Thursday, August 4, 2011

Off The Post

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• What’s the difference between Mario Balotelli and Cristiano Ronaldo?
• Video: Icelandic women’s U17 keeper gives perhaps the worst goalkeeping performance ever
• Mike Ashley brings his transfer policy to Newcastle website
• Video: Steven Whittaker sent-off for throwing ball at opponent (Malmo v Rangers)

What’s the difference between Mario Balotelli and Cristiano Ronaldo? Posted: 04 Aug 2011 03:28 AM PDT Pre-season: a time for demoralising those less talented than yourself Well, there are a few differences, OTP fans. But the one we are interested in today is that, unlike Balotelli, Cristiano Ronaldo pulls off his arrogant backheels against inferior opposition. The Real Madrid star rolled out a backheeled pass and a backheeled goal during his [...]

Video: Icelandic women’s U17 keeper gives perhaps the worst goalkeeping performance ever Posted: 04 Aug 2011 02:07 AM PDT What’s the collective noun for howlers? In the days before YouTube it is safe to say that the Women’s U17 World Cup was not subject to the same level of scrutiny as it is in the digital age we now inhabit. So we can assume that Iceland goalkeeper Arna Lind Kristinsdottir is wishing she lived [...]

Mike Ashley brings his transfer policy to Newcastle website Posted: 04 Aug 2011 01:19 AM PDT Everything/Everyone must go Less than a month left until the transfer window closes and Mike Ashley is facing up to the prospect of not being able to sell Newcastle’s best players again until January. So he is now using the club’s website homepage to shift a few more first-team members before the end of August, [...]

Video: Steven Whittaker sent-off for throwing ball at opponent (Malmo v Rangers) Posted: 04 Aug 2011 01:05 AM PDT On yer head, son Rangers defender Steven Whittaker was sent-off for chucking the ball at a Malmo player as the nine-man Scottish champions crashed out of the Champions League. Ally McCoist’s side still took the lead in the match after Whittaker’s rush of blood to the head through Nikica Jelavic. They were reduced to nine-men [...]

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