Friday, January 18, 2013

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• Bet’s be ‘avin you – Betting tips for the 19-20 January
• It’s a huge weekend for…Jol, Lambert, Wigan and AVB
• Wondering where you’ve seen new Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino before?
• Coventry and Tranmere have ‘proper’ lower league scramble
• Loic Remy joined QPR after a game of FIFA
• Southampton sack Nigel Adkins following unambitious back-to-back promotions
• Liverpool owner John W. Henry tweets “I’m broke” in response to Wesley Sneijder transfer speculation
• Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere pictured wearing West Ham shirt
• Original prankster. Jimmy Bullard: “I rested my nuts on Papa Bouba Diop’s forehead once”
• Ipswich Town campaign for beer drinking to return to stands. Accident waiting to happen?
• Former Aston Villa boss John Gregory sings emotional tribute to Stiliyan Petrov
• Move over AVB. 8-year-old secures interview for Doncaster Rovers manager job

Bet’s be ‘avin you – Betting tips for the 19-20 January Posted: 18 Jan 2013 05:24 AM PST Two weeks of the column in 2013 and two weeks of profit. Last week’s yields were less than the last time out, largely due to Notts County’s game on the South Coast being called off on Saturday lunchtime, but Napoli won 3-0, giving me an easy return on the 19/20 stake. Perhaps could have been [...]

It’s a huge weekend for…Jol, Lambert, Wigan and AVB Posted: 18 Jan 2013 05:23 AM PST Martin Jol It may surprise you to know that the Premier League manager favourite to next lose his job. Martin Jol is seen by many as a solid and steady manager, but despite being unbeaten in four games, the Dutchman is the expected manager to go. Bookmakers have been wrong before, but it certainly hints [...]

Wondering where you’ve seen new Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino before? Posted: 18 Jan 2013 05:22 AM PST Wonder no more. Here he is heinously chopping down trustworthy Little Michael Owen during England’s victory over Argentina at the 2002 World Cup. David Beckham tucked home the resulting spot-kick to score the only goal of the game.

Coventry and Tranmere have ‘proper’ lower league scramble Posted: 18 Jan 2013 05:21 AM PST People are rather too patronising of lower league football at times. Gone are the days of unplayable quagmires containing 22 men who had been on the piss the previous night, a mix of not-quite-made-its and on-the-way-downs. But rather like John McCrirrick’s appearance on wife swap, you get an incident that suddenly makes you think that [...]

Loic Remy joined QPR after a game of FIFA Posted: 18 Jan 2013 05:20 AM PST The ultimate sign of the times? Many assumed that Louc Remy had turned down the opportunity to join Newcastle in favour of QPR thanks to Harry Redknapp’s propensity to throw money at a situation, but it appears that this may not be the whole reason. For it has emerged that QPR owner Tony Fernandes played [...]

Southampton sack Nigel Adkins following unambitious back-to-back promotions Posted: 18 Jan 2013 05:15 AM PST Southampton have sacked manager Nigel Adkins and immediately replaced him with Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino. Adkins had been in charge at St Mary’s for two-and-a-half years, in which he managed to take the club from League One to the Premier League. That flagrant lack of ambition has been immediately stamped out by Saints’ executive chairman [...]

Liverpool owner John W. Henry tweets “I’m broke” in response to Wesley Sneijder transfer speculation Posted: 18 Jan 2013 02:59 AM PST Liverpool fans were given an unlikely insight into their prospects for the rest of the January transfer window when owner John W. Henry appeared to declare he was out of clash on Twitter. Henry’s account responded to a tweet asking him to bring Wesley Sneijder to Anfield with a simple: “im broke.” The Reds owner [...]

Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere pictured wearing West Ham shirt Posted: 18 Jan 2013 01:50 AM PST Relax Arsenal fans, it’s not the biggest shock in transfer window history! The pictures above show Jack Wilshere as a young whipper-snapper taking a shine to the West Ham strip. Just to make us all feel old, we’re pretty sure the likes of Paolo Di Canio trotted about in that very jersey edition. Although the [...]

Original prankster. Jimmy Bullard: “I rested my nuts on Papa Bouba Diop’s forehead once” Posted: 18 Jan 2013 01:20 AM PST After the pretty unsightly mud-slinging between Joey Barton and Dietmar Hamann, you would be forgiven for thinking that footballers on Twitter serve up nothing but negativity and hammed-up controversy. Well, here we have the perfect antidote to that increasingly prevalent disease. Step forward (if you still can!)… Twitter debutant Jimmy Bullard. The former Wigan and [...]

Ipswich Town campaign for beer drinking to return to stands. Accident waiting to happen? Posted: 18 Jan 2013 01:10 AM PST Guzzling a beer in the stands whilst cheering on your team is very much a thing of the past. Or is it? In response to the hooliganism that heavily stained British football culture three decades ago, a law was passed in 1985 to remove a fan’s right to drink alcohol in their seats or terrace. [...]

Former Aston Villa boss John Gregory sings emotional tribute to Stiliyan Petrov Posted: 18 Jan 2013 01:00 AM PST The idea of John Gregory singing at all, let alone a Bruce Springsteen song, should sound like a very special story indeed. And it certainly is – for all the right reasons surprisingly enough. The former Aston Villa manager – who is still remembered fondly by the Villa faithful – chose a charity fundraising gig [...]

Move over AVB. 8-year-old secures interview for Doncaster Rovers manager job Posted: 18 Jan 2013 12:40 AM PST Forget about that bald bloke heading to the Bundesliga, the only managerial development of significant note this week belongs to Doncaster Rovers. After Dean Saunders skipped off to coach Wolves a couple of weeks back, it appears that the League One side are targeting a much younger manager for the hot-seat. Much, much younger. Yes, [...]

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