Wednesday, January 12, 2011

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• OTP Podcast: Episode 8 – FA Cup Bromance
• The 10 worst Premier League transfers
• Sunderland set to sign David Miliband
• Football Pools – biggest wins!
• Video: Ben Foster’s howler gives West Ham victory over Birmingham City
• Video: Victor Obinna (West Ham) kicks Seb Larsson (Birmingham) in the nuts
• Top 10 Premier League loan signings
• Eddie Howe and loyalty – the return of a long lost friend
• Ajax coach Frank De Boer obviously didn’t read Mido’s Wikipedia page

OTP Podcast: Episode 8 – FA Cup Bromance Posted: 12 Jan 2011 05:20 AM PST Like waking up inside Paul Jewell The OTP Podcast is like an FA Cup minnow that never makes much progress in the competition. It has little history, lacks any real quality, and is run by part-timers, but it does get some support from the neutral – more out of pity than anything else. Episode 8 [...]

The 10 worst Premier League transfers Posted: 12 Jan 2011 05:04 AM PST Top of the flops 1. Massimo Maccarone to Middlesbrough for £8.15m (2002) A Teeside transfer record at the time, 18 goals in four years was by no means a rewarding return for chairman Steve Gibson. Massimo did manage some payback a few years on as he will be remembered largely for the brace he bagged [...]

Sunderland set to sign David Miliband Posted: 12 Jan 2011 02:36 AM PST Defeated Labour leadership contender in line for Prem move Sunderland fans hoping for a big-name signing in the January transfer window may be granted their wish – but probably not in the way they expected. For months now the rumour mill has been in full swing over who David Miliband would sign for next. The [...]

Football Pools – biggest wins! Posted: 12 Jan 2011 02:11 AM PST Sponsored post The Football pools, or simply Pools as they are commonly known, are a hugely popular way of gambling in the UK. The idea of the pools is based on predicting the outcome of a number of top level football matches set to take place in the coming week and it seems that there [...]

Video: Ben Foster’s howler gives West Ham victory over Birmingham City Posted: 12 Jan 2011 01:28 AM PST Carling Cup calamity A goalkeeper would usually know he is at fault if he was beaten by a cleanly struck Carlton Cole effort, given his form this season. When a scuffed Cole strike beats you, you know something has gone horribly wrong. Birmingham City keeper Ben Foster picked a horrible time to play a game [...]

Video: Victor Obinna (West Ham) kicks Seb Larsson (Birmingham) in the nuts Posted: 12 Jan 2011 01:17 AM PST Like a Hammer to the groin West Ham forward Victor Obinna saw red during last night’s Carling Leg semi-final first-leg victory over Birmingham City. The Nigerian petulantly flicked his foot up behind him to give Sebastian Larsson a swift kick to the crown jewels. Fortunately for the loanee, his side went on to win the [...]

Top 10 Premier League loan signings Posted: 12 Jan 2011 12:58 AM PST The Loan Rangers With the potential loan move to Tottenham Hotspur of David Beckham, OTP takes the opportunity to look at ten players who made an impressive impact during short term deals. Clearly there will be those that you think we have missed, so feel free to provide suggestions. 1. Christophe Dugarry Stephane Guivarch, Florent [...]

Eddie Howe and loyalty – the return of a long lost friend Posted: 12 Jan 2011 12:36 AM PST Stand up and be counted Eddie, there should be more like you 2011 has, until now, been the year of the managerial departure. Dillon, Stimson, Simpson, Parkinson, Hodgson, Keane, Hutchings, Burley, and Johnson, all within the first ten days. There has been a sense within the media that managers have been treated badly by clubs, [...]

Ajax coach Frank De Boer obviously didn’t read Mido’s Wikipedia page Posted: 11 Jan 2011 08:16 AM PST The least surprising surprise ever Thanks to OTP reader Alan who, like us, is wondering how Frank De Boer can be possibly be surprised that Egyptian striker Mido wants to leave Ajax. This is a guy who has played for 10 clubs in 11 years (and he’s played for three of those clubs twice!).

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