doomed as John McCain’s presidential bid after he picked Sarah Palin.
Wigan beat Chelsea 3-1 and Petr Cech was sent off; so Chelsea won’t go through the season unbeaten but should still win the league. Surprisingly, Chelsea lose to Wigan on the same day that John Terry says that Carlo Ancelotti can help them win the champions league. SO imagine the scenario; can’t beat Wigan but intend to beat Real Madrid or Barcelona. Good move JT, don’t let your mouth run away like that again.
Tottenham mauled Burnley by 5-0, with Robbie Keane getting four goals; is this the same spurs team that had 2 points after the first 8 games last season. Redknapp must really be a good manager. Ha ha ha
Saturday, 12 September 2009
Team News after the fact
It is official now, Arsenal will not win the league this season. In both visits to Manchester, they have dominated and lost. This has happened to Arsenal many times in the past and it is just silly that Arsene Wenger continues his policy when he can surely see it is not working.
Emmanuel Adebayor scored today and has now scored 4 goals in 4 games; Arsenal fans still believe it was good riddance to a good player who needed more money, which Arsenal were never going to give him. Tomas Rosicky is back and scored so it might be good news for Arsenal but with Rosicky he might break down on the bus back to London and be out for another.
Chelsea is my early tip and are grinding out the games and winning somehow without the flair that there owner demands. Of course if he needed flair he wouldn’t employ Carlo Ancelloti, but that is jist for another day.
So Liverpool and Arsenal have lost 2 games and its still September; ManU have lost once and Chelsea are 5 out of 5 and you still think the championship is going somewhere else.
Manchester City is good, Tottenham is good but both of them cannot finish in the top 4 because there isn’t enough space for six teams in the top 4.
Yossi Benayoun scored 3 against Burnley today, is that his season quota blown in one day.
Hull City and Phil “I am a good coach” Brown are in a hurry to get back to the championship, I wonder how many games they will win this season.
And how come Portsmouth was bought by the only poor Arab in the world?
Emmanuel Adebayor scored today and has now scored 4 goals in 4 games; Arsenal fans still believe it was good riddance to a good player who needed more money, which Arsenal were never going to give him. Tomas Rosicky is back and scored so it might be good news for Arsenal but with Rosicky he might break down on the bus back to London and be out for another.
Chelsea is my early tip and are grinding out the games and winning somehow without the flair that there owner demands. Of course if he needed flair he wouldn’t employ Carlo Ancelloti, but that is jist for another day.
So Liverpool and Arsenal have lost 2 games and its still September; ManU have lost once and Chelsea are 5 out of 5 and you still think the championship is going somewhere else.
Manchester City is good, Tottenham is good but both of them cannot finish in the top 4 because there isn’t enough space for six teams in the top 4.
Yossi Benayoun scored 3 against Burnley today, is that his season quota blown in one day.
Hull City and Phil “I am a good coach” Brown are in a hurry to get back to the championship, I wonder how many games they will win this season.
And how come Portsmouth was bought by the only poor Arab in the world?
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