Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Off The Post

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• Czech porn star Klarisa Leone to open her own football club
• Video: Slow motion rugby tackle in UAE v Kuwait match
• Video: Lionel Messi takes a point-blank blast to the head
• OTP Podcast: Episode Nothing – Old Gold
• Wayne Rooney hires architects to design garden shed
• Video: Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli manages to change into the wrong Italy kit at half-time
• The worst Premier League team of the season so far XI
• Video: Republic of Ireland fan moons RTE studio during Estonia
• Top five conclusions: England 1-0 Sweden
• Damien Duff national anthem FAIL (Republic of Ireland v Estonia)

Czech porn star Klarisa Leone to open her own football club Posted: 16 Nov 2011 07:29 AM PST Career change A Czech porn star is set to make the move to football by starting her own football club. Klarisa Leone, aged 32, implausibly intends to name the new team Inter Prague in honour of her favourite club (as indicated by the image above). She told The Sun: “I’ve loved my career in porn [...]

Video: Slow motion rugby tackle in UAE v Kuwait match Posted: 16 Nov 2011 06:50 AM PST Wrong sport Watch this footage from the World Cup qualifier between the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait and see if you can spot Ali Abbas’ subtle tug on opponent Bader Al Mutawa. The eagle-eyed referee somehow spotted the incident and dished out a yellow card to Abbas. Harsh. Via 101GG

Video: Lionel Messi takes a point-blank blast to the head Posted: 16 Nov 2011 06:06 AM PST Messi clearance After years spent bossing footballs, Lionel Messi finally found out what it’s like when the ball fights back during yesterday’s match between Argentina and Colombia. The matchball smashed into Messi’s head from very close quarters with a little guidance from Gustavo Bolívar.

OTP Podcast: Episode Nothing – Old Gold Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:32 AM PST Old Gold by Off The Post on Mixcloud Taking a leaf out of Carlos Tevez’s book, the OTP Podcast is missing in action this week. Indeed, it’s the winter break that the Pod team has long been calling for and will surely lead to a spring in our audio steps leading up to next summer. [...]

Wayne Rooney hires architects to design garden shed Posted: 16 Nov 2011 03:25 AM PST Shed heaven Manchester United star Wayne Rooney has reportedly hired a top architectural practice to design a garden shed for him. The 26-year-old has called in Pulmann Associates Architects to help with his 7m x 4m wooden hideaway. A source told The Sun: “It is quite a basic structure. Most people would simply go to [...]

Video: Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli manages to change into the wrong Italy kit at half-time Posted: 16 Nov 2011 02:31 AM PST Out with the new and in with the old Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli is not unacquainted with wardrobe malfunctions (who could forget his bib antics), but this moment from Italy’s match against Uruguay is particularly puzzling. Having played the first half in the correct attire, Balotelli emerged for the second period wearing Italy’s old [...]

The worst Premier League team of the season so far XI Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:59 AM PST The Prem's early season no-hopers OTP has already given you the best team of the Premier League season so far, but now it’s time to look at the other end of the scale. Let's focus on the players that have made us laugh with howling misses and tickled our funny bones with woeful performances. This [...]

Video: Republic of Ireland fan moons RTE studio during Estonia Posted: 16 Nov 2011 01:04 AM PST Arse-TE Football stadium TV studios are always a prime target for cheeky supporters, but it is usually the fans seated directly behind the studio who indulge in this behaviour. Not this Republic of Ireland fan though, who marched into the middle of the pitch to moon in the general direction of the RTE studio during [...]

Top five conclusions: England 1-0 Sweden Posted: 16 Nov 2011 12:47 AM PST 1. 1-0 to the Eng-ger-land. Who said the defensive approach was just for the Spain game? Jack Rodwell, Gareth Barry and Phil Jones in midfield. Now if we could just replace Theo Walcott and Stewart Downing with Scott Parker and Lee Cattermole to add a bit more stability. 2. Hopefully the goal will be given [...]

Damien Duff national anthem FAIL (Republic of Ireland v Estonia) Posted: 15 Nov 2011 12:54 PM PST Sing it, Damien Fulham winger Damien Duff didn’t get a copy of the memo passed around the Republic of Ireland camp today that said they were not doing their sideways national anthem routine ahead of this evening’s Euro 2012 qualification play-off against Estonia. Conveniently positioned at the end of the line-up and with his eyes [...]

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