Archive | September, 2009
Wednesday’s football transfer rumours | Gary Cahill to Manchester United?
Today’s piffle just wants to get out of this satellite town In these Indian summer days, when the rumour crop lies heavy on the vine like a bloated and overly stuffed bin liner that splits when you yank it out of the Brabantia spilling a slew of compressed eggshells, cold baked beans and ashtray fuzz all [...]
Continue reading...Have Madrid finally got their man?
29. September 2009
I’m not talking about Cristiano Ronaldo. Not talking about Kaka. Not Benzema and not about Raul Albiol and Xabi Alonso. I’m talking about Arsene Wenger. Scratch that, I’m actually talking about Manuel Pellegrini. Throughout Florentino Perez’ epic reign last time out, and at the very top of his hit list when he got reinstated to the role [...]
Continue reading...Is it time for youth transfer fees in the US?
29. September 2009
US soccer has progressed to the level where like the rest of the world, MLS clubs should considering paying modest youth transfer fees to local clubs that develop the young players they select for their U16 and U18 academy teams. Reimbursement in the form of scholarships would encourage local clubs to develop complete players instead [...]
Continue reading...Arsenal in rude financial health
29. September 2009
Arsenal Holdinga have announced pre-tax profits of £45.5m, with matchday revenue exceeding £100m for the first time and 445 of the 655 private apartments already sold to the tune of £172.4m. When all is said and done, there is no indication that Arsenal lack in transfer funds or the ability to match wages offered by Chelsea [...]
Continue reading...Football transfer rumours: Nigel Reo-Coker to Fulham | Barry Glendenning
29. September 2009
Look away, today’s tell-all is hideous Today’s Rumours reside in Brixton and read with interest in our local paper this morning of a new initiative, the Brixton Pound (B£). A brand new currency that’s just been released into the locale like a hand-reared garden vole into the wild, it’s “designed to support Brixton businesses and encourage [...]
Continue reading...Arsene Who?
28. September 2009
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who will become the club’s longest-serving manager on Thursday, has told The Sun that he would never have given the job to him back in 1996. “At that time what Arsenal did you needed to be a little bit crazy. Crazy in the sense that I had no name, I was foreign, [...]
Continue reading...A lesson in abuse
28. September 2009
Rod Liddle is billed as the most controversial commentator on sport in the British media. So the Sunday Times have given him the chance to comment on something he can really get his teeth into: El-Hadji Diouf and the recent race row where the Rovers player accused Everton fans of throwing bananas at him. ”I mean, [...]
Continue reading...The English motherland
28. September 2009
It’s not like Sepp Blatter to come out and say something stupid. Well, actually it is, and despite claiming that the FIFA chief has ”improved the game,” Patrick Barclay in the Times makes great reading this morning as he sums up the reasons why the English should not be credited with evolving football, based on [...]
Continue reading...Fires of hate
28. September 2009
There have been a number of unsavoury incidents in football over the past few weeks with both players and fans subject to abuse. Blackburn Rovers striker El-Hadji Diouf is being investigated for alleged racial abuse of a 14-year-old ball boy and has lodged a counterclaim against the Everton fans, a supporter invaded the pitch during [...]
Continue reading...County in the spotlight
28. September 2009
Sol Campbell’s decision to quit League Two Notts County after just a single game has put the Magpies back in the headlines and prompted the Fleet Street hacks to dig around for the real reason behind the former England defender’s departure. ‘Broken promises’ say Sol’s people, an unpalatable ‘reality check’ say club insiders. But The Times‘ [...]
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30. September 2009
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