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Yesterday, Stoke City succumbed to West Ham 2-1, but to add insult to injury, Stoke’s Ricardo Fuller earned a red card after he slapped his own captain, Andy Griffin. Even though it was Boxing Day on Friday, it does not appear Fuller will get a reprieve. He faces an automatic suspension of 3 games and a team fine of ÂŁ20,000.
Andy Griffin took it all in stride and displayed his leadership skills as he pointed Fuller in the direction of the lockerroom on the away trip to Upton Park.
Update: new video!
After the jump, some classic footage of other teammates fighting, namely Kieron Dyer and Lee Bowyer, who both earned their squad a red card [Ed. Note: and backup video in case this one gets yanked again]. Also, check out this Daily Mirror Top 10 of Teammates Fighting.
Written by Darkvader on December 29th, 2008 with no comments.
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Manchester City is destroying Hull City 4-0 at halftime. Felipe Caicedo (who?) has a brace as well as Robinho. There are two things that stick out from this match so far. The first is the video below of Robinho’s goal celebration after his first goal. I don’t know how to describe it, but it seems to be a mix of modern interpretive dance, break dancing, and samba with a porno video end flourish. See for yourself below.
The second is Hull City manager Phil Brown’s blow dryer treatment of his team at halftime. ON THE FIELD. He sat the boys down like a bunch of teenagers and let them have it in front of all the fans. It really looked like a high school halftime where the team just went off to the side. Hopefully video coming soon.
Written by Darkvader on December 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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I could watch John Terry’s sending-off over and over again until I die. It’s a fun one; for once he keeps his mouth shut, and I can’t help but wonder how long until England stops calling. There are definitely better alternatives out there.
Whoops, forgot the song wasn’t exactly work-safe. I was assuming you’re all in bed still anyway.
Written by Darkvader on December 23rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Inter Milan defeated Chievo 4-2 this weekend in Serie A play and Zlatan Ibrahimovic provided what seems like his weekly dose of sublime soccer skill. Ibrah scored the second of his brace with a one-time rocket from 18 into the upper right corner to salt away the victory in the late stages. Not his greatest but certainly a cracker of a shot.
Just one question: Is it Mourinho?
[H/T 101 Great Goals]
Written by Darkvader on December 15th, 2008 with no comments.
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There are several unwavering lessons in soccer: never bet against the Germans, if you’re going to tackle from behind, make sure it counts, and the latest one: don’t mess with Wayne Rooney. If the irascible, potato-headed striker gets frustrated or flustered, well, let’s just say the results aren’t pretty.
Yesterday’s unlucky recipient of this logic was Aab Aalborg midfielder Kasper Risgaard, who received his wisdom via flying feet and cleat marks somewhere in the chest region.
To the tape! And, to the post-match quotes!
First, the video evidence. I am not a physicist by any means, but there’s more than just gravity at work there. Perhaps a soupcon of malice? Wayne was surely irritated at his side’s scrappy performance against the eliminated Danish side, not to mention the lack of success in front of goal at Old Trafford. The video shows a couple of other incidents, including a baffling kick on a defender with the ball nowhere near, and some shoving with a defender once the ball has gone. I’m not saying he should be sent off, but there’s some middle ground there! The ref didn’t do a thing!
Unsurprisingly, everyone’s weighing in, including coaches and players.
We get the victim’s response first. What say you, young Risgaard?
“I don’t know what he was thinking but he jumped on my chest. I don’t know why but I think he was a little bit frustrated. But I don’t understand it because they were playing good football and the score was 1-1 at the time. Anywhere else but here and it would have been a red card. But the referee didn’t say anything. I think referees are frightened to punish players at Old Trafford, and especially players like Rooney. But I can see the marks on my chest - big marks. He’s apologized, so that’s OK. But there was another incident too when he used his arm to hurt one of our players. I don’t think it looks good on television.”
Fair point about Old Trafford, and there is definitely something about Rooney and his temper that we’ve seen before that makes me wonder. He’s a fiery player (in the best and worst sense of the word), but it looks like he did get lucky with this one.
