Friday, October 8, 2010

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• OTP Rebounds: The dirtiest Premier League players, more Man Utd maths and Woy wumbles talkSPORT
• Video: Sergio Ramos nearly sparks national crisis in Spain over regional languages
• The world is watching. It’s a huge weekend for …
• Rise in football hooliganism: there’s only one solution
• Video: The only red card of Nigel De Jong’s career
• Uefa gives Steaua Bucharest’s Pantelis Kapetanos four-match ban for running punch
• Video: Can goalkeepers take penalties? Yes! Erm, and no
• Federico Macheda clarifies his ‘Wayne Rooney is a chav’ comments
• Dropping of Nigel de Jong was the wrong reaction from Van Marwijk
• Video: Is Gerry Marsden from Gerry and the Pacemakers being very rude about Liverpool?

OTP Rebounds: The dirtiest Premier League players, more Man Utd maths and Woy wumbles talkSPORT Posted: 08 Oct 2010 07:56 AM PDT A quick one-two with the interweb Daniel Agger lifts the lid on life under Roy Hodgson, but Woy knows exactly what talkSPORT are up to [talkSPORT] It’s the Premier League’s Dirty Dozen (minus two) [Pies] Man Utd’s accountant on similar form to Rooney [Guardian] A very quick goal from the States. [Dirty Tackle] The best [...]

Video: Sergio Ramos nearly sparks national crisis in Spain over regional languages Posted: 08 Oct 2010 07:26 AM PDT Presser gets political Spanish footballers have been getting very politically active this week. After Oleguer (apologies to him for rounding him up as a ‘Spanish’ footballer) joined a squatters protest, Sergio Ramos has now set tongues of various dialects wagging with his performance in a press conference yesterday. Even those of you who don’t know [...]

The world is watching. It’s a huge weekend for … Posted: 08 Oct 2010 04:37 AM PDT With an evident international feel this week Craig Levein One of the lowest points in my football obsession was watching Scotland's game against Leichtenstein at Hampden. I still wake up in a cold sweat after nightmares about the lack of desire, lack of quality and lack of natural talent on display that night. Scotland have [...]

Rise in football hooliganism: there’s only one solution Posted: 08 Oct 2010 03:31 AM PDT And OTP has the answer A report by the BBC claims that a new generation of football hooligans is threatening to ruin the sport’s reputation. Police figures, seen by the Beeb, show that there were 103 incidents of hooliganism involving young people last season, up from 38 in 2007. Now is the time to nip [...]

Video: The only red card of Nigel De Jong’s career Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:55 AM PDT And even that was for two bookings For all the controversy this week, our pals at Footy for the Soul inform us that everyone’s favourite tough-tackling midfielder Nigel De Jong has only been sent-off once so far in his eight-year career. We’re tempted to suggest that this must be due to borrowing Mark Van Bommel’s [...]

Uefa gives Steaua Bucharest’s Pantelis Kapetanos four-match ban for running punch Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:28 AM PDT You looking at me? Steaua Bucharest forward Pantelis Kapetanos has been given a four-match European ban for a random punch on an opponent. The Greek player punched Napoli defender Fabiano Santacroce in the face in open play during last week’s Europa League clash. Santacroce’s main offence seemed to be useless defending, as he stood around [...]

Video: Can goalkeepers take penalties? Yes! Erm, and no Posted: 08 Oct 2010 02:16 AM PDT Sudden death goalie shootout fun The Johnstone’s Paint Trophy tie between Sheffield Wednesday and Chesterfield went right down to the wire on Wednesday night. The match went to penalties, of which each side ended up taking penalties. The mathematically astute among you will have noted that this meant the keepers had to take a penalty [...]

Federico Macheda clarifies his ‘Wayne Rooney is a chav’ comments Posted: 08 Oct 2010 01:38 AM PDT He actual meant he was “genuine” Manchester United youngster Federico Macheda has been talking to the Gazzetto dello Sport again, this time to amend his comment that Wayne Rooney is a chav. The Italy under 21 striker said: “I like him and I have maximum respect for him. What I wanted to say is that [...]

Dropping of Nigel de Jong was the wrong reaction from Van Marwijk Posted: 07 Oct 2010 11:27 AM PDT I have put the tin hat on, and am preparing for the verbal assault I may receive Firstly, I understand that Nigel de Jong has got a reputation, and that there is no smoke without fire. In a warm-up game for the World Cup against the USA, de Jong broke the leg of Stuart Holden. [...]

Video: Is Gerry Marsden from Gerry and the Pacemakers being very rude about Liverpool? Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:39 AM PDT You’ll never swear alone Gerry Marsden, the man whose version of You’ll Never Walk Alone was adopted as Liverpool’s anthem, has been giving EA Sports a tour of Anfield to celebrate the release of FIFA 11. Unfortunately, he – we think unwittingly – gives a very neat appraisal of the current squad. We just wanted [...]

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