Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Off The Post

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• Video: Novara keeper goes absolutely mental after promotion to Serie A
• Some probable responses of Premier League managers being offered Asamoah Gyan by email
• Sunderland put Asamoah Gyan up for sale by email
• Video: Sporting Kansas City’s Graham Zusi scores 40-yard free-kick
• Top five U21 conclusions: Switzerland 2-0 Iceland & Denmark 2-1 Belarus
• Hard Tackle: Chile squad strip team-mate Roberto Cereceda
• Stirling Albion sign homeless player
• Video: Ruud Gullit faces sack after defeat in ultimatum match

Video: Novara keeper goes absolutely mental after promotion to Serie A Posted: 15 Jun 2011 05:40 AM PDT Like, properly mental Italian minnows Novara secured an unlikely promotion to Serie A with a play-off victory over Padova at the weekend. Reserve goalkeeper Alberto Fontana absolutely lost the plot after his side secured top-flight football. The shock result seemed to go straight to his head. Firstly, he stood on top of the dugout to [...]

Some probable responses of Premier League managers being offered Asamoah Gyan by email Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:51 AM PDT OTP ponders the possible courses of action as the Premier League’s gaffers find an unsolicited email offering them Asamoah Gyan in their inbox this morning. Arsene Wenger (Arsenal) Mark as junk Harry Redknapp (Tottenham) Attach > big brown envelope Roberto Mancini (Manchester City) Forward to thesheik@mcfc.co.uk Aston Villa, Chelsea Out of office reply Alan Pardew [...]

Sunderland put Asamoah Gyan up for sale by email Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:30 AM PDT Fox in the inbox Sunderland have alerted several of their Premier League rivals that striker Asamoah Gyan is available for transfer by sending round an email inviting inquiries. The Ghanaian star was the surprise inclusion in a ‘for sale’ list sent to top-flight sides by an agent representing the Black Cats. The £15 million man [...]

Video: Sporting Kansas City’s Graham Zusi scores 40-yard free-kick Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:10 AM PDT Another MLS wondergoal Sporting Kansas City player Graham Zusi scored an incredible 40-yard free-kick against FC Dallas, albeit he was greatly assisted with some interested positioning from keeper Kevin Hartman. With Hartman preparing for a chipped ball to the edge of the penalty area, Zusi sent his free-kick sailing over the helpless goalie and into [...]

Top five U21 conclusions: Switzerland 2-0 Iceland & Denmark 2-1 Belarus Posted: 15 Jun 2011 01:04 AM PDT 1. Switzerland don’t waste any time. Their first-minute goal against Iceland won them the match – the Icelandic heads immediately dropped. 2. Xherdan Shaqiri might have to be fitted with a horse racing-style handicap for the semi-finals. He looks a cut above so far. 3. It is a good job Christian Eriksen’s poor penalty bounced [...]

Hard Tackle: Chile squad strip team-mate Roberto Cereceda Posted: 14 Jun 2011 03:09 PM PDT The media Hokey Cokey, with Chile’s national team Chile’s media took advantage of their short-lived increase in access to their national team by snapping the squad stripping midfielder Roberto Cereceda on the training ground. New coach Claudio Borghi wanted to open up to the media more than predecessor Marcelo Bielsa and, as part of that [...]

Stirling Albion sign homeless player Posted: 14 Jun 2011 11:33 AM PDT And he’s cheaper than Bebe Scottish League Two side Stirling Albion have signed a member of the Scotland Homeless World Cup on a one-year deal. The club snapped up full-back Sean Lawrence (pictured, bottom left) after he impressed in a trial on 4 June. He was one of more than 30 trialists who attended the [...]

Video: Ruud Gullit faces sack after defeat in ultimatum match Posted: 14 Jun 2011 10:01 AM PDT It’s Chech-out time Ruud Gullit looks like he’s earned his flight home from Chechnya (assuming that’s how they deal with sacked managers) after his Terek Grozny slipped to defeat in their crunch match against Perm. OTP told you earlier that Terek’s press team had gone public with a win or you’re sacked warning to Gullit. [...]

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