Monday, January 21, 2013
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- Per Mertesacker is Arsenal’s dressing room debt collector
- Sir Alex Ferguson drops the f-bomb during charades game with Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs
- Newcastle put Loic Remy up in a London hotel the night before he joined QPR
- Tottenham’s Sandro tweets a gruesome picture of his season-ending injury
- And you thought you were cold! Meet the Finnish side who train in -30°C temperatures
- Newcastle’s pitch markings get a blue rinse
- Top 10 conclusions: Premier League weekend, 19-20 January
- Video: Dietmar Hamann reveals he’s cleared the air with Joey Barton, refuses to unfollow him
- ‘Keep smiling’ – Sacked Nigel Adkins leaves a farewell note for Southampton players
- Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez haunted by the ghost of Roberto Di Matteo during Arsenal win
| Per Mertesacker is Arsenal’s dressing room debt collector Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:55 AM PST With Arsenal’s defence as fragile as ever, giant German centre-back Per Mertesacker hasn’t proved to be the enforcer most Gooners were hoping for… at least not on the pitch. In the dressing room, the defender holds a position of considerable authority: collecting fines dished out to his team-mates. A leaked version of Arsenal’s list of [...] |
| Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:50 AM PST Sir Alex has proved that a blast of the hairdryer treatment doesn’t always stay within the confines of the dressing room (and the eardrums of linesmen at White Hart Lane). Featuring as a guest on a quiz on the MUTV channel, the Manchester United legend was tasked with communicating ‘Maradona Hand of God’ through the [...] |
| Newcastle put Loic Remy up in a London hotel the night before he joined QPR Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:47 AM PST Newcastle fans were feeling pretty hard done by this week when top transfer target Loic Remy snubbed them to join QPR. But it’s now emerged that the Magpies paid for the Frenchman to stay in London the night before he signed for the Hoops. Mike Ashley and co. splashed out for a hotel room and [...] |
| Tottenham’s Sandro tweets a gruesome picture of his season-ending injury Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:40 AM PST Not for the faint-hearted this one. Following in the limping footsteps of many a footballer giving us an intimate look at their injuries, Tottenham Hotspur’s Sandro posted this picture on Twitter. The rather gruesome shot – harbouring more staples than a stationery hoarder – shows the midfielder’s knee following his operation to reattach torn knee [...] |
| And you thought you were cold! Meet the Finnish side who train in -30°C temperatures Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:30 AM PST Now, these chaps can wear their football gloves in no fear of mockery! Temperatures in the UK limboed just underneath 0°C at the weekend and once more football has been beaten around the ribs and head-butted by the adverse weather. Thousands of football league and amateur league games were inevitably called off because of frozen [...] |
| Newcastle’s pitch markings get a blue rinse Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:27 AM PST Newcastle’s groundsman got to explore his inner Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen ahead of the Magpies’ defeat to Reading on Saturday. Amid fears that mid-match snowfall would render the pitch markings useless, he instead browsed through the B&Q colour charts and settled on a lovely shade of blue for his pre-game painting session. This might catch on [...] |
| Top 10 conclusions: Premier League weekend, 19-20 January Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:17 AM PST 1. A Fergie never forgets. Make a mistake running the line once and it stays on your record for life. 2. No wonder Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea looked uncomfortable yesterday. He hates white things falling from the sky. 3. Even with Roman Abramovich’s millions you can’t justify throwing out a perfectly good coat. [...] |
| Video: Dietmar Hamann reveals he’s cleared the air with Joey Barton, refuses to unfollow him Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:10 AM PST If you thought the end of last week was all about Lance Armstrong’s warts ‘n’ all confession to Oprah, you would be wrong – for this side of the Atlantic there was a one-on-one interview with someone equally forlorn and desperate for people to hear his side of the story. We’re talking about Dietmar Hamann [...] |
| ‘Keep smiling’ – Sacked Nigel Adkins leaves a farewell note for Southampton players Posted: 21 Jan 2013 01:00 AM PST If you are somehow dead inside and don’t feel sympathy for axed Southampton boss Nigel Atkins, you certainly must now. In one of his last acts before leaving the Saints training ground for the last time, the 47-year-old penned this farewell message on a changing room whiteboard. After being put out on his backside – despite two [...] |
| Chelsea manager Rafa Benitez haunted by the ghost of Roberto Di Matteo during Arsenal win Posted: 21 Jan 2013 12:28 AM PST It all got a bit nervy yesterday at Stamford Bridge when it looked like Chelsea could be on the verge of throwing away a second 2-0 lead in less than a week. As if Rafa Benitez wasn’t already feeling the pressure he had the ghost of Roberto Di Matteo breathing down his neck during the [...] |
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