Thursday, October 1, 2009

Off The Post

Stop Brazilian footballers masquerading as famous French players!
A possible explanation for Emmanuel Adebayor’s behaviour
Michael Owen injured once again - a history in dodgy groins
Video: Anderson’s crazy antics to aid Ryan Giggs’ goal against Wolfsburg
Liveblog: Manchester United v Wolfsburg
The Nicklas Bendtner car crash conspiracy theories begin…

Stop Brazilian footballers masquerading as famous French players!

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 06:25 AM PDT

The biggest threat to football’s credibility in modern times Following Michele Platini’s goal against Fulham last month, OTP can now lift the lid on another Brazilian player pretending to be a French superstar. Meet Makelele - or Leandro dos Santos de Jesus to his parents - of Brazilian outfit Coritiba. At least the fake Platini actually has [...]

A possible explanation for Emmanuel Adebayor’s behaviour

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 02:12 AM PDT

Meet the Lightning Strika’ We are pretty sure this can’t be good for anyone’s state of mind. As part of Adidas’ new comic book-style campaign, which features a cartoon Zinedine Zidane clocking up the airmiles as he searches for his dream team of three-stripe-clad superheroes. Emmanuel Adebayor is the Lighting Strika’. Expect a viral to follow. You [...]

Michael Owen injured once again - a history in dodgy groins

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 12:04 AM PDT

Are you feeling groiny? Little Mickey is During last night’s match, OTP light-heartedly tweeted that Michael Owen’s groin problems were not mentioned in the brochure. It is our, erm, sad duty to inform you this morning that they actually were. We apologise for this drop in the high journalistic standards you expect from OTP. In fact, there [...]

Video: Anderson’s crazy antics to aid Ryan Giggs’ goal against Wolfsburg

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 02:49 PM PDT

Pulling funny faces - a sure-fire way to Champions League success Don’t watch Ryan Giggs’ deflected, important, but fairly unimpressive 150th goal for Manchester United. Instead, keep your eyes on Anderson. He positions himself in front of the keeper, takes up his best zombie pose and pulls faces at the goalies. It seems to work. Video via [...]