October 8th, 2008
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Adrian Mutu spent too much on coke to pay back Chelsea [Sky Sports]
So, yeah. Zola talked himself into a great new job [BBC]
A bad idea that hasn’t died yet [Soccernet]
Craig Bellamy is closer to Michael Jackson than you might think [BBC]
Michael Owen and Theo Walcott unlikely to play together for England. Still, that’s a damn fine picture [Daily Mail]
And, finally:
Yuck [NY Daily News]
Written by Darkvader on October 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic is a player of great stature and skill. Many do not see him as a world class player given his lackluster performances on the international stage and somewhat indifferent performances for his clubs at times. His
two goals in Euro 2008 may help his reputation.
Regardless of your opinion of Ibrahimovic he is without a doubt a great goalscorer, who has provided us with some of the prettier and more unique goals you will see. Exhibit A for this is his goal for Inter against Bologna this last weekend. It was one of those situations where he just says to himself “Screw it, I’m going for it” and succeeds.
Just for the heck of it, here’s another one of those ingenius moments.
Written by Darkvader on October 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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Guess who came up injured on international break? You’ll never have imagined it. Answer in picture form after the jump.
Let us know who you think should also be in the SickNote XI in the comments.
Written by Darkvader on October 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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Our B/C ratio—that’s Bullshit to Content—has been getting a little out of kilter lately as we’ve been occupied sending each other more links worth blogging about than we’ve actually spent time writing about them.
Well, it’s caught up with us this week. Hey, the financial world’s ratios are getting whacked around, so who would we be if we weren’t participating symbolically? Yeah, weak. I wouldn’t buy it either. But promise we were totally all over this story about a guy with a broken leg foot coming off the bench to hit the winner for Pontiliw FC against Pontarddulais Town near Swansea (pretty sure those were made up names, Pontiliw and Pontarddulais not Swansea, pulled from some Harry Potter fanfic until I found one of them on the map above).
Too bad for about the third time this week, Rick Chandler over at Deadspin, beat us to the punch on something so thoroughly bloggeriffic. This is what you get for being lazy. Or that’s what they get for having the ability to pay people for blogging (we just do it for the chicks).
So yeah. Some guy with a broken foot pulled off his cast, came off the bench, and hit a game winner before throwing up and was subbed out for a couple of minutes later. Still, pretty manly.
At least we’ve got artwork that’s Welsh-germane and we’re not adorning our post with a pic of John Terry. If we can’t be fast we can at least pull maps that are relevant.
Written by Darkvader on October 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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I admit it. I go to the well of Scottish shirts too often. I wasn’t planning to do so today, but dammit, this shirt snuck up on me. (By the way, Firefox spellcheck doesn’t like “snuck”, should I have used “sneaked”? Of course, it doesn’t like “spellcheck” either, so there’s that) It’s an eBay spectacular. I guarantee, you are not going to want to buy this shirt.
Ladies and gentlemen, the Dunfermline Athletic home shirt from 1992-94.
Such a bargain at only 5 quid. Now, you’ll go blind, or at least need to take a trip to the optometrist, if you look in the mirror while wearing this, so factor that into the total cost.
This is one of the rare time where I feel bad for the shirt sponsor. There is no way that from greater than 10 feet you can even make out who the sponsor is. I would bet that you have to be within about 18 inches to even know what Landmark does. While that might work if you are exclusively marketing to players, coaches and refs, I doubt that home furnishing firms are that myopic. Of course, that could tie into the eye exam deal from earlier. Maybe the actual sponsor was not Landmark, but instead a nearby Lenscrafters. Now that is sneaky marketing.
Oddly, this shirt reminds me of two album covers, both by British bands, that were released in the early ’80s.
The Cure Pornography
The Police Ghost in the Machine
>To me, this shirt is almost a mash-up of the two. Either that or an oddly mesmerizing out-of-focus photograph of New York City at night. I’m willing to go either way on this one.
Written by Darkvader on October 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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The latest FIFA World Rankings have been released. Spain still tops the list ahead of WC Champs Italy. Germany, Brazil and the Netherlands round out the top 5. Argentina is at number 7 behind Croatia. The Czech Republic, Russia and Portugal round out the top 10.
England comes in at number 14 unchanged from the previous ranking. The US, however, has jumped 7 places to number 21 ahead of Egypt (22), Paraguay (23), Mexico (24)(Yeah! Suck it!)and Ghana (25).
Top 30 after the jump…
(Rank) (Country) (Points) (Change in Position)
1 Spain 1643 0
2 Italy 1365 0
3 Germany 1336 0
4 Brazil 1280 2
5 Netherlands 1258 -1
6 Croatia 1223 -1
7 Argentina 1200 0
8 Czech Republic 1111 0
9 Russia 1076 3
10 Portugal 1075 -1
11 France 1035 0
12 Cameroon 1027 2
13 Turkey 1021 -3
14 England 982 1
15 Bulgaria 969 1
16 Israel 961 3
17 Greece 945 1
18 Romania 927 -5
19 Ukraine 893 7
20 Uruguay 887 2
21 USA 861 7
22 Egypt 860 -1
22 Paraguay 860 3
24 Mexico 841 0
25 Ghana 839 -5
26 Scotland 820 -10
27 Nigeria 818 0
28 Sweden 794 3
29 Côte d’Ivoire 779 -6
30 Poland 763 0
Written by Darkvader on October 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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Great & proud news, SPAIN remain Nº1 in the FIFA World ranking
for the 4th consecutive month.