Aalborg manager Allan Kuhn was also non-committal as to intent, although upon further review (something that UEFA said they might do as both linesmen and the referee missed the incident) he might change his mind:
It is not good for a fantastic footballer. You have to keep your head and stay calm in situations like that - but that man was a little bit frustrated. I was not sure during the game and I have not seen the pictures, so I cannot be 100% sure, but some of my people have seen it and said it was.”
Of course Fergie looked at it the other way: AaB were the dirty ones, not Wayne! “Aalborg are not short of tackles are they? They got stuck in and the one on Carlos was a blatant attack. Probably what saved him was that Carlos got straight up.”
You have to admire the man’s ability to deflect and change the subject completely. What we should be talking about is the goalkeeper’s tackle on Tevez, not young Wayne!
Will anything come of this? Probably not - the news cycle is fickle and fast-paced like that. But it still merits some debate, mainly because Rooney is that type of character, capable of moments of brilliance and moments of madness at any given time. We’ve seen it in an Everton shirt, in the England shirt, and plenty of times in Manc red.
Written by Darkvader on December 11th, 2008 with no comments.
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I love the FA Cup. Especially in the early rounds where you can still see some of the non-league clubs give the big boys a fight. I’m pretty sure there are a few people around these parts who still get a chill when the name Havant & Waterlooville gets thrown out there. The big upsets are harder to come by before the third round, because that’s when the EPL and Colaship teams get drawn into the, ahem, draw. Still, when a team like Leeds United, less than a decade removed from a semi-final berth in the Champions League, scuppers down into League One, it’s an exciting draw for whomever gets them.
Especially for a non-league team like Histon who got the big boys at home in the Second Round. It’s almost enough of a story to know that Histon beat Leeds on Sunday 1-0, through a goal by a postman. While that is pretty swell, there’s another bit of the story of the day to go.
The match was televised by ITV, which you can think of as the CBS of Britain. Like CBS’s Super Bowl broadcast from a couple of years ago, there was a little bit too much shown by the network. Histon, as is the norm, celebrated post-match in the locker room in various states of undress. One player felt a little more frisky than his teammates and danced around naked. Either this guy is super-tall, or the cameraman let his attention (and eye) wander, because the unnamed player managed to go Full Monty to the entire nation. Sadly, at this time, no video is available of the incident.
There is, however, video of the other incident mentioned in the article above. About 14 minutes into the match, Leeds fans commandeered a pitchside microphone, one used to get the sounds on the pitch and of the crowd, and used it to let all viewers know exactly what song they were singing. It’s a simple ditty, really only one line repeated until boredom. That line–”ITV, you’re fucking shit”. You can hear it in the background at about the 20 second mark, then, nine or so seconds later, the microphone gets picked up. Two more rounds of the song follow, until sound is cut off.
There are two things I really like about this video. One, I love the conditions the announcers have to work in while calling these FA Cup matches at non-league sites. Second, they both had that “I don’t get paid enough for this shit” moment and just shut down when the chant came over their headphones. Priceless.
For their giant-killing efforts, Histon have been awarded another fine draw for the next round, getting Colaship side Swansea City at home. For those that remember, this is the same team that got pushed to the brink by minnows Horsham last season. Here’s hoping Histon can do the same. Perhaps Histon can pick up a certain deaf striker before the match to help them in their quest.
Histon’s goal
Written by Darkvader on December 2nd, 2008 with no comments.
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Anfield Prince Fernando Torres decided to play one-on-one with Gerrard to prove who had the best skills. Gerrard was dogged in his defense of Torres. El Nino couldn’t take the bite out of Gerrard. In the end, no one proved the top dog.
Written by Darkvader on November 27th, 2008 with no comments.
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A mate from Australia has just passed this video to me from “YouTube”.
It´s AC Milan Brazilian star KAKA dribbling - with two balls!
Just f*cking amazing, & deserves to be on any blog. Whether its Football,
Sports or Current Affairs…whatever
Written by STRIKER on November 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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Written by Darkvader on November 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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We saw how Stoke’s Rory Delap single-handedly destroyed Arsenal few weeks back with a couple of long throw ins. Now, he should tremble in fear because there is an even more fearsome thrower of the ball than him.
Watch this, sucker!
Written by DROGBALLS on November 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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