Here is the listing of the Top 10:
FIFA World ranking:
.1. Spain 1.643 pts
.2. Italy 1.365 pts
.3. Germany 1.336 pts
.4. Brazil 1.280 pts
.5. Holland 1.258 pts
.6. Croatia 1.223 pts
.7. Argentina 1.200 pts
.8. Chec. Rep 1.111 pts
.9. Russia 1.076 pts
10. Portugal 1.075 pt
Written by STRIKER on October 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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I’ve probably made this Spud’s day by using his/hers/its comment as a reason for writing this article. Parts did make me laugh, mainly because of the content and the delusional aspect that the Spuds really have.
“Face it, the little shites off next summer, you’ll except less than 20million for him and you’ll be fucked cos the rest of the team is pathetically overrated and are a bunch of egotistical softies. you wont have the money to replace him cos your board will pocket the cash before they all naff of to switzerland and leave you at the hands of a corrupt russian who will rape the club piece by piece on his way to making a profit for himself. Your a feeder club now so face facts and deal with it. arsenal is a stepping stone you never keep any of your players anymore. why?? because your rubbish and cant, wont and dont win naff all.”
Of course White Hart Warrior, protector of all things Tottenham is referring to Cesc Fabregas, his/her/its wisdom is astounding. We should all bow down to White Hart Warrior as clearly he/she/it has the knowledge that us mere Gooners do not possess.
The part of the comment that made me laugh was the feeder club jibe. I’m sorry White Hart Warrior but you are in no position to comment on Arsenal being a feeder club when it’s blatantly obvious that Tottenham are Manchester United’s feeder club.
It must be horrible buying players knowing after a couple of decent seasons Fergie starts sniffing around, the players head gets turned and as quick as they have arrived they are up the motorway to Manchester.
How can Arsenal be a feeder club? Are you referring to players like Henry and Vieira? Players who were at Arsenal for years and when Le Boss had seen the best of them allowed the player to leave on his terms.
I know whats coming next, Hleb and Flamini. The difference between those two, Henry and Vieira is that Hleb and Flamini had their heads turned by the lure of more coins in their back burner. That’s all, we didn’t fill the stomachs of Barcelona and Milan because we fed them Hleb and Flamini. They left for their bank accounts.
Arsene Wenger sells players when the time is right for him and Arsenal. When it happens it can appear unbelievable but how many times has Le Boss been proved right? His judgement in releasing players is usually spot on and not many have gone on to improve their careers after leaving Arsenal.
Fabregas will leave Arsenal one day. And I suspect that the club he leaves for will be Barcelona. But when it happens it will be the right time for Arsene Wenger and Arsenal. Arsenal are NOT a selling club, but we are club who are going places. Where are Tottenham going? Maybe the Championship.
Keep it Goonerish………….
Written by Wrighty7 on October 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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Italy coach Marcello Lippi left Alessandro Del Piero off the squad for the team’s next two World Cup qualifying games and called up four players for their international debuts Sunday.
Written by Darkvader on October 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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MILAN, Italy (AP) - Italy coach Marcello Lippi left Alessandro Del Piero off the squad for the team’s next two World Cup qualifying games and called up four players for their international debuts Sunday.
Del Piero had gotten the call for Italy’s first two qualifiers last month against Cyprus and Georgia but saw little playing time. The striker has scored one goal in six games this season for Juventus.
The four players making their debut are Villarreal striker Giuseppe Rossi, Udinese forward Simone Pepe, Napoli defender Fabiano Santacroce and Napoli midfielder Christian Maggio.
Italy plays Bulgaria on Saturday in Sofia and Montenegro in Lecce four days later.
Lippi got wins in his first two World Cup qualifying games after returning as coach. Italy leads its group with six points.
Injuries kept Lippi from calling up defenders Nicola Legrottaglie, Marco Materazzi, Marco Cassetti and Fabio Grosso, as well as midfielder Andrea Pirlo and strikers Vincenzo Iaquinta and Marco Borriello.
Goalkeepers: Marco Amelia (Palermo), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Galatasaray)
Defenders: Daniele Bonera (AC Milan), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Andrea Dossena (Liverpool), Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), Fabiano Santacroce (Napoli), Gianluca Zambrotta (AC Milan)
Midfielders: Alberto Aquilani (AS Roma), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Christian Maggio (Napoli), Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), Antonio Nocerino (Palermo), Simone Perrotta (AS Roma)
Forwards: Antonio Di Natale (Udinese), Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), Simone Pepe (Udinese), Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal), Luca Toni (Bayern Munich
Written by Darkvader on October 8th, 2008 with no comments.
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Adrian Mutu spent too much on coke to pay back Chelsea [Sky Sports]
